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Golfers Are Funny –
And I Don’t Mean The Good Kind Of Funny
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‘I’m going to try to the Stack and Tilt. I’ve tried the 8 Step Swing, The X Factor, Slow and Low, Square to Square, along with every other new swing that has come out.
‘I’ve tried video analysis, I’ve tried the new Matt System, I’ve tried Golf Tec, I’ve even tried getting down on my hands and knees to pray.
‘Yet, I still have the same inconsistent golf swing. I’ve spent hundreds – well, thinking about it …. I’ve spent thousands …. well, let’s just put it this way …. my kids inheritance isn’t what it used to be – trying to find something to help me become more consistent.’
We live in a society that thrives on making things simpler. Perfect example: Would you rather use Microsoft Word or go back to loading the paper into a typewriter and then having to go through the hassle of making a simple mistake. (Really, I tried to type mistake wrong to illustrate my point, but Microsoft won’t let me make a mistake even if I wanted to).
Make Life Simple
Yet, the Golfer that’s having a hard time on the golf course seems to be looking for more difficult. We’re actually thinking of changing our company name to Golf Made Difficult, but we feel if we did – there would be too much demand and we wouldn’t be able to keep up with number of Golfers calling and emailing us to help them make complicated swing changes.
So we’ll keep it Golf Made Simple
Why do most people today have their automobiles shift gears automatically as opposed to manually shifting? Why don’t you have a rotary telephone in your house anymore? Do you know anyone that still fiddles with an answering machine that’s hooked up by a cord to your telephone as opposed to voice mail?
Yet, the Golfer isn’t happy until your Instructor sits you down to analyze every movement of your golf swing. The Golfer wants to know everything they’re doing wrong in their swing. ‘You see my right elbow at the top of my swing, is that where it’s supposed to be?’ “Well Mr. Lewis, you’re right, according to our highly advanced technology that can analyze every movement in your golf swing, along with determining if you’re getting enough calcium in your diet – shows that your right elbow is about 2.394 degrees out of place.”
In every aspect of our life, we’re trying to make things ‘Simpler’. We’re trying to use less thought to accomplish difficult tasks. Yet in Golf – the so-called Swing Guru’s are trying to make things more difficult!
An 8 Step Swing? I have difficulty walking and chewing gum at the same time.
To give you an idea on how embarrassed I am about this ‘complicated is better philosophy’ that has hooked Golfers to the point of me relabeling it as ‘Crack for Golfers’ – somebody sent me this amazing comment they found on the Golf Tec website – ‘By primarily working in an indoor, controlled environment, clients can focus on the swing process as opposed to simply relying on ball flight. By ignoring ball flight in some of (the) lessons, clients can avoid reinforcing bad habits.’
Ignoring your ball flight can avoid reinforcing bad habits? Is that a joke? Are they trying to be funny? Don’t tell me they’re serious. That comment may be the #1 reason that company will really mess up your golf swing!
Do I smell Snake Oil?
Technology has helped us create better golf clubs and golf balls. It’s helped to make the golf club out of better materials (from Persimmon Wood and Hickory Shafts to Titanium and Graphite Shafts), along with allowing us to fit you to the correct equipment to match your golf swing.
All these other complicated swing techniques that are based upon you copying Jim McLean’s 8-Step Swing or the Golf Tec model swing or the Stack and Shank … ahhh, I mean the Stack and Tilt swing - hasn’t helped anybody (I have ever met) swing better. It might make a Golfer feel better that at least they’re doing something to try to improve – but has it helped your swing to improve to the point that your scores have gotten better?
So why over the last two weeks have I gotten into the whole gimmick swing, video analysis, you better be careful what you do next to improve your golf swing - rap? Because it’s that time of year that millions of Golfers can’t go outside to play – so they feel the next best thing is to sign-up to take golf lessons at one of those video simulator places that you can get your swing analyzed, or wile away your time with a book that explains 8 different swing moves you need to master or get on a Golf Internet Chat room that’s filled with closeted, anonymous Golf Gurus with nicknames such as Golf Genius that are looked up to like Rock Stars to frustrated, desperate Golfers that will do anything not to be frustrated anymore.
My question is – Do you know anyone that has signed up for a 6 lesson Golf Tec series and taken all 6 lessons? On the other hand – Do you know anyone that has signed up for a 6 lessons series and only taken 4 or 5 lessons? Why is that so commonplace? Well, they bait you in with promises of Glory – and after the 4th week, when you’re so confused that you’re scared to swing the golf club back because you’re thinking about everything you’re doing wrong and how you want to make sure that you do it correct – something deep down inside says to you – ‘this stinks!’
‘This is too complicated, why am I making it so hard on myself?’
The Monkey is constantly swinging from vine to vine looking for answers – unfortunately they believe that the more difficult the vine is – the better it is for their golf swing
The Player just Tick Tocks and smiles
Are you swinging vine to vine as you grit your teeth or are you smiling?
Go ahead, Be a Player!
Regards,
Marc Solomon - Your Instructor For Life
www.GolfMadeSimple.com
By the way – Golf Made Simple has just completed our first DVD. After years and years and offers upon offers from people that wanted to produce a DVD for us – we decided we wanted to do it our own way. We’ve created a DVD for Players, as opposed to all the other Monkey stuff that’s already out there.
Our DVD - How To Improve Your Golf Swing Indoors – is improvement GMS Style. What’s GMS Style? It’s a Results Based Approach as opposed to a Theories and Assumptions Based Approach.
And as a bonus – we’re including free shipping thru December 31st, 2007
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“I Shot My Age”
GMS,
Once again, Hayden Lewis and GMS win! I can't adequately describe how much I have improved, but I can tell you and my partners why. Eight consecutive rounds in the 70's, including one round shooting my age (73).
You have turned a "Monkey" into a "Player", and I thank you for that. With GMS training and a Hayden Lewis "PLAN" comes improved play and thus increased confidence, which naturally lowers my scores. It's a great combination.
As long as I can walk and still swing a club, I'll be returning to GMS for my annual refresher course.
All the best from 'Your Student for Life',
Charley Eaton – Jacksonville, Florida – Sent December 5th, 2007
Attended St. Augustine location on September 24th to 26th, 2007
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“My Handicap Has Improved 5 Strokes With Limited Play”
Jeff,
I recently had my best game breaking into the 80's at El Macero Golf Club. I shot an 89, (which is even better than first glance since it's a tough course and I haven’t played as much as I would have liked this year). On every round I seem to pitch or chip one in the hole. I've learned a lot about balance over the ball. My short game has improved and so has my putting
My index is down every month. It is now 21.6. It was a 26.6 when we met. Improvement is consistent.
All my best,
Ken G – Sacramento, California - December 9th, 2007
Attended Lake Tahoe Location on July 2nd to 4th, 2007
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Green Grass, Blue Skies and Sunny Weather
Talk about perfection. Look at the weather in St. Augustine, Florida from last week’s Golf Improvement Weekly to today’s GIW: Everyday has been 70 to 77 degrees with blue skies and lots of sunshine. Can you say perfect weather to be outside playing golf? When you look outside, what do you see? Blue skies, green grass and trees with leaves or is everything I just mentioned just different shades of gray?
As of right now, our newest locations are filling up the fastest – Boca Raton, Florida; La Quinta/Palm Springs, California; and Phoenix, Arizona – have taken off. The response to these new locations has been amazing. Though, we knew you’d love them – that’s why GMS opened in these locations.
That being said – as you can see, the weather is perfect in St. Augustine, Tampa and Amelia Island, Florida this time of year. Add the history of St. Augustine, the quality of our Tampa golf course and the excellent restaurants in Amelia Island … and you have 3 great days in front of you!
To sign-up or get more information about any of our GMS locations – all in warm and sunny locations – give me a call at 1-888-580-3635; or internationally at 001-904-460-8355.
Alex - Director
Golf Made Simple Inc.
Phone:1 (888) 580-3635
Email: Alex@GolfMadeSimple.com
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Hit The Ball Long:
The Fairway Is Clogged With Short Hitters
This week, lets look at one of the two most dominate Players in the world – Lorena Ochoa from Mexico. This year, Lorena used Tiger like dominance to rename the LPGA to the Lorena Professional Golf Association. To illustrate this dominance and why more people should be speaking of her as being at the level of Tiger - her total winnings were just a little less than the cumulative earnings of the #2, #3 and #4 ranked Players. That’s dominance!
Though, in a theme that we also see on the PGA Tour – Lorena isn’t close to dominate when it comes to percentage of Fairways Hit - Lorena ranks a lowly 58th. Yet, she ranks 3rd in Driving Distance, 1st in Greens in Regulation, 1st in Putts per Green in Regulation, 1st in Birdies, 1st in Scoring Average, 1st in ….., etc., etc., etc.
While the leader in Driving Accuracy is ranked 145th in Driving Distance, 140th in Greens in Regulation, 130th in Putts per Green in Regulation, 120th in Birdies and 98th in Scoring Average. Whereas, most people would think you need to hit fairways to hit greens so that they’re able to score well. Though, what does hitting the golf ball far provide you that being consumed with just hitting fairways doesn’t – easier clubs to the green so that you have shorter first putts evidenced by Ochoa’s #1 ranking in Putts per Green.
Hmmm, what’s more important – Distance on your Tee Shot or Hitting the Fairway? It’s not even close. And by the way, the leader in Driving Accuracy is 102nd on the Money List and is about $4,292,146 behind Lorena Ochoa, while only playing 7 less rounds of golf in 2007!
Hit The Ball Long – The Fairway is Clogged With Short Hitters!
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“The Player understands that they could hit their 3 iron and be successful sometimes. But the Player knows that Golf is not a ‘Sometimes Game’ - it's an ‘Everytime Game’. So if you can’t hit a club well just about everytime you hit it - don't use it. Commit to only using the clubs that are working for you.
The Monkey after they hit that one miracle shot uses the absurd phrase – ‘That's the shot that keeps you coming back to the Golf Course!’ right after hitting 99 shots that make you want to be away from the Golf Course!
The Player knows every shot has the same amount of importance, so they PLAN by ‘playing to their Strengths and away from their Weaknesses’."
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