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Sandy Lyle har vunnet
både The Open og US
Masters. Han har slitt med
sitt spill de siste 10-12
årene. Han har arbeidet
hardt for å finne tilbake
til sine gode, gamle
resultater. Ved noen
anledninger har han vist
tenner, men det har ikke
vart lenge. Nå arbeider
han etter Natural Golfs
prinsipper og har hatt en
rekke gode runder selv om
han ikke har nådd helt
til topps i sitt innbitte
forsøk på å komme
tilbake.
Her er en artikkel av Jon
E. Yunt i The Denver Post
SWING
GIVES LYLE RENEWED OUTLOOK
- Somewhere, Harry Vardon
is rolling over in his
grave.
Vardon was credited
with creating the
overlapping grip nearly
every golfer uses. But in
the 1990s, the concept of
"Natural Golf"
became the craze among
many amateur golfers.
Only one PGA Tour pro
has taken up the
philosophy made famous by
Canadian and former Tour
pro Moe Norman, in which
the hands form more of a
baseball grip on the club.
Sandy Lyle has been with
Natural Golf for two years,
and the 1985 British Open
and '88 Masters champion
has seemingly resurrected
his career.
"I felt I needed
to change," Lyle, 44,
said Thursday after his
minus-4 opening round at
The International. "The
way I was carrying on, I
could have packed it in a
long time time ago. But I
approached them based on
Moe Norman's ideas, and it
has turned me around.
"I truly believe
it is for me, and it's the
way to go. I still
struggle with consistency
from time to time, but the
key to the method is not
hard to correct."
In 1988, Lyle ranked
seventh on the money list;
the following year he
dropped to 43rd. Since
then, his best finish has
been 146th in 1998. Last
season he won $11,551 in
five events to finish
238th on the money list.
The International is
the seventh tournament of
the year for Lyle, who
lives in Scotland.
Although he has made only
two cuts this year, he did
shoot an opening-round 68
at the British Open.
Starting on the back nine
Thursday, Lyle recovered
from a minus-7 with
birdies on Nos. 1 and 9.
The concept of Natural
Golf is simple. Instead of
the overlapping grip,
which creates two planes
on which your arms move,
the Natural Golf swing
reduces it to a single
plane.
Lyle had to make some
changes not only to his
swing, but in the lie of
his clubs to adjust for
the difference in posture
and tempo.
While Natural Golf has
a large following among
amateurs and beginners,
not many professionals
have adopted it. But Lyle
has been privy to the
reactions of his fellow
pros, and believes it
won't be long before more
give it a try.
"There are always
a few players that are
curious, but I don't know
how many are going to take
the plunge," Lyle
said.
Lyle is such a believer,
he plans to teach it to
his children.
"I think it is
just a matter of time
before it starts to really
catch on," he said.
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