Today I'm going to share a success story from a first time user of the Peak Performance Golf Swing. One of the most interesting aspects of this particular story is that the first time user is actually 81 years old!
I meet a lot of senior golfers at my golf schools and one of the most common questions I get is based on how to fight lack of distance with a decreased range of motion. As we get older, our bodies lose flexibility, so it can be challenging to make the same swing as we've done in the past. But with the PPGS, you'll always have a simple, pain-free way of putting the club solidly on the ball.
Watch the video above to hear about an 81 year old who shot his age and a 92 year old that doubled his distance off the tee...both using the PPGS for the very first time!
Afterwards, learn more about the fundamentals of the Peak Performance Golf Swing here.
Keep it vertical!
The Surge
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Comments
115 times in 8 years
Surge, I have been using your swing for 8 yrs. I was delighted to hear MR. "P" shot his age for the first time. I will be 78 in November and using your method, I have maintained much of the distance with woods and irons I had lost with my old method. My handicap is currently 7 and I have shot my age 112 times. I have also converted several of my family members and golf partners to the PPGS swing. The good thing is I still walk and carry my bag. And, thanks to your videos on playing different lies and curving the ball, I only carry 9 clubs including the putter. Thanks for helping me achieve my goal of maintaining a handicap I played to when I was a young man of 50.
David Zito
Congratulations David
115 times?!! Wow, nice. I hope I am playing that well too. Very inspiring.
Shutting the Face
Don, the problem with instruction is the way it's interpreted and for me I have found that some of the "Mantras" preached in the PPGS are mis-leading and two of these are " no wrist action, is good wrist action" and "95% of all faults
are caused by mis-alignment". If these comments are taken in there entirety, then it's given that if followed, you will become a good golfer. Not so, as
there are many other facets of the game that go hand-in-hand with these two
statements.
As you indicated in this video about "wrist action" which was also discussed a couple of weeks back by Robert Meade on the slight rotation of the wrists in the BUS, which I took to game last week and hit a 39 on the front nine, on a
course which had a slope rating of 133, which is a high rating.
Previously, I had the club face shut to achieve a flat wrist and even though I hit some good shots, found I was pulling the ball left. Am still pulling slightly left, but less frequent, so it's work in progress on this aspect.
Keep up the work on the videos and looking forward to seeing you down under, early next year.
39:)
Neil,
39 always brings a smile to my face. I feel I should be under 40 per nine on most golf courses. On the rotation. I understand (I think) your challenge in interpreting the no verses relative wrist movement/rotation. I guess the only way I could show you what I have grown to understand is if we met in person some day. I hope Surge does make it to Australia again soon and you two meet up for a lesson. If he does come out remember he would love to go over with you up close and personal concerning the wrist thing, really. I have had the priviledge of meeting him twice for lessons and found him most amiable and personable.
Glad to hear about your 39 on a tough course. Coming into your peak season there right? Still haven't heard from DH for many months now. I know you're two different countries but I always think of DH when I see your comments.
Enjoy your good play and health Neil.
Golf on!
The other side of the story
Hate to rain on the parade. I started with PPGS in 2010, At the tine my index was 23. Drives were 200 to 210. 5 iron was 150. PW was good for 100 to 110. 4 years later my index is 29.5, and I've lost 20 to 40 yards with every club. I've bought and read and tried to apply just about everything you have published. I watch the daily s. It sure hasn't been an easy walk in the park.
Other Side
From what I'm reading, you sound similar to me, but I am slowly turning it around and thinking that you would do better with a one-on-one instruction.
Some people aren't athletically gifted and find it difficult to decipher instructions from a manual as we tend to get bogged down with peripheral issues and can't focus on the key elements. In Don's teaching, he includes so many things that are critical to the swing that one gets lost trying to see the whole package, that's why a one-on-one is the way to go.
Last year I enlisted in one of his classes, but by the time the day was finished which included putting, chipping, bunker play and then the long game with 4 pupils, there was very little time to work on an individuals technique.
When Don next comes down under, I'm booking at least 4 hours, on a one -on-one instruction, so I can sort out some misconceptions that I have, maybe it's time for you to do the same.
Ditto
Neil,
I should have read your second comment and then I would have seen that your intention is even as I mentioned. that is to spend some quality one on one with him. I agree completely. One on one is ideal.
The other side
I thought I was doing the PPGS pretty good, then I started to lose distance especially with the irons and started to slice with the woods. I bought a gizmo that fitted to the club shaft that connected to the camera on my phone. After watching the playbacks of my swing I realised I was anything but PPGS. I was reverse tilting and turning too far and getting into the SBG. For What it is worth my advise is to get something similar and check that you are PPGS, or better still if you can, have a lesson from a certified instructor.
PS. I came across this site by accident, the best accident I ever had! Thanks Don and best wishes.