Golf Does Not Have To Be So Difficult!

One of, if not the major, reason golfers struggle is because they have been brainwashed, especially by the golf instruction industry, into believing golf is about “pretty” and positions. Videos of golf swings have been posted online asking for comments on the swing.  It is amazing how many golfers and even so called teaching professionals jump in with instant analysis without knowing anything about the golfer or his ball flight.

The reason this happens is because of the misguided obsession with correct positions and having a pretty swing.

The only position that matters in the golf swing is the impact position.  If you have the ability to strike the golf relatively solid and straight then you have all the positions you need.  You can have a golf swing that has all the “right” positions and still not be able to deliver the club head to the golf ball effectively.

If golfers and teachers would focus on impact and ball flight without obsessing with how it looks golf would become much easier.

Once you start thinking about your ball flight it gets easier to learn to fix it.  If you slice simply think about what happens at impact to cause that.  The club face is open to the direction it is traveling.  Now think about what your hands need to do to improve that.  The reason I say hands is that is the only part of the body that touches the golf club.

Improving gets easier when you start thinking like that instead of trying to fix positions or over-the-top swings.

I have often wondered what would happen if I took a random student and said, “I am going to help you create a golf swing capable of winning 17 times on tour including the FedEx Cup and the U S Open and over $60 million.  How would you like that?”

I am betting anyone I asked would jump all over that.

Then I would say, “There is only one catch.  You will end up with a swing that looks exactly like Jim Furyk’s.”

Seeing the response to that would be very interesting.  Please note that earlier I used the term “capable of.”  Even if you swing the club EXACTLY like Jim Furyk it doesn’t mean you could play like he does.  The real question is regardless of what your swing looks like “can you play golf?”

That's it from the Golf Cave for today.  Please leave comments.