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First, how much does 1-5 degree's open or closed result in yardage from the target? Someone with a trackman might be able to tell us without the equations for it. Second, how much does lie angle affect the angle left or right? I know for shorter clubs with more loft the effect is greater, but...

I know it's too late to keep Hank, and I'm certainly not saying that Hank is the greatest teacher of all time, but I think there was something far more obvious and overlooked that was the root of Tiger's woes. When I look at Tiger's success in driving pre-Nike and post-Nike, it's irrefutable...

I went and saw Ralph West who I used to work with back at Copper Canyon. One of the few guys I will REALLY trust to work on my swing. If he tells me to do something, I'll do it. Unlike the majority of instructors out there who I find just mimic what others say. New Swing After Lesson -...

I don't know that this topic is discussed all that often and frankly I haven't come to a full determination about it. If our alignment should be parallel with the target, shouldn't that mean we should always be aimed left of it? Would it be considered a "Pull" if the ball landed where our body...

For as long as I can remember I have had a great looking "pivot" both back and through, but my arms are constantly behind in the race. I've had an over the top move for as long as I've had a club in my hand which I make up for with a nifty little arm action. It squares the face more often than...

I have been watching several slo-motion swings on youtube of professionals and one thing I am consistently seeing is a position at the top where the right forearm is nearly vertical under the shaft. I'm really beginning to think this has a lot to do with the path the club will take going...

One of the major components to Never Slice Again is to prevent a cupping of the left wrist at the top of the backswing. I have a theory that I would like to put to you GTE instructors. It is that the position of the left thumb (for right handers) plays a major part in whether or not someone...

On page 36 of TGM... "club head velocity is developed by Thrust. This Thrust may be Muscular Force and/or Centrifugal Force." Do you agree with this statement? If not, which part?

Please no hassling me, I'm not trying to prove that I'm right because I honestly don't know and want to understand. Don't belittle me because I don't know or don't immediately understand the forumula that is 20 lines long. Please also refrain from telling me there was a thread discussing this...

http://www.youtube.com/v/N2kO0pgNPG0 I just posted it so give youtube some time to authorize it.

I know I but heads with a lot of people but that's because I simply won't change my mind until someone can prove it. Sometimes it will take a long time for me to change also, but when the facts are staring me right in the face and I can easily understand them.. I have no problem changing my...

Good thing this guy didn't have Jim McLean around.

While doing one of my usual "sit down and think" sessions I started to think about lag. Why would Homer say that Lag was the secret to success? After hours of consideration (yes, hours) I came to realize one MAJOR misunderstanding. Lag is NOT about speed. It's about accelleration...

A few weeks ago another thread was removed which I had started in good faith. When it was removed I did not understand why and frankly, no one was really saying why. Brian offered to talk to me about it and here's the basic reason which I think needs to be much more public. There are folks...

For the same reasons the path of the clubhead relative to the clubface causes side spin, the same should be true of causing backspin right? So why would you want to hit "down" on the ball with your driver when it will create more backspin? Is the problem with most drivers of the ball really...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCSnobOdxf8 John John John.

There has been a great deal of discussion on the concept of the Stack & Tilt golf swing in recent months because of the success seen with some of the students of Andy Plummer and Mike Bennett. Although I don't see this concept completely embraced by "The Golfing Machine" crowd, it does have some...

Left Image - 2007 US Open Right Image - 2002 US Open

That's a bit misleading of a title but it was the reason someone came to me for a lesson. A couple weeks ago I helped out a college player who is currently at an under-grad school. After this year he plans on going to a 4 year to play at the collegate level. I just helped him for 10 minutes...

I honestly don't think so. In fact I have noticed that the majority of golfer who have their eyes over the ball are much more likely to re-route the club in their backswing. Instead of a nice arc to their stroke it goes back outside, and usually comes back accross their body causing a bit of...