When Custom-Fit Golf Swings Rule the World

I just woke up from the greatest dream.  

In the dream, a colleague and I were at a driving range where we happened to see a golf instructor teaching a swing method to a student (i.e. teaching the golf swing he believed was right, as opposed to helping the student uncover the swing that fit their body best).

That alone would have been more of a nightmare, but instead, it was an awesome feeling, incredibly positive dream because an amazing shift had taken place in the golf industry. 

My colleague and I were quietly discussing how unbelievable it was there were still a handful of instructors in the world teaching a swing method when nearly everyone – amateurs and pros alike – had already switched to a CUSTOM-FIT swing.

Hallejulah!  The golf world had awakened.  Golf professionals worldwide were showing their students how to uncover their unique swings.  The days of struggling with confusing, contradictory, awkward-feeling swing methods were long over.

We had done it!  We had educated the golf world on the numerous differences between a swing method and a CUSTOM-FIT golf swing, and shone a light on the overwhelming benefits of the CUSTOM-FIT swing process.

Once golfers had realized how much easier it was to learn a CUSTOM-FIT swing, how much faster they achieved results; and how much better it was on their bodies; and once they had experienced how much longer, straighter, and more consistently they hit the ball, swing methods no longer made sense, and CUSTOM-FIT golf swings had quickly become the norm.

As a result, golfers were hitting the ball better than ever.  For the first time in over 100 years, the average handicap was actually lower. Even better, people who had seriously considered quitting the game, were playing more rounds than ever and enjoying every minute because the fun was back in their games.

Then I woke up.  And, happily, when my dream dust cleared and I remembered how far we temporarily are from the reality of my dream, I didn’t have any negative reaction to it.  Instead, I felt more hopeful and determined than ever to see that dream turn into reality. 

Right now, we are in the beginning stages of this monumental shift.  The few of us who have already made the shift know there is a long road ahead.  But, we also know it’s a journey worth making. 

One step at a time, one swing at a time, the shift is already taking place.  The future is very bright indeed!

Learn more about Coach Dori’s products and services at www.PerfectApproachGolf.com.

Golf Improvement Doesn’t Have to Be So Difficult!

Here’s a video we originally created for new members to help them understand why I created the Perfect Approach Golf membership program. 

I’m including it here because it does a great job of explaining the 3 areas you need to focus on for game improvement, why golfers make improvement much more difficult than it needs to be, and what you can do to improve your game in the fastest, easiest way.

PLUS, I briefly lost my mind toward the end, so I think you’ll really enjoy it!

Click the play button below to watch the 7:09 video we made:

 

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Can a Swing Change Ever Truly Guarantee Results?

What if I told you that I developed a golf swing program that guaranteed results 100% of the time, what would be your first thought?

• “Impossible.”
• “More golf marketing hype.”
• “Just because it’s guaranteed doesn’t mean it works.”
• “Wow.  That sounds wonderful.  I can’t wait to get started.”
• “I believe you 100%, here’s my money!”

If you’re like most golfers, your first thought was NOT one of the last two statements!  Thanks to all the marketing hype that is constantly bombarding us, it’s much more likely your first thought was more along the lines of the top 3 choices.

Face it, as golfers, we’ve all been exposed to quite a few products and services that didn’t deliver the results they promised.  To protect ourselves, we’ve learned to be skeptical .

So, I’d like you to take a moment and step into my shoes. 

You now have the first and only golf swing program that actually delivers results 100% of the time.  The problem is that EVERY other swing improvement program out there says that their’s guarantees results, too.  So, what do you do?

Well, if you’re me, you know you can’t just say what everyone else is saying and hope that LPGA credentials, 20-years experience, and a great reputation is going to be enough for people to believe you. 

You need to show golfers the difference between a swing change that “guarantees” results and a swing change that actually “delivers” results 100% of the time. 

So, that’s exactly what I’m going to do right now! 

The difference is actually quite simple.

The only way you can absolutely, positively know, beyond a shadow of doubt, that a swing change will truly deliver results is to make a change to IMPACT.   Impact is the moment of truth in your golf swing. 

Any time you make a change to impact, you’ve made a change to your results because impact is the sole determining factor of where the ball goes.  Impact alone determines whether the ball goes airborne, rolls along the ground, pops up, slices, or hooks.

That’s why so many changes you’ve made through the years have NOT given you the results you wanted – because you’ve made changes to your BODY positions that didn’t actually change your club position at impact.

For example, you could spend the next 10 years changing your grip, your stance, your takeaway, your backswing, your weight shift, and everything else about your swing.  BUT, none of those changes are guaranteed to deliver results because none of them are guaranteed to change your club position at impact.

The only way you can truly guarantee results is to actually change your club position at impact.  That’s why a CUSTOM-FIT golf swing STARTS with your club at IMPACT, and works back from there. 

And, that’s why the I-Swing System CUSTOM-FIT Swing Program is the first and only swing improvement program that can truly guarantee results 100% of the time … because we start by focusing on the club at impact – the only aspect of your golf swing that directly determines the results of every shot.

So, getting back to the original question … “Can a swing change ever truly guarantee results?”  YES!  If the change positively affects your club position at impact.  And, NO, if you’re making a “body change” that doesn’t directly affect your club position at impact.

What exactly does this mean?  It means … don’t start a swing change if you’re not absolutely positive that it’s going to improve your club position at impact.  

If you’re not 100% positive that it will, you can be 100% positive that it won’t guarantee results!

Learn more about Coach Dori’s products and services at www.PerfectApproachGolf.com.

Have You Been Acting Crazy?

Albert Einstein once said, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results.”

If that’s true, then Albert Einstein would consider the way you’ve been approaching golf swing improvement absolutely crazy.

Let’s take a closer look …

1.  The Hook – You start with a swing tip or piece of swing advice that you’ve heard or read is the “right way” to swing.  You don’t completely trust that it will work (because of all the swing tips you’ve tried before that didn’t work), but you decide to “give it a try” while remaining skeptical. 

2.  The Test – You give it a try, still having no solid way of knowing whether it will work or not.  If it doesn’t work right away, that’s easy;  you mentally stamp it as “swing advice that doesn’t work” and move onto the next idea.

3.  The Attachment – If you happen to hit a good shot while thinking about the tip, then it must be a “good tip” and you give it all the credit.  “Hallejulah.  By Jove, I’ve got it.  I finally found the secret I’ve been searching for all along.  I finally found the missing link in my swing!”  Happiness and joy abound.  You celebrate your good fortune and your tip is proudly positioned in the forefront of your mind.

4.  The Rejection – Then, all too soon, reality strikes.  Even while thinking about your new tip, you start hitting some bad shots.  “How could that be?”  It turns out your swing tip wasn’t everything you’d hoped for after all.  You think about the tip more and more, but the magic is gone.  That tip must not have been the missing link.   

5.  The Insanity – Alas, hope springs eternal.  The search must go on.  ”There’s got to be a secret; a missing link that I haven’t found.  Luckily, the latest issues of all the major golf magazines will be arriving soon.  In the meantime, I can join that golf tip website I saw online, and order a copy of that hot, new swing book I just heard about on TV.”

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Back to the start of the swing method cycle you go. 

There’s no end in sight, but you’re NO QUITTER!  You’ll keep trying the latest, greatest swing advice … no matter what! 

Or … at least, until you get so frustrated that you …

1.  Give up all hope of ever improving your swing
2.  Decide to stop playing this maddening, stressful game
3.  Finally realize that the approach you’ve been taking is CRAZY! 
     (and find a better approach)

I followed this insane swing method cycle for 15 years before finally breaking-free and developing an entirely different way to approach swing improvement. 

A CUSTOM-FIT golf swing is the real “secret” you’ve been searching for!

1.  Proven results – 100% of the time
2.  100% Personalized – the only swing that fits YOUR body perfectly
3.  Continual improvement – your swing keeps getting better and better!

I’ll reveal everything you need to know about how to Custom-Fit YOUR Golf Swing in future blog posts, starting with my next one where I’ll show you:

How you can enjoy PROVEN RESULTS 100% of the time … so you never have to waste your valuable time ”trying out” swing advice ever again! 

Learn more about Coach Dori’s products and services at www.PerfectApproachGolf.com.

Want a More Powerful Golf Swing? A Real-Life Lesson

If you want more POWER – and I’m not just talking about hitting longer shots – this real-life lesson story is for YOU!

I was working with a woman who wanted more power in her swing.  She takes lessons with her husband and this was their 4th lesson in a series of 5. 

I could see that she was releasing the club early – i.e. straightening the angle between her front arm and club well before impact (the angle that was created in her backswing).

I briefly explained the concept of “release,” and how release can affect the power in a golf swing.  Then, I asked her to swing into the I-Swing Coach training bag so she could experiment releasing the club different ways.

My goal was to help her EXPERIENCE the release that gave her the most power.  Once she could FEEL the perfect release for herself, she could TRUST that it was the most powerful release for her body, and KNOW exactly what to practice.

Using the I-Swing Coach swing training bag, she discovered her ideal release within minutes because she could immediately HEAR and FEEL which swing was most powerful. 

Once she knew the FEELING of her most powerful release, then it was time to get that swing to show up when hitting a golf ball.  This is where practice comes in.

We started the process of going from the bag to the ball.  She could easily swing into the I-Swing Coach with her perfect release.  However, after 5-10 minutes, neither of us were satisfied with her progress taking her bag swing to the ball.

I could sense there was a hidden thought that we needed to uncover – a thought that was in direct opposition to her new swing.  So, I asked her to slow down her swing so she could become even more aware of the difference between her new powerful-releasing bag swing and her old ”early-release” swing.

That’s when she found the culprit!  She had just made another beautiful, powerful swing into the I-Swing Coach, when she stood up, looked straight at me and said, “But, that’s a flat swing!” 

BREAKTHROUGH!  She had uncovered the thought that had been keeping her old swing in place.  To her, the powerful bag swing was a flat swing, and apparently, she had been led to believe that a flat swing was bad.

Personally, I don’t judge swings as “upright” or “flat” any more.  She made a powerful, effortless swing that arrived perfectly at impact, so regardless of whether she called it upright or flat, I loved it (it was actually right between the two to me). 

So, there we were.  I was thrilled we’d found the culprit that was holding her back, and she was standing there staring at me, trying to make sense of her confusing discovery.  How could a “bad swing” feel so good?

After some discussion about ideal impact and about finding her body’s easiest, most comfortable, and most powerful way to swing, her confusion cleared and a new belief was born … “If my body’s most powerful way to swing is a flat swing, then a flat swing MUST BE GOOD!

Since then, she’s learned to trust herself more and more.   And, you can too! 

The Moral of this Story – Trust yourself to know what feels best for YOUR BODY.  As long as your club ends up in the ideal position at impact, you’re guaranteed to get the results you want, so why not have a golf swing that feels GREAT! 

It’s your golf swing.  You are the only one who knows what feels best to your body, so you have the POWER.  Trust YOURSELF!

Put your own feelings above all the swing advice you hear or read.  If your body’s best way to reach ideal impact is similar to a way of swinging that you’ve been told is “bad,” you either misinterpeted the advice, or it was simply never right for YOU!

Learn more about Coach Dori’s products and services at www.PerfectApproachGolf.com.

Break-Free from the Frustrating Swing Method Cycle

I refer to the process of going from one swing method to the next as the “swing method cycle.”  It’s a cycle because, like clothing styles, swing methods come, they go, and then they circle back again. 

For example, the first part of my career, the prevailing wisdom was that an “upright” golf swing was better than a “flat” swing.  Upright was in, flat was out.

Then, a tour player who had recently changed to a flatter swing won a big event.  His instructor and several others started expounding the benefits of a flat swing and soon that was the way to go.  Flat was in, upright was out.

From what I’ve read recently, the upright swing is back on top.  So, we’ve circled around again … upright is in, flat is out.

As I wrote in my last blog post, this pattern can be repeated with every aspect of your swing.  Which means, no matter how many times you change your swing, you’ll never be DONE … because the cycle never ends!

Sadly, most golfers don’t even realize their swing is trapped in an ever-changing sea of popular opinion, destined to follow the latest current, with little chance of ever reaching their desired destination.   

Luckily, you and I are in a different boat.  After 15 long years of searching, I finally realized my swing was stuck in a troublesome cycle, and I developed an easy way to break-free.  Now, I’m going to show you just how easy it is to break-free, too! 

What I needed then and what you need now is a surefire way to know – beyond a shadow of doubt – which swing method is best for YOU.  

What you need is to anchor your golf swing to something constant – something that won’t change over time.  Specifically, that means you need to anchor your swing to your golf club at IMPACT – the moment of truth in your swing.

As I wrote on page 32 of my newest book, Custom-Fit YOUR Golf Swing …

“Impact is that constant.  Impact is the same now as it has always been.  It doesn’t vary with the season.  It doesnt change from coach to coach.  It has never changed and it never will.  It will always be there for you.”

The only way you will ever stop circling from one swing method to the next is to base your swing on IMPACT.  That’s the “secret” to finding YOUR best swing.

In future blog posts, I will write a lot more about exactly what that means.  For now, let me leave you with another quote from page 32 of my latest book …

“A swing method isn’t right or wrong just because someone says it is.  A swing method is right or wrong based on how well it allows YOU to get your club where it needs to be at impact.

For example, if you want to know whether a flat backswing or an upright backswing is better, the answer is simple.  It’s the one that makes it easier for you to swing your club into the ideal position at impact.”

A CUSTOM-FIT golf swing starts with the club at impact and works back from there – to reveal the ONE swing that gets your club exactly where it needs to be at impact, in the easiest, most comfortable way for YOUR body. 

That’s why a CUSTOM-FIT golf swing truly is … the last golf swing you’ll ever need to learn!

Learn more about Coach Dori’s products and services at www.PerfectApproachGolf.com.

The Search for Your Perfect Golf Swing: When Will It End?

Below is a story I wrote for my latest book that perfectly describes the frustrating, never-ending cycle most golfers are stuck in today.

See if you can relate. 

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When Will It End?
An excerpt from Custom-Fit YOUR Golf Swing, by Dori O’Rourke 

Imagine reading that an upright backswing is ideal for increasing your distance and consistency, so you decide to make your backswing more upright. 

Then, a few weeks later, while watching golf on television, you hear a famous golf coach talking about the benefits of a flatter backswing.  It worked for the winner of this week’s tour event, so you figure it could work for you, too. 

After a few weeks, you decide to take a lesson from the local professional.  She explains that the best backswing is halfway between upright and flat, so you change again. 

A few months later, a pro with a very upright backswing wins a big tour event.  With your golf lesson a distant memory, you wonder if a flat backswing was your problem all along.

After months and months of backswing practice, you’re  no closer to finding YOUR best backswing than you were when you started.

With the ever-growing mass of swing information available today, this pattern could keep repeating with every aspect of your swing.  When will it end? 

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If you find yourself stuck in this frustrating, never-ending cycle, stay tuned for my next blog post where I will show you how to finally break-free! 

Learn more about Coach Dori’s products and services at www.PerfectApproachGolf.com.

Why I Stopped Using Swing Methods … and Why You Should Too!

The first 15 years of my teaching career, I taught a wide variety of swing methods, with mixed results.

The last 5 years, I’ve been teaching golfers how to CUSTOM-FIT their swings, with exceptional results 100% of the time.

The two approaches are basically opposites of one another.  The swing method approach is about learning a specific way of swinging that is believed to be “right.”  The CUSTOM-FIT swing approach is about finding YOUR best way to swing.

You could say the swing method approach is the “outside-in” approach, and the CUSTOM-FIT swing approach is the “inside-out” approach to swing improvement.

Recently, a golf student recommended that his wife start taking lessons from me.  He was finding success with me that he hadn’t found in other lessons he’d taken before – despite numerous lessons from a variety of experienced professionals. 

His wife had been getting limited results from her golf lessons for some time and he wanted her to experience the success of my approach.

Like him, she had taken numerous lessons through the years and attended several top name golf schools, but still hadn’t improved the way she had hoped. 

As she told me her story, I could tell that her husband’s success and belief in me had given her hope, but based on past experience, she still strongly doubted that any golf lessons would really help. 

Because of her doubt, I thought it was important to help her understood why my golf lessons would be different then the others she’d had before, and why the results would be different, too. 

As I was explaining the difference between the way I teach now and the way I used to teach, I wished that it would have been caught on videotape so potential golf students could hear the difference, too. 

So, when I got to my office later that day, I set up the camera and did my best to capture what I had told her.

Click the play button to see the 5:49 minute video we made … 

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

It’s your lucky day! 

Join us in celebrating the launch of our exciting new website www.PerfectApproachGolf.com.

As the first golf program that can actually guarantee results 100% of the time (and that’s no blarney), our program is revolutionizing the way golfers approach game improvement worldwide! 

Check out the website www.PerfectApproachGolf.com and tell us what you think.

If you’re tired of struggling with your game and you’d love a faster and easier way to play better, you can’t afford to miss it!

Wishing you the luck of the Irish … today and always!

This Blog’s for YOU!

Welcome to my new blog! 

Around five years ago, I had a life-changing experience.  I realized that I had been searching for my golf swing for over 15 years and still hadn’t found it.

As an LPGA Teaching Professional and natural athlete who’d hit 1,000’s and 1,000’s of practice balls, how could this be possible?  How was it possible that a gifted athlete who understood the golf swing as well as I did and practiced for as many hours as I did, could possibly still be searching for a golf swing?

It was mind-boggling, but nevertheless, it was true.   After 15 years of searching, I still hadn’t found a golf swing that gave me the results I wanted. 

Worse yet, it became crystal clear that I could spend my entire life searching for my golf swing and NEVER find it … as long as I kept approaching my golf swing in the same way I’d done it for the past 15 years.

Luckily, soon after this disheartening and disillusioning realization, something wonderful happened.  A light bulb went off in my head and I truly saw the light.  I finally understood why I had spent 15 years searching for my swing and yet, was still no closer to finding it. 

My newfound inspiration led me to develop an entirely different approach to golf swing improvement.   I call it the “I-Swing System” (the ”I” stands for “Instinctive”), and I wrote all about it in my newest book … Custom-Fit YOUR Golf Swing.

With my ground-breaking, new Custom-Fit Golf Swing Program, my lifelong passion for making golf improvement EASIER and more FUN, and 20+ years of experience coaching 1,000’s of golfers of all ages and levels, I can now help ANYONE improve ANY aspect of their game in the fastest, easiest way possible … permanently, and with 100% success!

I call this new approach the Perfect Approach because it’s 100% personalized, 100% effective, and absolutely impossible to fail as long as you’re using it!

In this new blog, I’m going to reveal “The Perfect Approach to Golf Improvement.”  If you’re someone who has struggled with your game in any way, I think you will find it to be a refreshing, fun, and completely different way to approach your golf swing, your golf game, and your self. 

Don’t believe me though.  Simply keep reading my blog and learn for yourself why the Perfect Approach to Golf Improvement is a faster … easier … proven way … to achieve guaranteed results … 100% of the time!

Specifically, in the days and weeks ahead, I’m going to show you how to release:

• YOUR best swing – how to find the one swing that fits your body best
• YOUR best game – how to consistently get your best swing to the course
• YOUR best self – how to make sure you keep getting better and better

I call it being Golfthentic! ™.  It’s a term I’ve trademarked that speaks to the heart of my new approach to golf improvement … and it’s your ticket to the golf improvement fastlane.   

So, strap on your seat belt and keep tuning in because it’s time for you to break-free from the hamster wheel of traditional golf instruction, and to safely merge onto the freedom-filled golf improvement highway!

Learn more about Coach Dori’s products and services at www.PerfectApproachGolf.com.