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Originally Posted by cmays GoNavy:
Was that my good friend Hubert Green?
Hubbie, short swing and straw hat.
Green made it and he had a bout with cancer few years back and is doing well.
To many people are putting all their energy from the top of the backswing down.
The energy and speed starts when the right arm for the right handed golfer returns to the chest.
I got a laugh out of Leadbetter, he has learn to tighten up on the swing and in his new books he states the long backswing arch is a myth.
Like I been saying for 35 years, you can stretch the arms as straight back as you like on the backswing, but once the right arm for the right handed golfer starts to bend and forms the 90 degree angle, you are in the same place as if you bent the back arm up on the backswing.
How many times have you heard to allow gravity to allow the club to drop?
Gravity places the back arm to the chest, then you are able to rotate and turn on the speed.
Many of you would be better off playing a 3/4 swing until you learn the full swing and on the forums there are many honest ones tell you they hit better when making a 3/4 swing. As long as you make a good back turn in the backswing you have it maded in the shade.
No one swing will ever fit everyone, too many instructors only teach one type of swing, by mechanics and the PGA has stated the same. |
No it wasn't Hubbie Green, I remember him, he was hot for away, but compared to this guy I saw that day, hubbie had a full upright swing...lol... He was in the 87 kemper, the year I think Tom Kite won it in Potomac. This guy swung the club flatter then anybody I have ever seen, it litterally never got over his waist high, swung back around his legs, club was pointing at the target on the transition from backswing to forward swing it just down around his waist..lmao..impact and follow through pretty much looked like everyone else. With such an unorthodox swing he probably didn't last long on tour, don't remember him winning anything that year, but he was interesting to watch, of course back in them days there were alot of strange swings, chi-chi, trevino, casper, littler even Arnies swing was a little funny, and you remember when Nicklaus first came on the scene they said with that flying right elbow he would never last..lmao...blew that call didn't they.
P.S. here is a trivia quote for ya..during that 87 kemper I followed Lee Trevino for awhile, he was the only player in field using one of them new metal headed driver, the other pro's were really giving him grief over that, poking fun at him, he just laughed on every hole and kept saying one day every one will be playing with these things, telling every spectator he seen you better go and buy one now, this thing is great, your gonna love it....guess he called that one.