Chuck Evans Golf

MISINFORMATION | TRUTH

Flat Spot In Swing | Geometry of the Circle

Hit Up On The Ball | Plane

Swing Down The Target Line | 3-D Impact

Hips Create Power | 4 Power Sources

Hogan’s Plane of Glass | Hitting & Swinging

Ball In The Same Spot | Club Design

Hold Club Lightly | Grip
Squeeze with the middle 2 fingers

The world of golf is FILLED with mis-information! It’s no wonder that players around the globe are confused and NOT getting any better. It’s not their fault! They are basing their golf swings on information that will NOT help them.

The TRUTH is that all things in motion, whether it’s a golf club, a moving vehicle, a door opening or closing, all must obey the Laws of Force and Motion. Disobedience of these Laws result in faulty execution and operation.

Have a long flat spot in your swing

What a bunch of garbage! Whoever thought this up knows NOTHING about geometry. The golf club is swinging on a circle and there are NO flat spots in a circle! The player may FEEL like they are moving the club on a straight line but that is not humanly impossible.

How about “Hit up on the ball”

Another fallacy that has grown in proportion simply because someone that has a “name” says to do this? Again, it doesn’t take a “rocket scientist”, to understand that there is a Low Point in a golf stroke. ANY ball struck prior to this Low Point would dictate that the club would have to keep moving downward to the bottom of the stroke – Low Point – NOT swing up at the ball either BEFORE, AT, or AFTER Impact!

Swing down the target line for better accuracy

Now this one would be correct IF we played golf on a vertical plane! BUT since we play on a slant – the Inclined Plane – then this falls under the heading of COMPLETE IDIOCY!

The golf club is on the target line at two points. At address, if the club is NOT grounded, and at Low Point. Otherwise it is working on the “Alternate Target Line.” Again, simple geometry dictates that the golf club movebackward, upward and inward on the back stroke. This also means that the club MUST work downward, outward, and forward in the downstroke.

How many times have we all heard that the hips create power. This was brought about, NOT by scientific research but, by what great players FELT like they did. The hips do have a responsibility but that is to create a separation between all of the trailing parts.

The downstroke starts from the ground up, meaning feet, knees, hips, shoulders, arms, hands, and club. This is called “pivot lag” and when done correctly creates clubhead lag. Basically there are four power generators and they are;

1. The Bending and straightening of the right arm
2. The cocking and uncocking of the left wrist
3. The “roll” of the left wrist
4. The left arm blasting off the chest

In Ben Hogans classic book, “Five Lessons: The Modern Fundamentals of Golf” Mr. Hogan is depicted as swinging under a pane of glass. While this is a great visual it is not THE plane, it IS a plane and is completely the players choice. The plane is described as the angle of the clubshaft at address. The club may, or may not, move to other plane ANGLES during the stroke.

Hitting or Swinging can use any of the definable plane angles

1. Hands Only Plane
2. Elbow Plane – most widely used
3. Turned Shoulder Plane
4. Squared Shoulder Plane
5. Turning Shoulder Plane

What IS important about the Plane is that the player can move the club on ANY Plane Angle they choose as long as the base of the Plane doesn’t move.

Play the ball in the same spot, another of those, “what are you thinking idioms.”

Golf clubs are NOT the same length nor are they the same loft. This in and of itself dictates that the ball be positioned according to the design of the club. There are other factors involved with ball placement as well and these are; the players hand speed, the downstroke Plane Angle, and the pivot motion.

Hold the club as lightly as if you had a bird in your hand

Have you ever seen a picture of Sam Snead holding the golf club? The veins in his forearms are popping out! This is NOT the sign of someone holding the lightly!

Think about it.

The club is moving around 100 miles per hour and meeting an object that is stationary. If you hold the club lightly two things are likely to happen.

1. You lose your grip
2. The clubhead twists at Impact

Hold the club tightly but keep the wrists, forearms, elbow joints, and shoulders soft.

The choice is yours. Keep making the SAME mistakes and assumptions OR start using proper mechanics.

Golfing Incompetence

All golfers from beginner to touring professional eventually reach their highest level of performance.  In other words, they attain their level of golfing incompetence, as they can progress no further.

The problem is universal.

All players ultimately arrive at a scoring plateau. Unfortunately, this occurs relatively early in most golfing careers. For most, this phenomenon is a life sentence of hopelessness and frustration.

Golf Myths

The playing procedures of golf ‘s greatest champions have become the basis of most golf knowledge and instruction.  Unfortunately, their description of what they feel during their golf stroke has been subject to much misinterpretation.

One popular theory is adamant that the body controls the stroke and the arms and hands react. This is the exact opposite of what actually happens with all great players.  This theory that the body controls the stroke is probably the biggest myth in golf.

Another popular golf myth relates to the position of the right elbow at the top of the stroke.

For years golfers were taught to keep their right elbows tucked into their right side. This myth has taken a severe beating since Jack Nicklaus has done the exact opposite during his entire career.  The truth is that golfers with an upright stroke require a flying right elbow while those with flat strokes must tuck their right elbow into their right side.

Isn’t it strange how so many myths have been perceived as fact throughout the history of golf instruction.  We feel a deep obligation to eliminate all myths and confine its teachings to scientifically based facts using simple terms that are easy to understand.

The Culprit

The culprit of our golfing incompetence is the tangled and fragmented process through which we have learned to play.  We learned the backstroke from a book, the downstroke from a pro, putting from a golf magazine, and pitch shots from TV.

The sources of our golf knowledge are numerous but the content is neither sequenced nor coordinated.  We can’t play golf effectively with Tiger Woods’ setup, Jim Furyk’s backstroke, Sergio Garcia’s downstroke and David Duvall’s finish.

Regardless of how hard we try, the pieces won’t fit the puzzle.

Most golfers regard their knowledge of the golf stroke as adequate, yet less than three percent of all golfers break 80 consistently.   We are convinced that the lack of scientific knowledge of the golf stroke, among pros and amateurs alike, is the cause of this poor showing.

We Will Help You IMPROVE

You have an individual golf stroke, a unique body type, and a personal style of play.  We recognize these differences, and for this reason your instruction is totally customized to fit your individual needs.

If you’re built like Craig Stadler but are trying to swing like Davis Love you will NEVER succeed!

Our staff members have helped thousands of golfers play the best golf of their lives and we can show you how to match your stroke with your body. Our proven techniques are based on science, not theory or last month’s golf publication.

Find out for yourself why the best players in the world use these techniques and more importantly, HOW you can incorporate these techniques into your golf stroke!

Comprehensive Instruction by Nationally Known Instructors

Any instructional program is only as strong as the instructors directing it.   Chuck Evans personally selects and trains each staff member. All of our instructors must go through a rigorous and demanding curriculum on the science of the golf stroke. In addition, most of our instructors have extensive teaching and playing backgrounds which enables them to not only build great golf strokes but also able to relate to the student the differences between playing and practice.

There is a distinct difference between the two!

Longer and Straighter

The two major priorities of our students are more Power and greater Accuracy. For optimal learning, these priorities are addressed both academically and physically.

New knowledge is conveyed to the student through lecture, scientific demonstration, swing aids, video equipment, stroke training, and individual instruction. For the first time in your life you will fully understand your golf stroke!

Power:

There are four separate sources of power in the golf stroke. They are definable and distinguishable. The power sources are:
(a) the proper uncocking of the left wrist,
(b) the blasting of the left arm off the chest with the body pivot,
(c) the synchronized roll of the left wrist through impact, and
(d) the driving power of the right forearm.

We will teach you the proper utilization, application and synchronization of these four power sources.  They solve the mystery of power!

Accuracy:

There are two factors that determine the accuracy of all golf shots.
They are:
(a) the control of the flat left wrist through impact for clubface alignment, and
(b) the consistent orbit of the clubhead on the proper plane.

We will teach you to move the clubhead up and back, and down and out on the inclined plane, time after time. You will also learn to control the clubface with your flat left wrist, thereby, adding precision to all your shots.

Video & Computer Analysis:

We use state-of-the-art digital video technology and Trackman to help improve your stroke. Each session is video taped, and includes line drawings, voice overs and comparison modeling. At the end of your session the tape is yours to keep.

Using this video technique, you don’t have to worry about remembering everything once you leave. Just play the tape when you get home and review your session at your leisure. This way it’s easy to monitor your progress and review your motion anytime you wish.

When you are striking the golf ball you can be in all if the “correct” positions and still miss the golf ball!

BUT if you have proper Impact and follow alignments then you can miss these “positions” and still hit it great.  Just take a look at all of the swings on Tour and the especially the Champions Tour.  They all have different looking swings but they ALL have great Impact Alignments.

How they get to these alignments is the players personal application.  Furyk is different then Tiger, Tiger is different then Hogan and so and so on.

Don’t get hung up on how the swing “looks” but instead focus on achieving good alignments.

What are these alignments?

1.  Grip to the clubface
2.  Clubface to target line
3.  Hands to the ball
4.  What Plane angle are you swinging on
5.  What “pressure points” are you going to use
6.  And the location of your Right Forearm

In addition to these you MUST have a Flat Left Wrist, a straight plane line, and a clubhead that is trailing the hands.  If it was a race to the ball the hands should ALWAYS win the race…NOT the clubhead!

Ideally you want the left wrist directly UNDER the left shoulder either prior to or just at Impact.  This ensures a FORWARD leaning clubshaft.  You want to turn that 8 iron into a 7 iron…NOT into a 9 iron!

Tour players are not any stronger then others their age, they just lean the clubshaft forward.  This is the ONE thing they ALL do!