The good, the bad and the ugly. No, I am not talking about a movie, personalities of family members or various super bowls. What I am describing is the type of unique golf swing that we golfers bear witness to every time we set foot on a golf course or driving range. They are either too handsy, all arms, don't get their hips turned, have a flying elbow, don't keep the head down, jump at it, spin out and sometimes just plain "whiff it". The list goes on and on, but my personal all time favorite was the "reverse pivot". It must have been my favorite because I did it a lot.

We have all seen the golf swing that is short, extended, wrapped around, flat or cocked. We have graced our eyeballs with the beauty of the mechanical swing, fluid swing, the outside in and inside out swing. From these swings we have seen materialize the slice, power fade, low fade, high fade (banana). The draw, hook, duck hook and grounder (worm burner), and many more interesting outcomes that we have all experienced at one time or another. I have actually seen a ball go 50 feet up in the air and land ten yards directly behind the tee box. This was an extraordinary feat and I have no idea what type of golf swing was used to achieve this.

Over the past 21 years I have played many different golf courses around the country. Beating whitey up and down the fairways, into the woods, thick rough, sand traps, golf carts, and yes, once, just once, into a competitor's golf bag, flying directly into the ball compartment! It was during one of these outings, while watching a playing partner take a mighty swing and almost screw himself into the ground, that it dawned on me that I had never really seen my golf swing. So with that thought in mind, off I went to the driving range with video camera in tow. I set the camera on a tripod and was all set. I spent the next hour hitting 2 or 3 good shots in a row before the stinker would show up. Anyway, I figured I was hitting at least two thirds of my shots well, so I must have a pretty good golf swing. Excited about this, I couldn't wait to watch my swing on the big screen (35" tv).

Horrified! I couldn't believe what I was looking at. Who was this person who snuck into my video? It couldn't possibly be me because my old body can't make the contortionist moves this one was doing. But, sure enough to my dismay, it was me. Good Lord, I thought, how is this possible? How can a person hit any good shots with a mess like this? Nothing seemed connected. Everything I mentioned earlier about "flying elbows, arms, hands, etc." was all there rolled into one. ME!!!

Then came the realization that all the years I stood on the golf course wondering about and laughing at those people with the goofy golf swing, mine, in fact, was probably the silliest I had ever seen and all those people were probably laughing at yours truly. Now there's a reality check for ya! Well, now there is no doubt that my swing can use a lot of improvement, so I'm getting the the proper instruction and working on that now using "The Simple Golf Swing".