This past weekend I slammed smack dead into that wall called reality. I played in the Virginia State Amateur qualifier at Kingsmill on their woods course (not the River that the LPGA plays on) and to be kind to myself it was not pretty. I have got my handicap index down to 7.3 from a
Why Hank Haney Failed with Charles Barkley on The Golf Channel
First off, allow me to say that I have a great deal of respect for Hank Haney’s ideas around swing plane. The idea of parallel planes is an original idea in my opinion that I had not heard before Haney, so I give him credit with the idea. That being said, his idea that he
Great Swing! Lesson Learned – Mushin Still The Way
I hear “Great looking swing!” quite a lot. I’ve worked hard on it and know all the hours it’s taken and the literal sweat and grime it’s taken to build what I have. I’m proud of that work, it’s sort of a badge of honor. My swing has never been in better positions nor have
Another spring, another season
Spring has sprung in the Great White North! I’ve managed to get a handful of rounds under my belt after a long winter of Rotary Swing Tour drills. Normally my round progression works from high 90′s/low 100′s for the first couple months of the Central Canadian season, followed by low 90′s and the odd dip
First Tournament of the year….
Well the tournament season started for this Rotary swinger on Tuesday the 21st and unfortunately it didn’t go as well as planned. Not too bad but not the results me and my partner were hoping for, we carded an 81 in the VA state 4 ball qualifier, I am an 8 handicap and my partner
6 Months and Counting…
It’s been a little over 6 months since I embarked on changing my golf swing to the Rotary Swing Tour model based on Anatomical Absolutes. It’s been an incredibly exciting, challenging, fun and frustrating experience all rolled into one. The exciting part has been seeing my swing in positions that I’ve never seen before and
Newest Addition to the Rotary Swing Golf Academy
To steal the words of the great Tiger Woods, “Hello world!” I can’t even begin to express my excitement and enthusiasm as I begin this journey down the path to the truth about the golf swing. I won’t bore everyone here with a second rendition of my biography, if you truly need to check my
Late Winter
I came home from night work late one day last week. Daylight had broken. It was cold. Bitter. A North wind was blowing down straight from the Arctic. The bare trees moaned under the assault. It was early March and winter was still in control. Our little creek was still frozen as it had been
Rotary Swing Backswing Enhancements
Continuing to work on the evolution of refining the swing into the simplest set of moving parts on the planet. Here is the swing from my book “The Rotary Swing” on the left and the swing on the right is after working on the changes with the new 2.0 model. It’s clear to see that
Time to step up…This is what it’s all about
Today I am very nervous and very excited at the same time. The Viginia State Golf Association has posted it’s 2009 tournament schedule and now that there are actual dates for the tournaments that I want to play in I am both excited and nervous. I am excited b/c this is my very first step
Aeschylus would have been proud
It’s been three weeks since the jolt came about my golf club closing. Enough time for some of the film to develop. Enough time for some prospecting for a new course. Enough time to get really, really mad and then cool down. And, enough time to realize I had witnessed a Greek tragedy up close
Yesterday, it happened, the perfect golf shot…
Ok, I’ve hit a lot of “perfect” golf shots in my life, but this one was different. I’ve been working hard on making changes to my swing. I’ve changed my…. This is going to be a long list… My setup My grip My posture My knee flex My weight distribution My weight shift My takeaway
The proof of the pudding is in the eating!
The Rotary Swing and the instruction provided by Chuck Quinton is the way to go… period. I have taken lessons from professionals my whole life and have never really noticed any improvement after any of them. Always hitting the ball the same and shooting the same scores. Every year I have the same goal in
A Death in the Family (sort of)
I received an e-mail on Monday from the Head Pro at our home course. The title was one word, “Closing.” With all the suddenness of an accident our course had closed, effective immediately. No warning. Gone. The principal owner died. The partners said, “Close it.” It’s a tough pill to swallow. This was a course
Rotary Swing 1.0 vs Rotary Swing 2.0 – Some Differences
To explain all the differences would take a while, so I’m just going to point out a few here that can be seen to help you guys moving along while we prepare to shoot the DVD. The images on the right are from 2005 and the images on the left are from today. At address,
