Give Ben some credit- he teaches the same pattern to everyone. His lesson to Elkington or Clampett is the same lesson a blue hair lady gets as a walk up. Ben believes in his stroke pattern - something most GC instructors CAN'T say. Ben said he shots for a Marsarati but will settle for a Cadillac. He give you the machine parts- you as the student learn from the assembly.
Believe me- a hour or so with Ben in the bunker will make anyone and EVERYONE more principled in the Imperatives then using any training aid invented for a year or getting a lesson from an instructor outside the TGM golf world.
Ben's daughter proof read Homer's text for several editions, so Ben had a unique advantage into Kelley's thoughts.
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Give Ben some credit- he teaches the same pattern to everyone. His lesson to Elkington or Clampett is the same lesson a blue hair lady gets as a walk up. Ben believes in his stroke pattern - something most GC instructors can say. Ben said he shots for a Marsarati but will settle for a Cadillac. He give you the machine parts- you as the student learn from the assembly.
Believe me- a hour or so with Ben in the bunker will make anyone and EVERYONE more principled in the Imperatives then using any training aid invented for a year or getting a lesson from an instructor outside the TGM golf world.
Ben's daughter proof read Homer's text for several editions, so Ben had a unique advantage into Kelley's thoughts.
Give Ben some credit- he teaches the same pattern to everyone. His lesson to Elkington or Clampett is the same lesson a blue hair lady gets as a walk up. Ben believes in his stroke pattern - something most GC instructors can say. Ben said he shots for a Marsarati but will settle for a Cadillac. He give you the machine parts- you as the student learn from the assembly.
Believe me- a hour or so with Ben in the bunker will make anyone and EVERYONE more principled in the Imperatives then using any training aid invented for a year or getting a lesson from an instructor outside the TGM golf world.
Ben's daughter proof read Homer's text for several editions, so Ben had a unique advantage into Kelley's thoughts.
Excellent Post.
Sorting Through the Instructor's Textbook.
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Been sitting on this waiting for a good time to spring it on you guys. Here is Yoda and Ben speaking Lag with no words (more or less). Check out the left wrist at impact- I have been working on this all week.
One of Ben's bg things- as if he has any minor things- is that the hands and therefor the clubhead does NOT come back or recoil after impact. He said he would move in with you and give you lessons for a year if you ever caught him doing that.
great post 6bmike!!. Ben would really get on you if you bounced back or if any of your waggles or other motions were wrong. My wife and I spent over an hour in a bunker hitting the "great wall of china" in all four directions in relation to the camera. I hit a lot of sand on and into his camera. It was drizzling rain and we were in rain suits(Ben was bareheaded) and I told Ben his camera would short out - and it did.. I have so many fond memories, Shoot, HOLD and rest, don't rake those balls it is a new grip, new alignment, new posture for every shot, and every morning he would walk out to the range and hop into the release position which for him was elbow deep in front of hip and say COURAGE etc etc etc. I now realize the importance of everything he said. Combined Ben's stuff and Lynn's precise instruction and you can't go wrong.
great post 6bmike!!. Ben would really get on you if you bounced back or if any of your waggles or other motions were wrong. My wife and I spent over an hour in a bunker hitting the "great wall of china" in all four directions in relation to the camera. I hit a lot of sand on and into his camera. It was drizzling rain and we were in rain suits(Ben was bareheaded) and I told Ben his camera would short out - and it did.. I have so many fond memories, Shoot, HOLD and rest, don't rake those balls it is a new grip, new alignment, new posture for every shot, and every morning he would walk out to the range and hop into the release position which for him was elbow deep in front of hip and say COURAGE etc etc etc. I now realize the importance of everything he said. Combined Ben's stuff and Lynn's precise instruction and you can't go wrong.
new grip, new alignment, new posture for every shot- most golfers lack this. Give each stroke a fighting chance- they will count each one toward your score.
Been sitting on this waiting for a good time to spring it on you guys. Here is Yoda and Ben speaking Lag with no words (more or less). Check out the left wrist at impact- I have been working on this all week.
One of Ben's bg things- as if he has any minor things- is that the hands and therefor the clubhead does NOT come back or recoil after impact. He said he would move in with you and give you lessons for a year if you ever caught him doing that.
Thanks for this memory, Mike. I appreciate it!
Ben Doyle taught every day during our school at Woodmont CC (just north of Atlanta) and actually spent four nights in my home. At about 5 a.m. the Monday morning after, I found him clothed in a white suit rolling two suitcases down a steep stair. He accepted my help, but I have no doubt he would have done quite well without it.
Then, after our goodbyes, it was out to his waiting car, and off he went into the night. A plane was waiting, and he had business 3,000 miles away.
Ben was 72-years-old at the time. In his own words: "Even par."
Legends aren't born . . . they are made.
And in the ephemeral world of golf instruction, Ben Doyle has made his own.
Glad I could bring back the good memories. I've wanted to share that clip for a while now and was waiting for a spot to post it.
And remember, Ben taught in the hot bunker every day and wouldn't leave if someone wanted to go in with him. Ben taught facts & illusions anywhere there was a straight line- like concrete slabs on cart paths. And then he picked up every mat and training aid he hauled with him at the end of the day. And taught at the restaurants with salt shakers.
Here are a few pics- check out Ben's shirt logo- not many of them around.
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