I am reading your 3 books ‘The Art of ….’ and am finding them very useful, and am looking forward to your next book. Your way of explaining the reason behind things is great.

You mention that your SW is 58/12, and that your PW and GW are 48* and 53* Loft Angle respectively. Could you tell me what Bounce Angle you have on these two clubs?

Also, I realize that there is more to Bounce than just Bounce Angle; ie. sole width, sole camber and sole grind. I notice that some people use the term Effective Bounce Angle to try and incorporate these parameters. In terms of your wedges, as well as the actual Measured Bounce Angle of each club, could you give me an idea of the overall degree of bounce of each club, taking into account the sole width, sole camber and sole grind?

Could you include the interesting case of your 58* wedge? You mention that Bob Vokey has given this club a different grind near the heel- I gather he has reduced the Bounce in this region of the club?

Many thanks, John

Stan

Just wanted to say a big thanks! I have purchased your three books and read and re read them numerous times. After 9 months of total commitment to your method I am happy to report my handicap has gone from a 15 to a current 9. The hardest shot for me to get used to was the bunker method but I constantly practise this and am seeing positive results.

Thanks again,

Neil

I have noticed that the practice putting green is the loneliest place on the golf course. If putting makes up 45% of our strokes in a round I wonder why we don’t practice more. Could it be that the only feedback is that the putt was made or missed?

Feedback at the moment of contact lets me feel every muscle that twitched or froze causing me to miss the putt. A good putting stroke properly aimed can produce hundreds of putts in a row made from 6 feet.

Jerry

My team is working on some good video options that will make it easy to download instructional videos. Our previous effort with MyContent.com appears to be have taken a chunky divot…it’s website has been offline a few weeks. Stay tuned…we are working on a longer-lasting solution.

Best,

Stan

Thanks for the great news about your game improvements. Golf is lot more fun when you are seeing those little things get better. Being relaxed and confident over a putt, bunker shot or short chip are all important ways to do better scoring. Taking the practice range mentality out to the course is a good thing…that is, constant improvements, one shot at a time!

Best,

Stan

Can’t thank you enough for sharing your techniques. It’s taken a while to sink in, but I’m really getting it now. Here’s the thing: I’m much more relaxed, confident and having fun again. A missed green is now a great opportunity to hone my new short game.

With Pitching, when for example I try to add loft to the chip stroke by not cheating the face on the way back, or even allowing the face to open a little, I typically end up with more leading edge on the strike than I should have. Even when I really try to swing more left and around on the through stroke.

I think the thing about the pitch swing is that you do have to sync your pivot with your wrists and club. I went back and revisited the video this morning and I think perhaps my wrist action is the culprit for that leading edge grabbing on the pitch.

You show a pronounced side hammering motion with the right wrist while keeping the palm more up. I may not be doing that with palm up.

The interesting thing is that I can hit a bunker-like shot, where I feel as if I am moving my arms immediately backwards and narrow like a bunker shot, and then release the club, and I hit really high pitches that are solid- it’s just that I can’t seem to find the middle ground, like a head-high toss pitch.

Another thing I have noticed is that after time, it’s easy to take the whole bottle of aspirin on the weight left at address. With too much of your weight on the left foot, you actually end up having to counter balance with shoulder and spine angle changes just stay balanced.
Is it fair to say that it’s ok to feel a little like you sort of lightly launch off that front foot and then really pivot on the left leg? I guess like a very tightly controlled pivot where you don’t really keep everything 100% on the left leg the whole time, but are just very left side focused. Hope that makes sense.

Anyway, you are awesome for making yourself available to us minions.

If I can ever convince my wife, I hope to come see you in person.

Noel

Best,

Stan