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Newsletter - Issue 157 Date 12/30/10
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TCT Quick Tip -  Breaking Putts
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This tip is short, but will have an exquisite effect on your ability to make
breaking putts:  

Remember that a breaking putt will break most in the last three feet.

Keep this simple little tip in mind and you'll hole more breaking putts, 
I'll even slap the TCT Guarantee on this one.

Enjoy,

Tom


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Golf Tip: Control or Power
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Golf swings can be built with control taking precedence over power, or with
power taking precedence over control.

Centered turning swings are generally control with power, right sided turn (for righties) 
swings lean more towards power with control.

The typical swing speed difference for a centered turn vs. a right sided turn drive is
a gain of about 2.5 mph for the right sided turn for anyone with a swing speed
of around 100 mph, or in terms of carry yardage - roughly 6.25 yards.

Most of the swings on tour now are centered turning swings - rotational and
stack and tilters; only about 15% are now right sided. The percentage of right
sided turns is a bit higher on the senior tour because most of those players 
were weaned on the classic traditional swing model, which is right sided.

Centered turning means that your weight doesn't shift to your right side during the 
takeaway and backswing; right sided means that there is a perceptible shift to the 
right side during the backswing and takeaway.

Both types of swings work just fine when done correctly, but the right sided model
takes a lot more timing and practice.

Personally, I believe that the centered turning swing is the way to go - especially
for those golfers that do not have a lot of time to practice at the range, which is most
of us. You will more than gain in accuracy what you may lose in yardage, and in
fact you probably will also gain in yardage due to consistently more solid contact
with a centered turning swing.

Remember - the name of the game is the number on the card after the hole is 
played out, not who had the long drive.

Enjoy,

Tom