The Golf Fix? Hmm..

I confess, I am as guilty as the next guy of watching the Golf Fix, reading Tiger tips, and any other game improvement article. But I am here to say that they should all come with the disclaimer “for amusement only”.

Don’t get me wrong, Michael Breed is a genius. While he may be able to pump out more fixes than MacGyver has answers for short fused bombs, I dare anyone to take a hula hoop to the driving range or any other of his homemade contraptions.  I venture to say that taking any of his advice seriously is a recipe for mental disaster.  I mean, could one man throw more swing thoughts at you in 30 minutes?

Breed and MacGyver: Making the world a safer place

As for Pro tips that we read in golf magazines, they are as relevant as baseball instruction is to a volleyball player.  While Bubba and I may both play a game we call golf, there is exactly zero comparison to the game that is being played. Ever read a Tiger Tip?  Telling me to relax my middle tibia muscle while I pro-nate my left ulna does as much good as telling Rosanne to just lay off the pasta-it ain’t gonna happen.

It’s not that pros don’t want to help us, it is just that they cannot wrap their head around the fact that we just are not that good.  For example,  I saw Graeme Mcdowell talk about how he was working on not coming over the top.  Let me tell you, he does not know what coming over the top is.  If Graeme Mcdowell swings over the top, then sign me up!

Now to be clear, I am not hating on Michael Breed or Pros who write instruction, it has just become clear to me that very, very few (Hogan for example), are able to break it down to a level that us mortals can handle. No matter, we will all continue to digest all of their words of wisdom.  I am just learning to take most with a large grain of salt.