564 Premium: A Club-focused Swing Can Be More Effective Than a Body-focused Swing

golf SMARTER

Josh Karp

Golf, Sports, Society & Culture

4.3 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2016

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Manuel De la Torre was born above the golf shop at the Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro in Madrid, Spain, where his father Ángel de la Torre was the head golf professional. Angel was five-time Spanish National Golf Champion. Manuel's father's instruction and that of his father's friend and colleague Ernest Jones, served as the basis for de la Torre's instruction. His concepts for golf instruction have stood the test of time for over 60 years. He was head golf professional at Milwaukee Country Club teaching amateurs and tour professionals for more than 60 years.Recorded in 2009, this conversation is just as valid today as it was when we originally spoke. Unfortunately Manuel De la Torre died in the Spring of 2016, but we were honored to hear his opinion on why golfers spend too much time focusing on their body parts during the swing. Every body is unique and moves it’s own way. That’s why understanding the role of the golf club may allow you to be a much more successful, and less stressed ball striker.His book and DVD “Understanding The Golf Swing” are still available online. Here’s the address for the hardcover in Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Golf-Swing-Manuel-Torre/dp/1886346518/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1478020703&sr=8-1&keywords=understanding+the+golf+swingHost Fred Greene is interested in hearing your opinion on this topic. Follow @GolfSmarter on Twitter, or join the conversation at the GOLF SMARTER Facebook page. http://GolfSmarter.comFor exclusive content and first access check out Corrected Mistakes on Substack: https://substack.com/@correctedmistake Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Golf Smarter Premium, number 564, published on November 1, 2016.
0:07.6	A club-focused swing can be more effective than a body-focused swing with Manuel D'Ala Torre.
0:14.5	This is Golf Smarter Premium.
0:17.9	Here's your host, Fred Green.
0:21.6	Welcome to the Golf Smarter Podcast, Manuel.
0:24.6	Hello.
0:25.6	Thank you so much for giving us your time. We found you because one of our listeners has read your book, Understanding the Golf Swing, and told me that I needed to get you on the program because the amount that he learned and the insights
0:38.0	that he gained from your book were so valuable.
0:40.3	He wanted me to share it with everybody.
0:42.3	Well, that's very interesting.
0:44.3	I'm glad he got some benefit out of it.
0:46.3	Now, you have a very interesting history where you've been playing golf all your life,
0:52.3	but probably even longer than that, correct?
0:56.2	Probably so.
0:57.7	Tell me how you got started in golf.
1:00.4	This is very interesting.
1:02.2	Well, my father was the first Spanish golf professional at the age of 17.
1:07.1	He was a very fine player as well.
1:09.5	He won the Spanish Open six times.
1:12.6	And although he never pushed me into it, he was very helpful in helping me play.
1:20.6	I still have the three clubs that he made for me when I was about 18 months old.
1:25.6	So I used to hit it both ways, right-hand and the left-hand,
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