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Jul 3
49m 45s

Tom Stickney Shares Old School Feels for...

PGA TOUR
About this episode

Tom Stickney is a Golf Magazine Top 100 Teacher and a Golf Digest Top 50 International Instructor.   He is a specialist in Biomechanics for Golf, Physiology, and 3d Motion Analysis, and has been a Director of Instruction for almost 30 years at clubs and resorts around the world.  Tom is still sought after by leading players on various Professional Tours for help with their respective games.

Stickney joins Mark Immelman to discuss golf instruction, game improvements and how a number of "Old School" swing ideas and feels are still relevant in today's game.  As he and Mark draw parallels between golfers past and present, Tom introduces the following feels and thoughts:

  1. Golf Swing Connection by Jimmy Ballard
  2. The X-Factor by Jim McLean
  3. The "Magic' Right Elbow Move by Harvey Penick
  4. Swinging Barefoot by Sam Snead, and 
  5. Rotating and Pivoting "Inside the Barrel" by Percy Boomer

Tom also discusses the motivation for making swing changes, golf swing "Danger Zones" and how thinking like a kid when creating golf shots is a sure-fire eway to success.

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