Jim Furyk On Steroids

Call me a bad father-to-be, but with only hours/days/weeks??? left in the pregnancy, I managed to squeeze in my second golf lesson in two weeks. The nursery is done, the car seats are firmly installed in the SUV, Brooks has been lifted off bed rest, so there's really nothing left to do but wait. I know it's probably not smart to completely retool my swing right before the birth of thetwins knowing that golf rounds will be few and far between for the rest of the summer, but my swing had become almost beyond repair. Besides, my mom claims my dad's golf game became better (and more frequent) after my sister and I were born.

After an hour-long video lesson yesterday I can honestly say that the Jim Furyk-like swing that has plagued my golf game for years is starting to vanish. I once heard a golf announcer describe the motion of Furyk's swing as the same motion you'd see if you hung an Octopus from a ceiling fan and turned it on. If that's the case, then my old swing is similar to what you'd see if Furyk took steroids - and drank10 Red Bulls - before every round. I still have a ways to go before the new swing feels natural but I'm headed in the right direction.

In case you didn't see last week, John Daly played in the Pro-Am at the Buick Open with rapper/rocker Kid Rock. Kid Rock played in denim overalls and a white T-shirt and he and Daly drank 24 oz. Budweiser tall boys and smoked cigars the entire round. Here's a funny clip of Daly using the 24 oz. can as a tee.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDqbfXj_Wp0