I was at his brothers driving range in Orange Beach about twenty years ago hitting golf balls the day after Thanksgiving and Mr. Trevino walked out onto the range because he saw me doing something he wanted to correct. It was exactly what he told you in this video. I didn’t ask him. He saw me struggling and came and showed me how to fix it. I am eternally greatful. Like I stated, he’s a class act.
This guy has to be the best most efficient straight to the point teacher. Impressively sends home the message with reason in minutes. A Guru with Class.
Damn near 50 and getting better everyday. Thanks in large part to clips like this. Simple yet insightful, to the point. I began my quest late for golfers at 24 yo. Fast forward to 2021 and a 1.9 with zero lessons (live on the range that is) and my level of happiness is immeasurable. My love & respect of the game and its beauty is inexplicable...to have a renewed love & admiration whilst attempting to beat the unbeatable. That is every sportsman’s dream. That the beauty is outshined by the very essence of something so pure, yet maddening. Ahhh for the love of the game, yours, mine....ours.
Lee truly is a player that has more knowledge and is better able to explain any facet of the golf swing than any of those so called top pga instructors. Thanks for everything you've done for golf Lee. You really are one of the greatest EVER!!
So very true. I would also recommend his book "Groove Your Swing My Way" if you can find a copy. It's a real treasure that requires reading several times. But it is perhaps the best instructional book on the golf swing there is. I know I'll get a lot of replies telling me I'm wrong. But consider that Ben Hogan used to send Lee prototype clubs to test. And didn't do that with any other golfer.
Thank you, after many years of trying hundreds of swings I could never get past the 80/90 area cause it wasn't repeatable but I came across your book getting set for golf and it changed my golf life, everything you need to know is in that book, I always said I don't care where I'm supposed to be tell me what I should do to be where I'm supposed to be and this book did that and I thank you tremendously, now a 4 handicap, I don't go up there to swing the club anymore per say, I go up there with a good set up and do the move and it just happens, brilliant, it was what I was looking for
One of the unique things about Nicklaus and Trevino is how far forward the ball is at address. Nicklaus arguably the greatest golfer ever, played every shot with every club with the ball just inside the left heel. I studied this as a young junior golfer in the 1970's in Nicklaus book "Golf My Way", much to the disappointment of many PGA teachers who tutored me. To this day I still play every shot with the ball inside my left heel, bringing the right foot in closer as the clubs get shorter. At age 60 I can still hit towering long iron shots, even with today's golf ball. Still carry a Ping Eye 2 one iron and two iron in my bag.
Here's the thing--Trevino is an absolute golfing genius and there is a serious lack of video/instruction/insight from him on video. Soon he will be too old to offer much. Great efforts should be made to capture the enormous wealth of golf knowledge this man has, and I for one do not understand why this is not being done.
It's his no nonsense explanations that make it understandable. He doesn't make it complicated like some instructors who are try to popularize their own "catch phrases"
There is probably only one man in the history of golf that knew more about the golf swing than Lee Trevino. That was the fabulous Ben Hogan. Trevinos secret is his simple understanding and explanations. They are so easily grasped. This particular segment is his best ever. BAR NONE!!! If any golfer can master the left shoulder takeaway, their consistency will sky rocket. The swing will reach a huge sweeping arc every time and return to the same point. Not as well as the pros but better than anything they've seen before! If that sounds too simple take your normal stance then swing back with no other thought than your left shoulder going straight back. The feeling of extra coil and power is a complete 180 from before. Not only that, the muscles in the upper and lower body are triggered and there is a greater ground connection. TRY IT AND YOU WILL FEEL EXACTLY WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT. His second best tip was in how to avoid fat shots. Ol Lee said to put extra pressure in the last three fingers of the left hand. That keeps the transition smooth and eliminates casting. There is an old saying that genius in reality is just simplicity. In that regard Lee Buck Trevino is the greatest fences of them all.
Used this tip today and it was like the last piece of the jigsaw falling into place. Ball after ball going down the middle of the fairway and with distance. If only I'd come across this 9 years ago when it first came out.
Mr. Trevino could sell ice cubes to eskimos. Class act. Not just a great golfer but a truly fine gentleman and a great storyteller. They broke the mold after he was born.
Lee is one of the most knowledgeable golfers in the world and also able to communicate well. I would also recommend his book "Groove Your Swing My Way" if you can find a copy. It's a real treasure that requires reading several times. But it is perhaps the best instructional books on the golf swing there is. I know I'll get a lot of replies telling me I'm wrong. But consider that Ben Hogan used to send Lee prototype clubs to test. And didn't do that with any other golfer.
I do, too. I shot my best round ever (70) by starting every back swing by moving my left shoulder first. Of course I was putting pretty well that day, too, but my ball striking was awesome.
I played college golf in the early and mid 80’s and this tip actually hurt my game but I do not put the blame on Lohren but what I did with this tip. I focused so much on turning my left shoulder I turned to much and too early, I turned the left shoulder too much around and not enough down. which caused me to whip the club head too much inside,which caused me to not coil correctly and lost my spine angle. Lohren only showed left shoulder turning around but not down which it would have to do because the spine is tilted at address and I would say many of the best golfers shoulder turns are steeper than how their spines were at address which causes their head to lower 1-4 inches or so on backswing.
@@A-FrameWedge I don't think you want to play this game with me. I chased down the line different, but I chased down the line. I saw how he did it on TV live and in person. Did you ever break your amateur cherry?
... brilliant golfer ... competed with & defeated the best ... Palmer/Player/Nicklaus/Jacklin/Watson/Miller/Weiskopf/etc ... note the absence of Woods (who was/is the competition ???) ... Lee's story is nearly incredible
This move should be taught to all amateurs if you wanna get good quick, carl if your listening what is your swing thought when you start the move, I like to think of my shoulder rolling over my upper pectoral like I was Schwarzenegger lol
Skrew Your Freedom guy can't govern a state and certainly couldn't hit a golf ball if his membership at Gold's Gym depended on it. There. I said it. Thanks.
On a technical level this is nonsense. The left shoulder move he is talking about only makes sense if you are going below the plane(which he did). If you go above the plane the wrist hinge is essential(unless you do a Matt Wolff move). Golf is way to difficult to describe 1 MOVE that makes sense without 30 complimentary parts! That move worked for him because of all the other pieces he connected and the way he released the club.
what are you talking about? lee knows what he is talking about. he is a self taught golfer.....self taught golfer that has won multiple times at the highest level.
1.5 seconds, on average, to make a golf swing, .2 seconds of that on the forward swing. And you have time to "do something" to the club/path on the way down? Don't think so!
Great players are never the best teachers especially the older players because they built their swing before high speed cameras and now the modern teaching methods which I say got really good from about 2010 on make it much easier to learn. But these older players relied on feel and feel often is not real and what you think you do and what you actually do can be very different. Trevino used his hands on the take away even though he doesn’t know it.
I don't know what kind of golfer you are (I'm a 2.6 handicap right now) but I think you give too little credit to people like Lee...in my book he's a genius in passing on swing thoughts and mechanics of the golf swing...as for high speed cameras, they don't teach you to swing a golf club and actually hit scoring shots...I think all we have to look at is Jack owning 18 majors and Bobby Jones being the only golfer to have ever won the Grand Slam...both long before computers and high speed video analysis.
@@stevefowler2112 No where did I say you could not be a great player without using a high-speed camera or even just a camera, I am just saying a lot of these feel players think they are doing somethings in the swing that they clearly are not. I also said high speed cameras have helped teaching the golf swing because you can see what you are doing with your own eyes also. There were high speed cameras 60 years or more ago but they were not available to then public and extremely expensive. Edit: I played on a Div 1 golf team, we were not a great team, but I was better than scratch, and played in some Pro Tournaments in Hawaii made the cut in everyone, and played in the last group on the final day with David Ishii who did well in Japan and played the PGA Tour.
I was at his brothers driving range in Orange Beach about twenty years ago hitting golf balls the day after Thanksgiving and Mr. Trevino walked out onto the range because he saw me doing something he wanted to correct. It was exactly what he told you in this video. I didn’t ask him. He saw me struggling and came and showed me how to fix it. I am eternally greatful. Like I stated, he’s a class act.
He only had sisters.
And many tend to bend the left arm too. On the backswing.
Trevino was the only male in the family, the rest were sisters. Funny story...
This guy has to be the best most efficient straight to the point teacher. Impressively sends home the message with reason in minutes. A Guru with Class.
It’s because he’s not a teacher he’s a player. “Teachers” are paid to over complicate the golf swing.
Damn near 50 and getting better everyday. Thanks in large part to clips like this. Simple yet insightful, to the point.
I began my quest late for golfers at 24 yo. Fast forward to 2021 and a 1.9 with zero lessons (live on the range that is) and my level of happiness is immeasurable. My love & respect of the game and its beauty is inexplicable...to have a renewed love & admiration whilst attempting to beat the unbeatable. That is every sportsman’s dream. That the beauty is outshined by the very essence of something so pure, yet maddening. Ahhh for the love of the game, yours, mine....ours.
One of the all time greats...Lee Trevino.
fascinating to speculate what Lee (Johnny,Tom,Gary,Jack,Arnold,etc) could accomplish with the current juiced clubs & balls ?????
Lee truly is a player that has more knowledge and is better able to explain any facet of the golf swing than any of those so called top pga instructors. Thanks for everything you've done for golf Lee. You really are one of the greatest EVER!!
So very true. I would also recommend his book "Groove Your Swing My Way" if you can find a copy. It's a real treasure that requires reading several times. But it is perhaps the best instructional book on the golf swing there is. I know I'll get a lot of replies telling me I'm wrong. But consider that Ben Hogan used to send Lee prototype clubs to test. And didn't do that with any other golfer.
Don't forget Carl LOHREN, LEE SAID "HE IS THE ONLY PGA TEACHER THAT TEACHES THE WAY I HIT A GOLF BALL"
Thank you, after many years of trying hundreds of swings I could never get past the 80/90 area cause it wasn't repeatable but I came across your book getting set for golf and it changed my golf life, everything you need to know is in that book, I always said I don't care where I'm supposed to be tell me what I should do to be where I'm supposed to be and this book did that and I thank you tremendously, now a 4 handicap, I don't go up there to swing the club anymore per say, I go up there with a good set up and do the move and it just happens, brilliant, it was what I was looking for
It makes me very happy that I was able to help you Greg. Thank you for your kind words.
100% correct from my findings. Went from thinning or fatting every 5th shot to maybe every 10 now I'll thin or fat one. It's helped A LOT
One of the unique things about Nicklaus and Trevino is how far forward the ball is at address. Nicklaus arguably the greatest golfer ever, played every shot with every club with the ball just inside the left heel. I studied this as a young junior golfer in the 1970's in Nicklaus book "Golf My Way", much to the disappointment of many PGA teachers who tutored me. To this day I still play every shot with the ball inside my left heel, bringing the right foot in closer as the clubs get shorter. At age 60 I can still hit towering long iron shots, even with today's golf ball. Still carry a Ping Eye 2 one iron and two iron in my bag.
I do the same thing, as a result I'm a high ball hitter, but my address is consistent.
Can you post a video of you swatting a one iron? This would be awesome Ryan. Thanks
lee is such boss! i would love to have him as coach. he knows his shit.
One of the Best. Mr Trevino
Here's the thing--Trevino is an absolute golfing genius and there is a serious lack of video/instruction/insight from him on video. Soon he will be too old to offer much. Great efforts should be made to capture the enormous wealth of golf knowledge this man has, and I for one do not understand why this is not being done.
Fantastic golfer and a legend in the game.
Encyclopedia of golf ! Awesum points !
Best single lesson ever
It's his no nonsense explanations that make it understandable. He doesn't make it complicated like some instructors who are try to popularize their own "catch phrases"
Yes Lee , I made a huge improvement with this backswing, it’s a secret of greatness !
I don't know you lee but I love you man. Pure class
There is probably only one man in the history of golf that knew more about the golf swing than Lee Trevino. That was the fabulous Ben Hogan. Trevinos secret is his simple understanding and explanations. They are so easily grasped. This particular segment is his best ever. BAR NONE!!! If any golfer can master the left shoulder takeaway, their consistency will sky rocket. The swing will reach a huge sweeping arc every time and return to the same point. Not as well as the pros but better than anything they've seen before! If that sounds too simple take your normal stance then swing back with no other thought than your left shoulder going straight back. The feeling of extra coil and power is a complete 180 from before. Not only that, the muscles in the upper and lower body are triggered and there is a greater ground connection. TRY IT AND YOU WILL FEEL EXACTLY WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT. His second best tip was in how to avoid fat shots. Ol Lee said to put extra pressure in the last three fingers of the left hand. That keeps the transition smooth and eliminates casting. There is an old saying that genius in reality is just simplicity. In that regard Lee Buck Trevino is the greatest fences of them all.
Used this tip today and it was like the last piece of the jigsaw falling into place. Ball after ball going down the middle of the fairway and with distance. If only I'd come across this 9 years ago when it first came out.
Lee Trevino hit a golf ball from San Bernardino to the Las Vegas Strip it was amazing!!!
LEE is like a true salesman, he will tell anyone what they want to hear!!
JD whatever he’s selling, I’m definitely buying
Mr. Trevino could sell ice cubes to eskimos. Class act. Not just a great golfer but a truly fine gentleman and a great storyteller. They broke the mold after he was born.
My all time favorite!!!!
Lee is one of the most knowledgeable golfers in the world and also able to communicate well. I would also recommend his book "Groove Your Swing My Way" if you can find a copy. It's a real treasure that requires reading several times. But it is perhaps the best instructional books on the golf swing there is. I know I'll get a lot of replies telling me I'm wrong. But consider that Ben Hogan used to send Lee prototype clubs to test. And didn't do that with any other golfer.
John Cook was the most underrated player of all time! He flushed the ball like few the ever played!
So true! I think he was like Tom Weiskopf. I believe he and Tom had other interests, that took them away from the game at times.
The mann knows his shit.. Only pro I really listen too!
Beautiful, "the more time coming down."
I still have Carl's book from the 70's.
I do, too. I shot my best round ever (70) by starting every back swing by moving my left shoulder first. Of course I was putting pretty well that day, too, but my ball striking was awesome.
@@jsusna1972 And all the players now use the One-Piece Takeaway in their routines. 😁
This is a good one. Essentially, the big muscles move the club, not the hands.
Just awesome advice!
Lee Trevino is a great speaker.
Lee is a golf genius
He's now 82 years old.
This is the best tip ever!
Okay Greg, if that is "your feel" for a good start, I like it!
Would love to listen to tom watson and his wedge game
I like how he is always messing with his cap lol
Can’t wait to go pro ⛳️
That is the key I’m working on now
Need the same one piece takeaway, although abbreviated, on all pitch shots. Think rounded and deep.
I played college golf in the early and mid 80’s and this tip actually hurt my game but I do not put the blame on Lohren but what I did with this tip. I focused so much on turning my left shoulder I turned to much and too early, I turned the left shoulder too much around and not enough down. which caused me to whip the club head too much inside,which caused me to not coil correctly and lost my spine angle. Lohren only showed left shoulder turning around but not down which it would have to do because the spine is tilted at address and I would say many of the best golfers shoulder turns are steeper than how their spines were at address which causes their head to lower 1-4 inches or so on backswing.
Not everyone has talent.
@@JohnJones-ri8jy I was a about a +2 in College, played some pro tournaments and made the cut in all of them.
@@A-FrameWedge I don't think you want to play this game with me. I chased down the line different, but I chased down the line. I saw how he did it on TV live and in person. Did you ever break your amateur cherry?
This ❤️
The repeatability is all key.
Always liked Cook's move.
Mr. Trevino is correct
That man is very smart on the golf swing an striker of the ball top 3 ball striker of not number 1
... brilliant golfer ... competed with & defeated the best ... Palmer/Player/Nicklaus/Jacklin/Watson/Miller/Weiskopf/etc ... note the absence of Woods (who was/is the competition ???) ... Lee's story is nearly incredible
You don’t know much about golf if you can’t name at least 10 excellent golfers between 1996 - 2012
@@danielkirkland3366 taught golf for 18 years with a stroke ave of less than 68 ... will pray for your enlightenment ... enjoy the game
Can't imagine there would be a greater playing partner for 18 than Mr. Trevino.
This move should be taught to all amateurs if you wanna get good quick, carl if your listening what is your swing thought when you start the move, I like to think of my shoulder rolling over my upper pectoral like I was Schwarzenegger lol
Skrew Your Freedom guy can't govern a state and certainly couldn't hit a golf ball if his membership at Gold's Gym depended on it. There. I said it. Thanks.
We’re missing Characters like Lee Trevino on the Tour. Golfs got too intense
The reason he can’t touch the clubhead on the second attempt is because he isn’t cocking his wrist. If he does he could touch it.
Frozen Divots that’s part of his point, Lee was a late setter of the club and for a lot of Ams that should be a good thing too
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Imagine if Moe Norman and Lee combined together 😳❤️
One piece takeaway !
C
Most of the things he thinks "manufacture" are things that most amateurs do "naturally" . So pros think opposite from us.
I like cheese
Succinct and eloquent
But he did not say a EFFIN
Word about “ the move”
On a technical level this is nonsense. The left shoulder move he is talking about only makes sense if you are going below the plane(which he did). If you go above the plane the wrist hinge is essential(unless you do a Matt Wolff move). Golf is way to difficult to describe 1 MOVE that makes sense without 30 complimentary parts! That move worked for him because of all the other pieces he connected and the way he released the club.
its easy to be a picker....picking up the club with the arms and ever rotating....guilty!
Hasn't a clue like most people
A fantastic golfer for someone who has no idea what he is talking about.
So...how many majors have you won?
@@bengolfs1 As I said, a fantastic golfer. Learn how to read.
what are you talking about? lee knows what he is talking about. he is a self taught golfer.....self taught golfer that has won multiple times at the highest level.
1.5 seconds, on average, to make a golf swing, .2 seconds of that on the forward swing. And you have time to "do something" to the club/path on the way down? Don't think so!
Great players are never the best teachers especially the older players because they built their swing before high speed cameras and now the modern teaching methods which I say got really good from about 2010 on make it much easier to learn. But these older players relied on feel and feel often is not real and what you think you do and what you actually do can be very different. Trevino used his hands on the take away even though he doesn’t know it.
I don't know what kind of golfer you are (I'm a 2.6 handicap right now) but I think you give too little credit to people like Lee...in my book he's a genius in passing on swing thoughts and mechanics of the golf swing...as for high speed cameras, they don't teach you to swing a golf club and actually hit scoring shots...I think all we have to look at is Jack owning 18 majors and Bobby Jones being the only golfer to have ever won the Grand Slam...both long before computers and high speed video analysis.
@@stevefowler2112 No where did I say you could not be a great player without using a high-speed camera or even just a camera, I am just saying a lot of these feel players think they are doing somethings in the swing that they clearly are not. I also said high speed cameras have helped teaching the golf swing because you can see what you are doing with your own eyes also. There were high speed cameras 60 years or more ago but they were not available to then public and extremely expensive. Edit: I played on a Div 1 golf team, we were not a great team, but I was better than scratch, and played in some Pro Tournaments in Hawaii made the cut in everyone, and played in the last group on the final day with David Ishii who did well in Japan and played the PGA Tour.