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[GOLF LESSON]

IT’S NOT FASHION, IT’S FUNCTION

Bob Kotowski PGA Hope
Calif Blind and Disabled Golf
패션이 아니라 기능입니다
Olde School Golf School

e often have students come to our clinics and learning and the game, and a good key to building a consistent golf
Wcenter who are disappointed, or self conscious about swing. But I have seen just as many players with unique
the appearance of their golf swing, and are sometimes and different golf swings perform as well as those with
overwhelmed with doubt because they have been led to aesthetically pleasing swings.
believe that unless they have a perfect swing plane, they will A reasonably simple swing plane is important, but
be unable to play solid golf. I strongly disagree! accommodating someone’s opinion of what a perfect swing
Your Golf swing might look pretty, but can you play? plane looks like, is not imperative.
We see so many players consumed with the appearance Mastering a solid fundamental set up, developing a sound
of their golf swing, yet they neglect the focus on many far and repeatable routine, consistent rhythm and timing, and
more important areas of the game. Can you hit fairways focusing on the ball with a steady head position, all out
and greens when it counts? Can you get a solid round into weigh the value of a pure swing plane.
the clubhouse on some tough finishing holes? It’s usually As a mater of fact, we rarely see , what is considered to be a
confidence earned from hard work, practice, knowing your pure swing plane, If your attention is focused on what your
tendencies, focus, and experience that gets the job done. swing looks like, it’s likely your focus is not on what counts
when playing the game,
The swing plane is an important aspect of a golf swing Most often we see the best players with the down- swing

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