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As the mornings become more brisk in the Brainerd Lakes area,
and schools are starting their fall sports programs, I am again reminded why
the game of golf is so appealing. What a great PGA championship we got to
enjoy last week, with underdog Rich Beem holding off the best player in the
world down at Hazeltine National Golf Club. If you are a golfer or just a fan
of sports, watching Tiger Woods and Rich Beem battle on the back nine Sunday
was very exciting drama. I know a number of readers attended the championship
down in Chaska and marveled at the players' ball-striking ability and the
consistency with which they play the game. The PGA Professionals that were
playing in that tournament are experts of their swing, but you could still see
them at the driving range working on the fundamentals of Posture, Grip, and
Alignment (the "PGA" we teach at The Legacy). I think we should all learn from
these players and as our children go back to school, we should take some time
to visit our local golf professionals and continue our education of the game
and the swing. At The Legacy Courses we often find
less people taking lessons as the fall arrives, but I think that this time of
year is a great time to work on your game. People often take a couple of
lessons in the spring, as they are excited to play golf after coming in from a
long season of snowmobiling, but then as spring fades into summer that slight
fade becomes a slice again. I think that late summer lessons are often better
because the golf muscles are in mid-season shape and the days are still long
enough to get a round in after work. I often find that my students this time
of year have a lot of data about what is happening during their rounds and
where they are losing shots. In the start of the season we work a lot on ball
striking or swing changes, yet this time of year I tend to help people to PLAY
the game better via a different course strategy or tuning up a player's
set-up. This time of year a player is more likely to be able to implement a
change because their ball striking should be in good shape. Often a small
adjustment is all that is needed to set your golf swing back on line for the
fall.
Take an hour this autumn and visit your local PGA
Professional. He or she can help you to continue your education of the game of
golf and may just help you enough to make some of your late season round the
best ones of the summer. |
