Finally, finally, finally got dowels+a hinge assembly this winter.
Followed LB's instructions on hinges.
And Right Forearm Pick Up.
And PP#3.
Couldn't swing a club due to torn elbow tendon.
Finally started hitting little chips 2 months ago.
Felt the club load onto PP#3.
Hit down.
Fat. Fat. Fat.
Back to the book.
Fog lifted - didn't have my left thumb down aft side of club.
Adjusted grip.
Started taking truer divots on 2 ft chips then I ever did with a full swing.
Experimented with hinges (well, to the best of my understanding).
Angled hinge - chips were a bit higher, softer.
Horizontal hinge - chips were a bit lower, flatter trajectory.
And almost every chip had a distinctive sound and feel.
Played yesterday for the first time in 3 yrs.
Went 44 on the front/44 on the back.
Not a world class course, but fairly legit - 6500 yds/126 slope.
And was off my career best by 7 strokes.
Now I have to figure out the other 98% of the book I don't understand.
But once the fog lifts enough to see and hear a true, 3D golf stroke - you have confidence you can keep fog lifting.
Thanks for all the hard work you've put in Lynn, much appreciated.
Set your anchors push your elbow against your motionless head like it was a wall!
Your misses will be within inches, if you miss! Same techniqe for chips and pitches. Experiment with heavy EA within 150 yards esp." target practice " under trees, over bunkers. AIM AT THE PIN!!!!
Enjoy!
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HP, grant me the serenity to accept what I cannot change, the courage to change what I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Progress and not perfection is the goal every day!
Until 5 mins before we teed off and I thought, 'Wonder what would happen if I monitored PP#3 for putting as well...'.
I set the ball just slightly to the toe of the putter, felt PP#3 on the backstroke and hit 5 of the purest feeling putts I ever hit.
Couldn't take it to the course quite so quickly - I missed 5 par putts from within 10 feet, most of them short cuz I was scared to blast them past the hole with my newfound Hulk like PP#3 induced stroke.
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Set your anchors push your elbow against your motionless head like it was a wall!
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Experiment with heavy EA within 150 yards
Is EA extensor action? Haven't dialed that in yet, am kind of stumbling through fog lifting. So much of TGM is still a mystery to me, I'm kind of getting by on the few things I can figure out.
I know I'm a swinger, and I use a 10-2-B grip.
Funny thing is, I can't hit it out of my shadow, haha.
I used to be long'ish - okay, wild and always O.B., but long'ish.
The new swing is just so compact - I push back against PP#3 and somehow the backswing finds its natural stopping place, then I aim at inside aft quadrant, and try to drive to the low point.
I was so surprised I kept hitting the ball so solidly - short, but solidly. On one approach I had 110 to the pin. Hit a SW right on line, came up 10 yds short.
Plunked a ball down for fun and decided to 'go after it'.
Completely chunked it. Downswing black out.
Put another ball down, just made my typical compact, somehow feels like its on auto backswing, drove PP#3 to the inside and bingo - put the ball within 4 yds of the original one.
Lesson learned. I'll work on power later, for now I can't tell you how happy I am to be playing again - with half a clue.
HoganFan, If you are thinking you are short, try a little more forward shaft lean through the ball. More downward pressure on the shaft and you will get some more distance.
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