Michigan Golf Journal August 2018

'ŽůĨ dŝƉƐ ϭϬͲ Ăůů ƌŝůů ƚŽ ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞ ŚŝƉƉŝŶŐ͗ ^ŝŵƉůLJ ŐƌĂď ϭϬ ŐŽůĨ ďĂůůƐ ŽƵƚ ŽĨ LJŽƵƌ ďĂŐ ĂŶĚ ƉůĂĐĞ ƚŚĞŵ Žī ƚŚĞ ŐƌĞĞŶ͘ ŚŝƉ Ăůů ƚĞŶ ƚŽ Ă ƉĂƌƟĐƵůĂƌ ĐƵƉ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞ green. EĞdžƚ͕ ƉƵƩ Ăůů ƚĞŶ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŚŽůĞ ĂŶĚ ŬĞĞƉ Ă ƌĞĐŽƌĚ ŽĨ ŚŽǁ ŵĂŶLJ you make. &Žƌ ĞĂƐŝĞƌ ĐŚŝƉƐ ŽĨ ϭϬͲϮϬ LJĂƌĚƐ ŬĞĞƉ ƌĞƉĞĂƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ Ěƌŝůů ƵŶƟů you can make at least 7 out of ϭϬ ƵƉ ĂŶĚ ĚŽǁŶƐ ĞǀĞƌLJ ƟŵĞ͘ &Žƌ ůŽŶŐĞƌ Žƌ ŵŽƌĞ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ ĐŚŝƉƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŵŽƌĞ ƐůŽƉĞ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞĚ͕ ƌĞĚƵĐĞ ƚŚĞ ĂĐĐĞƉƚĂďůĞ ƌĂƚĞ ƚŽ ϱϬͲϲϬй͘ dŚĞ ŶĞdžƚ ƟŵĞ LJŽƵ ĂƌĞ ĨĂĐĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĐŚŝƉ ƐŚŽƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ͕ it will seem much easier, because you have already ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞĚ ŝƚ ĂŶĚ ǁŝůů ďĞ ŵŽƌĞ ĐŽŶĮĚĞŶƚ͘ To watch a short video ǁŝƚŚ ĐŚŝƉƉŝŶŐ ƟƉƐ͕ ǀŝƐŝƚ ToledoOhioGolfLessons.com or click on the video below. tŚĞŶ ĂŶLJŽŶĞ ĂƐŬƐ ŵĞ the quickest method to ůŽǁĞƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŐŽůĨ ƐĐŽƌĞƐ͕ / ŝŵŵĞĚŝĂƚĞůLJ ĂŶƐǁĞƌ͗ ͞/ŵƉƌŽǀĞ LJŽƵƌ ƐŚŽƌƚ ŐĂŵĞ͘͟ This may seem like an old ĐůŝĐŚĠ͕͛ ďƵƚ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƚƌƵĞ͘ ŶŽƚŚĞƌ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶ ŽŌĞŶ asked, ͞,Žǁ ĐĂŶ / ƌĞĚƵĐĞ ƚŚƌĞĞ ƉƵƩƐ͍͟ Once again, it is the same answer, ͞>ĞĂƌŶ ƚŽ ĐŚŝƉ ďĞƩĞƌ͘͟ Amateur golfers are lucky ƚŽ Śŝƚ Ɛŝdž ŐƌĞĞŶƐ ŝŶ ƌĞŐƵůĂƟŽŶ over the course of an 18- hole round. That leaves ϭϮ ĐŚĂŶĐĞƐ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ƵƉ ĂŶĚ ĚŽǁŶ ƚŽ ƐĂǀĞ ƉĂƌ͘ /Ĩ LJŽƵ ĂƌĞ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĨƵů ŽŶ ũƵƐƚ ϱϬ ƉĞƌĐĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚŽƐĞ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ͕ ƚŚĂƚ will immediately reduce your ƚŽƚĂů ƐĐŽƌĞ ďLJ Ɛŝdž ƐŚŽƚƐ͘ The nice thing about ŝŵƉƌŽǀŝŶŐ LJŽƵƌ ƐŚŽƌƚ ŐĂŵĞ ŝƐ͗ anyone can do it. zŽƵ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ďĞ Ă ƐƵƉĞƌ ĂƚŚůĞƚĞ ƚŽ ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞ ƐŚŽƚƐ ƵŶĚĞƌ ϭϬϬ LJĂƌĚƐ͕ ƉůƵƐ ŝƚ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ĐŽƐƚ an arm and a leg. Most golf ĐŽƵƌƐĞ Žƌ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞ ĨĂĐŝůŝƟĞƐ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ƐŚŽƌƚ ŐĂŵĞ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞ ĂƌĞĂ ĂŶĚ ĐŚĂƌŐĞ ůŝƩůĞ Žƌ nothing to use them. dŚĞ ĂĐƚ ŽĨ ĐŚŝƉƉŝŶŐ Ă ŐŽůĨ ďĂůů ŝƐ ƐŝŵƉůLJ Ă ƐŵĂůů ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ the overall golf swing. Believe ŝƚ Žƌ ŶŽƚ͕ ĐŚŝƉƉŝŶŐ ǁŝůů ŚĞůƉ you understand the dynamics ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽƉĞƌ ĐůƵďĨĂĐĞ Ăƚ ŝŵƉĂĐƚ ĂŶĚ ŽǀĞƌ ƟŵĞ ǁŝůů ŚĞůƉ LJŽƵƌ ĨƵůů ƐǁŝŶŐ ĂƐ ǁĞůů͘ dŚĞ ŶĞdžƚ ƟŵĞ LJŽƵ ƐĞƚ ĂƐŝĚĞ ƟŵĞ ĨŽƌ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞ͕ ĚŽŶ͛ƚ ũƵƐƚ ƌĞĂĐŚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŝŐ ŽŐ͘ ^ƉĞŶĚ Ă ŵŝŶŝŵƵŵ ŽĨ ϰϱ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ ƉĞƌ ǁĞĞŬ ƉƌĂĐƟĐŝŶŐ ĐŚŝƉƉŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƉƵƫŶŐ͘ /ƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ďĞƩĞƌ ŝĨ ƚŚĂƚ ĂŵŽƵŶƚ ŽĨ ƟŵĞ ǁĞƌĞ ƐƉĞŶƚ ŽŶ ĞĂĐŚ ƐĞƉĂƌĂƚĞůLJ͕ ďƵƚ Ă ŵŝŶŝŵƵŵ ŽĨ ϰϱ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ every week will do wonders for lowering scores. Plus, it will increase ĞŶũŽLJŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐĂŵĞ͕ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůLJ ǁŚĞŶ LJŽƵ ŐĞƚ ƵƉ ĂŶĚ ĚŽǁŶ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌ LJŽƵ ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ƚĂŬĞ Ă ĐŽƵƉůĞ ŽĨ bucks from your buddy. 'K>& d/W͗ &K h^ KE zKhZ ^,KZd ' D By Fred Altvater