[Yoda]

How do you approach working with someone for the first time in regards to
swinging/hitting? Are there things you see that make you decide that a
student can make some minimum corrections, as opposed to someone who needs an
overhaul? Do you tend to teach one over the other? I'm curious because the
attendees reporting from Yoda's workshop seem quite enamored with hitting
(and the unmistakeable sound of 3D Impact)

My twin Yoda teaches both Hitting and Swinging. And he can do both equally
well. He says 'Swing if you want and here's how.' Or, 'Hit if you want and
here's how.'

But he's a 'Wus.'


I like to Hit.






Who would win a "head to head" match between Yoda swinging and
Yoda hitting?





Me.

But not because I'm a better Ball Striker. We're both about the same.
Although, now that I think about it, more times than not, I do seem to stick
it inside him with irons.

The big difference is Putting. Yoda's got the yips and won't go to the Long Putter.
I did -- years ago -- and now my putts run into the hole like scared mice.

The other day, for example, I'm out in 32 and in in 33 for a nice little 65
with only 25 putts. Yoda finished...well, let's just say, a distant second!

All he could mumble as we walked off the 18th was:

"I don't believe it!"

And then I laid one of his old lines on him:

"And that, dear brother, is why you fail."