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| Golf Lessons with Hank Haney? What the Hell was I Thinking? |
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Florida - Hank Haney, golf teacher extraordinaire`, reminds me of a "Weeble" which, as many people know, wobbles and wobbles but won't fall down. He apparently won't go away either. The Hankster gets another crack at golf immortality with his new golf instruction show on The Golf Channel, "Hank Fails Again - The Michael Phelps Debacle." As golf enthusiasts already know, Haney has famously bombed trying to improve the golf swings of Charles (Golf's Poster Boy for Not Taking Up the Game) Barkley, Ray (Still Can't Break 80) Romano and Rush (Mysteriously Quiet All of a Sudden) Limbaugh. In all probability, Haney's golf lessons left those gentlemen more confused than they were in the first place. I have written a few articles featuring The Hankster but my criticisms could apply to The Butch Harmons and David Leadbetters of the golfing world as well. Golf instruction geared toward professional and very low handicap golfers just isn't a good fit for the rest of us. That's why I had to create the great OVER THE TOP GOLF swing. I wasn't dissimilar to Barkley, Romano or Limbaugh. I needed common sense golf instruction. The only difference between us now is that I'm good and those guys still suck.
Q: Would my OVER THE TOP GOLF golf swing method allow Michael Phelps to knock the snot out of a golf ball? Could my golf swing method result in Phelps' overall game improvement? Should Michael Phelps be doing that big goofy smile of his after every swing instead of looking as bewildered as the three gentlemen who preceeded him did?
A: Yes to all of those woulda, coulda, shoulda questions.
Q: After his complete disillusion with the game of golf and personal embarrassment is complete, will Michael Phelps - like Barkley and the others - spend a mere $15 for my OVER THE TOP GOLF instructional eBook and actually become a proficient golfer?
A: Sadly, the answer is no. As to why? I have no answer to that one.
For Barkley, Romano, Limbaugh and, soon, Phelps, their fruitless quests for golf improvement are mercifully over - even though their humiliating experiences will live on through Golf Channel reruns. Hank Haney, on the other hand, like The Weeble, will remain upright. Waiting for the next masochistic celebrity golfer who will surely wander down the same path as the others.
Keywords for this article: Butch Harmon, charles barkley, david Leadbetter, ebook, golf, Hank Haney, improvement, instruction, lesson, Michael Phelps, over the top golf, Ray Romano, Rush Limbaugh, Weeble, golf, swing
Keywords for this article: Butch Harmon, charles barkley, david Leadbetter, ebook, golf, Hank Haney, improvement, instruction, lesson, Michael Phelps, over the top golf, Ray Romano, Rush Limbaugh, Weeble, golf, swing
20 comments:
Michael Phelps, unlike the others, is still in good physical condition. Perhaps he can succeed with Hank Haney's way of doing things. I'm an 18 handicap and I can say that I never got any better trying to do what golf pros and guys like Hank tried to teach me. At least your lesson made sense from a functional point of view, a very comfortable swing.
Ha, this show will be hilarious. Phelps doesn't seem like much of a golfer.
-Gasper
Does Phelps have the complete lack of pride that enabled Barkley, Romano and Limbaugh to accept being ridiculed? He did win a few olympic gold medals, after all, while the others are basically buffoons.
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I feel worse for Michael Phelps than I did for the other three guys. Hey, didnt Hank Haney try to teach a girl in one of his show?
I call it better than even money Mike Phelps becomes a scratch golfer. Anybody with that much physical ability at least has a 50-50 chance.
I am pulling for the kid even tho I think Over the Top Golf would be a better fit.
"for the rest of us" meaning anyone over single digit handicap?
-Pearl
This show won't be as much of a dissapointment as the Barkley and Romano shows because Phelps seems like he will at least be entertaining.
Why don't you go on TV and teach some hopeless celebrity golfer your OTG swing? Frankly, anybody's personality would be a step-up from Hank Haney - entertainment-wise.
I am happy that everybody who emailed or wrote comments about this article enjoyed it.
Mikey likes it!
He'll be at scratch in six months.
1 vote for the Badass!!
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NG, bad idea, Haney's methods obviously do not work.
Great swimmers don't necessarily make great golfers. How many athletes have attempted to transition from their respective sports to golfing careers? It would be nice if I could answer that a few make it but the fact is that none of them do. Golf is one tough mutha....
If this was baseball Mr Haney would be o-u-t! How about I consider Limbaugh a strike three foul ball and give "Hankster" (great name) another chance with Phelps?
Yeah, I don't get the whole Haney thing either. I stopped watching after Barkley.
Thanks for this! I've fallen in love with the over the top golf swing after years of golf lessons. So frustrating. It's good to at least have a frame of reference while I am playing. Your ebook comes with me on the course. By the way, you are right, the whole Michael Phelps and Hank Haney thing on TV last night was pretty embarrassing. Not once did Phelps hit a good golf shot.
My heart goes out to Michael. I can see where this is going. It seems like Hank can see it too.
-Marilyn
Thanks for the post.
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