DJ Reports from the Arnold Palmer Invitational

T

>Have you always put your responsibility off on other people so blatantly

Doc can fly supersaver AA and I will pick up the ticket. he raised the bar with the Delta business class to keep from having to come.

The deal was for a round trip ticket free to Doc. I am sticking by my offer. And I want Doc to be in good working order when he does his fitting session in front of members of the Callaway Staff ... so I am adding to my offer a free night for him (I will pick up the tab). It is fine for me to add extras I didn't discuss ... Doc can choose to accept them or not. What is not OK is for Doc to add in new facts at the last instant and try to get me to pick up the tab.

His first instinct was to not bring his driver ... that says to me he knows ahead of time that the driver I have fit for him that my shaft material is better than what he uses and what he has supplied DJ. Look at DJ's accuracy - could use improving.

Like what if all it took to improve DJ's distance AND accuracy was for him to use the driver I give to him for free? Like what if he busts through and wins 5 PGA tournaments this year including at least one or two majors. I would like to see DJ be the MAN and feared like people use to fear Tiger Woods.

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Steve

The first time I beat dad after all the times he has beaten me, he did the same thing. He always played with me about if he held back. I think we now have the answer to that question. That does not mean he won't come back and kick my tail next week. I ain't turning my back on him. You know how tricky those darn sailors can be. He had better do it while he can. I start playing a lot more golf next week. If I don't have an inspection scheduled, I plan on playing at least 9 every other day, if not every day. I am going back to school, golf school.

How was your day? When you going to get out to play again?
Dick

Hi, Dick Lee--in case you caught some of my long posts to WK and might want me to stop and desist, I thought I would tell you what I'm doing. I'm setting the fences now, and he has to stay inside my fences. If he goes too far outside, I can more the fences, too. He's in my ball game now. Previously, I was essentially in his ball game, and I didn't know the rules. I can make some of the rules now. But if you think I should stop -------Steve suggested once before on a different subject that I stop.

It seems very arrogant of you to think you're in any position to be giving DJ golf advice! Additionally, DJ does not need extra distance. He is one of the longest drivers on tour! And lastly, Surge is not giving any bad advice nor is it confusing. Except maybe to you. If you don't like Surge's, Doc's, and Jack's teachings, then why do you keep coming here?!

You seem to think you know everything about golf. Why is it you're not a PGA Master Professional or haven't played on Tour then?!!!!!

All the way from Australia . . .GO DJ . . .made the cut and not really that far behind. Well done . . . .and all the best for the weekend.

usad (Daniel Larson)

T

The little troll is too busy writing and then reading his own posts to read the posts of others. Just return the favor and don't read his junk.

Dick

Hey guys

I don't know if any of you follow the Beetle Bailey comic strip. Today 2 guys are talking. One says that the sarge has a new girlfriend, he met her on the golf course. The second box shows the sarge walking down the golf course with the girlfriend following him with the hot dog cart.

I wish they had those on the courses we play.

Now I am hungry.
Dick

>Then I could generalize and tell him what kind of car he drove, but only two two different cars.

If you can predict the car he would drive down to two out of all cars made that is pretty dog gone excellent.

> Of course, I have also been wrong before, but I usually only tell of my success stories. We all do.

Check out Malcolm Gladwell's new book "What the dog saw." he gets into this.

>If you knew my type, you would say that I should never know this stuff.

a joke from me ... afterall ... you did doubt the Vic braden story of the prediction of Greg Norman's collapse at the Masters.

And there is the documented account of Vic predicting double faults in "Blink." So we really can see into the future. Vic did it like 18 or 20 times in a row and his wife made him stop because she thought he was putting a hex on the server.

"Have to go see Janet now (let's hope) ... bye bye."

DO YOU EVER READ ANY RESPONSES TO YOUR POSTS??? I'VE TOLD YOU 18 DIFFERENT TIMES IN VARIOUS POSTINGS THAT I CAN'T BE THERE AT 3:00 TODAY!! GET MY PHONE NUMBER FROM THE GUYS IN THE GOLF SHOP AND CALL ME!! I'M STARTING TO THINK YOU'RE INSANE!!!!

Sheesh. I'm losing it!

DJ

We are truly blessed to have you spend the time to catch us up on what you are up too. Just know we are pulling for you. You, your dad, and your whole staff at the site have made such a positive change in my quality of life by giving me back the game of golf.

I am a big NASCAR nut (I know guys, that surprises no one. Can't help it, I am a redneck, that is the law, I think). My point is that my driver does not win every race. Heck, sometimes he gets knocked out of the race in the first lap. Myself and the guys on this blog are not fair weather fans. We are behind you for the long haul. I don't give up on my driver when he has a few bad races or even a bad season. I ain't giving up on you either.

Shake it off, and get back in the game. We are watching and counting on you.

Keeping it vertical, and believing in you, in Oklahoma
Dick

I am about 99.9% sure that Vic Braden was not Pete Samprass' tennis coach. If he was, it was for special tune-up sessions. Pete's first major coach was someone named Dr. Fisher, or something like that, who I believe was not a pro coach. Samprass' major coach was one of the Gullikson twins. If you remember, Gullickson passed away young, and Pete teared up when he won a big tournement just as Gullickson died. Then Paul Annacone took over as his coach.

Of course, anyone can claim to have been someone's coach.

Amos

You know a lot about us rednecks. You have any experience in that area?

Even when I was a wee lad, the leading cash crop in Arkansas was corn. And none of it was sold in anything other than a jug. Real good brew is completely clear. It will take your breath away. You don't know how hard it will hit you, till you try to walk. Good luck with that. Have you ever seen a chicken drunk on lighting? I have. You know you are a redneck when any part of the directions to your home contains the phrase "When the pavement ends."

Dr. Pepper was the only soda you could buy at the concession area in our football field.

Even short and straight is better than long and wrong.
Dick

This is one of our certified fitters as you know.

Steve:

>I honestly doubt if you could even hit the ball as far as I can but as I've said, and I'll say it again, I

You backed out of the challenge ... I was willing to drive to your place to see who is longer.

Janet will report back how far I hit the ball.

Hey, Steve,

Thanks for the comments. When I try to get to the toe line faster, one of two things happens. First, I turn so fast that I can't stop and I go into the SBG; definitely not good. Or, I do the takeaway by pushing my left arm across my chest and go way into the SBG. In both cases, as we all know, the result is either a slice or a pull-hook. At least the way my swing is at the moment, I am hitting them high and pretty straight, with reasonable distance, considering the equipment that I am using. I do have trouble getting the bump to work right on a consistent basis. It is difficult to bump while spinning out due to excessive knee motion.

I really appreciate all the feedback from everybody. Last year, I made it to the first round of the club championship (four round elimination) in the traveling league I play in. My goal for this year, with the benefit of the Surge Swing, is to make it to the finals, in spite of my equipment.

Kevin

Boog

Where are you hiding from us? Miss you pal. Holler when you can.
Semper Fi

Charlie, Glad to hear you're home and doing better. My vote is to keep the fences up. WK needs all the restraints/fences available. Otherwise he will just run amok, trampling everything and everyone along the way. BTW, do you remember the name of the individual several months ago, who had the great breakthrough in the learning process. He claimed that he and his partner had discovered it, and it was unknown until then. He claimed that it would change the entire field of how athelets learn and train. Maybe, it was another WK alias. I was trying to recall him yesterday, when WK went into all of this learning methodology, but the memory would not cooperate with me. Again, Good to hear you're back home and doing better, heal quickly. Did you ever post/say what or where the infection was caught or contracted from. I don't recall seeing any thing on that area. Best wishes.

Thanks for the insight, Ken. That was actually an 8-iron I was swinging and the camera was not exactly perpendicular to my target line. So, the ball position may have appeared to be off. As for the rest, you are mostly correct. I have not looked at this video in slow motion yet, so I can only guess where I am at impact.If the trajectory, line of flight, and distance are all what they should be, then I tend to presume that I was correct at impact.

I currently have some physical issues that I am trying to get over and they make it difficult to just settle into the setup as fast as you think I should. If I do it too fast, I get out of balance and the ball goes anywhere and everywhere other than my target. Maybe as I get through all this other stuff, I can speed it up a little. As it is, I still hit the ball quicker than 90% of the guys I play with. Strange, isn't it?

You are correct about the right leg straightening. I am still having a bit of trouble getting the wide knees correct. If I don't get that right, my left knee tends to kick in and my right straightens just like in the video. It is a work in progress.

Again, thanks for the observations. The journey continues!

Kevin

Steve, there certainly are things amiss
The standard trick that magicians use is misdirection
While you're focussing on "x", the trick is being performed at "y"
Politicians & conmen use the same misdirection trick

WK may not be the only conman on the blog at the moment
I smell a second one
It may just be two nutters but even nutters can have ulterior motives

Charlie

He probably got the carts confused because he had a few brews from the other cart. She should have just handed him a small bag of leaves and charged him a dollar.

Dad told me a story about a tourney he was playing in several years ago. They had a couple of free beer carts going around the course. After a long hot Oklahoma summer day of playing golf and drinking beer, his group reached the 17 hole. On his approach shot to the green he made the decision to try to go over a tall evergreen tree. The ball landed in the top of the tree and stayed there. They could see the ball stuck in a fork of one of the top branches. Feeling no pain and having most of his common sense clouded by the frequent application of free cold beer, dad made the decision to go up in the tree after his ball. He climbed up about 35' into the tree and made his way to the ball. He could not quite reach the ball, but he had the solution to that problem. He had stuck his putter through his belt, like a tomahawk, before he started his climb. He reached up with the putter and whacked the ball. The putter flew out of his hand and fell to the ground. Dad almost fell out of the tree, but managed to hang on and then climb down. When he got to the ground they were all laughing like crazy. Dad's ball had flown out of the tree, landed on the green, and rolled to about 20' from the pin. I have played with 2 of the 3 men in dad's group that day. They swear it is a true story. Besides, could you really make up that story?

Now you see why I don't turn my back on that old man. He has all kinds of tricks up his sleeve.

The sun never sets on the Surge Nation.
Dick

Lynn

It is only fair after all the times you have convinced my wife I am nuts when I come to bed laughing. I just told her it was I saw her with the covers kicked off the bed. She did not think that was funny.

Dad has plenty of his own. Don't give him any new tricks.
Dick

DJ's & Don's ability to connect one-on-one is likely the most appealing thing about this system. They are "good people." And what they say to us comes from their knowledge, passion and love for the game. Their presentation is conversational and sincere, which is why most of the people on this blog get pissed off when some crack pot from San Diego starts blowing smoke (sorry, I had one foot on the soap box). But my intention is to remind DJ, and reinforce my own belief system, that "whether you think you can or whether you think you cannot, you're right."- Henry Ford

It all comes down to being good to yourself. Talk in a positive manner to yourself & tell yourself you've got it figured out; that you can do it; and believe it. But most of all be positive! DJ said it himself that this is a game of confidence. Well ya can't be confident if ya ain't positive.

I hope he knocks the bejeebers out of Bay Hill today & gets "in the hunt."

Stay Vertical

Bruce

As to:
>Just thought I would say that in case you wanted to branch off into the subject of athletic performace and brain motor maps, motor imagery, and visual imagery, as they pertain to elite athletes, I have some background in that area also and would welcome some discussion. Not an expert or a researcher, but an avid reader.

vastly interested in this. I'm interested in linking exact 3D location of the human body in real time and linking that to the actual EEGs (and only those) that created it. Train students at the EEG level.

I was up at USC a month ago and they CURE soldiers suffering from PTSD using VR and drugs. I have used VR to teach American history to students in very poor neighborhoods - they turn into Jeopady contestants when everyone wrote them off as incapable of learning. Even developed a girl to learn who had an IQ of around 70.

Vic has been into 3D for ages and now it looks like we could be close to real time analysis with no need to attach balls to the body (like they did to me at the Taylormade Aviara place where I was fit for my clubs).

How often are you at Stadium Golf Center? I go there from time to time. I want to see the magic shaft.

Charlie

Thanks for your comment about my writing. I am glad it is easy for you to follow. I have done some short paper writings for my old department, college, and I used to do monthly newsletters for my Mason's lodge and my Marine Corps league detachment. I have even done some speech writing. I try to paint a word picture. Glad it is working. Are you sure it ain't the drugs.

I wish they had spell check on the blog.
Dick

Janet:

You mentioned something about your figure in another message ... I didn't bring it up ... (and this is dangerous territory) but my fitness buddy with 2 hip replacements got Linda Hamilton super buff for Terminator 2. He said (today after we talked on the phone) that getting her looking so ripped has nothing to do with golf fitness.

but there is a leader on the LPGA (today) that got 40 yards working with him. She was on the Golf Channel (with Phil Mickleson's trainer) a year ago ... so she dumped my buddy for fame (and she has gained about 20 pounds since she left my buddy).

So if you want distance from fitness PLUS more distance from the same shaft material I use (in a stiffness suited to your swing speed) I will also pay for a session with my fitness buddy.

You said that when you are healthy you can hit the ball 200 yards. So what if you get 30 more yards from the shaft and 30 to 40 more via fitness? Would be fun to see you drive a ball past Michelle Wie. Don't feel any time pressure or need to perform. We can wait until your arm heals if that is what it takes. Your call.

My driver absorbs shock really well so maybe you can get going right away - we will see.

Today I found the lyrics to one of my all time favourite songs. Not only that but it had the guitar chords above the words. One of my daughters has just started to learn the guitar, thought she might like something other than the chords she is being given by her teacher.
The song is a well known one for sure with you Dick, it is "Dixieland Delight" sung and played by "Alabama". Heard it in NZ years ago and had it on my car stereo, lost when I left home.
My youngest daughter as a young woman of 20 or so, was in a club, when a guy started laying about his female companion.My lassie is not big lass, but she 'snotted' him with right cross,put him on his ass and broke his nose, saying,"Don't you dare hit a women you @#$%^&* language more accustomed coming from my lips than hers. Teach them right and no need to worry heh heh heh!
I can outshoot most [one of grandads brothers was a WW1sniper, and my diminutive mother, is one helluva markswoman.The sniper, spent a year behind enemy lines, taken in by a Belgian family when his position was over run. One of five brothers who served in WW1 in France. ALL returned safely,think lucky be lucky Dick], I am perhaps fortunate, that it is a thing that comes naturally to me. I was not a Marine, Para or a grunt, I was, am and always will be just a humble [What is the word they all shout when hit?]"Medic"!
We of course know a thing or two about weakspots and pain, heh heh heh.
Loved the game results you had today. Where I am off to in NZ the Golf Club I was a member of had the then 17th and 18th holes closed for a couple of weeks a year. Reason? It was the Annual Championships of the NRA which runs parallel to the 18th with only a small fence between them.

Looking forward to watching the highlights [2 1/2 hours] of round 1 at Bayhill, in the morning our time. "GOOOOOOO! DeeeeeJaaaaaay"

Dick, Glad that your short game is on the up too. You lucky so and so, with 9 a day you should be ready for the Seniors tour next year ; - ) Keep it vertical, long and straight in Oklahoma. "Rolling down a backwoods Tennessee byway, one arm on the wheel..........yeeha!

I appreciate your concern, Dick. I plan on taking an entourage with me. Plus, I can swing a pretty mean 3 wood like a baseball bat.

Thanks, Robert,

I believe you have hit it on the head (pun intended). I have been struggling with that part. As I said in my reply to Ken, I tend to let my left knee buckle and all the rest follows, to my detriment. I have one of my grandson's little clubs that I use in the house while watching Surge's videos, trying to mimic what he does. I manage to get it right about once out of every 2 dozen swings. Unfortunately, full length mirrors are not allowed in my house, but I adapt.

It may not look like I am set up heavy-right, but I am. If I try to get any further right, my ankle buckles and I go to the outside of my right foot. I broke the left ankle playing football and the right one playing hockey years ago. That, combined with all the running I did in the Army, has left me with very weak ankles. I work on them all the time to keep what capability I have. Wish I could get them stronger, but ...

Kevin

Steve
I found me a redneck solution to my spelling issue. When I get the red line under a word and I can't figure out how to fix it, I just bring up my email system, open a new message window, type the problem word in the body, and hit spell check. The only problem with this system is that my old brain sometimes forgets how they spelled it before I get back to the blog. That is the one reason it is so easy for me to do what Surge says about forgetting our bad shots and just think about doing the next one right. By the time I get to where ever my bad shot went and find the ball, I have already forgotten what I did wrong on that shot. It never bothers me after that. It is getting easier and easier to do that. What was I talking about? At least I have not started to repeat myself without knowing it. At least I have not started to repeat, never mind.

Keeping it vertical, and losing my mind, in Oklahoma
Dick

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WK, Your link to Aim Point does not work. For those interested try this one instead.
http://www.aimpointgolf.com/

I am. I'm fed up. I'm not spending any more energy on him.

Janet

You are a smart woman. If you have to swing a club at the little troll, make sure you use his driver. You are guaranteed to knock him 30 yards farther with his magic wand.

You are in my prayers
Dick

Lynn

Yep, who would have thunk it. me a NASCAR fan? Kelly Jo is a Denny fan. I am a Tony man myself. We both like Carl. Who wouldn't like Kyle? That kid can drive anything. I think he would win if they put him in a riding lawn mower. Mark Martin is one of the classiest men in the sport. He is from a town in Arkansas just a few hours from where I grew up. I think all NASCAR fans can root for him no matter who their driver is. I do the same thing you do. I think of Mark as the ol guy of the sport. Heck, he is probably my age or younger. Now you got me feeling old. Thanks. You trying to send me to bed tonight crying instead of laughing?

Hey, I have an idea for you folks who are still under snow. You could start an annual snow plow race and have all the drivers from NASCAR get involved. I will give $100 to any driver who can run little Jeffy Gordon into a snow bank. I would love to see a big old snow plow with the #24 upside down in a snow bank. We could cover him up and wait till it all melts to get him out.

Hope you are thawed out soon and can get out there and play. Just come on out to Ok and come out and play a round with dad and me.
Dick

Bruce--before I comment, are you by any chance a psychologist or sports psychologist? It would affect the way I respond if we continue this.

I know that there are different treatments for the same situation, and your treatment was a good one, but I hear affects about 1/3 of the population (willing to be corrected). What DJ was doing was consistent with another form of self-directed problem solving. Friends who are counseling psychologists say that they don't know which treatment will work without knowing the client. They say that the wrong treatment might make things worse. However, if it is the right treatment even though it doesn't seem matched to the client, it can work gang busters. That worked three times for me in my history. The advice came from a totally different direction, something I never would have thought of, and it was just what I needed. But, all three people knew me and had good, educated guesses that their advice would work for me. I hope that the situation is the same with DJ and your advice. If I were a psychologist, I would be a cognitive psychologist, but my university associate is a behavorial counselor. He has to work hard to get me to try things that he knows will help me, things that my brain says, "That's not me."

The trouble with interventions is that you often can't tell if it was right or not until you see the result.

There is NO WAY in H-E-Double Hockey Sticks I would EVER go and become a part of your delusional game!!! I hold my opinion based on the facts at hand - that after months of back and forth there has been no fruition of any of your promises or claims. And I am not purporting to know what is in DJ's best interests. It's obvious that after a lifetime of commitment to practicing the 3/4 swing it is what he is going to use. Do you really think DJ would even remotely consider taking advice from some 2 bit hack like yourself?! Keep dreaming. But please stop filling up this blog with your pointless drivel that is the length of a novel. I regret even commenting on your filth in the first place. It is a mistake I will never make again.

God bless ya DJ!...things will go your way soon...such a genuine guy with world class talent!!....just a matter of time! ...all the best!!!

Bkelso52:

As to ->WE ALL WANT YOU TO WIN!

Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.
Bobby Knight

A better putting system and better material in the driver are in the preparation category. Watching the Day Hill off of my DVR I noted that when the putts were on the line drawn by the Aimpoint technology and hit at the right speed they all went in. I didn't see any go in (when the line was on the screen) when they didn't roll down the line. Off the line they didn't go in. If a system can read a putt then a human can use it too ... hitting the line when you know the right direction is still hard for me.

My buddy who is on the Callaway Staff is totally down on the Aimpoint system so opinions vary on it. Scotty McCarron got super improvement preparing to hit his putts via Aimpoint.

Kevin
Looking good. I like your driving range. You show a lot of confidence with hitting right past those cars. I would be calling Glass Plus out to my house if I tried that. Oh yes, then I would have to call a doctor to patch up my head after Kelly Jo saw what I did to her car.

Dick

Man oh man DJ -

Your body language is terrible. And you almost sound apologetic. Where's the fire?

YOU are one of the best players in the world and YOU are showing up at Bay Hill!! You've won on the PGA tour too.

Yes those other guys are showing up but so what. I don't have to tell you that you've got the talent and technique. At your level this is a mental game anyway. So get mental. Bobby Jones said "Golf is a game that is played on a five-inch course - the distance between your ears."

You gotta start havin some fun, man! You've got what it takes. Get animated; fired up; shoulders back and head up! Stride down that fairway with a purpose!

And you CAN make that 8-footer.

WE ALL WANT YOU TO WIN!

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Robert

Cool site. I like the cut and paste like "T" does.

I think we should hook them up with WK. I think they are looking for his magic wand made out of the new material.

I copied this from their site:
Serious golfers are constantly striving to assemble "perfect bag". But not even the legendary Bobby Jones was able to acquire a perfect set of clubs in his lifetime. The "perfect set" is just as mythical as the "perfect round". But for any quest in life: "It's the journey, not the destination". We'd like to be your companion on that journey.

We have our own name for the "holy grail" - the "Magic Club". We’ve been pursuing that goal – starting with the Search for the Magic Driver

Sounds to me like they need Wk and his pixey dust
Dick.

Hi, T Medley. Thanks for the vote of confidence and your best wishes in a different blog. I saw it on the left column, but by the time I could get to it, it disappeared, and I couldn't find your post.

No, I never said what it was because the docs don't know specifically. All they know it was a rare back infection, and all they could do was treat it generally, first with two antibiotics. Luckily, things went in the right direction. If it did not, you don't what to know what they were going to have to do to me. They already did some things that were not very nice, but they had to do it, and I wanted them to do it. If it worked, they could give me better guarantees. They already told me that I'm going to be ok unless I screw it up. They did a great job. The hospital was so good and the staff so great that I kept making the mistake of calling it a hotel. They laughed. One young nurse was so attentive that I told her that if something ever went wrong and she needed another dad, I was it.

The name of the other individual who had this super theory of human learning was Craig something. There were two Craigs at the time, one good guy and this Craig. I have the name on a different computer, not this one. It might be Craig63, or that might be the good Craig. The other Craig was CraigT, I think. I found the same title "Human Movement Learning" in a book written by two researchers in Tennessee with the same language. Neither author was named Craig or had middle initial C. After I posted information on it, this Craig disappeared. However, he did say that they were going to have a booth at one of those big golf shows, I think in Vegas. I wonder if anyone went to it?