Butch Harmon About Golf DVD

[JuJuBe]

I have been a forum member for a couple of years but have just been lurking in the forums.  I recently got the Butch Harmon DVD and have found it so useful that I wrote a mini review for my fellow members and I encourage you to check out the DVD.  It has turned my game around 100%.

A couple of months ago I was in a bad place with my golf game.  I found myself over thinking my swing, worrying too much about mechanics, and worst of all; trying to compensate for my inconsistencies by changing aspects of my swing with every round and practice session.  If someone said you could pick 1 teacher to help you with your golf game who would you pick?  I bet near the top of your list would be Butch Harmon.  All Butch knows is golf, and specifically teaching the golf swing.  He grew up hanging out with his dad, (1948 Masters Champion Claude Harmon Sr) on the range with the likes of Sam Snead and Byron Nelson.  He has taught some the world’s most successful golfers including Fred Couples, Ernie Els, Natalie Gulbis, Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson, Greg Norman, Adam Scott, Nick Watney and, arguably his most famous student, Tiger Woods.

When I found myself struggling with my game recently I turned to Butch Harmon’s new DVD; Butch Harmon About Golf .  After watching it I was excited to go to the range and work on some of the things I realized I was doing wrong.  The next time I went to the range I noticed that my grip was a little bit weak and my grip pressure was too tight.  I thought back to the DVD and remembered an entire section on the grip.  I went home and re-watched this section and completely understood and agreed with what Butch said.  It isn’t so much what Butch says in the DVD that I have come to love it is how he says it.  I firmly believe that so much of teaching golf is not what a teacher says, but how they get the message across.  Everything Butch says is so easy to understand and relate you your own game.  I subscribe to all the golf magazines, have read plenty of instructional books, have watched many instructional shows, etc… and even though Butch is teaching you the same things you have heard before something about the way he teaches makes these same concepts sp easy to understand.

Since watching the DVD for the first time I have gone back and re-watched different sections several times.  Each section, whether on Set Up, Grip, Posture, Backswing, etc… is short enough to be easily absorbed, but complete enough to not leave you with unanswered questions.

Another area that I have benefited immensely from is the specialty shot section.  There is a section where he teaches you how to hit special shots like low shot/high shot, uphill/downhill lie, etc… and the Stinger that Tiger has used so successfully.  After watching that section I went to the range and found it incredibly easy to hit the stinger.  I now use this as my go-to tee shot.

I am convinced that almost anyone from a 25 handicap to a scratch player will take away just as much valuable information from the DVD.  After watching the DVD and it’s many specialized sections many times in the past couple of months my handicap is the lowest it has ever been and I stand over the ball with confidence I have never had before.  In my opinion this DVD has paid for itself many times over with a retail price of just $79.

[Mr. Desmond]

Great endorsement ... or infomercial.

I'm watching Butch's DVDs for the purpose of reviewing it. I've found it fairly simple and helpful so far.

I would forego the magazines and books ... for your sanity.

[jamo]

I did a review of it a few months ago for the TST main site: http://thesandtrap.com/b/tvmedia/butch_harmon_about_golf_dvd_review I might have been a bit easy on it, but it's still a solid DVD if you're interested solely in the "how" aspect of what Butch believes is the correct way to hit a golf ball. He doesn't go into the "why" at all.