Bobby Jones gave us these two thoughts as the basis for building our golf swing. <\/p>\n
\u201cVery often, what a man feels he is doing is more important than what he does. The feel, the experience, is so much easier to remember and repeat.\u201d<\/p>\n
And what is that feeling?<\/p>\n
\u201cThe downward or hitting stroke is intended to culminate in a well-timed, powerful contact between clubhead and ball. There is no way to argue that the successful accomplishment of this purpose is not the most important part of the stroke; but the backswing has for its purpose, the establishment of a perfectly balanced, powerful position at the top of the swing from which correct actions of the downstroke can flow rhythmically without the need for interference or correction<\/em>. In the end, on the basis of consistent reproduction of the successful action, the preparatory movements become just as important as the actual hitting\u2014the entire swing, a sequence of correct positions, following naturally and comfortably one after the other<\/em>.\u201d [emphasis added]<\/p>\n If you’ll allow me to be poetic, find a backswing from which your forward swing can flow through the ball like a clear, running stream.<\/p>\n Bobby Jones on Golf<\/em>, p. 212 and p. 41-42. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bobby Jones gave us these two thoughts as the basis for building our golf swing. \u201cVery often, what a man feels he is doing is more important than what he does. The feel, the experience, is so much easier to remember and repeat.\u201d And what is that feeling? \u201cThe downward or hitting stroke is intended … Continue reading A Conception of the Golf Swing<\/span>