Brian closed with a one-under-par 70 in the 2006 Verizon Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. For the tournament, his eight-under par 66-67-73-70=276 was good for a T-9 finish and a check for $148,400.
Brian Gay closed with a one-under-par 70 in the 2006 Verizon Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. For the tournament, his eight-under par 66-67-73-70=276 was good for a T-9 finish and a check for $148,400. That will buy a few dowels.
Congratulations, Brian, on your wonderful play!
Great stuff Yoda and Brian. I downloaded the videos are they are gems. Lots of stuff to learn and its great to see the interaction between you, Brian and Eddie.
Alex
Congratulations on your good work with Brian Gay. That was a good find of yours to have him move the ball closer to low point. I notice Brian had a top ten finish at Hilton Head and was in the top 15 in driving accuracy.
At the time of writing, Brian Gay is at the top of the PGA Tour’s Scrambling Stats – making par or better 67.9% of the time when he misses the green. Go to http://pgatour.com/stats and you can even see Brian's little head at the bottom, one of the major perks for being the top player in any of the main stat categories. Good stuff .
I had the pleasure to listen to Yoda at theSwedish PGA Summit last March. It was really an "eye-opener" for me, and I hope also for other collegues of mine. I´m at the moment on my second lap on the book, following Mr Homers instructions in the preface. I am also receiving very good help from Swedens first GSEM, Henning Lundstrom.
So what do I want.
Well, Yoda, you had the opportunity to listen to the mentalguys at the summit.( Think Different ) Did you learn/catch some new ideas that you could use on your students, like Brian?
After reading the book the first time, there is not much about the mental game. Ok I know about 14-0.
Here is how I work:
Every time I introduce new mechanicalinfo to my pupil, they will have to make praticeswings, because its only then they can focus on what they are trying to achieve and how it should feel. Every time they have a ball in front of them - they have a purpuse - the target. So the target should be in their minds.
How do you work with Brian?
Sorry for the long post and if there is any malspelling.
Yoda, Brian seems to have good extensor action during his swing but at one point at address you said " straighten that left arm" or something like that. Is this trying to use the extensor action of right arm from the adjusted address position to straighten the left arm?
I think I have read one of your posts where you say that extensor action is one of your keys at adjusted address before your motion begins. Is this a key to help set your radius ? remove any slack in the left arm?
I hope that Brian's hard work pays off, it can not be easy looking for the breakthrough that allows you to reach your real potential. If TGM is to regain / attain its status as orthodox instruction it is going to take somebody like Brian to transform their game, then the "pop" golf instructors will see the light and the golfing masses will finally start to make a better swing rather than buy a bigger club! Good luck to you both!!
Here is how I work:
Every time I introduce new mechanicalinfo to my pupil, they will have to make praticeswings, because its only then they can focus on what they are trying to achieve and how it should feel. Every time they have a ball in front of them - they have a purpuse - the target. So the target should be in their minds.
Comment: What students fail to understand is that in order to undergo a swing change they have to be prepared to miss the ball completely. Time and time again.
Humans have an insatiable hunger for positive feedback. If the positive feedback is abscent they have a choice. Either a quick-fix (hand manipulation) to see the ball fly again
or
learn from the experience and move the frickin ball.
Since Brian is not that far off and possess Educated Hands I tend to think that he is not as concerned about where the ball goes as he is to establish good mechanics.
But I am curious to hear Yodas answer.
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When James Durham recorded 94 at the Old Course at St Andrews in 1767, he set a course record that lasted 86 years. Golf: A curious sport whose object is to put a very small ball in a very small hole with implements ill desiged for the purpose - Sir Winston Churchill
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