Birds Of A Feather

[Yoda]

Here are a few more photos from the practice tee of the Honda Classic.

#1 Brian Gay's classic Address Position -- Left Wrist Level, Right Forearm On Plane

#2 Half way back and On Plane

#3 Right Forearm Takeaway

#4 Start Down

#5 Brian and another Lynn Blake student, Nationwide Tour player Jay Williamson. Jay shot 67 in the 4-spotter to qualify for the Honda.

#6 Jay through Impact

[Yoda]

More Honda photos:

#1 With Jeff Sluman -- Tball88, I did this for you! I told Jeff I had a student who was a dead ringer for him, and I wanted pop this up on the site. His reply? "Good lookin' s.o.b., isn't he!"

#2 Jim Furyk -- at Address

#3 Scott Verplank -- at the Finish

#4 David Toms -- at the Top

[golfer24]

Great Photos. When you see Brian Gay and David Toms at the top are these two positions what the big debate with BM is about. BG more tripod pivot looking as opposed to DT with the obvious lean away with his spine.

[Yoda]

Great Photos. When you see Brian Gay and David Toms at the top are these two positions what the big debate with BM is about. BG more tripod pivot looking as opposed to DT with the obvious lean away with his spine.

Don't want this thread to go that way, golfer24. Thanks for understanding.

Suffice it to say that, from my perspective, there is no 'debate.' The important thing is for the Pivot to have a Center -- any Center you want -- but please have one. Check the threads: That has been my position from the very beginning. Homer Kelley gives us two options: The Head (his preference) and the "point between the shoulders." I choose to follow his lead and teach the Head, but I don't mandate it (nor did he). Use the one you want. Or neither. It's a free country!

As for DT, I think his pivot is just fine.

[Yoda]

#1 There is what the public sees...

#2 And then there is the Inner Sanctum...the locker room during a PGA TOUR event. Here is the bulletin board...must reading during tournament week. Use that 'magnify view' guys, and get down on the latest!

#3 The alternative to Club Storage.

#4 It's 5 p.m. Do you know where your bag is?

[Yoda]

Here's Brian teaching Kip how to get his right forearm on plane. What a hoot that was! Kip was complaining about hitting his little pitches thin and fat -- and as we watched, he proved he wasn't kidding! -- so we got his right forearm set correctly, centered his head, changed his ball location and got him to use a little pivot to transport his swinging left arm into impact. Voila! The crispest little shots you ever heard and smiles all 'round.

[Yoda]

Here's how it's done by one of the PGA TOUR's Best Scramblers.

#1 An Open Stance and Plane Line.

#2 A wide-open Clubface...far more open than almost all you guys do it, but about average for TOUR players. It brings the gliding 'bounce' sole into play -- the whole purpose behind Gene Sarazen's great idea -- not the 'digger' edge!

#3 A sharply accelerating club into impact with the clubhead passing the hands in a full-fledged Flailing Action.

#4 A fine Finish. Note the minimum Foot Action. It's the same action you saw last year from Stuart Appleby on the 72nd hole to win last year's Mercedes.

[Thom]

Is the headline on that Golf article in the bulletin board saying: "USGA won't ban u-grooves" ? ??

Lynn - When you say: "There is the stuff we play...and the stuff they play", can you elaborate on how much the Mizuno equipment BG is playing differs from the retail stuff?

[Yoda]

Is the headline on that Golf article in the bulletin board saying: "USGA won't ban u-grooves" ? ??

Lynn - When you say: "There is the stuff we play...and the stuff they play", can you elaborate on how much different the Mizuno equipment BG is playing differs from the retail stuff?

Re U-grooves: You bet, Thom. You think these guys aren't paying attention?!

Re Their gear versus ours: Their's is fitted...and to the 'nth' degree. In the photos attached, Brian is trying three different shafts (courtesy of Jim McIntosh and United Sports Technologies) on two different heads (courtesy of Mizuno). This kind of stuff does not happen just every now and then, it is constant. You want something different? Just ask...and it's in your hands within the hour.



It's fun to be a PGA TOUR pro!

[hg]

Yoda
Great pictures...thanks for sharing them with us...by the way....did you get to see the man...Jack Nicklaus...now that would be a great pic...you and Jack...sounds like he really toughened up the course...and that the players overall liked the changes he made.