Originally Posted by
BC MIST
Based on this comment,, the average golfer does NOT want to improve (because of lack of "time" and desire/"inclination,") and is content to play with the swing that they have, making the compensations necessary to keep the ball in play. There is certainly nothing wrong with this. However, none of the golfers I know have this mindset. Rather, they ALL want to get better.
To get better, they need to see someone who has an understanding of the things you call "gobbeldygook" or the player needs to understand them himself. If he does and if he can see himself on video or trusts someone else to make correct observations, he can make some adjustments to move towards a fundamentally correct, simple to repeat golf swing. Contrary to what you you indicated I said, my comments about swing plane, grip, ... are NOT swing thoughts, but characteristics of a good swing that any "mere mortal" can observe. How the golfer tries to achieve these characteristic is up to him or his teacher and should be done in practice, rather than on the course. Thinking about making these moves on the course is obviously a recipe for disaster and again, is NOT what I said one should do.
In this method you aim right, guessing that you have closed the face enough. The club head comes in along the body line, starts down the line, (correct?) and then HOOKS left. This tells me that the swing is fundamentally good, with no signs of an over the top motion which 95% plus golfers have. Why then would you not just aim at your target with a square club face? The same swing would produce a shot at the target with no compensations and no guessing.
Now, if I am trying to move the ball around the corner of a hole doglegging left, where I need a greater amount of curvature that a pure draw gives, i.e., a hook, then aiming down the middle with a slightly closed face will get the desired results.
With an understanding of what I am suggesting, achieving the desired results is actually quite easy, but, I respect others’ right to use whatever gobbledygook they wish.