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Richard’s Quick Tip:

Which Club to Practice With

Not everyone agrees that you should use one club to practice
with, and a lot of golfers like to practice with all their clubs.
But for the high-handicapper it’s not a bad idea to use just one
short iron to practice with. It can build confidence quickly.

When you –practice with an 8 iron, or any other short iron, you
tend to forget about how far you hit the ball. But when you go
to a practice range with a driver or fairway wood, you tend to
become too wrapped up in hitting to the farthest flag, or at
least hitting as far as possible. The swing itself becomes
almost secondary.

As a short iron has a shorter shaft, it requires less effort to
meet the ball squarely; therefore you can quickly build a good
swing and good tempo-certainly good enough for you to start
hitting the longer clubs.

There is an old saying that you can teach a player more in
fifteen minutes with a short iron than you can in a day with a
wood.

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Comments from subscribers:

Dear Richard

The Body Golf System has helped me tremendously in the past 12
months. It has helped me keep the ball on the fairway and out of
the woods. I have eliminated my my slice and improved my short
game. Since I have had your videos, I have taken 18 strokes off
my game and now shooting in the low eighties. They videos were
easy to understand and Sensei Mark is a great teacher.
Allen Vickery
Little Rock, AR



R.M. Great Allen. Thanks so much. It really makes me feel
good to get an email like this. Keep practicing and you will get
in the 70’s.

Richard
I've been doing double clubbers before and during my rounds with
pretty consistent results, even though I don't watch the videos enough
and practice enough. Yesterday on a very scenic bluff top course in southern
Minnesota, par 71, I shot 88. A lot of firsts happened yesterday. I had a
46 on the front 9 which as you can figure I had a 42 on the back (First sub
50 front and back nine). Even more amazing, I shot the 42 while carding
an 8 on one hole, the only hole I took a penalty for bouncing off a tree and
into the woods. Course management came into play a LOT (Could you feature
more on course management?). I took very few risks and it paid off. I
can't wait to get back out because I know that I left 6-9 shots on the
course, at least 3 when I carded the 8.

Thanks for the newsletter and the great video instruction,
Eric
Minnesota

R.M. I am proud of you Eric. Keep watching those videos and
keep up the practicing, and you will get there. Congratulations
. Those double clubbers are one of the most important techniques
in the Body Golf System. Keep up the good work.


IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM OF NOT KNOWING IF YOUR CLUBFACE IS OPEN OR
CLOSED AT ADDRESS I HAVE A QUICK AND SIMPLE EXCERCISE.
USE A SMALL PIECE OF BLUE TACK AND ATTACH A WOODEN TEE PEG TO
YOUR CLUBFACE, TAKE YOUR NORMAL GRIP AND STANCE. YOU WILL SOON
SEE WHEN YOU LOOK DOWN WHICH WAY THE TEE PEG IS FACING. LEFT WILL
BE CLOSED AND TO THE RIGHT YOUR CLUBFACE WILL BE OPEN. [For
right handed] Maverick


R.M. Thanks for the info.



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Quote of the Week:

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, it's playing a poor
hand well.

Robert Louis Stevens
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Golf quote of the week:

" In primitive society, when native tribes beat the ground
with clubs and yelled, it was called witchcraft; today, in
civilized society, it is called golf.
-- Anonymous


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Questions and Answers by Teaching Pro Mr Joe DeLorenzo THANK YOU
for taking your time to answer these Joe.

Joe is also available for private lessons. "For private or group
lessons in Chicago's northwest suburbs, contact Joe at
golfwithjoey@yahoo.com

A Bit of Golf Trivia:
The following pros do not use their real first names, ...so what
are theirreal first names?
Lanny Wadkins, Ernie Els, Dudley Hart, Duffy Waldorf, Fuzzy
Zoeller, TigerWoods.
(the answers can be found below)


Joe,
I have a practice area in my yard that is 130 yards long. It is a
steady up hill of about 25 to 30 feet above my feet. How do I determine the
true distance for this up hill lie. Is there a formula?
If you could answer this question I would be grateful.
Thanks, Rick Rhodes

Hello Rick,
I do not know of any formula, but if I were you I would already
know which club I usually use for 130 yards, and then hit several balls with
that club in your yard and measure how far short your average shot ends up.
On the course, always take at least one more club whenever you notice
the slightest uphill approach, and if it is rather steep, consider taking two
more clubs, also factoring in the wind and the type of lie that you have.
Joe


Joe,
This makes me really mad. Why is it that things always seem to
work on the practice range but do not seem to work as well on the golf
course?
Andrew

Hi Andrew,
It's all about pressure. On the practice range, there is no
pressure, since there is no penalty for a bad shot. Also since you are swinging
every few seconds, your muscles can get into a good rhythm. On the course,
it is several minutes between each shot, so there is less rhythm and
that makes it easier to tense up. Tense muscles do not work the same as relaxed
muscles.
Joe


Hi Richard, Enjoy the newsletter greatly. Recently I've developed
a hard pull to a hook with my driver, my thinking on this is that I may
be to stiff in my swing and not doing a good job with my weight transfer. The
only problem with trying to correct is not wanting to mess with my
swing until I'm sure thats the problem. Look forward to your response. Thanks
much, and keep up the great tips in the newsletter.
Don


Hi Don,
Richard asked me to answer this one. I think you are right in
deciding not to mess up your swing just for a driver. That suggests you are
hitting your other clubs OK. If this is true, simply find a different driver
because they are all so different. Recently, a reader was hitting all
clubs OK except the driver which was going to the right, the opposite
problem from yours. We suggested to get a heel-weighted driver to correct
this, and I am guessing your driver may be heel-weighted, causing your
pull-hook. Try some of the jumbo drivers that are not heel-weighted and let us know how it turns out.
Joe



Question for the Evil Twin:
Jody, what bothers you the most about the people who believe all
the rules of golf are good rules?
Answer: They can vote and they can breed.


Dear Readers,
Arnold Palmer, the King of Golf, says there should be something
called "recreational rules" to bring more fun into the game. If you
were king for a day, what would you change?

Here is what Seve Ballesteros says: I would make the ball
bigger, which makes it easier to hit and to find, and it would not travel so
far. Also I would limit wedge loft to 54 degrees and limit the number of
clubs in a bag to 12, which would promote some imagination in shot making
instead of using specialty clubs. Also the overall rules should be simplified.

For some other interesting ideas, take a look at website
'sortagolf.com'.

OK readers, now it is your turn, if you were king for a day,
let's hear your ideas. How would you change the rules?


Answers to the Trivia Question (above): Jerry Wadkins, Theodore
Els, Howard Hart, James Waldorf, Frank Zoeller, Eldrick Woods
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Golf Potpourri

by

Mac Stevenson

Don’t Become Obsessive About Exercise
An 18-hole round of golf should be a combination of healthy
exercise, fun, and camaraderie; however, after walking the front
nine, continuing by foot on the back side can become a torturous
forced march instead of a pleasant round of golf.

Depending on your age and condition, carrying a full-size bag or
pulling it on a cart--even for nine holes--can be so tiring that
it takes the enjoyment out of the game.

Have you ever tried playing the front nine carrying an
extra-light, no-frills canvas bag and then riding the back? It
should be a bag that’s just light canvas with a ball-holding
pocket and no other extras. I’m talking about a golf bag so small
and light that you can’t carry all of your clubs in it.

On the front nine--when you’re going to walk with a featherweight
bag--you should carry a driver, three-wood, five-wood, five-iron,
seven-iron, pitching wedge, sand wedge, and your putter. You can
vary the clubs you carry depending on the course and your game,
but try playing with just eight clubs on the front nine while
walking.

If you’re on life’s back nine, like many of us are, walking nine
holes is plenty--that’s two and a half miles carrying a bag.
That’s a lot of exercise. And be sure that you have comfortable
golf shoes. It’s agony to walk nine or 18 holes when your feet
are hurting.

Don’t carry a lot of extra balls in your light bag, two or three
is plenty. If you keep a dozen golf balls in your ball
compartment, you’ll be carrying a bag that’s heavier than it
needs to be.

Your first reaction is going to be that your scores will suffer
if you don’t have all of your clubs. They won’t. You’ll be
surprised to find out--over time--that you will score as well
with eight clubs as you do with the full compliment of 14. And
you’ll learn how to hit some new shots. If you have a 115-yard
shot and it’s too close for your seven-iron, a soft,
three-quarter shot will be required. You will have to hit some
punch shots when you’re going against the wind because you won’t
have the club you would normally use.

When playing with a regular foursome of good friends, you can
occasionally borrow a club. In other words, if you have a
nine-iron shot and your nine-iron is back at the clubhouse, just
borrow a nine-iron from one of your friends in the foursome.

If you’re going to ride a cart on the back nine, you’ll want to
have your large bag--with the rest of your clubs--in a handy
place so you can make a quick switch at the turn.

Riding a cart for 18 holes four or five times a week becomes
expensive fast. That’s $50 or more a week and many golfers can’t
afford that. A lot of public courses that charge $10 for 18 holes
on a cart will charge $6 or $7 for nine holes. That’s not only
unfair to the players, it’s grounds for serious protest. Course
managers should be encouraging their players to walk as much as
they can, and they shouldn’t charge over $5 for the back nine if
their cart rental is $10 for 18 holes.

Most golfers can walk nine holes, but that back nine can become
pure torture if you run out of gas. And that takes all the fun
out of the game. Try this method of carrying a lightweight bag
with just seven or eight clubs on the front nine, and then ride
the back.

You’ll get all the exercise you need, and the back nine will be
fun instead of drudgery


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Richard’s Thoughts

I traveled up to Lemonister, MA last week to shoot some new
videos that will be out soon. Saturaday morning when we first
arrived at the country club and in the process of setting up, I
noticed a young lady attempting to hit some balls off of the
practice tee. She was awful! Missing the ball, topping the
ball…it was just awful. I walked over to her and asked if she
would like some help. She replied yes, and I then asked Sensei
Mark if he would give her a quick lesson, because I felt sorry
for her. Being the gentleman Mark is, he agreed. I promise you,
in ten minutes, using the Body Golf techniques, Mark had this
lady not only hitting the ball, but hitting it straight and with
good distance. To me, it was amazing what he did in ten minutes.
Believe me, this Body Golf Full Swing stuff works!!



Advice To The Portly

The biggest problem confronting the hefty or overweight player is
how to maneuver around his “stylish stout.” No one knows better
than I the difficulty involved in this operation. The answer is
to develop a good body turn both away from and back into the
ball. The heavier you are, the more you must rotate the hips in
order to move that protruding paunch out of the way. If you turn
properly , you can actually convert excess weight into an asset.
You will then be moving into the ball with additional force.
That is, you’ll be getting your weight into the shot instead of
allowing it to be a handicap. Sensei Mark Anthony teaches this
in all of the Body Golf videos, and it works. The average stout
player tends to wave at the ball. He often permits his
mid-section to interfere with his swing. One exercise I have
found helpful in developing a good body turn involves taking a
club and tucking it behind the back and into the crook of each
arm. In this exercise, the arms are bent at 90-degree angle, the
forearms extending forward, parallel to the ground. With the
club tucked in neatly, turn until the head of the club is
directly in front of you. Then turn the other way until the
shaft is facing front. Keep on rotating from left to right and
right to left. Leg and foot action are extremely important in
the golf swing, but speedy leg and foot action that moves your
excess baggage out of the way. Since it is easier to turn when
your stance isn’t too wide, remember that at no time should the
feet e farther apart than the width of the shoulders. And here’s
one final thought to keep in mind. It takes the heavy player
longer to transfer his weight because he has more of it. It is,
imperative that you take the club back more slowly than the
average player. This slower backswing will facilitate weight
transfer to the right side.

Until next week…good golfing!

Dr Richard Myers
www.thinkandreachpar.com
www.bodygolf.com
864.675.0038

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