Golf Magazine fix Tiger's swing article

[Mike Thomas (sunmart)]

in the July edition. Brian, do you agree with the fixes? Basically said his takeaway is too outside and too flat,laid off,too steep on his downswing, and that he's not exiting impact on plane. would love to read a similar article by Brian similar to the one he did on Sergio, "Golf Digest style". Odd that they did not mention the up and down movement of the head.

 

[jpvegas1]

On the Golf Magazine website AJ Bonar (infomercial fame) says he can fix Tiger's swing in 5 minutes.

Face facts, Tiger - Flyers


AJ's advice to Tiger is "Cup it and Kill it". Says Tiger is not opening the face enough on the backswing so he is unable to release fully coming through impact.

One point that was brought out in the interview is that Tiger hits the ball about the same distance now as he did in 2000, however, everybody else has added 10-15 yards with new equipment and such, so he has lost yardage to the field.

 

[ej20]

Bonar has got to be kidding right?He really needs to get lessons himself regarding the golf swing.

Cupping and arching of the left wrist has got nothing to do with opening and closing of the clubface.Cupping adds loft to the clubface and arching delofts.Clockwise left forearm rotation is what opens the clubface and you can argue Tiger does too much of that.

Good one AJ!!

 

[fronesis]

On the Golf Magazine website AJ Bonar (infomercial fame) says he can fix Tiger's swing in 5 minutes.

Face facts, Tiger - Flyers


AJ's advice to Tiger is "Cup it and Kill it". Says Tiger is not opening the face enough on the backswing so he is unable to release fully coming through impact.

Wow. That's just shocking. I read the whole article and the guy clearly does NOT understand the golf swing. Really. And at the end he even tells amateurs to make sure they are toe down with the driver!!

Note to all Manzella Academy instructors and anyone else out there who wants golfers to play better: better be ready to have your NSA fixes at hand, because just about every high handicapper who reads that article and follows its advice is going to need to be fixed!

 

[teeithigh]

this is what makes golf so tough...i remember in the 80's reading a quote by nicklaus that "he took the hands out of it" and a day later reading a quote by watson saying he is "using his hands much more" ..i may have jack and tom mixed up here but you get the idea...what works for some...saw that anthony kim-tiger clinic where tiger says do whatever works..."if you hit it better keeping your weight on your left leg the whole time do it"!!! and now we have bmanz "twistaway" vs. bonar's open the clubface....LOL!!!

 

[fronesis]

this is what makes golf so tough...i remember in the 80's reading a quote by nicklaus that "he took the hands out of it" and a day later reading a quote by watson saying he is "using his hands much more" ..i may have jack and tom mixed up here but you get the idea...what works for some...saw that anthony kim-tiger clinic where tiger says do whatever works..."if you hit it better keeping your weight on your left leg the whole time do it"!!! and now we have bmanz "twistaway" vs. bonar's open the clubface....LOL!!!

First off, this is NOT a critique of teeithigh, who is absolutely correct: golf magazines and pros give out TONS of conflicting information, and there are all sorts of strange and even wrong swing feels that can work for pros, because they can make anything work.


But I did want to say something more about:

and now we have bmanz "twistaway" vs. bonar's open the clubface.

There is no "vs." here because this is not a contest. For the VAST MAJORITY of amateur golfers out there, they have a problem of opening the clubface too much and not understanding HOW to close it. For all of those folks, Brian's approach in NSA is like some sort of magic elixir. It fixes them. For the other 15% of players, there are other fixes and other things to work on, but to say in a golf magazine, as bonar did, that they average amateur should work on opening the clubface MORE in their backswing...well, in terms of golf instruction, it's borderline criminal it's so wrong.

 

[JJKing]

Absolutely no versus here. Advising all people to get the club toe down to get more distance is absolutely idiotic. Remember this is the same guy that a few years ago had a golf magazine cover article that advised to "shut the door" or something to gain distance that looked a lot like a flip to me at the time though details are now fuzzy. I think all he would get Tiger with his method is a case of the shanks.

 

[DOCW3]

Plane

Hogan, TGM, Haney/Hardy ---Ref: Mistake 1: "Tiger's club points well outside the ball indicating that it's off plane."

Must Tiger change his "concept" of the plane for Brady's "Fix" to have meaning?

Pls comment Red Goat.

DRW

 

[Ringer]

Footwork and equipment.

 

[golfball323]

I threw up in my mouth when I read what Bonar had to say when that article was published...

 

[golfball323]

After looking at it, I can almost assure anybody that pays attention will see that GOLF Magazine is manipulating their lines and photographs to show what they want people to see. Their lines are not matching up to the shaft at all, and can you say parallax, JEEZ.

 

[jpvegas1]

After looking at it, I can almost assure anybody that pays attention will see that GOLF Magazine is manipulating their lines and photographs to show what they want people to see. Their lines are not matching up to the shaft at all, and can you say parallax, JEEZ.

That has always been a gripe of mine. A teacher comes up with a theory and then will draw lines to support whatever theory they have come up. Most of the people videotaping have never heard of parallax and its effects.