I have some drills in my ebook (coming soon, we have a host we are happy with now) that will allow you to feel when you are fighting your body with your arms. The arms have to stay relaxed throughout the swing to keep from injuring yourself. Good luck and good golfing.

We changed hosts for this blog, and my online partner was occupied with some family health issues. That is why I am just now getting the post below out.

I had a great time at John Daly’s charity golf tournament benefiting the Boy Scouts.  They had a great turnout and it was definitely for a good cause. I visited with John briefly. As you can imagine he does draw a crowd. Plus being his home town tournament he was quite in demand. His golf course is in a beautiful setting looking across to Mt. Nebo and overlooking Lake Dardenelle.  We finished 2nd in our flight due to the great playing of my good friend Donnie Owens. If you ever wanted to emulate a swing, his is as good as anyones.  He is the epitome of what I teach.  Shame I did not have Robert there videoing him.

After the past 2 weeks finally got a little time to breath and relax! This morning I was hitting balls and worked only on my swing trigger.  It’s amazing how good your timing becomes when your trigger is working.
Tempo of the take away.  I can’t emphasize how important this is to make a good swing.  Hope everyone had a good memorial day and weekend.  To be honest, I couldn’t help but thinking of my friend Mike Thomas who was killed in Vietnam.  He was a good guy.  Bittersweet holiday when you realize what the day is really supposed to be about.

Congratulations to Sergio Garcia. He finally got the monkey off his back. Obviously, the press can be cruel to a point that is all you can think about. The constant questioning of when are you going to be able to win has to affect the psyche. Folks tend to forget, just because these guys are on tour does not mean they are not human. Anyway, the tournament had the duel of two opposites. The striker of the ball and the short game player. Both were more than average this week. It should show the average golfer you can win either way. So it’s just as important to practice short game as well as the long game. For example: the other day the driving range was closed due to the large amount of rain we had. By the way, people are not pleasant when they don’t get their way! So, when they were told the range was closed, their response was kind of nasty. Then to each one i said the short game area was still open and they could work on their chipping and putting. To a man each one responded that was something they should probably do. duh! let me put it this way, it’s hard to knock a driver in the hole. If Sergio had the short game Paul Goydos has, he would have won going away and would probably give Tiger a run for his money.
Charter (my dog) is having fun chasing the geese off the golf course. I’m going to play in John Daly’s charity tournament this weekend. It is held at the course he bought in his home town and benefits Big Brothers. I hope to have some breaking news come Sunday.

The EDS Byron Nelson Classic had a great finish. Adam Scott finally closed the deal and got that monkey off his back. It was also good to see Ryan Moore play so well and especially on a Sunday. He has one of the best amateur records in the modern US era, and I figured he would break out if he could ever stay healthy.

However, the real winner was D.A. Weibring (nothing agaisnt Mr. Scott). The Nelson at the TPC Four Seasons in Las Colinas has been affected by where it is on the schedule and it good to see a course worthy of it’s name sake. Last year the greens were the worst on tour (thanks to bad weather) and I personally like playing on one course instead of two. Mr. Weibring obviously did an excellent job with the “remodel” and in only a years time. It looked fantastic on TV and the scores bear out the increased difficulty. In past years double digits under par were the norm. Byron Nelson will always be at the top of the list of all time greats and what he did in 1945 (winning 18 times in one year) is to this day one of the greatest achievements in sport in my mind. Thus, I was happy to see the hard work DA Weibring put in and the money spent by the TPC at Las Colinas. I played it a LONG time ago and look forward to seeing this new course in person.

“Best compliment you can have.

I saw Billy Harmon yesterday.

He said to me, “I was thinking about you the other day and that you learned gravity golf and hit it like a ton. That is the new way of learning now!”

Billy’s teaching at Toscana in the desert now.
He was giving a clinic at Mission Hills yesterday. “

This student/friend that sent the letter is Kathleen Sullivan.  Some of you may remember her as one of the first women sportscasters for ABC.

Also,  a few weeks ago, my brother David  and Lee Trevino put on a clinic in the Atlanta area.  Yes, that Lee Trevino. David worked with Mr. Trevino in the later part of his career and he has  praised  the methodology of Gravity Golf for years. I don’t remember the exact quote, but he credited David with extending the longevity of his career and they have been friends since David’s tour days.

I’m in the middle of running a tournament this week and when it is over we hope to get my instructional guide finalized. It will be a concise, easy to understand basics on the golf swing the above endorse.

In the mean time watch Lorena Ochoa swing! What a run she is on. Of course she is taking this week off, but seriously watch her play when you can. She is the epitome of what I teach and preach. She is not that big of a person and  is leading the LPGA in driving distance right at 300 yards I believe.

How about Lorena Ochoa. She is something. If you want to emulate your swing to someone, watch her.

P.S.

This is Robert, Bobby’s webmaster. Bobby actually wrote this on Tuesday, it is my fault just now posted on Friday. I have been dealing with a family health issue and is the same reason the ebook is not quite finalized. We hope to have that rectified soon!

How about Lorena Ochoa? I can’t say enough, but she is the epitome of what I teach. It is amazing how much the women’s tour has evolved in the past eight years. I think it’s sad though, that nine out of the top ten ranked woman in the world are not from the states. (nothing against other nationalities, just an observation of the US losing ground). Mr. Hogan has had such an influence on the PGA teachers, it’s left us behind. Enough said.
Hope you have a great Masters weekend. My favorite tourney.

Now about John Daly. I do not know John real well, but we have meet and spoken a few times at various functions and have some common friends. Sure he has made bad judgments at times, but haven’t we all. Believe me he is a good and generous person. As a matter of fact, I had lunch with his brother and the greens keeper of his home town golf course he purchased a few years ago (The Lion’s Den) a couple of weeks before I left for Oklahoma. I can say they conveyed that John was doing well and was sincere about making this a productive year.

I am not in the habit of talking bad about others but the way Butch Harmon handled the “firing” of John was wrong, professionally and morally. That should have been a private conversation between two men, whatever the issues were. To me how Butch Harmon treated the situation was in his own interest. If he was a true friend he would have not blasted John at least without talking to him. In my opinion, John showed nothing but class once the story broke. If you really paid attention and think about it, it is obvious who disrespected whom. John is a man, vices and all, and he respects his fellow man. John lives his life like an open book and unfortunately we have these talking heads that feel that their purpose is be the first to judge and most of the time without the full story. Believe me he does more good for others (and the tour) than you will ever hear about. There, that’s my take…..just wanted to get that off my chest.

Distance is determined by the “intensity” of the backswing. David uses the term “heave” for the initiation of this beginning movement of the golf swing. The amount of force you exert on the backswing determines the speed and length of the swing. A common mistake is to think about the length of your backswing and/or the follow through on shorter shots. What you need to learn is the speed of the backswing.

Once we get my current ebook finished, which will cover the fundamentals and principles needed…….a foundation if you will, I plan to write a short game guide with videos of drills. In my opinion a lot of people make this way more complicated then it has to be. You can learn proper technique and more importantly what to practice and HOW to practice.

I am in Palm Springs, CA now (actually LaQuinta) as a student wanted a weekend of golf and instruction before I start my new job in OK. I saw and meet Doug Sanders today in fact! Will relay that and any other stories from ‘the desert’ when I get back next week. We had some technical difficulties, in regards to finalizing the ebook that look like they are ironed out and will get that finished ASAP. Joe we will email your copy when completed. Thanks for visiting and commenting.