For the sake of continuity, I've reprinted below my post today from the Hole-ies And Pole-ies Forum. Call it braggadacio, an earned sense of self-satisfaction or simply the quiet pleasure of a job well done. Whatever...The journey enjoys its achievement at road's end, yes, but even more the lessons learned along the way.
More than anything, I wanted to demonstrate that a guy pushing sixty -- who had basically been crippled by conventional 'Reverse C' instruction at 40 -- could play pain-free at a very high level twenty years later. All without drugs or surgery or sacrificing family and friend in the process.
Over the past seventeen months, I have had the privilege of spending a terrific proportion of my waking life teaching and demonstrating the Principles of G.O.L.F. to students -- both amateur and professional -- from all over the world. I've also worked hard on my own Game, hitting many thousands of Chips and Pitches in the Short Game area and thousands more long shots on the Practice Tee. Not to mention all the Impact Bag and Mirror activity in my workout room. What I haven't done is play Golf, and that needed to happen.
So, this past Saturday morning at 8:50 a.m., for the first time since January 5th, I stepped onto the first tee at Atlanta Country Club, site of the inaugural Tournament Players Championship and for thirty years (1966-1996) host of the PGA TOUR's Atlanta Golf Classic. From the Blue Tees, the USGA Course Rating is 72.6 with a Slope of 139.
My card:
5-4-3-4-4-2-4-5-3 / 34
3-5-5-3-4-4-3-4-5 / 36
34-36 / 70
I hit 9 Fairways and 14 Greens.
-- Flat Left Wrist
-- Clubhead Lag Pressure Point
-- Right Forearm Plane Line Tracing
This stuff works.
P.S. And so did that brand new set of Henry-Griffitts Irons. Thanks, Billy!
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