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Hindsight is 20/20
Last Updated on Friday, 10 May 2013 00:12 Thursday, 09 May 2013 23:57
by Bryan Outram
One of the more engaging elements of celebrating an anniversary is that it affords us the opportunity to look back and reflect on the events that have taken place during the time since that special day.
In this the 20th anniversary year of Inside Golf Magazine it seemed only appropriate that we took the time to consider the many memorable moments that have come to pass over the last two decades which have helped shape a most remarkable period in Canadian golf history.
The Wait Continues
Last Updated on Monday, 20 August 2012 13:48 Monday, 20 August 2012 12:53
by Bryan Outram
Over the last few years a lot has been written with regard to when we are going to have another top flight Canadian golfer to root for on the world stage.
Calgary’s Stephen Ames, currently taking a break from the game, has admitted to fatigue of late and at age 48 is starting to seriously eye the Champions Tour.
It’s a bit early for Ontario’s 42-year old Mike Weir to consider that option and unfortunately his problems with injury have led to a subsequent inability to compete any longer on the PGA Tour - at least in the foreseeable future.
The Aasen Project: Lesson Seven - 'Impact Hands'
Last Updated on Tuesday, 31 July 2012 11:23 Monday, 30 July 2012 12:01
A few years ago Tiger Woods' swing coach Hank Haney took on the onerous task of trying to fix the famously flawed swing of ex-NBA star and current basketball analyst Charles Barkley.
It was with that ideal in mind that your agent decided to embark on the ambitious undertaking of trying to realize improvement in a golf swing that has had the benefit of precisely one professional lesson - albeit from renowned local instructor Jack Westover of Vancouver some 40 years ago - to see if one really can make a silk purse out of a sow's ear (sorry Mr. Westover, probably should have taken more lessons).
As this 'project' has moved along there's no doubt that several of the elements which go into putting together a solid golf swing have become far more apparent to me than they were previously.
That's not to say that I didn't have a clue as to what constitutes a competent golf swing, but I've definitely been guilty of ignoring the proverbial 'elephant in the room'.
The Aasen Project: Lesson Six - Stepping Into A Sequence
Last Updated on Monday, 23 July 2012 23:29 Monday, 23 July 2012 17:15
by Bryan Outram
A few years ago Tiger Woods' swing coach Hank Haney took on the onerous task of trying to fix the famously flawed swing of ex-NBA star and current basketball analyst Charles Barkley.
It was with that ideal in mind that your agent decided to embark on the ambitious undertaking of trying to realize improvement in a golf swing that has had the benefit of precisely one professional lesson - albeit from renowned local instructor Jack Westover of Vancouver some 40 years ago - to see if one really can make a silk purse out of a sow's ear (sorry Mr. Westover, probably should have taken more lessons).
Last week was dedicated mainly to lamenting how I had not taken the time between lesson 4 and 5 to work on my own on the things John 'Ace' Aasen of 3D Golf Performance had been educating me about.
We're continuing to focus on my hands and how their position in relationship to the clubface from address to full finish is the main focus of the entire swing process. John calls it my 'wrist conditions'.
The Aasen Project: Lesson Five - Same As The First Four (Back To The Drawing Board)
Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 July 2012 00:47 Monday, 16 July 2012 22:13
by Bryan Outram
A few years ago Tiger Woods' swing coach Hank Haney took on the onerous task of trying to fix the famously flawed swing of ex-NBA star and current basketball analyst Charles Barkley.
It was with that ideal in mind that your agent decided to embark on the ambitious undertaking of trying to realize improvement in a golf swing that has had the benefit of precisely one professional lesson - albeit from renowned local instructor Jack Westover of Vancouver some 40 years ago - to see if one really can make a silk purse out of a sow's ear (sorry Mr. Westover, probably should have taken more lessons).
As I arrived at the 3D Golf Performance facility for the 5th in my series of lessons with instructor/owner John Aasen, I allowed myself to wonder if - much like early on in high school - I could fool my teacher into thinking I had done my homework and just make up for it the following week.
The answer now is the same as it was then - no. And the thinking behind it is the same now as it was then - stupid.
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