[JesseV]

I started playing golf in 1998 at the age of 36. I, like many others, struggled with the instruction I was receiving. My first instructor showed me a picture of Tom Kite at impact in one of the rags and he actually said to me: "That is what I want you to look like at impact." He then told me to work on that. NO how to, just look at the picture and try to emulate what I saw. WOW - Needless to say I didn't go back to see him.

After a lot of study on my own, videos, books, golf rags,Golf Academy Live and a lot of practice I could shoot in the low to high 90's most of the time. Even got to where I shot in the 80's a quite few times, of course a score of 100 was always a couple of bad shots away because, I now know, I really didn't understand how to swing a club and when something went wrong, well, I had no clue what it was.

Second instructor was in 2000. I liked the instructor, taught me to slide hips to cure OTT move. Bought a series of lessons for 600 bucks or something like that and then bam, the next week the studio was closed and I couldn't find them anywhere, whole thing went bankrupt. Then went to the Tec guys, for me it was just a practice facility, instruction consisted of showing me videos of golfers and telling me to swing like them. Not really a pleasant experience at all.

Gave up game in 2003 for a couple of reasons, mainly because I was quite frustrated with not improving despite the money I was pouring into my game. New equipment, video this, book that, the latest training aid that would cure all that ailed my swing.

Played two or three times since 2003, then in January of 2011 I decided I was going to get back into the game. Played a round in February and sucked, bought some new irons, played a couple of times in March and actually improved from shooting 110 to 92, but I knew my swing was not good. Too inconsistent. I want to swing like a pro, or as close to it as I can get.

Was searching the Internet trying to find an instructor that could actually help my swing. I am a geek and always want to know the why and how, not just the what. I did an internet search, stumbled across Manzella's site and TGM. Liked what I read and researched about TGM.

I then stumbled across Yoda, and well I'm here and I ain't going nowhere else. I'm taking lessons from Yoda's Luke, well one so far, calling to schedule another. Plan on seeing him again and again and again... Ted is a super nice guy and very knowledgeable, I like the cut of his jib!

Everything I am learning about The Golfing Machine is helping me and my swing. Being here at LBG is a feeling of being home. Someone else said that already, I think. TGM explains all that I never understood or thought I could learn about the golf swing. Yoda is a great communicator, great teacher, he cares and he teaches! Yoda also cares about the the TGM heritage, keeping the history alive and from what I read, Yoda is keeping H.K.'s dream alive of what TGM should be, for all those who seek a great G.O.L.F. experience. All the great folks who are part of this special community of Lynn Blake Golf are also keeping the dream alive, sharing, talking, teaching, learning.