James Marshall (Hogan1953)
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"Jim was someone who understood that the game of golf was played with the golf club and not the body."
"Jim was someone who understood that the game of golf was played with the golf club and not the body."
I think that was a joke?The quote by itself to me makes no sense. A golf club without a body will do nothing but lay on the ground. A golfer with a body need to pick it up and use it with all of the body parts= hands, arms, torso, legs etc.
I can assure you it wasn't a joke. I've heard Nicklaus state his preference for instruction to emphasize the movement of the club. Within reason, by whatever means the body has to do it, despite what "body" teachers say.
I remember Flick on a Golf Channel panel with the usual suspects ... Harmon, Leadbetter, Smith, etc. The discussion was on the golf swing. After the rest had stated their "body" theories Flick simply stated that the swing should be initiated by the hands. He said he taught beginners to use their hands to swing the club and make solid contact. Once that is fully mastered and the student wanted to progress to a more pro type swing then other things would be taught to add power. He said many students did not want to or were not capable of progressing to the more advanced swing but were quite happy with the "amateur" swing, The reactions of the others ranged from amusement to small smirks.
Wouldn't it have been nice to take your first lessons from Jim and spend your first days simply enjoying that lovely feeling of pure contact?
DC - I have long thought that that was the best swing "drill" out there (for me anyways) and I think that I even saw that it was voted the best swing tip in a golf magazine once too.Most people would play better if they put their feet together and just swing their arms. I give that lesson so often it gets old.
The quote by itself to me makes no sense. A golf club without a body will do nothing but lay on the ground. A golfer with a body need to pick it up and use it with all of the body parts= hands, arms, torso, legs etc.
How does the body do without a club?
Flick's point, interpreted fairly, is a simple one.
Flick was an advocate of practicing hitting a driver while on your knees. You'd be surprised how far and straight you can hit it from your knees. Shows how little you need the body.
Flick was an advocate of practicing hitting a driver while on your knees. You'd be surprised how far and straight you can hit it from your knees. Shows how little you need the body.
Also surprised at how much lie angle does NOT matter to hit it straight for a driver.Flick was an advocate of practicing hitting a driver while on your knees. You'd be surprised how far and straight you can hit it from your knees. Shows how little you need the body.
The lie angle? Measured when ("set" at what point--in time)? Why does it (i.e. whatever your answer to the first 2 questions is) not matter?Also surprised at how much lie angle does NOT matter to hit it straight for a driver.