Tilting "No" on New Tour Swing
Instructor Peter Stern of Kings Point, New York, is not surprised by the success of Stack & Tilt pros this weekend in Boston. Aaron Baddeley (-11), Charlie Wi (-7), Will MacKenzie (-4), Mike Weir (-4) Dean Wilson (-4) and Tommy Armour III (+1) all fared reasonably well. But Stern, who's written before, isn't buying the "New Tour Swing" for amateurs. Add his name to the teachers who voiced doubts in September's Stack & Tilt Part II story:
Golf Digest, for the sake of average golfers (95%), I hope this will be the last issue regarding [this] swing theory.... this method will cause golfers to swing on a very vertical upright plane. What goes straight up, comes straight down which will only cause slices, pop-ups, loss of distance, toe shots and difficulty with the longer clubs. These are problems pretty much every mid- or high-handicapper faces.As an analogy try hitting a Roger Clemens fastball with your weight starting on your front side.
Weight shift is important in every sport there is and golf is no different.
To quote, again, Butch Harmon in that issue: It ain't for everyone.
--Bob Carney
09.04.07
I was a low single digit play in younger times. At 58 my ball strinking became embrassing, unable to break 80 with an ocassional 90 something. Stack and Tilt has changed my game. I'm back in the 70's, hitting the ball like I did in college. I've worked with some of the top 100 GD teachers, none of them could cure my hook, duck hook and smother hook. DO NOT SAY THIS IS ONLY FOR TOUR PROS, I was a hack 13 index and will be 5 or better by summer because of S@T>
Regards, Dennis
I would like to hear from any amateurs who have had personal instruction from Bennett and Plummer. I am very interested in knowing who they teach, other than Tour pros. Tour pros have unique abilities that may allow them to use this method, but I'm not sure it would be best for everyone. For that matter, I am also suspect of any "method" that has no room for individual circumstances. Will "Stack and Tilt" still be as widespread in 2017 as in 2007?