Want Swing Speed? We Got It.
I now swing 130 mph. Thank you Ben Mackie. Cut it. Print it. Post it on a flier... I don't care.
I tried to finesse this column a million different ways to talk about a little trip I took down to Nakashima the other day to get on their launch moniter after not swinging a golf club for the better part of the winter solstice. Forget the fact that I was rusty, or that I was in jeans and loafers. And no one knows better than me that swinging that fast doesn't attribute to great scores but the fact remains that I do swing that fast. And that fact must be backed up by the only thing that's changed in the last six months was a strict diet of Mackie workouts.
6 a.m. every morning with the golf team. Golf specific, weight specific, cardio... take your pick, we've done them all. He's put us through workouts more suited for Her Majesties Army... (which makes sense because he served in the British Army) and workouts that would have been right at home in a pilates class. But regardless, spending 20 minutes on that launch moniter showed me something. Results.
You can talk as much as you'd like about form and technique and proper mechaniques of the golf swing but let's say it like it is. I'm not going Ben for golf tips... the guy should be coming to ME. I go to him to get bigger, faster and stronger. And apparently to be able to drive the ball 360-yards. I don't remember that being in the brochure but I'll take it. You can teach wedge control and putting stroke but only a 300+ carry can be crafted in the gym...
Excuse me... studio.
May 6th, 2010 - 13:19
130 MPH! That his awesome!!