Love the shot of you on the old Honda. My first was on old Suzuki Titan 500.I've got a picture of myself on it somewhere from back in the early seventies when my beard was red LOL.

 

Trying to hit a long iron is an interesting exercise. You'll either learn to relax and let your body move, particularly your arm swing around your torso and the fluid release of your wrist ****, or it will never work.

 

Thanks! Here's one from a few years earlier. I'm in the front, in the red shirt. 1964.

 

Oh, and I had a Suzuki 250, model T-10, just before the Honda.

 

That is very true. I try to swing as smooth as possible, actually emulate Couples and slow my swing way down. As I dot older and paid for some lessons I found that the more I practiced increasing my spine angle and maintaining it all through my back swing without straightening my right leg was the secret to consistantly hitting the sweet spot, and was super critical with the long irons.

 

Your little brother on back? Mine is disabled after a bout with cancer in Florida and I do miss him being around. Man as an ex Special forces guy he had a wild golf game that always led to forays into the puckerbrush....

 

You've got it. There is no such thing as swinging too slowly.

I was on the range with a quality woman player, and we were talking about that. She said that you should strive to be as soft and relaxed as you possible can be throughout the swing, and let the club do the work. I know, the same old cliches we've heard a million times, but, they don't get repeated enough to become cliche unless there's some truth in there.

I'm a tournament official, worked all the US Open qualifiers, etc., and I've seen some good swings. They're all quiet. Minimal back and forth movement, all relaxed body rotation, arm extension, arm rotation, and just let it go.

 

Yup. Lost mine almost 15 years ago. I still wonder what he would have been like had he lived a bit longer.

 

You and I seem to be on the same page... I've always strived to have repeatable sound mechanics while still striving for soft hands and to maintain a "feel player" swing. The right balance is hard to maintain. Also hard to explain. It's hard to have a buttery swing, especially if you develop physical problems with a lack of flexibility as your body ages, and if you bulked up from a hard physical job and developed an expanded waist line LOL.

 

Yeah I really am sorry for your loss as mine had brain cancer and surgery. He's hanging in there as best as he can though. I will get down to see him if possible this spring.