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He’s been posturing for an offer ever since it was reported members there didn’t like him. He’s done a 180 on the whole thing in the last few months. And like I said way back when they all have a price. Never trust someone who will go back on the beliefs. Rahm wonders why he got the cold shoulder from some this weekend. It’s easy, go back on everything because of the money and people will stop trusting you

Having a coach especially a competent one is going to make things easier and usually faster. The coach is going to identify the issues and usually the bigger ones and address what can get the golfer playing better sooner while also workin on improving the swing as a whole. most golfers have issues identifying the cause and what needs to change. I was in the a competent online coach can help as much as an in person coach. Over the last 6 months or so of watching swing journeys via online coaching I’m leaning more toward only a small amount of golfers can benefit from online lessons even with a competent coach

Yeah I don’t like the feel thing because it’s something that comes and go. When it comes to YouTube and finding feels it’s bad because not all feels will work for everyone and you don’t have someone there who gave you the feel watching wha you are doing and asking your quietus and ensuring you are heads down the right path. Most people lack the understanding of the concepts of the golf swing and how to apply feels to them. It’s why I have changed my opinion a bit about online lessons. Have seen too many not be able to make the adjustments and either make no progress or go backward because they got turned around on what they were supposed to be doing. for YouTube golf instructors that focus on teaching a movement for each pet of the swing or teaching the swing are far better options if one is going to use these videos as a source for going at it alone and why I only post videos of the instructors who have drills and not the here’s how to fix a slice or whatever swing fault. Band aids only last so long

Here in lies the issue. Feels come and go. When making a change you have to create a movement. One can have a feel for that specific movement and try to work on that but that feel may also change over time as the movement becomes more natural

Other than for sentimental reasons Tiger retiring has no bearing on the future of golf. His chances of winning or being competitive again are over. He’s already well into golf dad mode. Other than for a few minutes a caddie losing his job on any bag isn’t a big deal. Outside of the merger talk and some fans being confused by everything the pga tour has golfers that are fun to watch and we have a chance to see if Scottie can continue to push himself and go on a long run like a Phil, Vijay, Tiger or even someone like a Spieth or Rory. His putter change has been a game changer and with his strokes gained dominance he has the potential. Just a matter if his first three priorities get in the way of golf. homa is going to break out with a major win. Of all the hyped golfers of recent years Åberg might be the one to standout although Bhatia is finally showing some signs of promise

Wilson was doing 3d printed drivers during the DVD show for initial testing. tech has come a long way and 3d printing is and will a part of it. Like with anything else in golf if they work for the individual using them then enjoy the game with them

Cargo shorts and pants serve a purpose which is more for those who work in trades that need to have pockets for carrying different things. they are super casual and really have no place in a wardrobe for any function that’s not related to doing some form of yardwork, home repair/construction, etc. even the TW Nike single pocket cargo shorts looked bad

Due to loft 3w is one of the hardest clubs to hit off the deck and for some off the tee. Then add in whatever swing issues from a beginners swing and it becomes event harder to hit. something between 16.5-19° wood is going to be a much better solution for most golfers regardless of handicap/skill level. Especially if one is lacking in speed. the results will be more consistent and distance will be as long if not longer with the higher loft because of better launch conditions. i would suggest not even playing a fairway wood initially and learn how to swing first before adding in that part of the bag

swingweight and total weight are measurements that some care about more than others. For some me included wish the whole swingweight thing would go away. who cares if someone knows their swingweight or total weight of their club. It’s not an important value to know when you hold or swing a club and can fee that it’s too light or too heavy. Feel is a bigger part to how we swing the club than some want to give it credit for and think that all that matters is some number on a scale. yes for some even a single swing weight point can be felt. And yes for some the total weight of a club can feel light or heavy. Just because it takes ore of change for you to feel a difference doesn’t mean everyone is that way or that some aren’t sensitive. It’s still a real thing for the regular golfer and not some phenomenon that only the elite golfers can tell something is off. Yes they are probably more sensitive to a change than a regular golfer. Painting broad strokes about anything in golf is usually a bad thing because we are all unique in our preferences and sensitivities. Amateurs can see and be affected by how a club sits just like a pro. And if it looks off it will affect their swing.

It’s not just whan, the suits in both ruling bodies were looking at this before whan, he decided that there was no better time come over than to help push it. For someone so dedicated to growing the lpga he helped create a distance loss for them without any input from them. The MLR was only supposed to affect elite male golf. Not really anything for lpga to worry about. A few months pass and with the tours and pga of America saying take the mlr and shove it, the RBs then decided to affect the lpga and their feeder tour with a distance reduction. Exactly. It’s the whole trust us thing, our data doesnt make sense but trust us we know what we are saying. Watch interview with whan and you can see he has a hard time believing what he’s sayin. The guys at the top of the leaderboard aren’t you distance leaders. Scotty is way down the list this year and in his career. So what is it Augusta is trying to protect? Have it so that only a handful are under par and the leader doesn’t reach 10 under par.

As a certified personal trainer if you were to come to me as a client I would refer you to a PT for an evaluation and then either let the PT clear you for exercise or if the PT felt you needed further medical clearance the PT would refer you out to a doctor/specialist to be cleared. There are a a few or so exercises i would recommend someone to work on the hip but without a full medical clearance I won’t give any examples. There are several pre has/rehab type YouTube channels that get into the exercises as well

If there is a 7% loss of distance for the pros ther will be a 5-7% loss for amateurs. It’s not possible to have a ball lose 7% for the high speed player and only lose a couple yards for the slow swing player. It’s at most 1-2% difference between high speed players and slow swing players when it comes to distance loss. So that 5% off a 220yard drive is 11 yards. Golfers will notice that. And less say someone’s best drive is 220 and their average driver is 215ish or they know when they hit their normal miss it’s 210. Golfers know these things so while they maybe inconsistent in their distance they know their distances. They will be able to tell when they lost distance on their good and bad shots

When. Rey are marked noncormfing they will be ineligible for high level play because the high level pay uses the rules of golf. So unless someone has a stash of current balls or there is stock in the store/online there is going to be a point in 2027 or 2028 where the only ball that is available for purchase is the new conforming ball because inventory will have dried up. Even though the rule doesn’t take affect til 2030 for non professional golf the balls have to meet that spec in Oct of 2027. So all new balls released in 2027 will have to conform to the rule. Titleist would have a release in Jan 2027. It’s possible they don’t release an update These balls were prototype balls that both led to retail version of balls, but Titleist kept them for the handful of tour players that used them. They are made from the same material as the Prov1 and prov1x, they meet all the same specs. They aren’t some special ball that’s completely different than the retail ball. The difference in spin and launch between them is equivalent to the variations regular golfer sees in 1/4-3/8” difference in contact on the driver face. Same with this notion that pros are playing clubs we don’t. They have all the same specs that we use. The manufacturer might choose to make a 8.5° head for one of their pros. It’s not a different driver than you or I have it. It’s just a sku that note offered at retail because the market isn’t there for it.

So let’s see from history. When things are banned or marked no longer conforming by the ruling bodies they stopped getting made by the major OEMs. The groove rule is the perfect example. Even though the 4 year warning hasn’t been issued the major OEMs stopped making clubs with the old grooves. now let’s look at the balls. Starting October 2027 all balls that wish to be on the conforming list have to meet the new spec. So why will manufacturers make a product that is conconforming beyond Oct 2027? They won’t. They will phase out the current spec balls in 2026 and beginning of 2027. Incorrect. The majority of pros play the retail version of the balls. We can use the left dash as an example. Prior to it becoming a retail ball less than 10 tour pros were using it. It was even less for the left dot. Callaway had very few pros playing anything other than the retail ball. They couldn’t even make a version of the ball that worked for Sergio so he broke his contract to play tp5 again. The balls the pros play are made of the same materials that fw retail balls are made from and they all meet the same ODS measurements and initial velocity. This notion that the pros are playing some kind of special ball isn’t true.

And yet most pros use them every session for alignment. If the best in world have sticks down for alignment and/or ball position it’s probably a good idea for the amateur golfer to do the same.

It’s a trained eye that can look at a swing and see what’s going on. Most people do what feels natural and in a golf swing isn’t natural. Most people develop bad habits because things feel powerful or natural. So yes it may feel that way but it’s not correct. Or they may have a misunderstanding of concepts in golf. Like one of the big things is people here backswing and downswing and think they are two separate things and in the golfswing they are blended with the transition. Many people misunderstand the concept of weight shift and pressure shift. so when we look at a swing we have to identify the cause of the issues not the symptoms. These are the feels I’m talking about. Not feeling the body doing something like in yoga. the problem with video is that most people don’t know how to analyze and identify what their cause is but rather their symptoms. Some will post they are working on early extnension but don’t know how to fix it or that early extension has to happen in order for them to hit the ball because what they are doing in the swing requires it and if they didn’t do it they would hit the ball worst. So just saying make a video doesn’t help the majority of the people.

Some regular humans will notice. It all depends on how sensitive one is to weight changes. This perception that non pros aren’t affected by things is one of several notions that needs to die in the golfing world

That’s not what I’m saying. In golf there are feels people have but it’s not what tent are actually doing and that can be shown on video. It’s not just me who says that feel isn’t real but every good instructor. You can read posts all over the internet where someone says they feel x,y,z and when you look at their video they aren’t doing any of what they feel. Theres a couple recent epic threads on wrx that have had this exact discussion. I believe it was amg who had talked about Sergio and how he says he feels like he pulls on a chain in transition but their analysis shows that his movement is akin to that. There are feels that people have to help them achieve something on the golf swing but what they are actually doing isn’t what the feel is. Or we can create an exaggerated feel to accomplish a change in what the body is doing. The Justin rose drill is one. Over external rotate the lead shoulder at p3 to teach how the lead shoulder should move in the swing, even though the lead arm would never externally rotate alot.

Do you wear ripped jeans and a tee shirt with graphics when you go to a nicer restaurant or somewhere other than the mall, a movie theater? Dress for the occasion

Most manufactures only warranty at 1 or 2 years usually from manufacturers date. Faces thin over time from use and get hotter. So the time plus the speed can contribute to the cracking. I’ve seen others report issues with different heads on other forums but it’s not something I recall happening a lot with the brands you mention

It will take time to change the movement. They may or may not work but they are a starting point and we can see how he’s getting along with his practice sessions. We can assess what he’s doing. What he feels he’s doing (feel isn’t real) and if what he thinks he doing if it’s actually doing it via video. As mentioned the change will come from slower swings and lot of repetitions. if he doesn’t get along with the drills then we find another drill or feel to see what works. We can assess his practice routine as well and see if we have to make adjustments. the upper body turns the lower body, but there also has to be some use of the ground. Porzak’s teaching is that the upper body turning is what causes the pressure shift to trail side and helps the hips turn. Another feel is to do a drill where the arms to the swinging. Feel the arms back to around hip height and set the wrist late in this case would be when then hands reach hip height and don’t bend the elbow. The hips will have no choice but to turn and the feel the arms do the downswing and again hip turn will happen automatically. another feel is to push the hands to 7 o’clock. This is taught in monte scheinblum’s no turn cast.

How to use them depends on what you are working on. They can aid in alignment and ball position. Th is is what many pros use them for at all their range sessions. they can be used for drills with them inserted in the club. They can be put thru belt loops and in the ground to work on proper movement patterns. they can be stick in the ground to work on proper takeaway and downswing positoning in the swing

How old were the clubs when they cracked. Yes higher swing speeds can lead to more cracking. It why callway makes thicker faces for the tour heads

It’s not a shaft issue. He has a movement pattern problem that starts with his takeaway. If he had better positioning at the top of his swing and then was having issues in transition then maybe it could be a shaft issue. If he released the club later then it could potentially be fixed by a different profile. The earlier one releases the less impact the shaft has on the delivery yes it’s a movement pattern issue and yes his mind is used to a certain movement. The problem he has is that because of there the club is in the backwing and top of the swing it requires more time to get into a proper position which because he rotates the hips and shoulders at the same time he doesn’t have enough time for things to sync up so he has to stall the hips and then time the arms and hands. When he can he has a good driving day, when he can’t he has an okay day. He has to fix wrist hinge and hips not going as early in the swing. The drills and videos I posted from Porzak will help him work on the new movement patterns

What is your spin? what’s your launch angle, apex/peak height and land/descent angle? what is your ball flight with the driver? where on the face are you making contact with driver? What are you trying to achieve with the fairway?