I am continually amazed at some of the things that Tour Pros are "working on" from week to week. Many of them succeed despite themselves.
Played with a PGA Tour veteran and multiple winner on tour last week in an event and picked his brain over some of his misses, especially his left misses. I was shocked. His divots were at or right of his target and claimed he was just trying to hold off the clubface and didn't do it.
One of my former students hit 6-iron into #18 at Pebble Beach last week in the AT&T. Said he was trying to fade his tee sot and instead hit a pull-draw that hugged the ocean. When a friend of ours asked him what he thinks about when he tries to hit a fade, (open the clubface, swing more left, knuckles under release...) he said, "No...I just think fade."
Must be nice.
The point to the story is that we have a tremendous amount of information at our fingertips that make us better players and teachers. But when you watch Chris DiMarco hit balls on the range and all he is working on is alignment and not taking divots you quickly realize that most Tour players don't WANT that much information. It gets in the way of their ability to score...which is kind of important.
And, IMO, if you are a former major champion and cut making machine and you are shooting 83 with a swing that looks great on video, its time to reassess your changes and your teacher.
Just sayin.
Played with a PGA Tour veteran and multiple winner on tour last week in an event and picked his brain over some of his misses, especially his left misses. I was shocked. His divots were at or right of his target and claimed he was just trying to hold off the clubface and didn't do it.
One of my former students hit 6-iron into #18 at Pebble Beach last week in the AT&T. Said he was trying to fade his tee sot and instead hit a pull-draw that hugged the ocean. When a friend of ours asked him what he thinks about when he tries to hit a fade, (open the clubface, swing more left, knuckles under release...) he said, "No...I just think fade."
Must be nice.
The point to the story is that we have a tremendous amount of information at our fingertips that make us better players and teachers. But when you watch Chris DiMarco hit balls on the range and all he is working on is alignment and not taking divots you quickly realize that most Tour players don't WANT that much information. It gets in the way of their ability to score...which is kind of important.
And, IMO, if you are a former major champion and cut making machine and you are shooting 83 with a swing that looks great on video, its time to reassess your changes and your teacher.
Just sayin.
