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Anyone used AJ Bonars The Truth About Golf. If so what do you think.
MMi1

I am so glad someone posted about this video, i also want to know if the "truth about the game" works, it says it guarantees 30 yeards on your drives and 30% reduction on your handicap, this is a pretty big promise. So if you have purchased this video I would also like an opinion, I would purchase it if feedback is good. Thanks so much!!!

Come on people, no-one have used this video????

Never seen the video . . . however I have read numerous threads around cyberspace. The general consensus from other forums has been: "Save your money!" or "Buy something from Wendy's or KFC instead." I have never read anything positive about the video. fwiw

I've not seen the video but can bet that it is ****...there is no video that will teach you to play golf, there just isn't. There aren't any short cuts to being a good golfer. I've seen this video saying they'll teach you the easy way to be better. This may help the 40 handicapper who has no clue about the golf swing and may give a little insight to the golf swing, but it cannot do what it adversises with the distance and handicap decrease. If it was that easy I'd get that video and be on the PGA tour in a few weeks.

The tape is 2 hours of **** with 5 minutes of instruction that says " if you release too early you hook, and if you release too late you slice. Don't waste your money.
Gary

I have been playing for only 8 months, but I was lucky enough to have seen AJ's DVD right at the begining of my obsession. Because I carried some injuries to my right wrist, elbow and shoulder, as well as a left hip problem, AJ's claim that "you do not have to be in perfect physical condition to play good quality golf shots" gave me real hope. And it's turned out to be true!. Whenever I step up to a golf ball I have real confidence that the shot will go pretty much where I want it to go. I am currently using a set of cheap lightweight senior clubs, and I swing real easy, but my distances are only 10-15 yds short of my regular playing partners, who is some years my junior and has been playing for several years. The key for me was just swinging the club comfortably while incorporating AJ's simple clubhead release technique, when technique and timing come together the ball just flies off the clubhead,straight and true. I have recently been trying AJ's technique to add a little fade or draw, but Moe Norman, breaker of 33 course records, considered that the straight golf shot is the true golf shot, and who am I to disagree?. AJ's tuition is Gold for those who can see.

Couldn't have put it better myself. You'll never learn to play from a book, magazine or video.

Golf is all about natural ability and practice.

Sorry to bring up old topics...but...

I watched a ll three parts of this instrucional series last night. I went to the range before work this morning. Bottom line...the ball goes straight. Driver, iron,Hybrid(Used my dad's hybrid for the first time yesterday...love them now). Every club. I can go straight now(not every time...but close to).

I do not think the videos will help someone who already knows how to hit good shots. It sure will help any beginners like myslef though.

He explains everything VERY well...explaining the basic physics of the golf clubs. Many people do not KNOW how they work...they just ASSUME that they know.
I was wrong about how they worked...which is why I was a slicing machine. Now I understand.

I played baseball for 16 years. Since I was 4 years old. AJ's comparisons with his little baseball bat headed golf club, and a real baseball bat, is spot on. That is what helped me the most. When I sliced, the head of the "bat"(toe of the club) was late getting around. I need to get the bat around sooner(close the club face sooner to square it up at impact). And his advice about de-lofting the club be leaning the shaft forward helped with distance.

Now of course this stuff means nothing to people that already know all of that. But to me, it has been the biggest help so far. I can hit the ball straight! It is a great feeling. And yes...All I did was watch a video. I suppose that you do need to have at least a slightly established golf swing so that you are able to put the club face on the ball...I won't help you if you can't even hit the ball.

Later

Actually golf is more about TECHNIQUE, natural ability and practice. You can have all the natural ability in the world and you can practice as hard as you want to but without the correct techniques for hitting the golf ball square consistently your game won't progress beyond a certain point.

One thing I don't like about the golf industry is that there are people out there that literally prey upon a golfer's frustration or desire to get better by selling either useless teaching aids, instruction, or books.

The reality is one has to learn some basic fundamentals in terms of stance, address, posture, grip, backswing, weight shift and downswing. As one of the PGA instructors said downing Saturday's TNT broadcast of the PGA Championship "Golf is a simple game but it's not easy".

One thing in the videos I thought was interesting...

AJ hit great shots with all his weight on his front leg the whole time...and then with the weight on the back leg the whole time. He just left is other leg there to keep his balance so he would not fall over. All that stuff you listed: stance, address, posture, grip, backswing, weight shift and downswing...I think that is the culprit of a lot of beginner golfers' downfall. There is just too much **** to worry about with your swing, that you can't hit the dang ball. If you can put the center of gravity of the club face on the equator of the ball...with the club face square...you are hitting good straight shots right where you want them(of course it takes practice to become more consistent...).

So many people have different swings, but are such good golfers. One that is mentioned on the video is Jim Furyk. His swing is way unorthodox. Yet what does he have in common with the classic swing of Tiger Woods? They both get the club face to the position that they want it in(more consistently than ametures anyway). Everyone swings different...so how can you teach a swing. A swing is like a fingerprint. They are unique...because our bodies are unique. Sure some are similar...but none are the same.
My swing might ****...but I can hit the ball pretty straight now...after only 1 day. As long as I hit that ball square with the center of my club face...the golf club...my TOOL...will do what it is supposed to do and send the ball flying.
Now, there are other things to learn I suppose if you want more power. But to be able to hit straight shots...or draw shots...this video does work. Just watch it and take it in. I thought it was stupid at first...cause the guy just talks through the first 2 parts. But it all made very good sense.

I have the files in DivX(.avi) format. If someone wants me to host them somewhere so you can download them, I will gladly do so. There are three files. 2 are like 350MB and one is like 450MB. They are all three about 40 minutes in length.

Later

I have seen the video, it's fair to midland. I'm a golf tape fanatic (which I don't recommend for anyone by the way), so I've seen a bunch of them. I think the biggest problem with most golfer's is their "concept" of the swing. Actual technique is something that needs to be practised and tudored by a PGA Professional.
Some of these tapes (including AJ's tape), at least give the viewer a consistent "concept".
I would rate the golf tape that I have seen in the following order from best to worst:
1. Gravity Golf - This is the first one I ever bought. I was up late at night, had a few beers, and called the 800 number (I'm such a sucker). This tape gave me more power than any other tape or instructor ever have.
2. Natural Golf - Pretty simple swing concept, but contrary to Gravity Golf
3. Dalton's Hit is as Straight as you can point - not bad for a beginner
4. AJ's Golf - interesting education of what the clubhead does in a swing.
5. Swing Surgeon - pretty poor production but interesting concept

havent watched it but i have dalton mccrarys straight shootin golf it was the biggest waste of money,

I absolutely agree with you. No two people swing a golf club exactly a like. Difference in height, weight, flexibility and other physical and mental attributes come into play. The point I was trying to make in my prior post is despite difference in the types of swings golfers have there are some basic principles that apply to hitting good golf shot. I'm a big advocate of learing those principles and then learning how to apply those principles to YOUR GOLF SWING. After all when everything is said and done the golf swing is nothing more than applied biomechanics.