Be a Match-Maker

Slingers and other Swingers Have to Find Compatibility

February 26, 2006

Good golf and good golf instruction are like all these new online dating services — they try to bring together things that are compatible. Golfers tend to think that there is a “perfect swing” or a “right way” to do it, and they spend their days trying to dig it out of the dirt, as Ben Hogan put it. In my mind, a swing is good if most of its components fit together. In other words, there are a lot of ways to skin the cat when it comes to hitting a golf ball; the trick is to make sure you are using only one way. Read more