The Machine is alive and well in Westchester
 

Saw Ted and Lynn today. They are busy clearing the fog as usual. Of course Ted cleared my fog in about 5 secs. Went to range after lesson and tourney, it works again.

Don't you just hate Ted!!!!:icon_golfball:

Gettin' It Done At Westchester
 

Indeed, the 'Machine' is alive and well at Westchester. And not just with Ted and me, but with our whole crew. Manning the Barclays Classic Golf Academy, Jeff Hull, Ben Kitts, Rob Noel, Ted and myself. At the PGA TOUR's The Golf Academy Presented by Gillette Fusion Power, we have Steve Ferguson, Bill Castner and Henning Lundstrum. In a volunteer capacity, we have Ed Zilavey (EdZ), James Leitz and Mike Plunkett (6bmike).

Our days have been starting with 6 a.m. departure from our hotel and 'on the grounds' at 6:30. In the past two days, we have done some 250 swing analyses and clubfittings and conducted four 'max capacity' Fundamentals clinics on the greens at Westchester CC. Happily, The Golf Channel cameras rolled yesterday in our Academy.

And in the toughest league in the world, Brian Gay has made the cut easily at -4 and is T24 for the tournament.

Life is good.

:)

Lynn ,does this mean you will be on the Golf Channel ?:eyes:

:wall:
we can only hope.
the time is way overdued.

Did y'all try to shave Ted's back with one of those Fusions? You'd have to have some SERIOUS lag pressure there!

Life is Good.

What a privilege it was to watch the Machine being taught by eight unselfish, generous and hard working pros to absolutely grateful students who GOT IT! Five hundred plus lessons over four days- 8am to 7pm -plus six outdoor fundamental clinics limited to ten but attended by dozens has to be a GOLFING MACHINE Guinness World Record.

Chicken winged flippers, in the before shot, saw a Flat Level Left Wrist pro like impact position in the after shot and walk away with a lesson video and a smile that even the sweltering heat couldn’t wipe away. It all starts with a Flat, Level, Vertical Left Wrist Alignment, so important it is introduced in the ‘Preface” by Homer Kelley.

Yoda taught the outdoor clinic under 95+ degree days and stayed after to answer and work with anyone who waited. At the Clinic Yoda taught Chapter Four and without anyone knowing the term discovered the Flying Wedges- what vertical and horizontal motions are and what they do in a golf stroke. Learning to get a Bent Right Wrist to the left leg with Basic Motion empowered them for a lifetime. My only concern is that the golf magazines and TGC will corrupt them, and you know they will try.


Rob Noel, Jeff Hull, Ted Fort, Henning Lundstrum, Steve Ferguson, Bill Castner and Ben Kitts with Lynn Blake brought Homer Kelley’s vision of teaching TGM to the MASSES not just to a select few.

It was great to meet EdZ for the first time- he certainly knows his stuff and worked as hard as anyone to make the four day clinic a success. I just had to work a few cameras. And the club-fittings by Henry-Griffitts is pure Golfing Machine. Do yourself a favor and check these guys out soon. Hull, Kitts, and Ferguson are top of list fitters.

Lynn, you and your Kelley’s Heroes, the Blake Jedi’s, out did yourselves. Homer is smiling.

Stay Flat, Stay Level, Stay Vertical guys.

6b

Sounds great
 

This all sounds very, very good.

Does this mean there are more 6BMike videos coming to Blakebuster soon?

UPP in stunning Ohio

At least one Premium Video from the outdoor sessions and a maybe a free taste or two from the BCGA that wouldn't be pure instruction. I am downloading the raw tape into my computer as I write and I have to say, Lynn was at the top of his game. Even if you know the book inside and out, these clinics brought life to words.

Lots of fun at The Barclays
 

Mike,

Thank you for the kind words. It was also a pleasure meeting you for the first time. I am sure glad we have a forum to talk because my voice is gone after last week. Giving 120 lessons in four days was a first for me. I just got home and I think I lost weight because I didn't get a chance to eat the lunch you kept getting for me. Thank you very much for your help and I can't wait to see all of the video you shot.

Rob

Here are a few of you at work, Rob, including the after and before pics of the older and honorable man who went from bent chicken wing flipper to Flat and Level in a very short time. Nice stuff. He was grinning all day.

I'll post more pics of the others later and a short free video shortly.

btw- I gained weight, the food was outstanding. :)

From Bent Left Wrist To Flat In 15 minutes
 

6bmike is on the money here, folks. This student made tremendous progress in just 15 minutes. For proof positive, click on Photo #5 and check out the radically different impact alignments.

This is The Gateway (4-D-1).

Great job, Rob!

:salut:

Truly a pleasure to be part of such a top notch, world class, crew again this year at Barclays and to meet more of 'Team LBG' in person. A great group of gentlemen to be sure!

Clinic after clinic, lesson after lesson - TGM came alive for so many. Flat left, bent right and the unmistakable sound of compression.

Looking forward to seeing 6B's wonderful work, no doubt he captured the 'magic'.

- EdZ

It was great working with you EdZ. Hope we can play golf sometime although your swing will leave me in the dust- but I like hitting first. :laughing9

I just FTP a short video (7 mins) over to Bagger- a teaser sort of speak. Rob Noel works with a student's End position, Ted works a student's Impact and Impact Fix and some things from one of the fundemental clinics by Yoda with Jeff Hull. This is not a real instruction video although a lot of good ol TGM wisdom presented by the best is worth viewing. Indoors the sound was blasted by the much needed air conditioner. More to come. Hope you like the preview. Here is picture of Lynn- vertical and Level to the ground.:)

6b

Bagger has posted the Barclay video in "Free Video" section of the Gallery and is located under "Video Previews" (corrected-mp)

This 'feature' gives a taste of what the four day event was like. Rob Noel and Ted Fort teaching in the "Bays"- a tough place with hot lights and a loud air conditioner- mixed with Lynn and Jeff Hull outside with the 'fundamentals' clinic. The clip is rich with TGM/LBG wisdom. Later, I'll post a clip of Ben Kitts and Jeff sharing duties in the Fitting Bay.

Lynn calls the Flat Vertical Left Wrist the Key of the game.

To me:
A Flat VERTICAL Left Wrist is the nucleus of the 'machine.'

Nucleus
1. a central or most important item or part that has others grouped or built around it.


The Flat Vertical Left Wrist is everything.

I will get another video up this week from Barclay showing off some of the other guys and then a Premium Video will follow.

6b

Thank you
 

Thank you so much for your video.

"Get the flat left wrist down and this game will open up to you like a rosebed on a Spring morning" Yoda

The video is posted in the "Free Video" section of the Gallery and is located under "Video Previews".

If you have any problems viewing this video, make sure you have upgraded your Windows Media Player to the latest release. A direct link to the video is here http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/gallery...1/Barclay1.wmv

Many thanks to 6BMike for the effort. I know from experience how time consuming it is to edit and produce these videos. Great work Mike!

Yoda is in road warrior mode and is out in "The Desert" prepping John Riegger this week. He'll be checking in later today with some thoughts about Barclays.

Corrected my post, Bagger. I shot a lot in HD with a Canon XH A1- a lot of camera that takes a lot of hard drive space. I already have four 500 Gigs and a few portable Lacies and still need another. Well, there is always the one at work. :) . We do a lot of video for our 'online' web site.

what a time!!!
 

It was another awesome LBG Academy.

There are times that golf schools have simple modes of transportation.

But, the courtesy car for an LBG Academy: BMW 750 LI :3gears: :shock: :super:

It was devastating....when I had to return the keys.

And you loved to drive it fast, Ted. :laughing9 It was a great car. You kept it, right?

Here are a few pics from The Gillette side of the clinic along with a pic or two of Ben Kitts who taught and gave fittings on the Barclay side. I'll post another short featurette video from the Gillette side this week. I'm looking to put the stills in a slide show or Powerpoint.

1- Henning on the mats with a student and Bill Castner reviewing tape with a student.
2- Steve Ferguson looking at the computer during a Henry-Griffitts fitting.
3- Bill Castner- my new Jersey neighbor and friend with students.
4- Ben Kitts fixes a lie issue
5- Ben Kitts teaching

6b- your LBG historian.

6b

Thanks for the teaser clip...it is very good stuff...can't wait for more:salut:

To the esteemed teachers at Westchester<

What kind of mats were you guy's using????

It looks like they allowed you teach Down, Out, and Forward better than the ordinary range mat.

Sorting Through the Golf Nut's Catalog.

B-Ray

Not the mat they were standing on, but the striking surface had VJ Singh's name and face on it but a google didn't find the product.

Machine Developments
 

Nice job with the filming Mike. More "exposure" for TGM and LBG.

Thanks guys. That crew can really teach.

They showed that TGM is so simple to apply. It isn't a complex machine but an efficient machine. Assembly the parts , align them and let it flow.


Go see anyone of them, if you can.

6b

A Gathering of Eagles
 

There is an old saying...

"Eagles don't flock."

But in August at Westchester CC in New York for The Barclays -- the inaugural FedEx Cup Playoffs event -- they gathered.

For Barclays Capital and its private clients off the 18th green.

And for the PGA TOUR and its tournament sponsors in Hospitality Village.

They flew in one eagle at a time.

For the record...

Bill Castner, Clark, New Jersey, Master Professional, PGA;

Steve Ferguson, Marietta, Georgia, GSEB, PGA;

Ted Fort, Marietta, Georgia, GSEB, 2006 Georgia PGA Teacher of the Year;

Jeff Hull, Watkinsville, Georgia, GSEB, 2007 Georgia Open Champion;

Ben Kitts, Naples, Florida, GSEB, PGA;

Henning Lundstrum, Gothenburg, Sweden, GSEM, 2006 Sweden PGA West Teacher of the Year; and...

Rob Noel, Abita Springs, Louisiana, GSEM, PGA, 2000 and 2003 Golf Digest Best Teacher in Lousiana;

To each member of our 2007 The Barclays team, including LBG volunteers Mike Plunkett (6bmike) and Ed Zilavy (EdZ), I extend my sincerest respect and appreciation.

:salut:

By the weekend I will have another short feature this time from the Gillette side of the LBG 'gathering.' Henning Lundstrom will highlight the featurette with some solid instruction. Cameos from Steve Ferguson, Bill Castner and Lynn Blake.

It will be in the windows format shot in HD. The Premium Video will follow shortly and will be from the outstanding outdoor clinics the Yoda conducted.

Flat, Vertical Left, Bent Level Right, - sounds like the Flying Wedges to me.
Hinge Motions, Rhythm, Accumulator #2 Power, Acc#3 Transfer Roll. Straight Plane Line tracing. Clubhead Lag. All this from a simple Flat Vertical Left Wrist.

"Sustain the Lag!" - sure but, "Maintain the Flat Left Wrist!" Another TGM battle cry that's time has come.