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Prepare to play your best golf by doing something now! To comment or respond to this newsletter, please click here ttucker@rochester.rr.com In This Issue - Tom's Featured Tip: Own Your Putting Stroke(s) - Tom's Bonus Tip: Indoor Lessons - Lesson Comments: What Students Have To Say - Sponsors: Batavia Country Club Chestnut Hill Country Club Plum Creek Driving Range and PGA AboutGolf.com Golf Simulator GCC Golf Management Program Provoto Putting Systems I'm now booking INDOOR GOLF LESSONS Click here for details: http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/indoor.html PLUM CREEK DRIVING RANGE IN BATAVIA, NY, IS OPEN ALL YEAR Outdoors in season; Indoors - simulator available for play or practice. Call 585-993-0930 or email Mark at plumcreek4@rochester.rr.com to reserve your simulator time! Great money saving monthly specials, check them out here: http://www.plumcreekdrivingrange.com Buy Gift Certificates for Lessons Sample Gift Certificate Golf lessons - Outdoor and Indoor - are available at Plum Creek, please call me at 716 474 3005, email me at ttucker@rochester.rr.com, or visit my website at http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/lessonrates.html for details. Subscribe - http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/signup.html If you like this newsletter, please do me a favor and forward it to your friends so that they may subscribe, thanks! The Unsubscribe link is at the bottom of this newsletter. Tom's Featured Tip: Own Your Putting Stroke(s) For the sake of simplicity, all advice on swings and drills is provided from a right handed perspective; lefties .... well, you know what to do! Almost daily, I read articles either praising or condemning a square to square putting stroke or an arc to square putting stroke. I don't think anyone uses an arc to square to arc stroke, but it wouldn't surprise me to see an article on it. Dave Pelz, a recognized putting guru, swears by the square to square stroke, which he calls a P.I.L.S. stroke - Pure In Line Putting Stroke. He claims that it is by far the most reliable putting stroke. I for one buy into that - with one reservation which I'll talk about later. Geoff Mangum, another recognized putting guru, stands behind the arc to square stroke. There are benefits and problems with each stroke. For many, especially on long putts, it's difficult to execute a square to square stroke without manipulating your hands. Others feel that with an arc to square stroke, you run the risk of over-rotating the putterhead at impact, closing the face, and losing your line and your distance control. I think the arc to square stroke feels more natural than the square to square stroke, but I also feel that the square to square produces better results. When I coached a very successful GCC Golf Team, I learned that it was unproductive to try and make players that have a naturally arcing stroke change to a square to square stroke - for their long putts that is. It was however, very productive to insist on square to square for putts in the 6 foot and closer range. In fact it was off the charts productive for those players that had been consciously trying to "arc stroke" their short putts. They started holing everything after they adapted. That got me thinking along the lines of "why do players think they need to use only one putting style?" We fine tune our iron shots to hit them high, low, or to curve them. Why can't the same thought process apply to putting: use two different stroke styles for different distances. Since I am very focused on results for my students on the putting green, I developed a hybrid philosophy and system for putting that's really pretty simple: use two different stroke styles to go for feel on lag putts, and to go for cold blooded results on short putts - even if it feels a little mechanical at first. (I'm overstating the mechanical aspect, because if you practice enough it won't feel mechanical for too long) If you are looking for better results on the putting green, here's how you can improve by adapting two different stroke styles into your putting:
Love your practice, enjoy your golf, own your swing, Tom Tom's Bonus Tip: Indoor Lessons For the sake of simplicity, all advice on swings and drills is provided from a right handed perspective; lefties .... well, you know what to do! My outdoor lesson season is done until next spring, but that doesn't mean that you can't improve any and all aspects of your swing - including putting - between now and then. You can keep moving forward with indoor lessons. Last winter was my first year conducting indoor lessons at Plum Creek with the AboutGolf Simulator, the same one you see on the Golf Channel. I felt that it was a resounding success, my students loved it and so did I. My students that made the most gains over the last couple of years kept their swings tuned up with indoor lessons over the winter, and I had quite a few new students and couples lessons also. The pricing and packages are the same as for an outdoor lesson, and we never have to worry about Mother Nature. So if you want to keep working on your swing, or if you simply want to start to make improvements, why not give indoor lessons a try. Love your practice, enjoy your golf, own your swing, Tom Golf Lessons I conduct lessons at The Plum Creek Driving Range & Practice Facility there's a link for Plum Creek info here: http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/ Lessons are available for all ages and skill levels, please contact me - Tom Tucker - at (716) 474 3005 or email me at ttucker@rochester.rr.com for more information. Outdoor Lessons Details and Rates: http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/lessonrates.html Indoor Lessons Details and Rates: http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/indoor.html Driver Fitting Rates: http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/indoor.html Testimonials: http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/testimonials.html Sponsors Plum Creek Driving Range and Simulator Outdoor range and play indoor golf on any of our 40 Simulator Courses. Call 585-993-0930 or email Mark at plumcreek4@rochester.rr.com to reserve time for simulator play or practice! Provoto Putting Systems readers get a 30% discount on putting greens. Click on their catalog link, and select the green you want to purchase. After you decide on features, add it to your cart. You'll find the field for "Discount Coupon" near the bottom of the page. Enter PGApro in that field and your product cost will be discounted 30%. Batavia Country Club Best greens in WNY, great rates. Fall Rates begin September 23rd - 18 Holes with cart, $15 Weekdays, $20 Weekends . Annual memberships - pay for 2014 now and get the rest of 2013 for free. Details at www.bataviacc.com Chestnut Hill CC Great rates, 20 minutes East of Buffalo, NY . GCC Golf Management Program click for information on GCC's degree program for anyone interested in a career in the golf industry or teaching golf. All the best, Tom Tucker Teaching Pro, Plum Creek Driving Range & Practice Facility WGTF ' "Top 100 Golf Teacher" USGTF Class "A" Teaching Professional Cell: (716) 474-3005 Email: ttucker@rochester.rr.com http://www.TomTuckerGolf.com http://www.usgtf.com/top_100_wgtf.html "There are no substitutes in the quest for perfection!" ~ Ben Hogan |
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