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I am going to start you off with some technical data. Make sure you stay awake.

(A) A putter face that is 2 degrees open at impact will miss the hole from 5 feet! For a putt to go in at 8 feet the angle of the face needs to less than 1 degree open or closed. Increase the distance to 15 feet and the putter face needs to less than 0.5 of a degree open or closed. 

Can you tell the difference between 1 degree closed or open to your target line? I can’t.

It’s hard to wrap the brain around how many elements must contribute in harmony to develop a repetitive and functional golf swing.

Think about it. The grip. The set up. Posture. The takeaway. Rotation. The load. Rotation. The downswing. The contact. The finish.

Oh, the humanity.

All of those disparate movements require a syncopation unlike that of any other sport. And they all “revolve” around your core!

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Part One established a baseline/new paradigm for effective parenting - remove “win at all costs” from the playbook. This new paradigm features an environment where growth of all elements of the “golf game” is of paramount importance. So how will the new paradigm be realized? Read on.

Hey parents. Winning or losing. The big “it” in any sport. Have you ever considered whether you or your child wants “it” more? Wonder why I ask? Because guess what? If it’s you, that’s a recipe for disaster. Consider this - studies show players motivated solely by winning and losing are more likely to burn out before they are out of their teens.

My co-worker, Adam, asked me last Wednesday who I thought would win the FedEx Cup. I thought and thought and came up with – Rory McIlroy. I based my prediction on Rory’s past performance at East Lake – he’d compiled 4 top 10’s in 5 appearances including a win in 2016. He’d always looked comfortable there. He was in the final group with Tiger last year. All the signs, including this years’ 2 wins and tour leading 14 top-10s, were pointing in the right direction. 

Patrick Reed won the 2019 Northern Trust Championship, shooting a final round 69 to finish at 16 under par 268 and beat Abraham Ancer, Harold Varner III and Jon Rahm by 2 shots. It’s his first tour victory in 16 months.

Here’s a headline we have been dreading:

“Tiger withdraws from Northern Trust with injury”.

How did Brooks Koepka get to be the number one ranked player in the world?

You might ask how can you start a blog with a question you already know the answer to. Well, I had to start somewhere. And that seemed like the best jumping-off point.

Anyways.

Witness Matt Wolff. And his golf swing.

By the way, there’s way more to Matt Wolff, but we’ll get to that later.