On
a sunny afternoon, a single white golf ball soars across the sky and comes to
rest on the fairway. Another ball follows, almost identically, then another, and
yet another! All follow the same flowing arc and land within plus or minus three
yards from the center of the fairway 300 yards away. What amazing golfer is
capable of driving with such unerring precision?
It's
Iron Byron!.
Iron
Byron is actually a mechanical machine used by the United States Golf
Association to test golf equipment. Under consistent weather conditions, it can
swing a club and consistently drive a golf ball 300 yards to within plus or
minus three yards from the center of the fairway. Once the machine is set to
strike the ball, it performs the action flawlessly each and every time.
On
a sunny afternoon, a single white golf ball soars across the sky and lands on
the green of a 155 yard par-3 hole. Taking a couple of bounces it rolls 5 or 6
feet and finally stops . . . at the bottom of the cup: A hole-in-one for Worth
Dalton, a 52 year old man blind man from
Do
you know what the similarities are between Worth Dalton and Iron Byron? They are
both sightless. Iron is sightless because it a mechanical machine. Worth
Your
goal as a golfer should be to automatically strike the ball like Iron Byron. The
more you develop the ability to focus on automatically striking the ball,
instead of where your ball will land after striking it, the more your
performance will improve.
On
a sunny afternoon, a single white golf ball soars across the sky and comes to
rest on the fairway – in comfortable range of the center. The next drive
yields the same satisfying result, as does the drive following that one. What
amazing golfer is capable of striking with such unerring precision? It can be
you!