PGA Alberta Keynote Speech

Shawn,
Just watched your keynote address yesterday. That was awesome! Really helped me put everything together. I had the longest most consistent day of driving the ball today. Several drives on my intended target line 300+ carry around 315yds into the wind! For years I only used the IP for initial alignment and did not use it to anchor the swing using the blur. I only used the blur for finding proper distance to ball etc. This new task (for me) of using the blur anchoring to IP has been a game changer for me lately especially with the driver. I have the tendency to fall back into old habits like defaulting to the ball when I don’t funnel everything through the IP now. With my driver I have been experimenting with where to best place my eyes. Using the “soft eyes” concept I have found for me that parking my eyes on a spot on the ground in the center of stance and witnessing the blur go through that spot and the edge of IP seeing the ball and IP in my periphery during the process so that the ball is truly an intersection and “in the way” has really helped me avoid defaulting or not staying anchored. In doing so I get so much more through the ball. If I park my eyes on the tip of the tee with the ball more forward in stance and on a higher tee I tend to have more default short circuits and pulled shots or snap hooks due to getting pulled forward. So in effect the spot on the ground in center of stance and IP are the “sights”, the blur is the “barrel” and the ball is the “bullet” which gets “hammered” by the clubface or “striking pin” and then shot out into the flight plan through the arc blur “barrel”. Just wanted to share this light bulb moment in case you have anyone who like me struggles with ball defaulting, likes shooting guns, and needs a clear visual to stay better anchored through the ball. As a side note this slight change of focus parking eyes at a centered spot has enabled me to stay way more balanced and to more cleanly stick the finish without falling back while I try to stay absolutely “frictionless” in backswing and release in responding to producing higher g forces. I’ve also trained myself to be lead arm dominant as a “backhander” which has really helped me gain more speed through better lead-side kinetic chain engagement in effect pulling through effortlessly vs pushing through with too much strain from trail side. Thanks again and can’t wait to see what this season brings as I continue to “witness” much more consistent strikes, fewer miss hits, much, much better misses and hopefully lower scores. Looking forward to watching more material on these concepts as you continue to release more of these little gems.

Take care,
Dave