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I was playing in a foursome not long ago. My partner was, well, let’s call him, Chuck.

We were on the the first tee. I pulled out my driver and started taking some practice swings. Chuck reached in his bag and immediately said, “Oh my gosh. I cleaned my driver this morning and I guess I forgot and left it at home. Can I use your driver?”

Since Chuck and I are about the same size and both use 43-inch drivers, I said “Sure, no problem,”

“Hang on there, buddy,” one of my opponents said. “You guys can’t share a club.”

So, here’s the pop quiz:

1. Our opponent was right. Two golfers cannot share clubs.
2. Our opponent was wrong. Two golfers can share clubs with no restrictions.
3. Our opponent was wrong. Two golfers can share clubs, but there is a severe restriction.

If you know your Rules of Golf, you will know that the correct answer was #3.

Golfers can share clubs, but here’s the severe restriction: The total number of clubs in the two golf bags cannot exceed 14. In this case, our total number of clubs would have added up to 25, that is 12 of his and 13 of mine.

A possible solution

If we went back and left five of my clubs and six of his in the trunk of my car, we could have shared clubs, including the driver. This is because the total number of clubs the two of us would be carrying would not exceed 14. So, this solution might be a bit complicated — in terms of who carries which clubs, but it would have solved Chuck’s problem.

Here’s another good solution

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Douglas Hanna is a retired marketing executive, an avid golfer, the author of numerous articles on HD radio, and the Internet and the publisher and webmaster of http://www.hd-radio-home.com

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One of the “absolutes” in golf - and what is taught - is a straight left arm. First let’s define WHAT a straight left arm is AND isn’t.

For the majority of people a left arm that hangs downward has an elbow joint. This joint has between 3 & 5 degrees of BEND in it. This is WHAT a straight left arm is.

Stretching - hyper extending - and LOCKING the elbow is NOT a straight left arm! All the golfer has done successfully is to INCREASE the radius from the left shoulder to the ground. This is a MAJOR cause of “fat shots!”

Harry Vardon WON the British Open six times playing with a “bent” left arm.

Calvin Peete won the Players Championship AND is the most accurate driver of the golf ball EVER! In 26 plus years of playing professional golf he hit ONE ball out of bounds! Calvin’s left arm was severly bent as a result of an accident as a young child which shattered his left elbow. Surgeons repaired the elbow, but it remained permanently fused so that Calvin could never fully straighten his arm.

Calvin won 11 times on Tour in a five year span - 12 events total -plus his Players Championship victory. He led the Tour in driving accuracy for 10 STRAIGHT years AND led the Tour in “greens in regulation” three times.

Another player that had huge success on the PGA Tour is Curtis Strange. Curtis won 17 times on Tour including winning the US Open back to back in 1988 and 1989.

Swing “Gurus” referred to Curtis’ left arm as “soft.”

Think of it this way, if you were to swing a piece of rope is it “locked” and taunt in the backstroke? Of course not! But what happens when you swing it to the ballit BECOMES a straight line!

Now I’m not advocating that you intentionally bend your left arm BUT I am saying NOT to lock it thinking that is what straight is. The arms MUST feel like dangling ropes - loose. This will give you MORE power with LESS effort.

Remember, whatever angle your left arm hangs - loosely - just maintain it during the backstroke and let it come out by itself in the downstroke.

Chuck Evans is one of only 31 Teachers in the world to hold the designation of “Doctorate in Golf Stroke Engineering”, he is one of the most highly sought after instructors in the world not only by players but other teachers as well and is known
as the Teacher of Teachers!

Chuck has appeared on numerous golf talk shows, written and published instructional articles in local, regional, and national golf publications.

His DVD, “60 Days To Game Improvement” has sold in excess of 10,000 copies and his new eBook, “How To Build YOUR Golf Swing” is in the library of amateurs and Teaching Professional alike. He has also appeared as the featured instructor for education classes regarding the golf swing at various PGA Sections and Chapters around the country and is recognized by Golf Magazine as one of America’s Top Teachers.

In addition Chuck has held the positions of Director of Schools for the PGA Tour Golf Academy and is currently The Executive Director of Instruction for the Medicus Golf Institute.

http://www.chuckevansgolf.com

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Most of us play golf with others and usually with players of the same caliber. But as long as we play golf there will always be players that hit it longer, straighter, hole more putts, better course management then we do.

I see the majority of players get intimidated by their playing partners and then they try to do things they simply are not capable of.

One player “A” hits a comfortable 8 iron 150 yards and player “B” uses a 5 iron for the same distance. It won’t take long for player “B” to start trying to hit their irons farther - and because they are now out of their comfort zone their scores and accuracy suffer.

A prime example of this is former British Open Champion, Ian Baker-Finch. This player was world class and was playing great golf when he won the British Open but soon after, rumor has it, thought he should be hitting it farther. His quest turned into a nightmare, he completely “lost” the game that had won him the Open! His accuracy was completely gone and he no longer had any idea where the ball was going!

After struggling for a few years and NOT finding his way back he simply retired from competitive golf rather then play golf like most of the golf world does. When you have played golf at this high of a level it is extremely difficult to come to terms that you have lost what you’ve had.

Can players hit the ball farther without giving up accuracy? Of course, but there ARE limits to this. Once of those limits is the players physical make-up. If you have the flexibility of Craig Stadler but are trying to swing like Davis Love then that is NOT going to work. You will have to rely on building speed into what you DO have.

Find a fitness trainer and work on your flexibility, see IF you can add more length to your swing BUT always under control. Think of it like this, your body is the foundation for the golf stroke - just like a sturdy home must have a study foundation - if you overload your foundation then structure will collaspe. So don’t try to overload your physical structure build a precision golf stroke based on what you CAN do - NOT what you can’t do!

About the Author:

Chuck Evans is one of only 31 Teachers in the world to hold the designation of “Doctorate in Golf Stroke Engineering”,
he is one of the most highly sought after instructors in the world not only by players but other teachers as well and is known
as the Teacher of Teachers!

Chuck has appeared on numerous golf talk shows, written and published instructional articles in local, regional, and national golf publications.

His DVD, “60 Days To Game Improvement” has sold in excess of 10,000 copies and his new eBook, “How To Build YOUR Golf Swing” is in the library of amateurs and Teaching Professional alike.
He has also appeared as the featured instructor for education classes regarding the golf swing at various PGA Sections and Chapters around the country and is recognized by Golf Magazine as one of America’s Top Teachers.

In addition to being the former Director of Schools for the PGA Tour Golf Academy, Chuck is currently the Executive Director of Instruction for the Medicus Golf Institute.

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