Memory Test Coming up

Or, one could title this post "Never Hit It Better."  Yes, it came together nicely today.

Shall I set the scene?

It was cold morning, under 40, with the roofs befrosted and the Peete's coffee hot. Some choirs post coffee and then back home.  I made some candied ginger as I'm trying to make a spicy gingerbread loaf that will burn all the way down.  That completed, I went to the range about noon.  The sun was doing its part and with no wind, it was more than bearable.

A bit of chipping to start and I fell into the movement of allowing the hands to start stuff, but once aligned with the body to come on down and hit the ball together or apace, one might call it.

Hmm, I thought to myself, is this what we want to feel when hitting a full shot?  I hit some balls across one chipping range to the other -- this is a flagrant violation of the posted rules.  They flew high and straight and it seemed that the swing was pretty efficient, id est, not much effort required to move the ball around.

I cut the chipping short and advanced to the grass to see what the full swing was going to be like.

So, nice back swing, keeping the club pointing at the ball as long as possible.

Full turn to put the back to the target.

A gentle movement to start the down swing with the arms, then as the body and arms synced up, a gentle shoulder turn to help the body along and off the ball went.  And went well it did. 

As I worked through the clubs I was able to do this with all of them.  My tendency to slide forward was still there, but I controlled it pretty well.

It was a very solid feeling at impact, which I've been told is a lack of bad vibration. 

The driver was on point and authoritative; as one would wish a Micheal Moore utterance would be.  (Have you noticed his verbal stutter?  "I mean"  Well, there are worse ones.)

I'm very happy - with the swing, not Micheal!  I wish to hold on to it.  Probably try it again tomorrow.  I'm encouraged that the method is quite smooth and unhurried.  That might make it more reliable and easier to trust.

It also ties in the things that Monte Scheinblum and Bobby Lopez have discussed.  Start the downswing with the hands/arms and turn the body when they are lined up.