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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: Q&A Face-On Putting - Health, Wellness, Fitness: Two Fat Burning Tricks - Tom's Bonus Tip: Grip Light - Stroke Right - 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 Click here: INDOOR GOLF LESSONS for details on how to improve your game over the winter. PLUM CREEK DRIVING RANGE IN BATAVIA, NY, IS OPEN ALL YEAR Check out the Equipment & Apparel and Simulator Course Play Specials: http://www.plumcreekdrivingrange.com Call 585-993-0930 or email Mark at plumcreek4@rochester.rr.com to reserve your simulator time! 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: Q&A Face-On Putting 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! Q: Tom, I putt with a long putter and an anchored putting style, and was thinking of switching to a face-on style when the anchored stroke is banned in 2016. What are your thoughts on the face-on style? Thanks, George K., East Aurora, NY A: Thanks George. I've actually been thinking about using that stroke again next year myself, which will make all of my playing opponents happy, because currently I putt my best with my two ball putter. :-) First of all, let me explain that face-on and sidesaddle mean the same thing, and the same rules of golf apply. I own several long face-on putters, and my favorite is my Reeso. Interestingly, I was playing around with it recently and practicing holding it forward and away from my shoulder, instead of anchoring to my shoulder, which was the original recommended position for that putter. I also adjusted my grip from a scissor grip to letting my right hand middle finger run straight down the back of the shaft. The bottom line is that I putted better with it than I ever had before. I've always loved the style and have wondered why it never became popular on tour. Who knows - maybe it will pop up when the ban on anchored putting takes effect. It seems to be re-surfacing a bit now as an alternate putting style, but it will likely never be taken seriously until a touring pro starts putting that way in competition. In fact, putting guru Dave Pelz said "if somebody told me I had to putt for my life, or the life of my kids, and gave me a few years to practice, I'd probably go with sidesaddle". In my opinion, here are some reasons why this style has advantages over traditional putting:
One more thing George - or anyone else that's reading this of course. I have a 45 minute lesson for the face-on putting technique, give me a call if you'd like to book one. By the end of the winter - with sufficient practice indoors at home - you could become a very competent face-on putter. Plus I've got some adjustable face-on practice putters, so you don't need one for the lesson. Contact me if you are interested. Comments: ttucker@rochester.rr.com Love your practice, own your swing, own your health, Tom Health, Wellness, Fitness: Two Fat Burning Tricks Disclaimer: DO NOT PERFORM ANY STRENUOUS PHYSICAL EXERCISE LIKE THE ONE LISTED BELOW, WITHOUT CONSULTING YOUR DOCTOR. Start using these two great fat burning tricks today:
If not, why not? Note that they are called Daily Essentials,not Daily Optionals! Simply said - if our body doesn't make it, we need to take it. They have made a profound difference in my health, why not give it a try? For more information or to buy your Isotonix Daily Essentials Kit, click here. And when you check out, make sure to enter 10OFFMA in the discount code box to get the 10% discount that I offer to family, friends, and newsletter subscribers. Comments: ttucker@rochester.rr.com Love your practice, own your swing, own your health, Tom Tom's Bonus Tip: Grip Light - Stroke Right 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! After you settle on a grip style and a type of grip that suits your stroke, keep in mind that your grip pressure should be relatively light. A grip that is too tight usually produces a strike, rather than a stroke. Grip it light to produce a smooth stroke. Comments: ttucker@rochester.rr.com Love your practice, own your swing, own your health, 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! Batavia Country Club Great Rates & The Best Greens in WNY- bar none! Buy next years membership now, get the balance of this season free. Fall rates in effect, plugging greens so call for conditions. Outside covered patio open for Sunday football; food and drinks available. www.bataviacc.com Chestnut Hill CC Great rates, 20 minutes East of Buffalo, NY . 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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