Hogan

Back in France and reading Ben Hogan's book. Wow the thing is dense. Other golfers said that it really helped them and after reading some of it I didn't believe it would help me that much. Last weekend I played horrible. Like 15 over par. Well I've tried several things in the book:

1. keep elbows as close together as possible
2. point inside of elbows out
3. supinate the left wrist

Well this definately felt weird but it helped to keep my left arm straight and maintain my triangle better. Then the other thing I did that really helped my out was lifting my left arm higher on the backswing so that I could get get more left arm going backwards flexibility like the pros. Well the combination of the two worked even though I had just a little time to groove it in I shot my best score ever. A one over par 28. This swing gives me a slight fade though since my arm is higher my swing is more outside in. I'll slowly try to correct that with my swing plane and swinging around my torso and keeping my head down at contact. I was even able to hit my driver with a nice high fade.

So once again I completely changed my swing. It's amazing how I can go back to other swings like stack and tilt or really hitting down on the ball with my weight forward and see how they feel compared to this new swing.

Oh yeah. Marc gave us a super simple putting exercise which consists of putting a club on the ground and sliding the putter along it. I did this with Ryo and me and it helps immensely just getting the putter to go down a straight line. And he said that if you do it enough you see the club on the ground even when it's not there. Well all we think about now is just sliding the putter and the ball goes a lot straighter. I'm so much more confident in my putting now.

Swing 1.8: Hawaii

Took a lesson with Marc at Hawaii Kai. Told me I needed to work on using my arms more because I've been getting too down on the ball. So the exercise he gave me to do is just hit with my feet together. That way my arms go around my body more. The other thing I have to do a lot is watch the club hit the ball and then raise my head. What happens when you raise your head before you hit the ball is your shoulder dips and then you hit it fat. Helped my swing be a little more consistent and got rid of all slices. Now my problem is a hook!

Da boys golfing in Hawaii Kai