Jim Furyk likely clinched player of the year honors today with his win in the Tour Championship and Fedex Cup. This is the third win of the year for Furyk, most on tour.
Furyk's win allows me to again bring up the point that you can play great golf with any kind of golf swing, as long as you learn how to hit it solidly, and you can repeat it. Do we want to try and teach Jim Furyk's swing? No. However, Jim's dad is a professional who showed him how to play, and once Jim demonstrated his ability to hit the ball consistently and repeatedly, his father did not see the need to change his swing.
Ideally, I would have liked to see Furyk make some changes to his swing over the long run to try and find some extra distance. And, in certain situations, I see some bad shots come out of the swing when the heat is on. Overall, though, Furyk is one of the game's most consistent players, and he does it with a very unorthodox swing. And, over his entire career, he has worked with one coach, his dad.
It is my view that a good golf coach/instructor is one that can guide the student down the path toward improvement, by getting them to understand the fundamentals, and how the golf swing works. Then, it is a matter of showing the student how to get the most out of their own physical abilities based upon how much time they have to practice.
Scott Cole
www.onlinegolfswingcoach.com
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