Golf Swing Construction 101: The Bertholy Method Revisited.

[jvincent]

One other thing that I noticed about this method is that it was crafted in the 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's. Do you (and feel free to comment BC MIST) find that these teachings still apply to the 'modern' way of swinging the club?

As somewhat of a Golf Channel junkie, the topic of the "Modern" swing came up the other day in the discussion of Todd Hamilton.

These days, there is a fairly large camp of what I like to call the "technical" teachers. From what I can see they try to teach you a very specific way of moving. I.e. in their minds there is only ONE way to swing.

Now human physiology would suggest that is just absurd. People are different heights, arm lengths, etc. so it's unrealistic that there is one swing.

They often use comparisons of the old timers like Lee Trevino, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold, etc. to show how effective very different swings can all be effective.

The important thing that always gets stressed is that at impact all of the good players look more or less the same. It's just a matter of getting there in a repeatably.