Confusion Feeds the Golf Industry

The policeman drops his paycheck on the kitchen tableHas the beast made a puppet out of us? Send the
so his wife can go shopping and pay their bills. Theygolfer a new magazine and watch him tear into it to
are able to do this because somewhere down the linefind the "latest tip." Try it. Doesn't work? No problem,
someone killed, raped, or robbed someone. Anthey will send you another next month that will give
unnamed X (rated) President of the United States canyou just the opposite advice. The golf pro can't tell you
have pizza and frollick with a starry eyed intern in thethe golf swing is simple. He could explain it ALL in one
White House because you are paying the rent.lesson, but if he did and
Here's a news flash for you! If you have been in aIF the golf mags didn't have new "bogus"tips and the
coma or have spent the last half century on Neptune,book writers didn't have a batch of golfer wanabees
you should know that the golf industry is now adrooling at the thought of getting better.....They would all
multibillion dollar a year business. What did we learn indie anexcruciating death from starvation. They CAN"T
paragraph one? Somewhere down the line someonetell the truth...It would be Suicide.
supports, funds, feeds or makes possible the growthAND that $500 driver? If your swing STINKS, it will
and maintenance of such a insatiable glutton. How didNOT make any difference. It looks pretty goofy to
IT get so humungous? Sit here on the Anti-Pro's kneestand up on the first tee with a $500 club and slice it
and lets toss some ideas around in our craniums.into a subdivision.
This hungry monster needs a lot of food (money). TheLets build the golf swing around this premise. A 3,4,5
dope addict needs a fix. Somewhere there is a need.year old watches a good golf swing, copies it and has
And, in the golf industry, that need is cleverly disguiseda beautiful swing. No hi-tech, no books, no freeze
as confusion. Confuse the golfer and he will be backframe analysis, no series of golf lessons. Watch
for more. He doesn't want anyone to think he is stupidDaddy walk....walk. Watch Mommy walk....walk. This is
or no talent, so he will convince himself that maybe hean A....write an A....this is a B.
just didn't get it the first time, or second, or...?There are thousands of languages here on Earth and
A reader sends along this interesting observation: "Mythe part of the brain that runs motor skills (your golf
experience has been that the overwhelming majority,swing) does not understand one of them! If you
85-plus percent unduly complicate the golf swing. Icontinue to swallow the grub the golf industry is dishing
have spent thousands of dollars to come to thisout, get real comfy and enjoy your stay in................
conclusion. I often wonder if it is a deliberate attempt to.......No Man's Land!
keep one in golfing no-mans land." Thanks, Chip!