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The Golf Swing Versus Technology
What David says about clubs and balls is true, however sad that might be. Manufacturers and retailers will have us believe that we are able to buy a better game. check here can, within reason.

Technology has allowed manufacturers to produce more forgiving clubs and balls that travel further. The argument can be made that it will make the game more fun, attract more people and all of the rest of it.

The result that distance has on courses and tournaments is a topic we would tackle at a later stage. Everybody knows (and the manufactures do too) that distance sells.

Retailers (and manufactures, for that matter) can contribute with proper club fitting. Gone are the old days when the boys purchased individual clubs from various sources. Matching sets was unheard of. Computerized customization allows for differences in build, swing speed and level of skill.

With hybrid clubs, and sets, the death of the long iron was inevitable. When last did you see anybody swing a 1-iron?

It is noticeable that the professional golfers lean more towards so-called amateur equipment w here as the ammies in the old days yearned for a set of traditional forged blades. (I am still a sucker for those things!)

The bottom line is that should you cannot swing a club half-decently, and, as Mr. Nicklaus puts it, propel the ball in a predominantly forward fashion, it may be a good idea to take up whatever else but golf.

I am a company believer of proper ball striking. If you cannot speak to the ball first, particularly with irons and hybrids, you will never control the ball, and that is what this game is approximately!

Just as much as technology permits forgiveness on mishit shots, and compensates for not-so-pure ball striking, the actual fact remains a fairly decent swing, predicated on basic principles, will improve your scores, enjoyment and, yes, all of the rest of it. It will also hold up under great pressure.

A good, solid swing should not be recognised incorrectly as a nice-looking swing. We've different physical attributes and natural abilities. The mere physics of this dictates that swings will change from person to person.

Gary Player said many very clever things. One is that when it works, utilize it. That, to me, implies that how my swing looks might be flattering, but it is the score that counts.

If you go through the truly fluent swings out there, Ernie Els and Vijay Singh, and compare that to Lee Trevino and Arnold Palmer (with all due respect), whose swing can you rather copy?

Yet at impact they are all the same: head behind the ball, hips taken care of, weight on the left foot. Good, solid fundamentals can never be replaced!

I must impress on all golfers out there, current and aspiring, the proper use of the driving range. Only a few ideas:

Warm up properly
Check the basics: grip, stance, posture, alignment, ball position
Work on something specific as opposed to getting maximum distance out of your driver
You cannot see yourself swing, so get help, a pal, video camera

If you are really serious, get yourself a forged blade 6-iron and an old persimmon driver. When you can hit a baseball consistently with those two, you can hit anything!

It might take a little more than a simple swing movement to lessen my scores, but I am still a devoted follower of this weird game!

Many thanks for bearing with me. This is my first effort - I am going to try again!

Corrie Nel is a golf fanatic and former club captain. Find out how to lengthen your drives and decrease your scores at:

http://www.sportatlas.com (Please use ID 1536)
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