[O.B.Left]

So strange.

I was a very good high school golfer. I got into a car accident when I was 17 and spent about 2 weeks in the hospital. Got out and really lost my swing. This was especially problematic since I had just received a college golf scholarship. Up to this point, my swing was pretty much self taught and was pretty good.

I then got some lessons, didn't work. I then decided to read as much as I could from just about anybody on the golf swing. You know the story of how that usually goes.

I finally started taking some lessons from an AI and I improved my ballstriking, but still got by through my really good short game. Eventually I pretty much quit the game due to being a bit burned out on it and pursuing other ventures of my life. Still, I kept on reading and reading more about the golf swing (I tried my hand at TGM during college, but understood about 4 pages of the yellow book.)

So I came back into the game after recovering from some health problems. I figured life is too short to not do the things you love and are passionate about. Before I was ok'd by the doctors to play, I started reading more and more about the swing. And a lot of the stuff really helped.

However, I still couldn't get my ballstriking down. I'd go out one day and play very well, then the next day it was pull hooks or push fades. Just really frustrating stuff.

So I went to see Ted and he taught me the finish swivel. My clubface was extremely closed on the backswing so I was forcing myself to vertical hinge on the way thru. Now I had to get the clubface more square on the backswing...almost feeling for me like I'm opening the clubface as far as I can, then the finish swivel through.

Like your student, I had no idea of the existence of the finish swivel and I had spent almost countless hours reading and studying the golf swing. It took me a few days to get used to it, but now I'm hitting about 75% of the fairways instead of 50%. Shot 72 at Olde Atlanta hitting 14 greens and not making a putt outside of 6 feet the entire day.

But more importantly, I have much much less FEAR when I'm hitting the ball. My bad shots may be a big fade (due to years of ingraining steering in my swing), but those shots are happening less and less often (only hit 1 of them yesterday). I'm also hitting my wedges much much better. The last 3 times I've played (all at different courses) I've hit at least one wedge in the round where the ball spun back and was inside 6" from going in the cup for an eagle.

I really cannot believe how much of a difference that release makes and I am very eager for my next lesson.




3JACK

All that from one (1) lesson? You must be itching to back to the Swamp for another one.

I Love your handle, 3Jack. Especially given your good short game. There is a nut job on this site that named himself after "out of bounds" or something. He tries to tell everyone its really his middle initials and all, but you gotta wonder sometimes.

Regards
o.b.Left