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TomTuckerGolf.com Golf Tips Newsletter Issue 507 - Wed. May 23rd, 2018 Website Newsletters Archive |
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USGTF Class "A" Teaching Professional
WGTF "Top 100" Teacher IGPA Certified Golf Psychology Coach |
Prepare to play your best golf by doing something now! Lesson Comments: What Students Have To Say Sponsors: Plum Creek Driving Range Batavia Country Club Chestnut Hill Country Club Click here: INDOOR GOLF LESSONS for details on how to improve your game over the winter. Plum Creek Driving Range, Batavia, NY, Open All Year Simulator Course Play Specials: BataviaGolf.com Call 585-993-0930 or Email Mark to reserve 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: Items of Interest and Off Center Hits For simplicity, all advice on actual swings or drills is provided from a right handed perspective. ITEMS OF INTEREST Job Opening. Chestnut Hill CC in Darien NY has an immediate job opening for a course supervisor. Excellent pay and working conditions. Duties include supervision of rangers, starters, pro shop (no pro shop duties other than supervision), and tournament supervision. Professional golf credentials are not required. Call Michael Protos, the course owner, at (585) 547-3613 to apply or for more information. NEW - Student Web Pages - Students can now view their lesson preview notes (if applicable) and lesson follow up comments on their own web page. Here's a sample with the student's name omitted: Student Notes Sample Page One page with all of the students lessons history serves as a great reference tool for practice and review. NEW - Three Lesson Package - Pre-Paid Three Lesson Package An abbreviated package for those that only desire a few swing lessons at a discounted package rate. RESULTS FROM OFF CENTER HITS I recently had a student book a lesson with me because he wasn't hitting his driver well, and to use his words he "was tired of weaker players hitting the ball further than him." One little myth I'd like to explode is weakness and strength as it relates to the golf swing. It doesn't necessarily correlate. There are very strong players, like Tiger - that hit it deep, and less strong players - like Justin Thomas - who also crush it. Long drives depend on technique, swing speed, ball position, body angles, proper sequencing of the downswing, the angles of attack (horizontal and vertical), and the squareness of the strike at impact. These things can be taught and developed to a degree. One aspect of swing speed that can't be taught is something that we are born with - the fast twitch muscle fibers that are brought into play when we swing the club. We all just need to do the best we can with what God gave us in that regard. This particular student needed a swing path and squareness of contact correction. After we squared those two items away, he was carrying the ball around 270 yards plus. I know what you're thinking - I'd like to get as much total yardage as he carries the ball too ☺ His off center hits (heel and toe, high and low) on the face of the of his driver were costing him a lot of yardage and accuracy. Here's how different clubface strikes can affect your drives. These effects apply when the swingpath and the face angle at the strike are square to each other.
The takeaway is this: monitor your driver face strikes as indicated in Issue 505 and if you do miss the sweet spot, miss it high or low but at least keep it centered on the face. Train yourself to get a feel for center face strikes and reap the benefits. 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 (585) 343-7600 www.bataviacc.com 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. Ping Demo Day at BCC Thursday May 24th, 3pm - 6pm Chestnut Hill Country Club (585)-547-3613 www.chestnuthillgolf.com THE WESTERN NEW YORK LEADER IN GOLF OUTINGS! Only minutes from Buffalo, open to the public. Tee times online or by phone in season. All the best, Tom Tucker Teaching Pro, Plum Creek Driving Range & Practice Facility WGTF ' "Top 100 Golf Teacher" USGTF Class "A" Teaching Professional IGPA Certified Golf Psychology Coach Cell: (716) 474-3005 Email: ttucker@rochester.rr.com http://www.TomTuckerGolf.com "There are no substitutes in the quest for perfection!" ~ Ben Hogan |
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