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Martin's Library: The Golf Swing Simplified (3:04)
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'School of Golf' host Martin Hall pulls one of his favorite John Jacobs books from his library to teach you the keys to impact. Watch 'School of Golf' Tuesdays at 7PM ET
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-I'm Martin Hall. You're watching School of Golf Extended Library.
My book this week, The Golf Swing Simplified by John
Jacobs, Ryder Cup captain, Ryder Cup player, great influencer in
the game. Why do I start with John Jacobs? I
often talk about him for hours and hours. What a
great teacher. Anything you can get in your hands would
be good from John. Now, 4 points from this book
that I think are really important for all of us
to remember is we try and make golf balls go
about in the right direction more often. Number 1, and
this might be classic John Jacobs through and through. What
a golf swing looks like is way overrated. What a
golf swing does is much more important. The purpose of
the golf swing, a correct repetitive impact. How that is
done is of no consequence at all as long as
you can make it repeat. I love looking at Tommy
"Two Gloves" Gainey. Some people say, "Oh, he's got a
funny swing," but I love it. One of you who's
seen him hitting the ball, it gets a correct repetitive
impact. Never just change the golf swing for style points,
better change the impact. John was very big on this.
Try and change whatever you can to change the ball
flight at setup if you can, either by the grip
or by the ball position. Example would be pulling the
ball to the left. Now, you could settle with your
golf swing, or you could change this pull by just
putting the ball back in your stance a little bit,
tucking the right shoulder back a little bit at setup
and just pushing the hands a bit forward, lots of
ways you can change the impact. You know, one of
the things that why John was just so far ahead
of his time was he talked about how to hit
a straight shot, the divot must not go straight, must
not go straight. If your divot goes straight to the
target, you actually cannot hit a straight shot. You probably
hit a push or a push draw. Jacobs would talk
about standing on the 16th at Augusta on Monday afternoon
finish and how well the divots were left. Now, I
knew he was right, but now we have technology that
proves he was right. It's called the deep line, but
that doesn't really matter. The divots need to go slightly
left if you're going to hit the ball straight. You
know, my last favorite with John is John would talk
about through the ball. Nothing independent. Nothing independent with the
wrists. Nothing independent with the hips. Everything moving in balance
proportion through the ball. John Jacobs, one of the great
geniuses of this game. I actually have 9 John Jacobs'
books in my library. They are all favorites and I
look at them often. If you can get a hold
of anything by John, please do. Thanks for joining us
on GolfChannel.com for the Best in Golf Instruction. I'm Martin
Hall. You've been watching an extended version of Martin's library.
For more tips and drills to help your game, tune
in to School of Golf, Tuesdays at 7 pm Eastern.
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