I learned from Mac O'Grady, Michael Hebron, Lynn Blake, Chuck Evans,Chuck Wike, Ted Frick.Andy Plummer and Fran Deschaine....Tommy died before I had the chance to get some insight from Him....
My Stroke Pattern:
Grip-Basic - Overlap
Grip-Type - Strong Single
Stroke - Basic - Pitch... later became "Bat" unintentionally
Stroke Variation - 4 Barrel
Plane line- Cl-Cl - 2"
Plane Angle - Basic - Elbow
Plane Angle Variation - Double Shift
Fix - N/A
Address - Standard
Hinge Action - Dual Horizonal
Pressure Point combination - 4 Point
Pivot - Standard
Shoulder Turn - Rotated
Hip Turn - Standard
Hip Action - Delayed
Knee Action - Standard
Foot Action -Flat Left
Wrist Action - Standard
Lag Loading - Drag
Trigger - Shoulder/Right Arm/Wrist throw Combination
Assembly Point - Top
Loading Action - Sweep
Delivery Path - Top Arc - Angled Line
Release - Snap
When I was 17 I was a +1.8 HDCP...Then I took lessons
...As a "Mini-Touring" Professional ( I played them all...Hogan, TC Jordan, Powerbilt, Canadian, etc...) Each year my stroke average went up!!! I was great at missing cuts with 72's..74's ..76's usually even numbers though!!!
Did win a mini-tour event - Swinging - I was working with Phil Ritson .
In amateur speak I became a 2,4,6....Couldn't play dead!!!
At age 37 I've played 9 rounds this year my HDCP is a +1.8 ( Highest Round of the year 76 and made my handicap go up from +2.2 back toward zero...
What happened ...I went back to "Swinging" with a Left Shoulder as the Center of the Arm Stroke...Right Arm Swinging desroyed my playing career ...BUT has filled my "pockets" on the Lesson tee!!!
Maybe if I took lessons from Tommy or you DG things might have turned out differently...But now I teach "Tour Players", College Players, and Nationallly ranked Juniors....
I thank the Good Lord for Blessing me with tons of talented students to work with!!!!
Skywalker
PS... I DO NOT DISAGREE WITH YOU ...EVERYTHING YOU WRITE "IS" WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OR ON A TAPE...SOMEWHERE...IT JUST DIDN'T WORK FOR ME AS A PLAYER-COMPETITIOR
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