July 30, 2003


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Quote of the week:



\"Often the difference between a successful man and a failure is not one\'s
better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on his
ideas, to take a calculated risk and to act.\"

Dr. Maxwell Maltz
Author of \"Psycho-Cybernetics\"





Golf Quote of the week:

If you are going to throw a club, it is important to throw it ahead of you, down the fairway, so you don\'t have to waste energy going back to pick it up.
Tommy Bolt




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Question and Answers by Joe DeLorenzo



i have some confusion about how far to take back the club
i can get away with 3/4 swings for my high irons, but when i need to get
150+ yards i really need to get the club up over my shoulders

my question is when i take the club back for a full swing.......should i be concentrating on getting the club pointing towards the target at the top

the reason i ask is that sometimes i just feel that it is a strain to get it that far back
and when i focus my attention on that i mess up the other fundamentals........

so, can i take the club back up over my shoulders but not have to have club facing target in order to produce a succesful shot

thanks
bruce


Reply to Bruce:
Hello Bruce,
Before I answer your question about how far back to
take the club, picture the face of a clock behind the
golfer. At the top of the backswing, 12 o\'clock would
have the shaft pointing straight up, 3 o\'clock would
be the shaft pointing toward the target parallel to
the ground. If you can agree to this picture, then
watch the Seniors tour, guys like Dana Quigley, Allen
Doyle, and Moe Norman who founded the \"Natural Golf\"
swing. None of them go beyond 12 o\'clock or 1
o\'clock, and all of them have been very successful.
Therefore if you can hit your short irons well with a
shorter swing, you should also hit your other clubs j
ust as well with a shorter swing. There is no rule or
law that says you have to take it back any further.
If you are making clean contact every time with a
shorter swing, then you will never get worse than a
bogey on any hole, so you should be shooting around
89!!! If you take the club back any further, you are
risking a messed up shot. Never ever strain to take
the club back too far. At this point I have to ask
you what your goals are. What is your handicap now,
and what would you (realistically) like it to be? Let
me know.
Joe DeLorenzo



Why do I hit the ground behind the ball with
my driver,standing too close or too far away,what ?

JB.

Hello JB,
If you are hitting the ground with the driver, I have
to assume you are not doing the same with other clubs.
If this is correct, lets assume there is no problem
with your other clubs. Therefore I have to assume
your driver does not fit you, so just tee off with
your 3-wood while you are searching for a better
driver. If you also have the same trouble with your
other clubs, your ball position may be incorrect.
Take a practice swing without a ball, and see where
your divot starts. Then just place the ball just back
of the spot where your divot starts, and you should be
OK. Where is your ball position? Sensei Mark Anthony
tells you in the Body Golf tapes where it should be.
Joe DeLorenzo






I have a mad hook! (I\'m right handed) and this happened last year I had a pretty bad slice...then I started to hit them straight...and then bam I\'m hit with a damn hook. And I\'ve been worm-burning my drives too. This exact thing happened last year. I figure its just too much golf. I mean last year I was hitting the ball so bad I almost gave up on golf completely. But then at the beginning of the year I was averaging 250 on my drives...I dont get it can you help me? thanks
Semper Fi,
Chris


Hello Semper Fi,
I suspect your clubs have shafts with too much flex.
I would suggest borrowing a set of clubs that have
stiff shafts. I had the same problem years ago when I
rented a set of clubs with \"regular\" shafts, and when
I swung too easy, the ball would hook, and when I
swung too hard, the ball would slice. After I got a
set with stiff shafts, the flex variable was reduced,
and my game improved tremendously. I still hit some
shots off line, but not as bad. Of course there are
other variables such as lie angle, swingweight, shaft
length, etc., but a stiffer shaft should at least
promote consistency, either to the right or to the
left, and then we can take it from there. Let me know
what happens next.
Joe DeLorenzo


Comments from subscribers:


This is in reply to \"Slow Play is inexcusable\" by Mac Stevenson. While there is much validity to the points he mentions for slow play I believe the biggest offenders are the courses themselves. Most of the course I play try and send off groups every 6 minutes. You are doomed from the start, slow play is inevitable. But our member course in Northern California sends off groups at both of their courses in ten minute intervals. Which makes for a much more enjoyable round.

Tony








Dear Richard
Always enjoy reading your newsletter and the associated correspondence from fellow golfers. Disagree however with your views on ranking of the majors. The Open (not the British open) is the oldest and probably the most prestigious of all the majors and the one that most golfers including non Americans want to win. No point in arguing that as folks are entitled to their opinions.
There is a Welsh open, a Scottish Open (played last week) and an Irish Open. There is NOT an English Open or a British Open it is simply \"The Open\" as befits the first tournament of its kind. Many great American golfers have won The Open and all of them refer to it correctly in their victory speech most notably Tiger in 2000.
They have a great website which provides all the information throughout the tournament which starts to morrow, as an Englishman living in Australia this means very little sleep for me over the four days.
Regards

Mike Sanders


Question for Richard:






Hi Richard,

I was a \"conventional golfer\", for now a Natural Golfer and maybe soon to be a Body Golfer. Natural Golf seemed to work for awhile but now my games seems to be regressing. Will your system help/ How will it help? I will shoot low 90\'s one round and 100 the next. I am looking for some consistency and ease to this very frustrating game. Can you help?


Thanks,
Greg



Thanks for the email Greg.

The only way the Body Golf System will help you is when you buy it, you use it. Too many people buy golf training products and put them on the shelf and do not use them. Sure they may watch them once, ( while dozing off in the easy chair), but that is it...and they expect the videos to help them!! You have to use the videos.

The Body Golf System is a proven system. Those testimonials we have on the website are real...not made up!! The Body Golf System will help anyone of average intelligence, if...they will use and study the system.

Here is what you need to do. Watch the videos 2-3 times. This will implant the major essentials into your mind. Then, with the book as a guide, go to the range or course and do what Mark says do. Exactly as he says do it!! Then, go home and watch them a couple of more times. Then go to the course and practice what the videos teach you. Repeat as many times as necessary. The more your work at it, the lower your score will become. It is not a overnite thing. It takes work on your part. But, the system is proven...the system works!!

The more that you watch them and do what they teach you, the lower your score will get. But...the secret to the Body Golf Series is practicing and doing what they say do!! You cannot put them up on the shelf and expect them to help you. You have to use them.

Sorry for repeating myself so many times, but that is what is necessary to get your score down where it should be. Take the Body Golf techniques and put them to use. It is a proven system...not something new.

Richard


Changes That Would Benefit Golf
by
Mac Stevenson
How many times have you hit your tee ball right down the middle and found--to your utter dismay--that you ball had come to rest in an old divot, leaving you with no shot.

Admittedly, this doesn\'t happen often, but you shouldn\'t have to play your ball as it lies when you end up in a fairway divot. Just because this rule is as old as the hills doesn\'t make it right.

Occasionally you\'re going to end up in a huge gash of a divot that really leaves you with nothing more than the option to chip it out. That\'s not fair when you\'ve hit a good drive down the middle. And the rebuttal that life isn\'t fair doesn\'t stand up.

Like so many things, the issue isn\'t as clear-cut as it might seem. The question that begs to be answered is: Who is going to decide whether or not the ball is in an old divot or just a low place in the fairway. In amateur golf, the player\'s opponents should be the ones to make the judgment. If the guys you\'re playing with agree that the ball is in an old divot mark, you should get a free drop of one club length no closer to the hole.

Now, if you encounter this situation in the rough, that\'s just too bad. Anything goes if you hit it off the fairway and you\'re not entitled to any kind of relief.

Golf course superintendents could do their part by marking the spots where some inconsiderate cluck has left a huge divot in the fairway. Deep divots take a long time to heal and the replacement sod often gets caught in the mowers and torn out, leaving a handicap right in the middle of the fairway. If those unrepaired divots were marked, there would be no question that a free drop should be allowed.

The officials who are in charge of the rules of golf are by nature a bit on the stodgy side to begin with, and when they become completely inflexible and show a lack of common sense, it\'s time for a change. Just because a rule has been on the books for over a century is no justification to keep it as is. Golfers shouldn\'t have to hit out of unrepaired fairway divots.

USGA Handicap System is Flawed

The present USGA Handicap System is based on what the people in charge refer to as your potential. It\'s too complicated and it doesn\'t reflect what your true handicap should be.
Under the present system, your worst scores are thrown out and only your good scores are recorded. That\'s just stupid. Every stroke and every round should be posted and averaged over a period of time. The stipulation that you can\'t record more than a double bogey on a hole is just ridiculous. If you have a horrible hole, it should count.

If you have a handicap of 10 on a par 70 golf course, that should mean that your average score over a period of time is 80. The USGA has made it so complicated that trying to read their manual is like trying to read the fine print in an insurance policy. It would be to everyone\'s benefit if the present system were junked and replaced by a simplified and fairer system.

There\'s nothing so permanent as change, and golfing regulations should be under constant scrutiny.


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Richard\'s thoughts:

Taking Charge of Your Life

Here are a few things that all of us need to note to keep our life in some kind of order.

1. Take charge of your time. Time is a great equalizer. No matter how smart, how old, how young, how ugly, how pretty, how poor, how rich, what kind of golfer we are, every one of us have 24 hours in a day to use to your advantage. You can choose the time you get up, how far you drive to work, etc. Choose how you spend your time…mornings, afternoons, evenings.

2. Practice maintenance in your life. Regularly check for any problems that may need attention and take action before it becomes a problem.

3. Instead of worrying…start doing. Make better decisions that you are capable of making. Don\'t worry for days about a job that will only take a few hours…do it now. Get it out of the way. Choose to take action, or delegate the action to someone else.

4. Set goals for yourself each day. Have a written plan. You have 24 hours, schedule it. Protect it. Commit to some particular goals for each day and say no to all other distractions.

5. Organize your day. Do not get distracted. If you want to play golf, make plans and stay focused.

6. Finish what you started-that pile that needs tossing, your income tax, practicing your golf swing. Pick one, finish it and move onto the next one.

Hope these tips will help you get started on a better road in life.

Until next week…good golfing!



Richard Myers

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