Hi Saguto golfers and golffettes!
I've been playing golf for 35 plus years. I'm a lefty and currently play off 6.4. Did get as low as 5.6 a few years ago but in recent years my game fell apart. I took to YouTube for tips and found myself taking "part information" tips from various channels. When I look back, I had no chance of success with all these tips for 2 reasons:
1 - All these tips gave me more swing thoughts and I had no idea how to put them together
2 - The tips are generalised without having a base to work from
I then stumbled across Tom's channel and I instantly related to what he was teaching. The S & T was exactly what I was looking for......making golf simple again and in turn, making it fun again!
I live in Wales in the UK, and due to Covid, I had to move from my home course of 35 years to a more local one. It's a more challenging par 33, 9 hole course, with 3 par 3's, approach shots to elevated small greens, and a tight driving course with very few "birdie" holes.
These were my stats from a curtailed 2020 season
As you can see, my score to par was +6, I couldn't hit the "big dawg" and my irons just lacked any type of consistency. I became too reliant on my short game which over a long period just isn't sustainable.
Wales has been in lockdown since December 19th with golf courses closed, so I have been practising indoors working through the online golf school which is absolutely fantastic! Today, our Welsh government has announced that golf courses can re-open from Saturday! I hoping to get out on the course this weekend but I'm not expecting the round of my life, but just to see some progress on what I've learnt from Tom. The feels are there, and it is different to what I've been used to for so long but its a work in progress.
This was my old swing below
This is the new "Saguto" swing:
The main differences are in the set-up, weight forward, arms more connected and hands-in but still work to do!
I will keep you updated on my progress so for now, happy golfing!
Hi all,
Been on a all golf related hiatus for the last 2 months. Needed a break after a busy summer.
To give you an update of this summer, which was my most successful of all time!
Runner-up in Golfer of the year (lost by 1 shot)
Winner July Monthly Medal
Winner J.T Hughes Shield
Winner Centenary Cup 4 Ball Better Ball Matchplay
Runner-up Waggon Cup
Winner Presidents Day 4 man Texas Scramble
Shot my best gross score twice (75)
Handicap went from 8.6 to 9.3 to 7.1 and finished at 7.5
Increased my distance using Superspeed training by 20-30 yards
Lagshot training aid best training device to "link" everything together.
Goal over the next 4-5 months is flat out Superspeed Training. I think I've lost around 9mph as I've not done any training or swung a club for 8 weeks!
Will post updates with results on a weekly basis if anyone is interested to see if it actually works!