The perfect tempo for you
By Bruce Lewis
People walk and talk at different speeds. The same is true with
golf swings.
When it comes to your golf swing or putting stroke, we all have
our natural tempo and rhythm. But we tend to rely on others to tell
us if we are swinging too fast or too slow. People are really
trying to help us, but they usually want you to swing or putt at
their speed.
The perfect tempo for you
By Bruce Lewis
People walk and talk at different speeds. The same is true with golf swings.
When it comes to your golf swing or putting stroke, we all have our natural tempo and rhythm. But we tend to rely on others to tell us if we are swinging too fast or too slow. People are really trying to help us, but they usually want you to swing or putt at their speed.
One teaching tool I like to use is a metronome. You remember — tick-tock, tick–tock. For an example, the tour players have an average of 76 beats per minute for their putting stroke, with the tick at the back of their stroke and the tock at contact with the ball.
You can use a metronome starting at 76 beats and adjust up or down until you find your perfect putting-stroke tempo.
We also used the metronome at the Pebble Beach Golf Academy for full swings as well. I purchased my battery operated metronome at a music store for around $15.
To see if this tool might help you, try my metronome on our practice green for a few minutes. For more help finding your tempo, swing by Ridgemark and see one of our teaching professionals.
Hole in Ones
Tom Galuppo aced the No. 12 hole on the Gabilan Course at Ridgemark last week. Tom’s shot was witnessed to the extreme delight of Rosemarie Galuppo, as she watched his 97-yard shot disappear into the hole.
Finally scoring her first hole-in-one at the age of 81, Renette Torres aced No. 10 on the Diablo Course of Ridgemark.
Witnesses sharing in the delight were Dawn Wielen, Doreen Abbott and Cheryl Daw, as Renette’s 144-yard tee shot dropped into the hole.
Men’s Invitational
Ridgemark held its Men’s Invitational with 86 two-man teams battling over 36 holes. The overall low gross winner was the team of Jim McCarley and Eric Hansen at 126, followed by teams of Bruce Marshall and David Frost and John Bedell and Andy Del Pozzo at 144.
The overall low net winner was the team of Gary Barnes and Jeff Baker at 126, followed by the team of Shannon Pride and Casey Higins at 127.
The first flight low gross team of Leo Villar and Bill McClintock scored 146 and the net winning team of Steve Powell and Ian Hudson finished at 129. The second flight low gross winner was Arnie Hummel and Paul Hathaway, who shot 157, while the low net team was Mike Juvet and Tom King with a 129.
