Are you a feel player or a mechanical tinkerer? No matter the answer you just said in your head, there is a little bit of both in the golf swing. It’s true! With the recent antics of Bryson Dechambeau headlining almost every golf news feed, I feel it is important to address the latter. As you may or may not have heard he is a scientist; in fact, I think that might be his unofficial nickname, The Scientist! I mean he was caught using a protractor to read his yardage book for reading the greens on the golf course. Using a protractor would only make sense to golfers that happen to be astrophysicists who minored in both aeronautical engineering and agronomy, and who happen to like doing multivariable differential equations in their spare time. I don’t know about you, but the closest I get to that is the three star Sudoku I stumble on once a year and don’t finish. Now I do not mean to diminish how important the science of golf is to everybody, but there is a balance to everything. The Scientist (I think) has gone too far to the Dark Side and gotten too mechanical. It’s easy to do that when you are such a perfectionist, as in Dechambeau’s case, but it is not healthy as in the case where he is seen pacing a driving range from having his spin rate 100 rpm’s too high…I made that last part up but I might not be too far from the truth. Being a perfectionist is tough if you are a golfer, because it will never happen, as in almost all sports. It may help you get better faster and help you focus, but being a perfectionist would make your road a little more frustrating than most. The science of the golf swing is very interesting and should be treated as such, but if that is your only focus it will be a tough road to success for you. What do you think?
GolfTooter 