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[Christosterone]

Unposted pics iirc of Johnny Miller from the 70s

 

-chris

 

 

Edited September 8, 2021 by Christosterone

[Christosterone]

1970 US Open at Hazeltine was a master class in golf…

 

Jacklin curb stomped the field…

he had one of the most beautiful swings to ever grace this planet…

 

-chris

 

 

[smashdn]

Sansabelts need to make a comeback.

Jacklin's canary yellow pants and black shirt is a good look.

I have always liked Seve's "look."  He wore navy incredibly well.

I like Palmer in the navy cardigan over the light blue polo with grey slacks.

 

@Christosterone  Can I make a request for Amana hats and other outstanding hats from back in the day?  I know hats were fewer then.

And perhaps the counter to that, gents not wearing hats since 2000 or so?  I am jealous of Robert Rock's hair, style and game.

[mat562]

Amana caps are a bad idea anywhere where it's windy. A decent headwind could lead to six hour rounds and/or cervical spinal injuries.

 

Have I nixed my chances of a free fridge for posting this?

[Christosterone]

6 hours ago, smashdn said:

 

@Christosterone  Can I make a request for Amana hats and other outstanding hats from back in the day?  I know hats were fewer then.

And perhaps the counter to that, gents not wearing hats since 2000 or so?  I am jealous of Robert Rock's hair, style and game.

I gotta go lou graham winning the 1975 us open for the best version

 

nicklaus finished with 3 bogeys and Crenshaw doubled 17 to finish a shot out of the playoff…

 

graham had a glorious swing…surprised he didn’t win a few more tournaments than he did

 

-chris 

 

Edited September 13, 2021 by Christosterone

[Hawkeye77]

One of my grandpas made the 40 minute drive to Iowa City to see Palmer back in the day. 

 

http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1974/di1974-06-24.pdf

[Christosterone]

7 minutes ago, Hawkeye77 said:

One of my grandpas made the 40 minute drive to Iowa City to see Palmer back in the day. 

 

http://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1974/di1974-06-24.pdf

2 things…great post and I am going to do the crossword tommorow after my diet Dr Pepper…

 

read the whole thing and found this great nugget about another tourney going on at Firestone….odd to think floyd and brewer would play an opposite field event whilst Miller and Palmer played elsewhere…

 

love that era…and the great newspaper…read every word of it

 

-chris

[Hawkeye77]

9 minutes ago, Christosterone said:

2 things…great post and I am going to do the crossword tommorow after my diet Dr Pepper…

 

read the whole thing and found this great nugget about another tourney going on at Firestone….odd to think floyd and brewer would play an opposite field event whilst Miller and Palmer played elsewhere…

 

love that era…and the great newspaper…read every word of it

 

-chris

 

Incredible to me that the tourney had so much respect that they flew from Ohio after playing at Firestone to play the Amana VIP.  Not sure what the secret was behind the scenes, but Amana made it quite the event for a long time.

[Christosterone]

6 minutes ago, Hawkeye77 said:

 

Incredible to me that the tourney had so much respect that they flew from Ohio after playing at Firestone to play the Amana VIP.  Not sure what the secret was behind the scenes, but Amana made it quite the event for a long time.

very cool…I initially read it as an opposite field tourney…im getting old ha

Its funny to read about Miller in those days as “pga tour sensation Johnny Miller”….

For years on wrx, he was rather maligned as people forgot how good he was….absolute meteor who shone as bright as very few in those days

 

did ur grandpa get a to see Palmer?

he could still hammer the ball in the mid 70s…people only think about Nicklaus out-driving him at the us open a decade earlier in the first hole and forget Palmer could thoroughly smash the ball…

 

 

[Christosterone]

Off topic.

RIP Norm

 

 

[Go Cougs]

25 minutes ago, Christosterone said:

Off topic.

RIP Norm

 

 

Yeah man, he was only 61.

 

Life is short, or can be at least.  Try to enjoy it as much as possible.

[acemandrake]

4 hours ago, Christosterone said:

very cool…I initially read it as an opposite field tourney…im getting old ha

Its funny to read about Miller in those days as “pga tour sensation Johnny Miller”….

For years on wrx, he was rather maligned as people forgot how good he was….absolute meteor who shone as bright as very few in those days

 

did ur grandpa get a to see Palmer?

he could still hammer the ball in the mid 70s…people only think about Nicklaus out-driving him at the us open a decade earlier in the first hole and forget Palmer could thoroughly smash the ball…

 

Arnie was long AND straight.  One of the straightest drivers on Tour.

 

Edited September 14, 2021 by acemandrake

[Willwinz]

is this even a debate?

[Hawkeye77]

On 9/14/2021 at 8:49 PM, Willwinz said:

is this even a debate?

I will not sully this wonderful thread celebrating golf photography with a "debate", lol.

[Hawkeye77]

"Hands across the water, water.  Hands across the sky."

 

Samuel Ryder was also known around the pub in his later years as "Uncle Albert" - okay, no he wasn't.

[imakaveli]

Bobby Jones at the Old Course starter's hut, 1927

[smashdn]

7,168 with persimmon is no joke.  615 yard par five and just having pitches/wedges across the pond is no small feat either.

[iBanesto]

9 hours ago, imakaveli said:

Bobby Jones at the Old Course starter's hut, 1927

 

This Jones does not have a tour staff bag and no OEM headcovers, I doubt his ability.

Edited September 17, 2021 by iBanesto

[imakaveli]

is this even a debate?

 

Edited September 17, 2021 by imakaveli

[iBanesto]

35 minutes ago, imakaveli said:

is this even a debate?

 

 

[Christosterone]

Early Jesper

 

 

[miamistomp]

check the nails on those shoes

-looks like he could be a logger

Edited September 17, 2021 by miamistomp

[miamistomp]

[imakaveli]

2 hours ago, imakaveli said:

is this even a debate?

 

Actually yes, there is a debate.

[imakaveli]

1 minute ago, imakaveli said:

Actually yes, there is a debate.

 

I was also thinking that if Team Europe arrives dressed like that at the opening cerimony we will win the Cup on Saturday evening.

[Ferguson]

1979 BC OPEN champ and unsung legend known as The Tweety Bird.

Oh my, did he have a move.    Father of seven children.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

@Steele47  - special thanks to you for mentioning Tweety in a different thread.

 

 

This guy is a legend in at least two cities. 

 

[acemandrake]

2 hours ago, miamistomp said:

check the nails on those shoes

-looks like he could be a logger

$13 & "15 winning colors"!

[Christosterone]

1984 PGA Championship at Firestone

 

After breaking Weiskopfs [and millers] heart at Augusta, Jack did it again…

 

jack wasn’t going to lose in his home state of Ohio…

this may have been the absolute height of his power…

poor crampton finished 2nd to Jack in 3 majors in 3 years if memory serves…

 

dang jack was on fire…

 

-chris

Edited October 12, 2021 by Christosterone

[Christosterone]

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disclaimer: I’m not a teaching pro and many of y’all will notice my golfing vernacular is that of a lay person…but hopefully my point comes across although the iPad can’t understand my [hick] texas accent so grammatically this will be ugly 🙂

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I know I’ve talked about the reverse c all throughout this topic but why was it such a ubiquitous move for so very long???

 

Well, it was 2 fold.
The first and most obvious reason is kids and tour players wanted to swing like jack…

but why(other than the obvious)

well, the reverse c offers 2 critical factors which affect the swing at impact position…

the first is the long flat spot created by hanging back…this was more necessary than most wrx members can imagine because shafts were so very whippy when all physics came into the equation back in those days…

in order to create conditions thru impact u had to hang back and wait(heck, hold on with all u could) before releasing….

Miller often brags that in copying jack his swing was faster after impact because his hold off dictated the conditions that led to this..

The second is that it allows u to lengthen or shorten the swing with little change to the lower body. The hips will always move so ur distance is simply a matter of length…and whether u hammer it or feather it, the hands never release before impact…

hanging back allowed u to turn ur hips [which increased shoulder tune if needed]while still being able to square the face at impact…

 

most of the hyper aggressive reverse c swings like Miller or Norman saw stacked feet, ridiculous shoulder turns and crazy [way] past impact release that would literally twist their left shoe free despite wearing metal spikes…

***bryson has adopted this left foot slide thru impact…

 

anyhow, the hanging back and long flat spot allowed for a high ball flight and shafts in those days would kick much later/longer swinging like this rather than a swing like palmers that had to be timed perfectly…

 

When shafts stiffened up in the late 80s and wound balls went away a decade later, the reverse c faded…

 

here’s a montage of the man that made many of us swing like this way…which is how I always [tried to] swing…and never had so much as a back ache

 

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monty or vijay saw the swing into the modern age and niemann may usher in a new reverse c era….it still is, imho, the most consistent way to have the face square/straight/repeatable at impact..

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Anyhow, here’s to ya jack…and obligatory Johnny pic to set the pics off because his shoulder turn and stacked weight was a nicklaus move he put on steroids

SIDENOTE: Seve said he watched Johnny hit more drivers before their sunday round at birkdale in 76 than seve hit on the range…he said it was the coolest swing he ever saw

but this is a post about jack and why he did what he did…it was glorious…and the consistency in form is insane…this is how all the great reverse c swings were

It’s crazy that u could lay a silhouette of Jack’s 1966 swing over his 1982 swing and they are indistinguishable….

 

**again, Sorry for grammatical errors…im not editing my “essay”

 

-chris

Edited September 18, 2021 by Christosterone

[iBanesto]

Jack was a stylish dresser.

 

He was always very well fitted in his clothing.