www.Go To The Mountain - Musings of a Potential Guru

Great Drivers & Long Drive Champions Tiger Woods drove his BMW into a gas station one day and as he was getting out from the driver's seat, a couple of tees fell off onto the seat from his pocket. The pump attendant, an old man saw those tees on the seat, was curious and enquired what they were. So Tiger replied: "Oh, those are tees that you use to hold the balls when you drive." And the old man, thinking for a moment, shook his head and said: "Damn, these people at BMW really thought of everything!' More on Tiger, he has been playing badly of late and I read that his putting was horrendous. Unfortunately, I'm playing just like him (but not the same score) and it is getting me impoverished but at least he gets to play in the competition for a few days so he has a chance to recover whereas I have to do so in only one day not knowing when the next game is. Sigh! This is not fair right? So, in the near future, I would like to change the game even for...

Relation of Swing Speed, Ball-Speed and Distance Sometimes among golfers, you hear talks about Tiger Woods' swing speed going up to 180mph. This is incorrect. Once, a person told me that his swing speed is more than 150 mph, I choked and gasped for air for a moment. He was a hard and long hitter no doubt but there is no way he could top 150 mph. If he could do that, then Tiger Woods and John Daly are all wimps. What they meant is possibly his ball speed and not swing speed. Tiger's swing speed is at 125mph. Of course at times, it may increase to 130mph or drop to 115mph depending on him while John Daly could top 135-140 mph anytime. G olf legend Sam Snead, who also hit thunderous drives in his prime said: "I never saw a man who could take a club that far back and drive that well for that long. But if that swing ever comes unglued, they will never find the ball." To give you a measured perspective of swing speed in relation to carry distance, please see below: ...