[krpainter]

I have to totally agree with Mike. I think hitting is something that I have only seen with TGM. Sure there are hitters that are touring pro's, but I think the hitting stroke in its pure form is something you rarely see displayed outside of TGM -- you can see this by going to any local range and you won't see anyone displaying an obvious hitting stroke.

What is interesting is that I think hitting is the natural tendency for most people, but almost all golf instruction is geared toward swinging to you get a lot of confused and frustrated "switters" -- like I was.

The amazing thing is how easy and repeatable the hitting stroke can be once you get rid of the "switter" stuff and making compensations.

Keith

PS - Mike, funny you mention about working with your son w/baseball. About a week ago I worked with my son with something that helped him hit the baseball much better. He was chopping down on the ball and getting a lot grounders and a friend of mine noticed that his right elbow was down when he was hitting...I worked with him before a game with getting that right elbow up and just like that he was hitting line drives to the outfield. At that point I was thinking that there was a lot of analogies between the baseball stroke and the TGM hitting stroke -- especially with loading the elbow.