Well its you that I should thank, Yoda

I played my first tournament round of the season today, a mid am qualifier. I was struggling off the tee a little bit mid round but did a couple of McDonald drills and was able to get all the way back to the clubhouse with out leaking any more oil. Finished tied for 7th and qualified for the tournament proper. There were many, many shots I hit today that I learned right here, thanks to you and TGM. The hands and the pressure points seem to be able to stand up to the added tension of tournament golf.

Regards
OB

You just got lucky. :laughing9 Good Job. Good luck in the Tournament. :salut:

Work Zone
 

O.B.,

I remember well our first time together at Orange County National in Orlando. You already had a wonderful Motion, and you have since added the precision alignments of TGM.

Whatever you achieve competively from here will be your just due.

Nothing will surprise me.

:salut:

"Basically I came down that for me I need to use the 'palm heel strike into the base joint of the left thumb' while keeping the right elbow close to the body (still a punch elbow, but not straying away from the right rib cage).

I then started to use a right forearm takeaway waggle before the shot. This helped me sense the #3 and the #1 Pressure point as well as the right elbow. And I was back to puring the ball again.

Can't wait to play again tomorrow."

3Jack,

Good stuff. I appreciate two things above, your description of the palm heel strike into the base of the left thumb [safer imo in trying to maintain lag pressure than over-focus on the PP3] and the practice right forearm takeway waggle. I'm trying to learn TGM while still maintaining my enjoyment of on-course playing. Like you, when I get the right forearm onto plane correctly and maintain lag pressure correctly, resulting shots are often so astonishingly pure that I absolutely grin my way around the course. Thanks for sharing. -- JC

I still have some clubhead throwaway, but the left wrist is now pretty much flat at impact. The hinge and swivel action need a ton of work as well. But the results are so much better. I've just hit 29 of the last 36 greens I've played, shooting 68-74 and the 74 came on a course I just played for the first time.

But, I've noticed a legit 10 more yards on my irons and that every elusive 'effortless power' vs. 'powerful effort.'

The key to me is to do the TGM drills and feel, feel, FEEL your way around. Get basic motion down, then move to acquired. If you can't transition to acquired, FEEL your way around. What feels different from the motion you can execute from the motion you cannot execute? Close your eyes and feel if you have to. Swing in Bizhub slo-mo action (like Hogan would practice) and feel. The feels are so subjective that while the 'palm heel strike' seems to work for me, it may not work for others.




3JACK

Reading your last post, I was sitting here thinking that I wished I knew when I still had some clubhead throwaway. But actually, the results are self-evident. My worst hits at present feel like the ball is sliding up the clubface compared to my better hits. In addition to better maintenance of acceleration against PP3, I'm thinking I need to maintain focus on compressing the ball rather than hitting for distance. When compression is optimal, the distance takes care of itself. -- JC