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Originally Posted by BrianL99

I hit balls at the range, most every day. I usually play 4-5 times a week at a Championship Course.

Every day at the range, I see husbands trying to teach their wives how to swing. Friends giving lessons to friends. Invariably, the teacher only marginally knows more than the student. I watched a guy today, coaching & teaching his wife or GF. He couldn't hit 3 balls in a row in the air. His wife was a newbie, but had a swing that would make Nelly Korda jealous. With some decent instruction or coaching, the lady would be a single-digit handicap in 2 months. With her husband teacher her, she'll probably give up golf out of frustration.

I've been shooting in the mid-70's for 40 years. I'm a 4.6 Index now and play from the Blue Tees. I also oversaw an operation that had a Rick Smith Golf Academy and later, a Bobby Clampett Impact Zone school. There are probably a 1,000,000 people who know more about the golf swing than I do, but I know a little. What I do know, is how to get the golf ball around the golf course, in a reasonable amount of strokes (usually).

G is for Grip
A is for Alignment
P is for Posture
S is for Set up (Ball position, distance from the ball & the consistency those things)

Very few recreational or even average golfers, need a huge amount of "swing advice".

What most need, is information and coaching on the basics. There is almost no "swing flaw" that can't be corrected organically, by changing or adjusting, one of the above. My swing plane got out of whack. I took a swing lesson via video last week, with Ryan Mouque in Australia. A simple change in spine angle corrected the issue in10 minutes (at least for now).

Everyone's body is different and works differently. That said, most everyone has a grip, alignment, posture & setup, that will allow them to swing fairly naturally and hit the ball, reasonably straight and reasonable well. Find it. Most "swing flaws" can be traced back to an issue with your "GAPS".

Did you take a bunch of lessons to learn to tie your shoes? Sign your name? Slice a loaf of bread? Walk? Throw a baseball? No. You figured out what naturally worked for you and it may be way different than the way someone else does it, but if it works for you who cares? Bryson DeChambeau doesn't swing anything like Rory McIlroy, but they both play pretty well.

Once you can swing naturally and make decent contact, there's only course management left to vastly improve your game. Let's face it, none of us are going to be playing in The Masters this week. We don't need to know how PGA Tour players do it. I know quite a few guys who play on Tour and trust me, they are all "freaks of nature" when it comes to hitting a golf ball (& usually other sports, too). We only need simple & basic.

If you only want to have fun and be able to break 90 on a regular basis, that's all it takes. Stop playing "golf swing" and especially stop trying to teach your wife or friends, "golf swing". If I see one more guy who can't break 90, showing his wife where her golf club should be a at the top, I'm going to say something. Help them with the basics if you must, but make sure you know what you're doing.

There is plenty of online advice. Try Rick Shiels, Danny Maude, Aimee Cho or even George Gankas.

If you prefer books, find these on Amazon, cheap ... they're all old and you can buy used copies for a couple of bucks.

The LAWS of the Golf Swing: 1998: by Jim Suttie, Mike Adams, and T.J. Tomasi
Play Your Best Golf All the Time. 1953: by Tommy Armour
Impact Zone. 2007: by Bobby Clampett
Understanding the Golf Swing. 2001: Manuel De LA Torre

Do not read Ben Hogan's "5 Easy Lessons" or Jack Nicklaus' "Golf My Way". Both great golfers, but Trackman & High Speed Video, have proven they didn't really know how or why what they were doing, worked so well.

Lots of good advice in your posts and you make some very good points. I'm going to use it.

I have a pretty good swing, but I just can't seem to get into the low 90's to save my ass. lol I hover right at 100 on championships.

Thanks for posting.