Those player visuals are so important! I like the cones! Great idea…
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I use the front right cone as an aim spot for the butt of the club out of transition. The shaft then gets better on 430 approach and then as the forearm and torso rotation unwinds the club kicks out to miss the back cone but never comes across the ball/target line
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Golf pro world is a strange one.
After working with Malnati for 12 months and winning 4 weeks after we started he felt his game wasn’t improving so he cut me loose in early February. I couldn’t get him to use more drills than the bag drill. He didn’t want to work on his backswing to help his transition- as he said backswing work never stopped him from doing his very high left arm lift. It actually looked great when we did work on it and he hit the ball well but he couldn’t transfer it over into his real swing on the course.
Unfortunately his year went poorly after that and he struggled last season trying a new approach and new coach.
I love the guy - probably the nicest player out there and was disappointed he didn’t just trust the process of change because he did work hard on his game.
But that’s life on tour. Many guys swap and change thinking the answer is just around the corner. When really the answer is to keep doing what you are doing.
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I am looking forward to watching the Champions Tour today.
Mike Weir recently texted me and wanted to ask me some stuff. He had been working with Ledbetter the past two years and his release pattern were getting very closed over in the clubface and very high shaft exit. He didn’t like it and felt his game was in poor state this season.
We did an hour FaceTime to get things started and are hoping to get together in person before the SAS event in Raleigh next month.
But even just from that one session online he is Tied for 1st leading into the final round at Pebble Beach today. Am looking forward to watching his play and see if he can bring it home from there.
One of my other Champions Tour players is also in the mix. Cameron Percy and I have worked together for approx 6 years now. He has had a great season and has been on the wrong end of two playoff losses but has been ultra consistent and is in the top 10 of the Schwaab Cup and earned over 1 million. He will win soon and probably just keep on winning from there on after.
We see each other rarely. He knows all the drills especially some variation of them that are pertinent to him and just works on them. Never changes his process or training and is ultra consistent as a result of that.
Weir working on the cone drill I use to help the player visually see the hand path and release
Cameron Percy has a fantastic entry and exit and really manages the right arm wonderfully well. He has been very consistent this season
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Glad you’re doing that and not me!
Ball control, ball control, ball control!
Most don’t want to have that conversation in reality.
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Quick update for the followers:
I recently updated my member website. The old host were going out of business so I had to find a new host and revamp the entire site one video at a time.
It came out great. Has category drop down menus to find the pertinent areas of the swing you are looking for. It currently holds approx 500 videos and 100 articles with more added monthly.
Yes there is a fee but that allows me to add a lot more detail and info into the videos than tip toeing around on YouTube dropping some things out there without giving too much away. Plus it helps avoid the crazy comments people leave!!
If you haven’t seen it yet give it a quick scan at https://www.bradleyhughesgolf-members.com
I am also in the process of updating my original website and hope to have that rebooted to a more modern updated look over the next few months
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I recently started doing two day golf schools at Fripp Island Resort which is close to Beaufort South Carolina.
The initial school a few weeks ago went well and we are now advertising the follow up school in mid May.
The info and link is here https://cyu8xnhga2qs.kartra.com/page/yuS2021
Maybe one day will get to see a few ABS’ers take part in the future.
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Spot on I think a lot of what we see today is what Palmer and Jack were doing back in their times. Jack was making par 72 courses into par 68 courses with the length that he had. And Palmer was definitely making courses play shorter by bombing his driver over hazards. The only thing different today is the players are better athletes and generating some crazy speed. Whereas in the past a guy like Paul Runyan still had a chance. Short hitters have short careers on the PGAT today for sure. Just take Zach Johnson who has struggled the last decade due to not meeting the distance threshold that is required to be competitive. Now he is on the Champions tour playing great golf again because he doesn’t have to play 7200+ yard courses anymore and the distance threshold on the Champions tour is 275 yards whereas on the PGAT it’s 303 yards so Johnson is back in the fold at 275 and many others.
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A good example of what I call the Binary- ‘being’ either up-and-out or down-and-in through the strike- there is no middle ground really. On the down-and-in there is no ‘out’ until after impact when the pivot’s extension acquires to assist the up arc. On her up-and-out older move her out is way too early creating early extension every time. I know you know this already, just wanted to add rat thoughts as they occurred.
I think Jackie Burke described a poor sequence as ‘coming back from the game’. She’s right back in the game.
