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What does everyone think of Allen Doyle's Swing? It fascinates me every time I see him play. Would this be a good swing of an amateur to imitate?
Here is an interesting quote from an online article (http://www.ussenioropen.com/2005/news/interviews/allen-doyle-7-31-05.html):
Q. Could you tell how that swing of yours developed and how you came up with it and why you stuck with it all these years?
ALLEN DOYLE: Well, it developed in a low ceiling basement. I was born and raised right outside of Boston. I was a hockey player mainly when I was a kid. And when hockey was over and there was still snow out, I'd go down in the cellar and half swing for hours. I know that sounds odd, but I didn't have anything else to do, and I wasn't an A student so I wasn't doing my homework (laughter). And it worked for me. You know, at that point in time, I just wanted to be the best caddie player at the club.
Then when I was the best caddie I only wanted to be competitive in the state, and it worked for me, so there was no reason to change. I had guys tell me, the assistant pros at the golf course tell me, if you don't change your swing, you'll never amount to anything in this game, and when I see him and I've seen him since then but they were also the guys that I wouldn't take any lessons from because they couldn't beat me anyway. We had an old pro that would tell me, "If a guy can't beat you, don't take a lesson from him because if he was that good a teacher he could teach himself how to play."
Q. How high was that ceiling?
ALLEN DOYLE: It was about a seven foot.
Here is an interesting quote from an online article (http://www.ussenioropen.com/2005/news/interviews/allen-doyle-7-31-05.html):
Q. Could you tell how that swing of yours developed and how you came up with it and why you stuck with it all these years?
ALLEN DOYLE: Well, it developed in a low ceiling basement. I was born and raised right outside of Boston. I was a hockey player mainly when I was a kid. And when hockey was over and there was still snow out, I'd go down in the cellar and half swing for hours. I know that sounds odd, but I didn't have anything else to do, and I wasn't an A student so I wasn't doing my homework (laughter). And it worked for me. You know, at that point in time, I just wanted to be the best caddie player at the club.
Then when I was the best caddie I only wanted to be competitive in the state, and it worked for me, so there was no reason to change. I had guys tell me, the assistant pros at the golf course tell me, if you don't change your swing, you'll never amount to anything in this game, and when I see him and I've seen him since then but they were also the guys that I wouldn't take any lessons from because they couldn't beat me anyway. We had an old pro that would tell me, "If a guy can't beat you, don't take a lesson from him because if he was that good a teacher he could teach himself how to play."
Q. How high was that ceiling?
ALLEN DOYLE: It was about a seven foot.
