54. If you swing the club as it is designed to be swung, you will hit a right to left flighted ball most of the time

Dr Bob Rotella, an American sports psychologist and coach wrote a book a few years back called, "Golf is not a game of Perfect." It is one of those books that for a long time now I have meant to read, but never have. However, the title conveys the message of what’s inside. Golf is not a game of perfect so any perfectionists out there thinking of taking up the game, be warned.

However, this is where the game becomes distinctly odd by many peoples reckoning. As I just stated, the perfect shot is possible by anyone but it does not require a text book swing to be able to do it. Every week, scores of club players will hit that one truly magical shot that stays etched in the mind forever and all these shots will be produced by swings that are miles away from the "Perfect textbook model." How is this possible you may be asking?

There are many golfers who believe that in order to hit perfect shots, they need perfect swings. The fact is, a swing that follows the text book model, or as near as one can get to the model, will only on odd occasions deliver the perfect result which is a ball that flies "arrow straight"  The rest of the time, it will tend to deliver a right to left ball flight otherwise known as a draw shot. I like to look at this another way; if you swing the club as it is designed to be swung, you will hit a right to left flighted ball most of the time.

John Jacobs who is one of the world’s best coaches has always taught the game as a right to left game. I prefer to say swing the club as it is designed to be swung for the simple reason that if you get over involved with the individual parts of the body action the club can easily get ignored in the scheme of things. We must try to bond with the club as an extension of our physical selves. We must try to suit the clubs requirements, not make the club suit us.