Feb
12
2008

Hitting Down With the Driver - Revisited

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Back in October, I commented on an article that appeared in Golf Digest where Bobby Clampett indicated that players should strike the ball with a downward, or descending, blow with the driver. You can read the original post here.

You might recall that I objected to the idea, given that it’s not widely accepted as a a good driving fundamental. Plus, video evidence shows that prominent PGA Tour professionals don’t seem to be doing that.

When I opened up this [...]

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Feb
10
2008

Progress Update - February 10, 2008

Posted by Double Eagle in My Progress - 4 Comments

It’s a little unbelievable how mild this winter has been. Sure, we’ve had some cold spells, and it’s not exactly warm out. However, I was quite surprised that I’d see weather that was perfect to get in 9 holes yesterday.

I mentioned previously that I’m quite interested in Jim Hardy’s one-plane swing concept. I read his Plane Truth and Plane Truth Master Class books, concentrating mostly on the one-plane parts, so as to not get confused at the [...]

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Feb
04
2008

Book Review: The Gigantic Book of Golf Quotations

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The Gigantic Book of Golf Quotations is about as accurate a title as I’ve ever seen a book. Edited by Jim Apfelbaum with a foreword by Arnold Palmer, this book is absolutely loaded with golf quotations.

Organized by subject and indexed by name, the book contains several thousand different quotations relating to golf. Subjects range from the definition of what golf is to competition to instruction and everything in between.

Here are a few of my favorites:

“Golf wasn’t meant to [...]

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  • Random Tip

  • Causes of an Over the Top Swing
  • As we discussed yesterday, one of the big causes of the slice in golf is an “over the top” swing where the club gets outside the swing plane and target line.

    This flaw can really be caused for a variety of reasons. Golf Tips Magazine has a nice article covering four common causes of the over the top move.

    To summarize, the author, Todd Sones, points to:

    Taking the club away too flat, or inside the swing plane
    Getting too much weight on [...]

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