As Seen on TV: Brandel and Bobby Jones on Swing Thoughts

Here we have Brandel making his predictable comments on the benefit of having “no technical swing thoughts” while watching Angel Cabrera warm up on the range at Augusta. My point here, and one that Bobby Jones makes as well in his article “Day to Day Adjustments”, is that all golfers need to come up with a few swing thoughts (call them swing “keys” for lack of a better term) in order to quantify the feelings that work and that the golfer would like to remember and repeat. Chamblee is at his over-simplistic worst here, suggesting that the average golfer, with limited athletic ability and no knowledge of golf swing mechanics, can become a better player by practicing and playing without conscious thought. He is so hell-bent on furthering his demonizing of teaching professionals he makes these ridiculous statements constantly. People ask me why I give a damn about Chamblee, and I always answer that for better or worse people listen to TV announcers, especially when they have credible backgrounds like Chamblee. I feel obligated to tell the other story, and it is nice to have Bobby Jones there to back me up and to offer his unique and eloquent take on the nature of swing thoughts and feel.
 

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