I agree with O.B.

99% of what I say is regurgitation and as soon as I stray from the book with "Daryleze" ...............well, the following sums it up..........:)

Siegfried: How do I know you're not Control?

Maxwell Smart: If I were Control, you'd already be dead.

Siegfried: If you were Control, you'd already be dead.

Maxwell Smart: Neither of us is dead, so I am obviously not from Control.

Shtarker: That actually makes sense.

I'm thinking there are two spiritual sports; golf and baseball. I also think, don't know, that these two have the most literature written regarding them. Therefore I would deem these sports to be granted to us from our maker.

Amateurs make lots of important contributions!
 

From the Merriam-Webster's online Dictionary

Main Entry: am·a·teur
Pronunciation: \ˈa-mə-(ˌ)tər, -ˌtu̇r, -ˌtyu̇r, -ˌchu̇r, -chər\
Function: noun
Etymology: French, from Latin amator lover, from amare to love
Date: 1784

1 : devotee, admirer
2 : one who engages in a pursuit, study, science, or sport as a pastime rather than as a profession
3 : one lacking in experience and competence in an art or science

— amateur adjective

— am·a·teur·ish \ˌa-mə-ˈtər-ish, -ˈt(y)u̇r-, -ˈchu̇r-, -ˈchər-\ adjective

— am·a·teur·ish·ly adverb

— am·a·teur·ish·ness noun

— am·a·teur·ism \ˈa-mə-ˌtər-ˌi-zəm, -ˌt(y)u̇r-, -ˌchu̇r-, -ˌchər-; -ˌtə-ˌri-, -ˌchə-ˌri-\ noun
synonyms amateur, dilettante, dabbler, tyro mean a person who follows a pursuit without attaining proficiency or professional status. amateur often applies to one practicing an art without mastery of its essentials <a painting obviously done by an amateur>; in sports it may also suggest not so much lack of skill but avoidance of direct remuneration <remained an amateur despite lucrative offers>



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November 5, 2009
X-ray machine voted most important invention in Science Museum poll
Hannah Devlin

Russell Reynolds had only one wish when in 1896 at the age of 15 he learnt of the discovery of X-rays: to possess his own X-ray machine.

The Westminster schoolboy enlisted the help of his father, John Reynolds, a GP, and set about building one. Within a year the machine was finished, and it is now displayed in the Science Museum in London.

Yesterday Reynolds’s pioneering spirit gained further recognition as the X-ray machine was voted the most important invention in the history of science. In a museum poll nearly 50,000 people voted on ten inventions and discoveries, which included penicillin, the Pilot ACE computer and Stephenson’s Rocket. The X-ray machine was a clear winner, with 9,581 votes.

Reynolds’s work reflected a broader contribution by late 19th-century amateurs that led to some significant scientific breakthroughs, according to Katie Maggs, associate curator of medicine at the Science Museum, who championed the inclusion of the X-ray machine on the shortlist. “It’s very inspirational to budding scientists to learn that an invention now declared the most important in world history could be pioneered by enthusiastic amateur inventors,” she said.

Announcing the result at the museum yesterday, Ben Bradshaw, the Culture Secretary, said that the vote reflected the public’s appreciation of advances in medical science. “The winner is also testament to our insatiable curiosity to find out how things work,” he said.

Penicillin came second in the poll, with 6,825 votes, followed by the DNA double helix, 100 votes behind.

X-rays were discovered by Wilhelm Röntgen, the German physicist, in November 1895. He won a Nobel prize for his work, but much of the early development of X-ray equipment was carried out by amateurs. In the months immediately after Röntgen announced his discovery, in January 1896, a number of amateur scientists, including the Reynolds, began to develop their own models.

Reynolds went on to become a pioneer of radiology, developing the first method of taking X-ray images of internal organs. Although some doctors were quick to take up the invention, it was not until the 1920s that the use of X-rays became widespread.

Tim Boon, chief curator of the Science Museum, said that the invention came when science and medicine were going from being “crafts” to disciplines in their own right. “The X-ray machine came at the culmination of a whole wave of medical inventions,” he said. It followed the development of stethoscopes and thermometers.

Andy Adam, a radiologist at King’s College London, agreed that the X-ray machine revolutionised the practice of medicine. “The sophistication of medical imaging today is such that we are rapidly approaching the era of the ‘transparent patient’,” he said.

The discovery of X-rays is seen as an example of how technologies with widespread applications can spring from the pursuit of basic science. Röntgen came across X-rays almost by chance while investigating what happened when electrons were passed through various types of vacuum tube. He covered the tubes with black cardboard to prevent light escaping but noticed a shimmering coming from a screen about a metre away. It was only after further tests that he realised he was looking at a new type of radiation that could travel through materials that appear opaque to visible light.

Each of the ten discoveries included on the poll shortlist is represented by an iconic scientific object on display at the Science Museum.


Uhhmmm the rocket, x-rays, and Penicillin all seem like pretty important contributions by amateurs to me. The Chinese used bow and arrows of differing types prior to their invention of gunpowder. Egyptians invented perfumes using citrus and cinnamon.
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In the first century A.D., Pliny the Elder wrote of 350 grams of cinnamon as being equal in value to over five kilograms of silver, about fifteen times the value of silver per weight.

Medieval physicians used cinnamon in medicines to treat coughing, hoarseness and sore throats. As a sign of remorse, Roman Emperor Nero ordered a year's supply of cinnamon be burnt after he murdered his wife.

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In the 17th century, the Dutch seized the world's largest cinnamon supplier, the island of Ceylon, from the Portuguese, demanding outrageous quotas from the poor laboring Chalia caste. When the Dutch learned of a source of cinnamon along the coast of India, they bribed and threatened the local king to destroy it all, thus preserving their monopoly on the prized spice.

In 1795, England seized Ceylon from the French, who had acquired it from their victory over Holland during the Revolutionary Wars. (In the Victorian language of flowers, cinnamon means "my fortune is yours.")

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I have to go practice my RFT/EA/Nose down Pivot, now. :eyes:

Patrick

This is some of your best work here D. Thanks.

man that is great!

We're such idiots eh? Teach waxes poetic and we applaud the Maxwell Smart gag!

"Sorry Chief"

P.S.

What ever happened to Pliny the Elder anyways?

Pliny the Elder ? Beer or Roman Statesman and model for Ben Franklin's life?
 

OB, Daryl has finally lost it under the strain of revealing that he and I are related. Perhaps the guilt he feels for his time at the state correctional institute in Illinois, or for his time at Joliet, or for leaving us his 12 cats, and failing to visit Mom more often, has overtaken his sensitive nature. Perhaps, someone criticized his avatar too strongly. :crybaby:

Still, I honor my step-brother and his fantastic family and wonderful golf writings. :thumright

He is a swell guy! :)

I have been reading all I can about the Pivot and have realized that the McDonald Drills are very useful. In working with them, I have discovered some things and remembered some of the good instruction I received from Kevin and Gerry in MN.

The Pivot is all about balance and motion. My best balance is achieved with my right knee bent at address to eliminate the shortness of my front leg and it's uneven influence. When I set-up with a bent right knee and maintain it (as I trace TSP with left hand above plane (it feels so good as a correction to my years of dragging my hands sharply inside)), it straightens slightly but keeps it's flex quite easily. As soon as I march away with my front foot, the pivot is much more powerful and smooth.

The Pivot is so easy, in fact, that I can feel PP# 3 and the lag of the club moving at a constant rate, as I move all my weight to my left or front side. Feeling the lag helped me realize that the right elbow extension or forearm thrust as concentrated in PP # 3 or # 1, can easily direct the Pivot when my body is balanced at set-up. It is a "Hand-Controlled Pivot."

Balanced on a bent right knee feels very natural since my longer leg is what I stand on a lot. From the right knee, my tracing or marching is very slow, however, the minute I bump my right knee or hip laterally, or march with my front foot, my Pivot really torques and spins. I actually can feel the the "wheel rim" being traced by the right hand and the force the right hand can have in "skipping" the stone of the club face through the ball.

I had my most effective sand day, yesterday, by simply spinning around my back shoulder flywheel and letting the open clubface splash the sand.

I have to discipline myself to really extend my trace toward the line as far away from my body as possible while staying true to the BLP and staying in balance!

My scores will tell me how much of these mechanics are accurate!

Are you playing much? How are you doing?

P.S. Special Shout out to EDZ and his fine drills which I think are of great benefit!


Patrick

Balance Is Everything!!!!
 

Another day of firsts with TGM!
41-39!!!!
First 39 ever!
First 4 birdie day, ever!
First birdie from a sand trap!
First time ever I have shot under my hcp. index 7 out of 8 times since it has been posted.
First time I have ever had 10 GIR's.


Most importantly, first time since college varsity tennis that I felt in control during an athletic competition through understanding my "stroke," and understood my ability to compete is based on will and focus not technique, or instruments quality.

I had 10 GIR's and 6 potential birdie putts I missed. 4 putts within 4 feet. I got greedy and turned three GIR's into bogeys! :naughty: I left 5 chips stupidly short (not within 10 feet).

Ok, spilt milk save the lessons of taking one extra club and shoot to the middle of the green and don't leave chips short!

TGM informed improvments which yielded a ridiculous level of improvement since an "84," "83" "82," and the first "80."

(You might want to say and "80" is an "80," but I have never had 10 GIR's. 4 other balls were on the edge of the greens with short or middle pins.)

Balance! My back leg is 1.75" longer than my front or left leg as regular readers know. Many of you have suggested the "Wild Bill Drills, esp. the marching drill. I have been doing the drill, daily, since coming back from my MN posse. Last night, I realized that my physical imbalance is, well, unusual.

When I bend my right knee and sit on it, I am in perfect balance! Any move I make after tracing the BLP while on my right knee, sends my Pivot around very smoothly and strongly. ANY MOVE INCLUDES SIMPLY STRAIGHTENING MY RIGHT LEG WHEN ALL MY WEIGHT IS ON IT!

My longer right leg has a foot size that is almost one full size laarger than my left. Since a hip injury when I was 15, 37 years ago, and 11 operations ago, my right leg is accustomed to bearing my body weight every day. Doing the marching drill revealed, once I bothered to look and think, that straightening my right leg shifts my hips left and pivots me around.

My left leg weight and the artificial hip and metal rod running through my left leg (which gives the TSA something to do when I fly) simply act as an anchor and drag me sideways as I straighten my right knee! It's why I wear out the inside left edge of all my left shoes! I stride with my right leg and pivot over to my left inside foot, and drag it as I begin to step!:doh:

So on the range, today, I tried it out. Flared front and rear foot to promote PIVOT, slightly open stance, TSP with left hand tracing the BLP to shoulder height or lower. Frozen, Impact fix, mid-body hands verified by rehearsal of Both Arms Straight. Downswing waggle to guarantee the Power Package is solid well past impact with plenty of right arm. (The older men with me today, told me they could see exactly where I would hit my shots by my waggle or practice stroke, except for the fade at the end. So can I, Angle Hinge!!!! :dance: )

As I trace, my back shoulder comes back to the plane. As I straighten my right knee, my right shoulder slides down the plane. As my weight flows to my left foot, I drive my Primary Lever via PP # 1 or # 3.

I was in shock most of the day. Straight drives, and straight irons on the green or online close to the green with pro-trajectory. I forgot that I hit a straight ball several times. :confused1

I was so pumped after the first two holes, when I realized that the TGM techniques were as effective as advertised and could travel from driving range to the course, that I started forcing distances. Normally, 145 yards with 5 yards of roll is a good 8 iron for me. But I threw one up a 2 club elevation hill and was a club short. The ground has been so hard, and I have so little experience hitting the softer greens, that I have been shooting at the collars of greens expecting a bounce and run-up. But my irons are a longer by a club so I hit the edges of greens leaving really long birdie chances which I sometimes get really stupid with and try to make instead of lag.:BangHead:

"Shout-outs" to everyone including the people at Barclay's in NJ. Kevin and Gerry in MN (fun playing with Dodger and Bartly), OB and Daryl's very patient instruction and teasing about my "really" Bent Right Wrist, and EDZ's great exercises which I found searching "downswing," and Yoda's site, films, and his excellent site administrators have me seeing and believing par is my friend and my future. :notworthy

Thanks!

Patrick

Hey Teach, that sounds great. By the way, a 145 8 iron is a great distance.

Well, thanks, bro.
 

It's a good distance for old people from the Midwest maybe! :rolleyes: Maybe, in the middle of winter, when the Hawks are on TV! :laughing9 :eh:

Maybe it's a good distance for people with normal, not bionic hips!
:)

Honestly, with a new Titleist NXT, that shots up the hill and pin-high, a 155 yard carry. That ball rocks! I was using one I opened about two weeks ago, sitting in the trunk.

When are you playing next, Daryl? What's your course like?

Pat

Congrats City!
Next time we play I suspecty you'll be giving strokes.
Man, I love this thread. It is the best news I see anywhere.

What's my course like? Well, they had a design competition. They chose the Sadist. 7100 yards / Slope 135. Add wind and it's like walking into an "Abyss". They give you an extra towel in the cart so you can wipe your tears. The only thing that they could do to make the course play harder is to let wild animals loose on the course during play.



Take the Tour:

http://www.bolingbrookgolfclub.com/l...=227&page=7636

Thanks, Gerry.
 

Did you have your usual game today? Collect some quarters?

I have now entered the zone of giving people one or two strokes or being considered the "B" player on our weekday matches of four on four, or 3 on 3. Once upon a time, in April, I was considered a strong "D" player who could putt. I could pitch in two or three holes in 18 and be considered a help.

Today, we had two 15 hcp's and moi (13 on the "trend" which is what we play weekdays). We had 3, 3 on 3 matches, normally, there are as many as 30 guys but everyone's at the shore on vacation before school. We all played off the lowest player, an 8 hcp. today. I shot an 80 (I messed up four holes at least) and my team added an 87 and an 88. There is a $10 limit on the 2-ball match. We lost two matches. My birdies and pars yielded 9 "dingers" for a dollar each which beat out all other dingers by any team by $5. But, we lost the second ball in each match, all day. Crushed 2 side Nassau's, plus $ 8, so down $12

(Two down automatic presses, "natural" scores get a dot/dinger, sandys get a dot.)


I kept looking for help and realized on the front 9, after being 3 over on 4 holes, that there was no cavalry! I was it! :confused1

I adopted a policy for the last 14 holes to shoot the best, safest shot I could. I started aiming for the middle of everything! Fairways and greens!!!! I also started chipping with my PW, 9, or 8 after leaving 3 chips short. Low driving chips. Much better. I rehearsed that down stroke waggle until I knew where each shot was going.

Biggest mistakes came when I drove through the greens and found holes in the rough. Bladed a couple almost recovered, but lost 4 shots. I started driving with my 2 hybrid (220 yards) (you recommended) and that led to two birdies.

I just forgot that our greens are pretty soft and I really could carry the ball to the middle of each one and it would hold. I won't make that mistake Friday!

I actually had guys come up to me and complain about the unfairness of dingers being a dollar each! Me!? Are you kidding? I smiled and said, thank God for the $10 limit! I meant it!

About 6 weeks ago, when I was a 16 or so, myself and another guy, an 18 hcp., somehow got paired against a 3 and an 8 hcp. Bernie and I parred and bogied every hole. The 3 had 5 birdies and the 8 was 11 over. I felt bad for them, we crushed them and won $10 each. My point is that a scratch golfer has to be great when playing a hacker! No wonder Dodger never smiles (kidding) he's too used to being abused by hackers!

On the other hand, you and Kevin smile a lot! What's up with that?

I wonder if they make a one hybrid? :)

Pat

I just finished the tour. I have to lay down now!
 

The course and amenities are really nice! Cool web-show! Nice club house! Nice island green, very cool.

My course is a par 71 and a slope of 129. According to the USGA, I have a 13.8 index, which I have shot lower than all but one of the last 7 rounds. So, what I don't get is the idea that I would be 14 strokes over on your course, once, if I played it what, 3 times from the tips?

There is no f'n way, not to mention how the wind blows in the Midwest. After 5-7 rounds I might learn some of the stroke saving shortcuts and shoot an 85. Maybe.

We are playing Cedarbrook CC designed by Donald Ross on Tuesday, a small 72.5 par/ slope 137 in a GAP stableford event. If I use all my wits, and my Titleist NXT's, I'll feel like King Kong if I can hang an 80 on that course!

So, what's an avg. round for you there? I will believe you! :)

Pat

That sounds like the course where I play: http://www.clubcorp.com/club/scripts...FALP&SUBGRP=26

There's water and OB in play on almost every tee shot and approach shot. According to the old members the course was even harder before. It was originally built for 5 hcp and better, but they eased it up a few years ago. I guess they were running out of <5hcp players.

Still fun to play though - as long as you have some balls left :laughing9

I spent twice a year in the US not far from where you are, but I've never played Bolingbrook. At the time of my second stay (2004-2005) I was just a beginner and played
far more forgiving courses :redface:

You know Bernt, that is fun to look at.
 

My course doesn't have that but it would be fun if people posted those "overviews" of their favorite course. Thanks for doing that.

Ya know, that 39 you shot is a "milestone". It may only seem like one stroke better to you but it sounds to me like you're getting ready for a big breakthrough.

I have a theory. I think that to lower your score from 95 to 85 you have to be twice as good but to go from 85 to 78 you have to be 10 times better. I think that that's where you're headed. But that's just general "Golf Stroke" improvement. Once you break the 80 mark, you're going to be a lot more specific about swing changes and the way you approach each hole on the course.

I think that this is where the "journey" gets fun. Unfortunately, Winter is approaching. :laughing9

Let me know when you start shooting 78 consistently so I only need to give you 5 strokes.................per side. :)

LMAO! Actually, I'll be playing through October.
 

I was speaking to Gerry, Kevin, Dodger, Bartly et al., and Dodger finished 2nd, in his club championship at the end of JUly ( by one stroke). The shorter summer in the Midwest moves events up, I think. We do not play our championship until the end of October, though.

It feels like your observations are correct about the magnitude of difficulty in improvement. I shot a 44 in my 5th round after coming back from Kevin and Gerry. It felt like my old 95's used to feel for the whole round! Concentrating on each shot, is it's own reward and always provides a path to a lower score.

But you underestimate, somewhat, the effectiveness of this site and y'all's input.

The Angle Hinge at the end of Impact Fix hands is all-telling. The Hula set-up, from which I trace or RFT makes the back-swing simple. No hip in the way to mess up the down-stroke. As you and Kevin showed me, open feet angles make the essential Pivot powerful. Starting the down-stroke as Right foot push gives me lots of down shoulder right arm from which to hit through the ball.

My biggest obstacle was my own physical fear of losing balance by pivoting too hard. But the Ted Fort Address video, Kevin, Gerry, OB everyone just showed me I could and should do the hit slowly. The hip pictures and marching drills by you and EDZ's drills were fabulous in confirming the logical pieces of the bio-mechanical puzzle.

Honestly, knowing how to get off the tee and proper ball position (Kevin/Gerry) means my only real question is what club do I hit to the center of the green and what will the conditions do to my shot?

Since I have been using the push putting stroke, my line is always within a ball of being correct. The only question is speed of greens. I missed 10 birdie strokes yesterday. 2 putts were below the hole from about 20 feet. I knew I needed one more club but played it too safe. I missed those putts by less than an inch. Another put was 2 clubs short and I missed it by five feet. Five other putts were within 10 feet of the pin by design. I hit them right where I wanted to and they stuck. I missed 3 of those putts by less than a ball in each occasion. I made 4 birdies for the first time ever!

This TGM is basic, logical, simple, self-reinforcing and wonderfully explained here by the peeps, here. Don't underestimate its effectiveness! ( I was a professional tennis instructor for a very brief three years to teach for Arthur Ashe tennis. LBG has all the tools within TGM to help people who wish to become better golfers, become much better golfers!)

Daryl, OB, Kevin and Jerry....right again!!!
 

Yoda, 1969, Two Plane Lines One Feel:"However, G.O.L.F. being the precision system that it is, Homer was then compelled to drill down a little deeper, and in 2-F he states that The Golfing Machine application for the #3 Pressure Point, the Plane Angle, and its Plane Line always refers to the Center of Gravity application (the Sweet Spot). This was his way of resolving the rather incongruous fact that there really are two different Inclined Planes of Motion (that of the Club shaft and that of the Sweet Spot) and yet they are both controlled by the #3 Pressure Point tracing only one baseline, namely that of the orbiting Sweet Spot.

The club is an instrument with a soul, like a fine musical instrument. It is not activated until it is touched by a person with sensitivity to the needs and wants of the club's design.

The club does not cooperate unless it is on its inclined plane. It wants structure and stability before yielding it's sweetest prize of power and flowing, smooth precision. It comes alive as a person's # 3 PP gently restrains it's upswing momentum. But it is then fully alive only with the cooperation and timing of the Pivot and the smooth thrust of # 3 PP.

The reason the one #3 Pressure Point can control both Planes of Motion while Tracing only one Plane Line (that of the Sweet Spot)can be found in 5-0. The Hands executing the Third Imperative -- via the Right Forearm and #3 Pressure Point Tracing -- automatically dictate total Component compliance with the Delivery Line (Sweet Spot Plane Line) requirements.And that includes the Club shaft. This means that when the Sweet Spot Traces its Plane Line through Impact, then the Club shaft automatically will be Tracing its own Club shaft Plane Line as well.



The golfer who swings feels the resting of the shaft at TOP and the hitter feels it at END. That rapturous feeling tells the golfer with skilled or educated hands that the countdown to release has begun and that only a smooth pivot and measured right forearm thrust via #3 PP will provide the hands the chance to direct the club shaft as it wishes to move through the ball down, out and forward along the inclined plane. The lag pressure never quits. The lag is the rail of light. The lag is the golf stroke.

The problem is that the lag is invisible and is felt on # 3 PP most directly. But I can show it to you, or rather Moe Norman could and did: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGAaO0xWd98


The Player's solution to all this "drawing board" stuff is simply to return to his original primary concern; namely, the Hands and their Club head Lag, Flat Left Wrist and Plane Line (6-G-0). Then, driving the Hands -- not the club! -- toward the Ball (Delivery Path 10-23-0), and using the #3 Lag Pressure Point Tracing to seek out the Delivery Line (per 6-C-2-A) -- not the Ball! -- will result in the joy that is hearing the crack!!of solid Impact, feeling that flush contactradiate -- as Hogan described it, "up the Shaft, through your Hands,and into your heart" -- and seeing the Ball streak forthe Flag! .

When that happens, you will not be thinking about Plane Lines. "

The sweet spot is real, but only in motion. You must do it to see it.

The golfer takes a hold of the club as Moses took a hold of his shaft to release the snake of YHWH which would consume the smaller vipers of Pharaoh's magicians. His staff was firm and strong yet pulsating with life and power. Moses simply had to thrust his staff out,forward and down, to see the power and precision of YHWH's plan. He had to do it to see it. Faith and works, not static but dynamic.

The golfer can only really monitor # 3 PP as it contacts the shaft. The golfer must balance the Pivot with RF thrust to feel the living and heavy accelerating sweet spot. The desire to drive that sweet spot determines how all zones will react.


How did I get here? I have played almost daily in the last four weeks, ugh. I was thinking about Daryl's diagram of his effort in golfing vs mine and I got exhausted! After my mediocre performance, I went to the driving range.

I started swinging. I looked over and over. Just a little Pivot aligned my vertically cocked left wrist. So simple and easy. So powerful! Then, remembering Yoda's vertically un-cocking left wrist and how the little flywheel of the shoulder sent the club screaming into the ground, I tilted ever so slightly. The ball lept off the clubs, with precision and some power. Not enough, though.

What was missing? How could I increase the pressure on # 2 PP and # 4 PP? SLOW DOWN. FEEL THE PRESSURE BUILD. SUSTAIN THE LAG, SUSTAIN, THE LAG, SUSTAIN THE LAG!! As I felt # 4 PP load, so did # 2 and # 3. I had to move to SUSTAIN THE LAG!!!!!!!

I moved slowly and then there was only one feeling. I felt the sweet spot on # 3 PP on the shaft and it trembled for me as I moved slowly. ( I could smell her perfume... sorry :laughing1 )

Still not enough power. I thought of the Swinger's rope pull. Pivot, # 4 PP and # 2, and # 3 PP was all I knew! I felt my balance moving downhill to my shorter leg, and pulling the sweet spot (# 3 PP) faster! Glancing blow of the driver! I had the sweet spot under control and I lost it! I had to maintain the lag, sustain it! A little turn back to feel the sweet spot load and a little tilt of the Pivot to activate # 3 PP and the right elbow said, hello !


Back-swing, load # 2 and # 4 PP, down-swing, # 3 PP and back elbow with a gradual push, not the frantic thrusting I had played with before! My old Adams Redline driver flew the 250 yard marker on its way to the woods behind with a deafening, deep "thunk!" Again! Again! Again! Again! Again! Again! I had stopped looking at the ball and simply felt the sweet spot load on # 4, # 2, and # 3 PP and then pushed the aft part of the shaft at the speed of the Pivot. Slow, fast, faster.."THUNK!"

I could do it all night. Would I be able to hit with it? Slow RFT, Pivot, hello sweet-spot lag :occasion: :sunny: Pivot as fast as I could while maintaining # 3 PP against the aft part of the shaft! a little Extensor Action helped me feel the sweet spot more clearly and "Thunk"


No wonder the pros move so smoothly and with such balance! Thanks, guys!

Patrick

Well...the wait is over!!!!!
 

The Greater Area Pennsylvania Stableford at Cedarbrook Country Club, was held today at 1pm. We played from the white tees, par 69.5, slope 124. I had 4 dbl bogies and shot a gross 84, 42/42 or, a net 34/36 for 70 on a par 71!!!!!



Gross/Net Dbl Bogies = 4/0
Gross/Net Bogies = 7/6
Gross/Net Pars = 5/5
Gross/Net Birdies = 2/4
Gross/Net Eagles = 0/2


I got a little frisky on the par 5's and tried to do too much, too fast, snap hooking the drives and failing to get any real points on them. Each par 5 had water in unexpected spots which my drives and 2nd shots found often. I lost 2 NXT's!!!!

I tied for 2nd in the event out of a field of 20 amateurs. The other fella's back nine was stronger (he started on the front side and I started on the back) than mine so he won the tie-breaker.

Our club champ shot a gross 78/net 75 (he's a 3 hcp). The 1 hcp we played with (who had played the course before) shot a gross 81/ net 80.

My hcp. index is 13.8 so I was a bit better than that on a new course for the first time.

How? I had been working on keeping my back heel down and Extensor Action. I started watching my Jeff Hull videos last night and was comparing them to Moe Norman's strokes on YouTube.com

DOWN, DOWN, DOWN Vertically Un-cocking Left Wrist, Impact Fix, Extensor Action, stable base, stable head, Flying wedges throughout the stroke, it was all there.

In one of Moe's tapes he said that the repeatability of his swing came from his knees going back and forth and his hands never moving or "changing their grip."

This morning, I tried his stroke, (zeroed out # 3 accumulator) but I forgot the EA on the range. The stretch of the left arm though, provided good tension.

I spread my stance out, slowly rotated around my right knee up until the vertically cocked left wrist was at shoulder level, and then spun around my back knee and shot that left wrist straight down, down, down.\\:D/

Moe said he never made a divot. Hmmmmm. Even on that densely packed Bermuda range, I made half dollar bill sized divots more perfectly than ever! The balls climbed mountains! Woods and hybrids, 4 irons, everything climbed high, straight on line and landed softly.


I also forgot EA on the front side!! :crybaby: I screwed up two par 5's! Then I remembered EA after the last hole on the front! MUch crisper with direction and much better carry. I got away with it though because I had so much control of the DOWN with the "rotate around my back knee" swing thought. My heel stayed down on every shot except my driver.

As soon as I realized I still needed the EA, the course got much easier, though I struggled with the driver the rest of the day. I started hitting my 2 hybrid and 2 wood off some tees with 200 yards + of carry for both clubs. I gross birdied the #1 and 3 hcp holes.

I'm really not sure about the reason for driving problems but I bet I'm not tracing as far away from my body as I need to and tomorrow, last day before school starts with orientation, I'll really lift my RFT away from body as I rotate.:laughing1

It was so cool using my lower body to fire my left wrist right on top of the ball and see it climb!!!! Several guys gave me guff about my 13.8 hcp index.

Just wait, fellas!!!:lurk:

Patrick

Congratulations, City! Way to go! Man, I love reading about your successes here.
Losing 10 strokes off your GHIN in one season (you will, you know) is really a big deal.
Are you looking into a nice blade putter like mine yet?

Congratulations. :confused1 I'm amazed.

How can such a nice person use such inferior blade putters?
 

Yesterday, I sank 6 putts of longer than 10 feet with my alignment markings. The greens were 11 on the meter.:) The rest were chipped or pitched within 10 feet.



Moi

You can run or ride, or walk your golf course...
 

But you cannot hide, fella! And after you, OB is next! Kevin is recuperating and Jerry, well, he's older and I feel sortof bad for his blade putter with no markings, habit!



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Moi, aussi

You're giving me 12 strokes, right? Is it match play?
 

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Did you play today, Daryl? How did you do?

Pat

12 strokes, Stroke Play.

Didn't play. I hit some balls. Worked mostly on the Elbow Plane today. I picked a large open area about 75 yards out and drew a big line with 150 golf balls. It looked pretty good.

How was your first day back to school? Did you have coffee and cookies with the other Teachers?

Well, we had fruit, coffee, bagles and a "schmearrr."
 

I am the TTL (Teaching Tech Leader) of our school and they want us to do all the work (And TEACH) that a network starting prof. would get $50K for and benefits.


I will start a First Tee program in December, and a Scrabble/Spelling Bee in October.

I have started to hit fades on purpose with my driver. That is a first.

:)

Patrick

Do you mean to tell me even with hazardous duty pay you don't make 50 g's per anum? How can you afford to play golf and by beer for Kev and me?
Next hcp period may be even lower. Be careful.
As for putting. Are you tracing the target line with pp#3 with a little focus also on pp#1? I am finding great success with that and looking at the hole. Sometimes closing my eyes does wonders as well. Of course, it is easy to do those things with a nice plain putter without all the distractions smeared across the top.

New (to me) Moe Norman, detailed TGM AWARE stroke explanations videos
 

NB! (not the classic n.b. because I'm enthusiastic about this :) )

Please don't fret over the initial open remarks (I believe in warm, thoughtful opening remarks..."I love Brian Piccolo, " and "I love the smell of napalm in the morning, it's the smell of victory.")

If I may quote NE VO "It's a champaign life; let's toast it up!"


vid 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9l0lr019nc

vid 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DGTiUhQbmU

vid 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVCyYKe4BL4

vid 4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxg-RrZOGwo

vid 5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8f_d7RGRRU

vid 6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FenB9hwSErE


Some of the vid quality is a bit shaky, but "good thinking = good golf."

I think "Footloose" is on...gotta go! "Why don't you comb your hair?" Jerry and Kevin have hair; OB has hair, Hell, Yoda has hair...but Daryl...look at his avatar!!!

"These girls were trying to buy us beer!" LMAO! Happy "Rush Hashana!" Moe, wherever you are, I'm buying the pitcher of pink lemonade. RIP, buddy.

Enjoy!

Patrick

Jerry, I make a few sheckles more than $50 K.
 

The government then does me a huge favor, really! They are so nice!
They take more than 1/2 my shekles because I'm an idiot and I don't know what to do with that money! :confused:

So, I make my wife go to work so we can afford cable, a dinner at Appleby's every month and the co-pays for our medical coverage. (They take half of her salary, too!) We don't go to the doc's a lot though since there are a lot of people there.

You see, doctor's don't practice much by us since they are all getting sued for medical mistakes and pain and suffering. The government now has this cool new idea. They will pay the doctor's less money to see old people, like me, so they can see 30 million new illegal aliens, for less money.

I can't wait for the government's next cool new idea! It'll probably be something neat like killing myself to make room for those 30 million new illegals (actually, that is only the population of illegals west of Nevada) who are younger, stronger, and more productive and who will work for $10 a day. Or maybe, I can give even more of my earnings to the government!

God, I love being an American under this regime; they are so kind!

Patrick, when we get down to Cuscowilla, we're gonna have a lot of fun. You might need to take an additional day off.

Frankly, City, I don't see much difference between the last admin and this one. The same folks are getting richer and the rest of us are paying their share and ours.

I'm not defending any group of losers by pointing out the flaws of the current mob.
 

The emperor is not wearing any clothes and he keeps thinking and saying he is! :laughing9


"I love you man!"


Moe Norman redux...wide Anchors, Steady Head, Both Arms Straight (Impact Fix, heavy EA) trace to shoulder (TSP)/turn shoulder back to plane (SSP) with EA, Pivot pulls left hand # 2 pp (thumb) to aim point/sternum turn/shoulder up/belly button turn...practice moving Impact Fix to Both Arms Straight to measure and prep Pivot to carry Both Arms straight DOWN, OUT, and FORWARD along BLP and sub BLP 22 inches past impact. This is possible only as the Pivot carries the Impact Fix Hands, intact, filled with EA, UP, BACK, and IN. Ball Position at my front toe for 2 wood or driver depending on Hinge selection and desired trajectory and shape. Farther up promotes left to right flight and further back promotes the opposite shape. Thumb position of left hand IS CLUB FACE.

Thanks to my peeps here at LBG, I "marched" into the missing piece and an 84/78 !
 

Well, the season is winding down for me as school is starting and I was reading the "Final Missing Piece" thread with VJ's excellent and gracious commentary and suddenly, lots of stuff clicked.

Daryl, OB Left, KevCarter, JerryG, Yoda's Luke, Yoda, EdZ and others had tried to get me to see the elephant in the room but I was blindfolded and could not see or smell. :confused1

I slid my right foot back this morning at 6:25am and marched back with my right foot and then my left foot. My shoulder stayed on plane. My power was almost effortless and once I figured out the ball positions my irons were more crisp than my wife's excellent bacon.

I also lightened up on the EA and I still had plenty of structure to my wedges. Even my dreaded driver cooperated with a slight draw and even a slight fade on request.

We still have aeration marks in two of our nine hole tracks which misdirected several chips and putts during the first 18 (44/40) so I made up my mind to just hit it closer on the second 18 (38/40). The first 9 holes on the second round was a track I did not play earlier. :golfcart:

All day long, I felt like my left leg was a cement post. It felt solid and I swung around it easily. The extension and whip of the club around me was amazing. I hit several drives (albiet with hard ground) to places I never got to before. I did not go over the top all day!

I feel like the light has just gone on and I am excited about what the Pivot can do for me. I will be ordering VJ's stuff, too.

Thanks guys!

Patrick

When automatic swivels happen to level left-wristed people!
 

Notes to self: Start with your left wrist being level with Standard Address (Mid-body hands) (No need to be Moe Norman RIP!) Very unusual looking flat left wrist (cocncave) at wrist cock position. (Thanks, Kevin, Jerry, and Yoda, Holla!). Is that the "bulletproof " arched left wrist in yoda's driver video?

Very easy/slight marching motion cocks left wrist. Keep head still and make a slight bump left, or shoulder up left, or a small march. Watch the vertically uncocking left wrist slam DOWN into the ball and finish swivel automatically!!!! Remember Jeff's story of a guy who taught "stopping" at impact to get the DOWN! Remember Lynn's vertically uncocking left wrist video! PIVOT DOWN!! "...and that ball will act a whole lot differently!"

Ball in front of left shoulder and an even smaller left march to watch club overtake the left arm and fire the driver like a bullet down range and straight!. Jerry mentioned this drill and mentioned elsewhere. Practice monitoring the left hand as clubface. In swinging, it does feel like "one long swivel" through the ball! Small left march = big driver bullet-like trajectory. Keep head still and watch it buzz away with H.Hinge. Angle Hinge at toe WILL SLICE! Learn right foot back and head positions for precision!

Don't forget that you use a lighter Extensor Action to give shape to the Power Package and allow for swivel to "stick left thumb in your ear." (Address Routine Videos watch them, watch Barclay's video!) Practice the RFT from Mid-body hands and point # 3 PP straight to God or be an Indian (native ) chief saying "How?"

With RFT and Irons, belly-button turn really drags the wedges through with lots of delay, left foot out and Pivot is very strong with extra carry to shot and straight! Mountain-climbing!

SETUP WITH LEVEL LEFT WRIST/Right Hand sightly under. Monitor the concave left wrist vertically cocked from Standard Address, March or RFT with light EA, March left or BB with HH.

Don't forget the "Vertical Left Wrist"....10-2-B.

Thanks!
 

The video of Yoda, vertically uncocking the left wrist is my go to shot!
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omg :salut:

Slower back Pivot.
 

NOTED TO SELF!

Take vertically cocking level left wrist to shoulder level slowly, with balance and rest and brush the ground to see where club enters DOWN. Put the ball in front.

Rehearse Jeff's slow structured power package w/ lighter EA AND HH through the front shoulder. YOU ARE MAINTAINING THE WEDGES TO THE SWIVEL; YOU ARE NOT TIMING THROWAWAY! :naughty: (thanks KC and JG :notworthy ).

REHEARSE THIS! With the driver, hit inside left heel (remember 90 degree seperation from clubface and clubface toe alignment) with the HH and let the Finishing Swivel happen with a shorter front Pivot with EA. EA allows the transition of HH to Swivel. (Too much is block or right shoulder freeze and hook while too little hits the ball with the Swivel to 45 degrees left or the person or tree beside you!) :crybaby:

LEVEL LEFT WRIST, LIGHT EA THROUGHOUT, HH, SLOW BACK PIVOT, SHORT FRONT PIVOT!


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