Sunday, July 1, 2007

Golf Digest "Radical Golf Swing" Review

by DEREK BEAULIEU


This month's Golf Digest's Magazine front cover exposed a new radical moved being taught by Andy Plummer and Mike Bennett.(Read it here)http://www.golfdigest.com/instruction/index.ssf?/instruction/gd200706stacktilt.html
I have to say it has caused quite a stir in the golf chat rooms and locker rooms. The honest truth about the article is that it is a good move, one produced by the likes of Jack Nicklaus, Ben Hogan, and even Canadian legend George Knudson.
I wouldn't recommend this move with beginners except if you have exceptional hand eye coordination and athletic abilities. I would recommend it for established low to mid handicap golfers who are struggling with accuracy especially off the tee, especially if you have tried everything else.
I believe I do this move and this is what I feel when I am swinging the club:
1. Has I move the club to the top I feel has though my head is moving down towards the ball and my spine stays center. Again this would contradict %90 of all golf methodologies however you can create some awesome power once you get the hang of it.
2. On the way down I am just reversing what I did on the backswing and trying to get my body out of the way of the golf club, which would make me lift up and out of the shot. Now most instructors would think that the ball would go dead right, however if exaggerated you can pull the ball dramatically to the left, as we all know, a pull, it can be very powerful. Watch the best forehand tennis players of the world and you can see this move although hitting they are hitting horizontally, their right leg straightens, and left leg goes out towards ball. Thru the ball their body or spine pulls up to create some awesome racquet speed.
I believe that this new radical move requires less effort and timing, thus eliminating wild and poor contacted shots. If you have the time, give it try!

About the Author
Derek Beaulieu is an accomplished, award-winning golf professional and a popular Southwestern Ontario golf instructor. He has been a member of the Canadian Professional Golfer's Association and the Ontario PGA since 1996. Derek began his full time teaching career in 1999 @ the Tecumseh Golf Centre. . Derek now resides as host Teaching Professional at On the Green, near Windsor,Ontario Canada.

Thanks to DEREK BEAULIEU and GoArticles for this article.

1 comment:

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