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