To all my valued customers…
First and foremost, I'd like you to know that the video above is not a sales pitch. This is simply a quick update on the new release of the Peak Performance Golf Swing DVD Series that you already own.
As a reward for being one of my valued customers, and a student of my Peak Performance Golf Swing, I have just given you full access to the newest edition of the Peak Performance Golf Swing DVD Series, hot off the editing table, with zero cost to you (1 hour and 47 minutes of revised content on the setup – through the take-a-way).
Thanks to you and your peers, word of my revolutionary teaching has hit the blogosphere like a much-needed storm, as tens of thousands of you and your friends have returned to the links with renewed excitement… and lower scores!
We have been closely tracking your conversations and the hard data shared by those of you who blog with us. As a result of your feedback, I guarantee this new edition directly addresses your most common questions, and drills deeper into the fundamentals of the Peak Performance Golf Swing… like never before. I also expand on a few of the big ideas of the full swing that were not addressed in the original DVD series.
As you might expect, the new videos also have greater production value, so you'll get a more enjoyable high-definition viewing experience.
So again, THANK YOU, congratulations, and let's keep the conversation going!
To my “Subscribers” of the PPGS Blog: For those of you who don't own any of my Peak Performance Golf Swing instructions videos… keep your eyes open for a special “Open Championship” offer that will be hitting your email box tomorrow morning (which will include the new video instruction I'm discussing above).
I have a blog question from Curt. He says, “Aloha Surge,” so I guess he's in the really nice weather state called Hawaii. Well, aloha back to you Curt, and we'll see if we can't give you a good aloha with some answers to your question.
Curt starts, “Hope you're feeling better now. I had a heart attack a year ago, and with no surgery and taking my meds, I am finally almost back to normal.
“My golf problem is hitting my target when it really counts. When I aim at a definite target in the fairway, I am spot on. But even if it is the same club I just used, I miss the green, some right and some left. I've concentrated on taking a practice swing to get the feel and swinging the feel. I guess it's all in my head, and I hate to be so brain dead! Any ideas?”
Well, you know me. I'm the Surge. I always have ideas when it comes to the golf swing. First and foremost, I think we need to look at the issue that you say when you hit to a target in the fairway I have to assume you're not only talking about drivers, but any irons you might be hitting off the tee to a fairway. That tells me you're likely hitting them off the tee and you're hitting them straight.
So now, when you're in the fairway and missing right and left, the first thing that pops into my mind is, Curt, it's not in your head. You're not brain dead. What you are is probably having a problem with the lie angles on your clubs. There's a good chance your clubs are either too upright or too flat.
When that's the case, let's say for example, it too upright, which means when you address it, the heel's on the ground and the toe's up in the air. Everybody automatically thinks that when the toe is up, the heels going to hit the ball and it's going to slow it down and flip the toe over and pull it.
That is absolutely true in the rough or fairly high grass. But off a closely mowed fairway the exact opposite can also happen. The heel can bounce into the ball and open the face. If it bounces in and opens the face you have your blocks to the right, and if it bounces in and shuts down, you have your pulls to the left.
I'd say the first thing is, you need to get to your PGA pro or get to a good, certified club fitter and get them to check that the lies are correct on your irons. I'll bet you dollars to donuts, you probably have a set that's too upright and/or possibly too long. It could be a combination of both. You might have a shaft problem, maybe it's not the right flex. But I'm going to bet, because you're hitting off the tee pretty good with them, with the fairway you've got a lie problem. I'd say that's pretty much the whole thing.
Naturally you always have to check your alignment, making sure that you're parallel left of your target. Make sure your shoulders are definitely over your toes and not open or closed one time or another. If you're swinging along your shoulder line, that can do it. Or if your feet are off, that can also cause blocks and pulls.
Lastly, ball position. If it's too far forward you could tend to be hitting it late and pulling it. If it's too far back and you're compensating, you block it. But I'll lay odds right now that you have a problem with your lie angles. So get and see your PGA pro or good, certified club fitter and that will do the biggest thing to help you start hitting the ball solid, straight, and especially hitting more greens and closer to the hole and get your scores lower.
The Surge!