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

R What? The driver is perhaps golf's most intriguing club and rightly so. Recently I spoke to two persons and the topic centered on drivers. One bought a R11. What is distinct about the R11 from TaylorMade? If you have ever played Taylormade drivers such as the r5, r7, R9, R9 460, R9 SuperTri you will understand roughly what the R11 could be. When they first came out with the R9 it was about 420cc in club head size with a D4 swing weight, torque at 3.5, length of 45.25 and shaft weight at 65g and it offered only MVT (Movable Weight Technology). This clubs should be used by better players just for the head size alone. Following the R9 along came the R9 460 which as the name suggest now comes in a bigger head at 460cc with similar swingweight, torque but now with a longer length at 45.75. Torque is 3.1 for Aldila shaft and 3.5 (60g) for Fujikura Motore (65g) but there is an absence of MVT but they gave us FCT (Flight Control Technology). Maybe at this point, they haven...

Man are macho animals. We often over-estimate ourselves. We think that we are strong when we are weak. We act like very commanding but are downright insecure. The guy with the loudest voice is often a coward that is why barking dogs seldom bite. A wise man speaks little and listens much. The guy who speaks loudly likes to listen to his own voice for assurance and is Narcissus who looked into his own reflection in the water and fell in love. It is very often that we hear some people dishing out instructions and saintly advice to fellow golfers on the golf course or at the club house. More often than not, what I overheard are all wrong teachings. To the beginners, novices or even some better players, getting the wrong advice is equivalent to receiving and accepting wrong indoctrination ingrained into you and this like some other kind of wrong indoctrinations can be suicidal. I have to begin by telling you that quite often in life, what we feel is not relevant to what is actually g...

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: ...

Why am I Sharing? Life is short, you don't have time to make all the mistakes yourself. Besides, it can be costly. So, why do I want to share precious information with you without ripping you off? Let me share with you a true story concerning the late but legendary Bruce Lee. While he was still a young man at the beginning of his martial arts career under Grandmaster Ip Man who founded Wing Chun, Bruce Lee absorbed knowledge like a sponge even when he was beaten up, he would analyse and search for answers on why different kicks hurt him differently. When Ip Man came back from a trip, he asked an older disciple who followed him to exchange information and practise with Bruce what he learned on the trip and in turn learned from Bruce. Some days later, they would both spar. Because Bruce taught him everything he had learned, that disciple could use those moves but Bruce knew nothing as that disciple kept everything to himself and has not taught Bruce as told. The rest of the s...