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NOVEMBER 2000
FIRE DA BUM!
In
the early 50s, long before the special effects of
today's movies that have
desensitized us, there was a movie called
"The Thing". This movie took place in
the North Pole. Some explorers/scientists found a
frozen man (monster) while wandering around
outside doing what explorer/scientists do. They
dug up this dude and hauled him inside. In order
to preserve him for later study, he was placed in
a room where the temp was below freezing. Some
jerk accidentally turned up the thermostat and
the creature came alive!!!
"The Thing", terrorized the citizenry
of the North Pole and scared the hell out of me.
I could not get "The Thing" out of my
mind for years. I slept with the lights on until
just recently.
The first time I broke 80, I was 15 years
old....actually shot 77. This was in Colorado, in
the Fall. During the Winter months when it was
difficult to play in 4 feet of snow,I decided to
read about golf instruction to, of course,
further improve my golf.
There was a very popular book out at the time
that told you EVERYTHING to think of in the golf
swing. Many paragraphs were devoted to what the
right knee does during the swing. I read the book
several times and couldn't wait for the snow to
melt so I could see how much better I would be
with all this new info.
To my horror, there was so much nonsense banging
around in my head that I couldn't break 90. I
could NOT get all this JUNK out of my mind. Just
like. . .You guessed it . . ."The
Thing".
Wait a second!!! What the heck does the title of
this article and "The Thing" and this
golf instruction book have in common.......or has
the "Anti-Pro" gone around the bend for
the last time? Just this, once your friendly pro
gives you the wrong information, and he will, it
is tough to get it out of your mind. Sleeping
with the lights on won't help.
Golf Pros talk TOO much and think that the more
information they give you, the better off you
will be. Wrong again. The more you know about
math, and history, and the stock market, usually
the better off you will be......better grades and
richer. The more stuff you have to think about in
the golf swing, the WORSE you will get!!! I
guarantee it.
Golf pros try to impress their students with
razzle-dazzle that has NOTHING to do with
discovering your best swing. Most of the
information (YES, 99.9%) will definitely do more
harm than good. They want to show their female
students that they are studs with testosterone to
spare, and they want to convince their male
students that they have more of this hormone than
they do.
Fire the Bum. He is NOT going to do anything
positive for your golf game and the chances are
real good that he will confuse you and screw you
up to the point where you will join millions of
people who get discouraged and quit!!!
Do you know what you should say to a student
during a golf lesson? The answer: NOTHING. The
golf swing is learned with the part of the brain
that controls motor skills like walking. Get the
point? All the instructor has to do is keep his
mouth shut and SHOW the student WHAT to do so the
student can COPY it. If the student is doing
something incorrectly, a golf pro with an IQ in
the double digits will SHOW the student HOW they
are swinging and then SHOW them, once again, the
correct way. Also, giving them a choice of how
they would like to do it!
If your instructor does not wait until you have
the fundamentals of your best swing, before you
try to hit a golf ball, fire the bum he's going
to kill ya! If, after a couple of lessons, you
are not pleased with your progress, fire the bum.
It's not going to get any better. Kind of like a
bad movie.
Your golf instructor thinks he knows what he is
doing. . .he doesn't. Less than a hand full of
golf instructors really deserve to be called golf
professionals. The rest should be called
con-artists because that, my friend, is exactly
what they are. They take your money and give you
bad habits and discouragement and confusion, and
frustration in exchange. Don't be a victim.
Recognize the warning signs of these crooks and
run like hell but first, fire the bum!
Two golf pros wrote and agreed with my last
article. No one wrote to disagree. Cheers from
the Amen corner are fine and dandy, but I already
know, that I know, what I am talking about. Are
there any hot-shot golf pros who disagree with
what I write in these articles? Come on, lets
have it! I love a good fight! What, no guts?
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To learn more about Jim's
simple approach to learning your best golf swing
in the shortest period of time visit his site at www.mcgolf.com
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swing. He will give you your best swing in less
than 2 hours. Practice exactly what you
see on the video for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Never
try to hit a golf ball until your swing is second
nature. McGOLF is effective, simple, and down to
earth.
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JIM
MCLELLAN
Introduced to golf in 1948
at age 8, Jim quickly became known as the
"Whiz Kid" with an incredible swing and
a gifted ability to instruct. At age 15, students
came to him at his family owned golf course from
four surrounding states.
Weighing in at 110 pounds at
age 15, Jim could hit the ball over 300 yards. He
owned 2 course records, was the golf star on the
high school team, Junior State Tournament
medalist, one of the top four Colorado golfers to
play in the International JCS tournament in
Columbus Ohio, and a low qualifier for National
Jr. Amatuer.
Attended Arizona State
University at Tempe on a golf scholarship and
graduated from the PGA Golf School in Long Beach
California in 1960.
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Jim McGolf
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