[dcg1952]

This is an interesting thread. I'm 53, had been a combo of swinging and hitting for years and finally ran into TGM. When I started seeing threads about hitting----VOILA! That's me! When I hit the Swamp in March one of the first things Lynn asked me was why I was there. I told him that I never felt my left hand pulling the club and all I EVER had felt was a sensation of my right hand hitting at the ball---I wasn't even conscious of my left hand even being on the club. As far as distance, I'm hitting every club farther than when I was 38 (the year I took golf seriously). Some is technology, but a lot of it is due to proper grip,flying wedges , better on-plane than before, etc. Agree with one of the previous posts that hitting may seem to favor folks with less flexibility.

My daughter's latest boyfriend is 6' 4", baseball player--played with him last week. Swings like he is trying to hit everything over the left field wall, and sometimes does! Yes, he is a pull hitter with the bat. Told him to set up like it was hit and run time and he needed to smash a line drive to right field----the dreaded straight ball---335 yards. I didn't charge him for the lesson! Stay healthy folks---Dr Dave