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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: Driver Tee Height - Tour Greens: - Tour Quality Synthetic Greens - Health: Get Healthy With Daily Essentials - Tom's Bonus Tip: Reverse Weight Shift - Lesson Comments: What Students Have To Say - Sponsors: Plum Creek Driving Range Batavia Country Club Genesee Community College Golf Management Program 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. I NEED YOUR HELP Kingdom Bound Semi Finalist I've never asked for anything like this before, and it's not even golf related. However, this person is special to me so here the story. I'm asking for help, and action has to be taken before May 10th. My grandaughter, Makenzie Proefrock, is a semi-finalist for a contest where the winners get to be a part of Kingdom Bound Festivals. Kingdom Bound is a Christian gathering, and the songs all have a Christian theme. Makenzie needs votes to win so here's what I'm asking - click through on the link below, then follow the directions and listen to her sing. If you like what you hear, please vote for her. Thanks, Tom
Tom's Featured Tip: Driver Tee Height For simplicity, all advice on actual swings or drills is provided from a right handed perspective. For my students that are on the way to "owning" their swing, I recommend two tee heights for their driver. "Owning" your swing means that you have a repeatable swing radius and plane for your clubs. The plane may change slightly due to the length of your club, but your radial arc should always be inside to inside (for most students). When you face a tee shot with a wide fairway and no serious trouble lurking, I favor a tee height where the bottom of the ball is almost completely above the upper edge of the driver face when it's grounded behind the ball. This will give you the longest carry, but there are three other things that need to happen to make it effective:
You still try to catch the ball just on the upswing, but not on as much of the upswing as the long carry swing. You want to hit about a three yard push draw with this swing, and the trajectory will be lower which will give you more roll after it hits the ground. Learn both swings. It will take some trial and error to discover for your personal optimal tee heights for the long carry and the more controlled drive, but it's well worth the effort. Comments: ttucker@rochester.rr.com Love your practice, own your swing, own your health, Tom Tour Greens: Tour Quality Synthetic Greens For Superb Short Game Practice Would you like to be able to practice with purpose in your own back yard? Would you like your short game to progress from bad to good, or from good to great? Would you like to get the ball up & down with more frequency? Would you like to have a short game practice area in the privacy of your yard for practice and for friendly competition with your kids, your wife, and your friends? Click here TourGreensWNY.com for photo galleries and more information. If the thought of having a beautiful tour quality practice green in your yard appeals to you, you're in luck. In addition to my golf instruction business, I am also the exclusive Western New York sales associate for Tour Greens Western New York. With Tour Greens you can experience the ultimate home short game practice solution. Click here to read what Tour Pro's Fred Couples, Rich Beem, Boo Weekly, Blake Adams, and Chris DiMarco have to say about their Tour Greens. You all know me well enough to know that I don't affiliate with any product that I don't have a passionate belief in. These greens are the real deal. They are extremely durable - they can even withstand our challenging WNY winters. For more information please click here: TourGreensWNY.com, or feel free to call, text, or email me to discuss your needs. Comments: ttucker@rochester.rr.com Love your practice, own your swing, own your health, Tom Health: Get Healthy With Daily Essentials Why am I promoting Isotonix Daily Essentials vitamins and supplements in a golf newsletter? Because I use them daily and I passionately believe that everyone would be better off drinking their vitamins in a liquid form rather than taking them via pills or capsules. Why do I say that? Because with liquid delivery, you have faster and more complete absorption of the nutrients contained in the vitamins and supplements. Isotonix (liquid) vs. Pill and Tablet delvery systems. These all-natural supplements have made a profound difference in my health. I used to take high blood pressure and cholesterol medication. Since taking the vitamins and supplements in the Isotonix Daily Essentials Kit, I now have normal blood pressure and normal cholesterol levels and take none of those medications anymore. The only change I made to get off those prescription medications was taking my Isotonix Daily Essentials and the funny thing is that's not even why I started taking them, it was a side benefit. I started taking them to increase my energy, and it did that too! If you lack energy, sleep poorly, or feel generally lousy a lot of the time maybe it's time to try the Isotonix Daily Essentials Kit supplements that I take every day. If you haven't tried them yet, why the heck not? Isotonix Daily Essentials Kit Customer Reviews How to take your Isotonix Daily Essentials For more information or to buy your Isotonix Daily Essentials Kit, click here. Comments: ttucker@rochester.rr.com Love your practice, own your swing, own your health, Tom Tom's Bonus Tip: Reverse Weight Shift For simplicity, all advice on actual swings or drills is provided from a right handed perspective. We all want to avoid the dreaded reverse weight shift - when your weight goes to the rear side during impact instead of moving forward. If you have a "shift to the rear then shift forward" swing style, you need to time the lateral weight shift so that it's seated forward at impact. Here's what bugs me about some commentators when they see someone that "stacks" his or her on the forward side at address, then more so as they execute their backswing. I've often read and heard this: "they are now reverse pivoting", or "they are reverse weight shifting". That's a bunch of bull. Stacking your weight forward on your backswing does not in and of itself lead to a reverse pivot or reverse weight shift, as long as the weight keeps moving forward during the downswing transition. When you hear "reverse weight shift" mentioned on a telecast or when you read it in a golf tip, understand the differences between swing styles and your interpretation of the swing will probably be more accurate than theirs. 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, Golf Digest Four Star rating for public courses to play in New York State. Tee times online or by phone in season. www.bataviacc.com (585) 343-7600 Open for Mother's Day Brunch, details on website Batavia Country Club PLUS Mother's Day Golf Special: FREE Golf for mom and only $15 apiece for all others in group, no limit to number of players in your group! (585) 343-7600 Genesee Community College Golf Management Program Click on link for more information if you or anyone you know is interested in a dynamic career in the golf industry, or in 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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