count Yogi

Anyone heard much about this guy, from some of the things I have read this guy was quite amazing. It seems that there is somewhat of an undeground golf culture where there are multiple legends who were not PGA tour players, but pretty big legends none the less. People like Mike austin, count Yogi, and the more well known moe norman.

shooting, there is an old thread on this site about him. not sure how you search. mike.

This is what he looked like



And this is what he did:

1. Shot 26-29 for a 55 at Bunker Hill Golf Course, a regulation course, winning the 1934 Chicago golf championship. Included two back-to-back holes-in-one (187 and 347 yards) while playing with Al Espinosa and Terry McGovern
2. Also has shot scores of 55, 57, 58 and 59 in 18-hole rounds.
3. Shot a 59 in winning the best ball title at Greenview Country Club, Chicago.
4. Shot seven birdies in a row for a world tournament record (held for eighteen years) in the 1941 Chicago Open at Elmhurst Country Club.
5. Averaged 67 per round for 203 rounds of 18-hole golf in 1940, playing either right handed or left handed.
6. Played a 550-yard hole in two strokes in Corpus Christi, Texas, driving 453 yards and sinking the next shot with a wedge.
7. Shot par or under for 267 of 273 successive shows
8. Drives of 453, 450, 435 and 425 yards.
9. Fifty-five holes-in-one; nine of them on par-4 holes, two in succession (187 and 347 yards); one 416-yard hole-in-one
10. Fourteen putts for eighteen holes (score 29-29=58) on par-72 Wilson Golf Course, Griffith Park, Los Angeles, former scene of Los Angeles Open, 1951.
11. 645-yard par-6 hole in 3; 59 on par-74 course, 1933.
12. Eight birdies and two eagles in succession in a 58 at Paw Paw Lakes Links, Michigan, 1939.
13. Played eighteen holes in fifty-seven minutes and 69 shots; fastest round (not cycling, but walking), mid-City Golf Course, Chicago, 1948.
14. 31-32=63 course record at Bel Air Country Club, Los Angeles, 1948.
15. 34-31=65 par-73 to win Metro Goldwyn Mayer's annual Open, 1949.
16. 31-36=67 at Western Avenue Golf Course (Los Angeles) to win Universal International event, while in Hindu suit, 1949.
17. Seven wins and two runner-up positions in Pro-Ams, 1949.
18. 31-32=63 on par-72 Grossinger, New York; broke record of Sam Snead, Lew Worsham and Lloyd Mangrum, 1952
19. Sixty-four with Jerry Zalkind at Glenbard Country Club, Chicago, March 31, (first day out on par-72 course, broke record of George Dawson, the great amateur vice-president of A. G. Spaulding), 1944.
20. Seven rounds of eighteen-hole golf from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Not running-just proving infallible mental routine; 69, 66, 67, 66, 67, 68, 67, Bunker Hill Country Club, 1940.
21. Seven birdies in succession at Golfmoor Country Club; broke Walter Hagen's record with 64, 1932
22. Sixty-four, Timber Trails (wooded fairways) to win Visking event, 1938.
23. Sixty-three, Elmhurst Country Club to win National Furniture Championship, 1939.
24. Sixty-five, Westward Ho Country Club to win National Tool and Die, 1939.
25. Sixty-nine or under almost every round of professional career.

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Happy to try anything but wouldn't have thought of playing in a cape. Will try it tomorrow...

You stole my thunder Bulldog.

So what was special about this guy - now I'm not being funny. Was he a golfer with a fantastic swing or fantastic mind. Be interested to found out.

I would say that he's the epitome of 'what the mind can conceive the body can achieve'.

It must have been tremendous trust to be able to just swing away and shoot like that...

Yes, that's well put Ben.

I have now read his book and it is interesting, verry little swing info in there but a very basic simple concept. He talks about having no tension and omiting things such as a waggle because he believed that the longer you were over the ball the more tense you got. You grip the club, walk up to the ball, right foot down, left foot down, right foot back and then swing as loose and graceful as you can with you minds eye on the clubhead. a right side dominated swing. I have tried most everything, so I will try this as well because his type of golf sounds like more fun then the golf I play. There is nothing to loose and everything to gain.

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Neil, can't wait to see the video of your swing in the Yogi gear (No shorts please).

Hello Everyone,

I believe in the Count Yogi Swing and it's so much easier to learn then the traditional swing (PGA) . I have played golf for over 20 years, an Assistant Golf Professional for 6 years and had over 3 well known teachers in the Austin area and I never been more excited to play then now. The first time I heard about Harry Hilary Xavier Frankenburg a.k.a Count Yogi was from the September 2005 Golf Digest (the only one I didn't throw out). I waited for a couple of years and then decided to order the Platform to Perfection and I was hooked. I think it could use some tweaking to help better understand but it taught me to play the YOGI WAY. The basic movement needs to be taught indoors but once you get the yoga move down the rest is just practice. I stand by this method and it will hit the mainstream very quick so catch the wave!!!

Thanks Brian - that's helped me to set my objectives for the year.

PS - Do you know if Galvin Green make a waterproof version of that cape?

You know, I am warming to that outfit, if they made the snazzy striped pants in Burned Ochre ginger like the ones Slats has I might go for it

If MC Hammer played golf he'd be wearing those trousers.

Especially if the cape was a fetching powder blue.

Ah Yes! the powder blue cape and turquoise turban. I'm on to Kalvin Green as we speak.