Scratch Golf - How I Got There

I was frustrated with my golf game to say the least.can't be right". However I stayed with it and
I worked hard at it however I couldn't get anycontinued practicing this early backward wrist break.
better than an 18 handicap.I gradually began to notice the golf club felt much
I watch the Golf Channel and read Golf Digestlighter as I swung...I also began to find it easier to
religiously - there was something missing in my golfdrop the golf club into the "slot" during my
swing and I could not put my finger on it.downswing allowing me to really attack the golf ball
I was your typical bogey golfer - if I started myfrom the inside.
round of golf on a good note I usually did pretty wellThen I suddenly realized, "I've been yanking the golf
and would shoot mid to high 80's. If the wheels onclub way too far to the inside at the start of my
my golf swing began to wobble I would find myselfbackswing, and now my golf swing is on plane!"
tinkering with my golf swing on the golf course - a"This is why the golf club feels so much lighter; I am
recipe for disaster!now swinging the golf club on plane!"
My golf swing was far from perfect but functional. II noticed a more penetrating ball flight with my irons
had incorporated an early move in my backswingAND my woods...
that allowed me to swing the club more to the insideThe golf ball was now exploding of my clubface! Also,
and at the same time fan the club face open. II noticed the golf ball was sounding different coming
learned this move because if I timed my impact justoff my club face - it sounded like - "click".
right, I seemed to hit the golf ball farther.And this story gets even better...
However this move in my golf swing was hit or missFive days after learning the early backward wrist
- sometimes I smoked the golf ball down the middlebreak I carded my first ever hole-in-0ne!
of the fairway - and sometimes I snap hooked it intoTo read the story on my hole-in-one, simply Google:
the woods."john lynch hole-in-one" spelled exactly as is without
So ended my 2006 golf season and still no progress -the quotes.
handicap 18 and holding steady.I quickly developed much more confidence in my golf
The 2006-07 winter here in New England had beenswing - I now knew where the golf ball was going.
unusually cold, snowy, and LONG! - It was now springThis confidence transferred to my short game and I
and my golf swing still rusty from the long winterbegan to score on the golf course.
layoff.I was now thoroughly enjoying the game of golf!
Needless to say, I was anxious to start my 2007 golfI was no longer happy with pars; I now wanted
season with high hopes of really making an impact onbirdies and eagles!
lowering my golf handicap from the 18 I had beenIn three short months my handicap had already
sitting at for so long.dropped to a 10 - that's 8 strokes!
Then in early May 2007 my brother in law told meMy dream came true in May 2008 when my handicap
about this golf swing move he learned from an olddropped to 0 - scratch golf!!
dusty golf book that had done wonders for him - aAll because of this one move early in my backswing!
move he said puts his golf swing on plane early in theI can truly say without a shadow of a doubt the
swing.early backward wrist break has totally transformed
What is this move you ask??my golf game and I wanna shout this out to the
Read on...world!!
The early backward wrist break!One year ago I was an 18 handicap, I am now a
As I began to practice the early backward wristscratch golfer!!
break my golf swing felt very weird. I thought "thisHit 'em Long and Straight!