Any YouTubers teach a method similar to TGM swinging?

[upanddown]

I don't want to go near that yellow book but I'm interested in a more left sided model.  thanks

[grantc79]

On 5/31/2025 at 8:19 PM, upanddown said:

I don't want to go near that yellow book but I'm interested in a more left sided model.  thanks

 

Pretty much everyone teaches that to be honest. This is the standard thing that everyone teaches they just don't call it that. 

 

The only wildcard that no one teaches is the hitting or 4 barrel procedure and I would not recommend going down that road unless you have some very serious mobility or back issues. 

Edited June 2 by grantc79

[virtuoso]

42 minutes ago, grantc79 said:

 

Pretty much everyone teaches that to be honest. This is the standard thing that everyone teaches they just don't call it that. 

 

The only wildcard that no one teaches is the hitting or 4 barrel procedure and I would not recommend going down that road unless you have some very serious mobility or back issues. 

Over the years I've pleaded with TGM teachers to show me an example of someone using a pure "hitting" procedure as they define it. They never have....but they say they are out there...somewhere in the ether...or maybe Pakistan.

[ThinkingPlus]

39 minutes ago, virtuoso said:

Over the years I've pleaded with TGM teachers to show me an example of someone using a pure "hitting" procedure as they define it. They never have....but they say they are out there...somewhere in the ether...or maybe Pakistan.

Check with Ted Fort in GA. He is a TGM instructor, but more importantly he is a hitter. Worked with Lynn Blake for a good while.

[iacas]

46 minutes ago, virtuoso said:

Over the years I've pleaded with TGM teachers to show me an example of someone using a pure "hitting" procedure as they define it. They never have....but they say they are out there...somewhere in the ether...or maybe Pakistan.

 

One of the instructors we trained one time at Reunion told us and everyone who would listen (or who he thought would want to listen) that he was a "pure hitter."

 

Only problem was he kept hitting the ground about 3" behind the ball.

[ThinkingPlus]

4 minutes ago, iacas said:

 

One of the instructors we trained one time at Reunion told us and everyone who would listen (or who he thought would want to listen) that he was a "pure hitter."

 

Only problem was he kept hitting the ground about 3" behind the ball.

That's about as pure as it gets...if you're a farmer.

[grantc79]

1 hour ago, virtuoso said:

Over the years I've pleaded with TGM teachers to show me an example of someone using a pure "hitting" procedure as they define it. They never have....but they say they are out there...somewhere in the ether...or maybe Pakistan.

 

I did it for awhile, its doable but very weird. 

Is it a legit way to golf? Sure. If you are a big strong dude with flexibility issues I can see it. 

Would I teach it? Not unless there are no other options available. 

[grantc79]

55 minutes ago, ThinkingPlus said:

Check with Ted Fort in GA. He is a TGM instructor, but more importantly he is a hitter. Worked with Lynn Blake for a good while.

 I have met Ted Fort and took a hitting lesson from him when I was going down that rabbit hole. Great guy and a great golfer. 

Hitting can be done, I just wouldn't advise it

[upanddown]

1 hour ago, virtuoso said:

Over the years I've pleaded with TGM teachers to show me an example of someone using a pure "hitting" procedure as they define it. They never have....but they say they are out there...somewhere in the ether...or maybe Pakistan.

 

 

lol.. I took at lesson from a guy who is TGM certified in Atlanta.. he told me most pros are hitters and used Brooks Koepka as an example.  I think it's one of those things that can work on the range but not on the course.  I told him I switched to swinging (or my interpretation of swinging) mid round and did much better and he seemed really surprised.

[iacas]

I'm disappointed that we're apparently still not past the point where we all know there are no such thing as "hitters" and "swingers." 😛 

[ThinkingPlus]

15 minutes ago, grantc79 said:

 I have met Ted Fort and took a hitting lesson from him when I was going down that rabbit hole. Great guy and a great golfer. 

Hitting can be done, I just wouldn't advise it

I did a 3-day school with Lynn Blake, Ted Fort, and Lee Dietrick out in CA a thousand years ago. They were all outstanding people and it was a fun school.

[MonteScheinblum]

14 minutes ago, iacas said:

I'm disappointed that we're apparently still not past the point where we all know there are no such thing as "hitters" and "swingers." 😛 

What about Switters?

[Pnwpingi210]

Are hitters upper or lower core?  Or can they be core fluid?

Edited June 2 by Pnwpingi210

[ThinkingPlus]

2 minutes ago, Pnwpingi210 said:

Are hitters upper or lower core?  Or can the be core fluid?

Isn't core fluid a stealth name for beer?

[Pnwpingi210]

Just now, ThinkingPlus said:

Isn't core fluid a stealth name for beer?

Ha - probably for some.   Sadly not for me anymore!

[Nard_S]

Pete Cowen is rather sophisticated & nuanced on this stuff. I'm a fan.

[jonsnow]

2 hours ago, iacas said:

 

One of the instructors we trained one time at Reunion told us and everyone who would listen (or who he thought would want to listen) that he was a "pure hitter."

 

Only problem was he kept hitting the ground about 3" behind the ball.

My HS basketball coach once told me, "Snow, you're a great shooter. You just ain't much of a hitter."

 

He also told me, "Snow, you've got deceptive speed. You look slow, but you're even slower than you look."

[virtuoso]

2 hours ago, ThinkingPlus said:

Check with Ted Fort in GA. He is a TGM instructor, but more importantly he is a hitter. Worked with Lynn Blake for a good while.

Yeah, someone met me in a dark ally one time with an old VHS tape of Ted Fort, but i took it home and my player eat the tape just as he started his backswing.

[jonsnow]

1 hour ago, MonteScheinblum said:

What about Switters?

It depends...

[upanddown]

So lets see.. we have 

 

Upper core

mid core

lower core

swingers

hitters

switters (TMG does say you can do both)

one plane

two plane

Leverage

Arc

Width

natural golf

gravity golf

swing the handle

swing the clubhead

A swing

Right sided swing

stack & tilt

 

anything else to confuse me?

[RayPlan]

2 hours ago, upanddown said:

So lets see.. we have 

 

Upper core

mid core

lower core

swingers

hitters

switters (TMG does say you can do both)

one plane

two plane

Leverage

Arc

Width

natural golf

gravity golf

swing the handle

swing the clubhead

A swing

Right sided swing

stack & tilt

 

anything else to confuse me?

You could probably just discard almost everything on that list and be better off. Too many buzzwords and proprietary swing system terms. 

[Nels55]

9 hours ago, upanddown said:

So lets see.. we have 

 

Upper core

mid core

lower core

swingers

hitters

switters (TMG does say you can do both)

one plane

two plane

Leverage

Arc

Width

natural golf

gravity golf

swing the handle

swing the clubhead

A swing

Right sided swing

stack & tilt

 

anything else to confuse me?

Barely even started.

STC

Single Axis

One plane in it's several different definitions...

Right Sided swing

Right way golf

Swing the handle

Lever Power Golf 

Seven Common Denominators

Symple Swing

Natural Golf

Ideal Mechanical Advantage

 

Thats a few off the top of my head.  The list goes on LOL.  Of course there is always Hogan's secret...