Yesterday I was talking about this past golf tournament with golf swing guru Brendon Post – for those of you who don’t know Brendon, he is one of the best teachers, and players, in the Mid-Atlantic region. We were at Clubgolf Performance Center and he brought up an interesting point about consistency that I’d like to share with you. When asked to recap his thoughts, this is what I got.
Those guys still amaze me at how they shoot those low scores and still hit the ball all over the place, miss some unbelievably short putts and yet they still average around 70% GIR and under 30 putts per round.
The first thing I ask a student when they come for a lesson is what are they looking for out of their game and they usually respond with more consistency. I guess what I should ask them, is shooting 63, 72, 62, 72 the type of consistency that they are looking for Or do they want to be the player of the year and holder of 2 majors, shooting 71, 74, 74, 68 = t24; 74, 73, 71 = miss cut and 72, 72 = miss cut(Padraig Harrington)? These guys are the best in the world and Phil played just like the average golfer this week and won a tournament.
Then you have Stricker who shoots 61, 62 and comes back with a 77 at the Hope. Then in this tournament coming down the stretch he has a chance to win AGAIN and leaves at least 3 putts short dead in the heart. Those are the ones I saw, but there could have been more. I wonder if these guys go back and watch themselves and learn from their mistakes. Maybe Phil has by hitting 3wd on 18 but sometimes I wonder.
Tiger is the only sure thing or maybe Danny Lee.
If Phil shot 72, 72 in the first 2 rounds he would have missed the cut. I guess it just shows that consistency doesn’t matter that much and it is all relative.
Trust the experts to help you figure out what you want out of your golf game this year. But if you want consistency, be careful what you wish for. Consistent golf is not as much fun as it might sound…
Oh, I think that consistent golf starts with a consistent body, so you should check out our program The Golf Drive Secrets and get a more consistent body to build your swing around.
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One of the topics that we will always be talking about is nutrition.
Just a warning though, what I am about to say is controversial, but if you put it together and do a little research, you will begin to see how what I am about to say is true and why you need to begin to change your habits for you and your family, right now!
Our modern nutritionists let’s say are “challenged.” A majority of them have been university taught and continue to carry around the old information that has contributed to a majority of the disease, sickness and obesity problems that we suffer from today.
As Americans we are bombarded daily with “crap” information that does only one thing…to keep us in our otherwise “dufus” state of the perpetual “death cycle” of nutrition. That’s right, the “death cycle” of nutrition!
I believe in all my research and the research of thousands of other professionals a lot smarter that me, that our medical, government, food manufactures, chemical companies and drug companies are all “sleeping” with each other! And you know exactly why!
If you are sick, then you must see your doctor, who will prescribe a “medicine” to help you with your symptoms (not the root issue of your problem!), which were caused by your poor diet, which was grown by farmers who are now “commercialized,” who uses BILLIONS of chemicals (pesticides, fungicides, and herbicides) to raise your food, who is funded by the government as “farming subsidies,” all of whom create what…
DEPENDENCY ON THE MEDICAL INDUSTRY to get rid of disease caused by the above “circle of death!” One of the reasons I say this is because the “credo” of the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) is that “disease can only be cured with medicine!” That’s right! Medicine!
Now please understand that I believe fully in surgeons and some medical specialists as well as those who work in the emergency medicine arena, and I fully support them! But, for a “health care system” to believe that the only way to cure a disease is with medicine, is looney tunes! However, that will explain why we are 37th on the list of “healthiest” societies in the world! For gosh sakes, there are third world countries on this list that are healthier than us! What we need to call our system is a “disease management” system…and guess what? This administration has no clue as to how to solve this crises, and, in fact, only make the system worse than it already is, cause government KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT HEALTH AND WELLNESS!!
Now that I have hopefully shocked you, here is what you can do:
- Support your local independent organic farmer
- Buy organic food- as much as you can! And don’t use the extra cost for a reason not to! That’s just stupid!
- Drink filtered water- half your body weight in ozs each day
- Rest- try to sleep from 10pm-6am each night, and do take naps!
- Stay away from the 4 “white devils,” 1. sugar 2. white flour 3. pasteurized milk and products 4. table salt
- Exercise! Crap! Don’t be so dang lazy! God made you to move!
- Seek the truth!
If you do those things on a regular basis, you will live a long life w/o disease and be able to play golf till you die!
Go to http://www.westonaprice.org for more info.
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I get questions all the time on whether or not golf fitness affects the short game. I does. It absolutely does. Below are the important factors for putting.
My Hierarchy of Factors in Putting
1) Keeping the lower body still – this helped Padraig improve over the last two years – according to his putting coach – force plate analysis confirms this key as number one for putting
2) Visual Alignment – this goes hand in hand with green reading, and is arguable as important in putting performance as lower body stability.
3) Physical Alignment – make sure that your set up is square to your visual alignment – this is usually different for right and left eye dominant players so play around until it matches up.
4) Putter Face Control – this is where grip starts to become important. A lot of styles work, just make sure it feels secure and doesn’t cause too much wrist movement
5) Putter Path – arc or straight back? a lot of variations can be found on tour so it can’t be too important in my book
Tackle the first three and you’d be surprised how much better your putting can get. Check www.mytpi.com for great balance and lower body stability exercises and thoracic mobility drills to help build the solid putting foundation.
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Back in 2006 I was the conditioning coach for Arron Oberholser and Joe Durant. That was a great year because Arron won his first ever PGA tournament and Joe won his 5th tournament, and it was the first one in over five years prior.
Since then, Arron went to work with someone else and, unfortunately, struggled.
I say that for only of one reason. One of the first things Arron said to me the other night was, “I missed our friendship, your expertise for golf, and the fun we had.”
Did you catch the most important part of what he said? No, not my expertise, not our friendship (although that is a very close second!), it was the FUN we had.
Any athlete in any sport, and anyone in life trying to achieve anything should LOVE what they are doing! As an athlete, it should be a blast every time you get out to practice and compete! If you love your business or what you do for a living, truly love it! Cause in the end, we’re only here for a short time, so you might as well have a blast!
Here’s why I tell you that, even though you are not a PGA tour player or professional athlete, you need to have a strong team that can take care of you and your health. A very good chiropracter, a good physical therapist, a good doctor (preferably a holistic or D.O.), a very good nutritionist and an excellent conditioning coach who can provide you with an awesome golf fitness program. The reason why you need this team for you, is that they will help keep you loving what you do! Without them comes a state of dis-ease and unhappiness, so don’t let yourself fall into that trap, and step up and take care of yourself so you can LOVE your life and have a ton of FUN!
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