There are three things that you have to have in a golf swing if you want to be a consistent player. We call these the Essentials...There are another three things you have to do if you want to be a consistently GOOD player. These are the Imperatives.
These things DO NOT include:
- Keeping the left arm straight - great move for hitting it shorter and reverse pivoting
- "Releasing" - release what and how?
- Keeping the head down - David Duval and Annika Sorenstam swivel their heads at impact
- Keeping the eyes on the ball - again David Duval and Annika Sorenstam do not look at the ball at impact
- Weight transfer - transfer via which mechanism?
- Swinging "down the line" - down which line?
- "Coiling" the upper body against the lower body on the backstroke - no wonder so many golfers have bad backs
- Leading the downstroke with the lower body - a cause of fat shots
- Using the "big muscles" of the body - how do you define "big muscles"? The gluteas are a pretty big group - they are your ass muscles.
- Not using the "big muscles" of the body
- Using the hands
- Not using the hands - how do you not use your hands in the golf swing when they are the very things that hold onto the golf club?
- Staying behind the ball - good news for you, when you setup to the driver, you are already BEHIND the ball.
- Using a "relaxed swing" - define "relaxed"? Number of muscle fibers recruited?
- Play by "feel" - playing by feel without understanding the correct mechanical motion that produced that feel will lead to inconsistency
- Play by being "mechanical" - being mechanically minded on the course gives you "paralysis by analysis"
- "Neutral" grip - a grip is "neutral" only if it hits the ball straight. David Duval, Fred Couples, Corey Pavin and Paul Azinger all have their own "neutral" grips. All are Major winners
- Stance - Lee Trevino stood "open" to the target while Arnold Palmer stood "closed". Both are multiple Major winners.
- Address and Posture - all the pros cited above all have vastly different looking setups
There is a saying, ask 10 golf pros about the golf swing and you will get 15 answers. Surely there must be a universally correct answer isn't there? The good news is that there is and that answer is found in science.
Collectively, these 6 things can be found in all of the great golfers, Tiger Woods, Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus et al. All of them utilize different grips, swinging procedures, address positions, postures, plane angles, yet they do these 6 things over and over again.
What are these 6 things?
These 6 things are the TRUE fundamentals of golf.
About Me
- Justin Tang
- Justin Tang has been involved in golf for over 10 years and became the 1st authorized Medicus Instructor in Asia in 2005. He holds an Honours degree from the University of London where he topped his cohort in Applied Psychology, winning the prestigious John Mann Award. He also holds a diploma in Engineering. His involvement and association with Homer Kelley’s The Golfing Machine (TGM) began in 2000 after being frustrated with the lack of progress in his game and the amount of misinformation surrounding golf instruction. Justin specializes in teaching students simply how to hit the ball straight and long through the correct understanding and application of geometry and physics. Since then, he has spent time with world famous PGA instructors the likes of Ben Doyle, Chuck Evans, Gregg McHatton, Lynn Blake, Dana Dahlquist, Dennis Alberts, Mal Tongue, Bob McDonald and Shane Scott. He is the only instructor in the region to offer a MONEY BACK GUARANTEE on lessons He can be reached at +65-8188-1701 or via email at jtang@medicusgolfinstitute.com
Mission Statement
The mission statement of Justin Tang Golf is to revolutionize the face of golfing instruction in Asia through the use of a no-bullshit curriculum based on science and high technology. We also put our money where our mouth is with Asia's first and only NO-RESULTS-MONEY-BACK-GUARANTEE.
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