Tommy Armour Shows You How To Play Your Best Golf

Tommy Armour Shows You How To Play Your Best Golf

[@bucksnake]

The video is a perfect compliment to the book because you get see his swing in action. One thing the video didn’t cover was the pause at the top of the swing. Tommy thought this the best tip for improving your swing. He really helped my swing with his advice on the actions of the knees during the swing. Do that right and it fixes a multitude of potential problems. And finally holding the wrist hinge and whipping the handle through with the right hand. This alone increased my distance substantially. Also I am keeping me feet closer together now and this has eliminated swaying and throwing my body into the swing. So much easier and relaxed. Thanks for posting this. Greatest golf book/video on all time. Simple and effective.

[@chuckwalla2967]

Love these old succinct instruction style. Covered the entire golf game in 30 minutes without any fluff.

[@shofey]

But did you try his teaching??

[@anthonymead4359]

I'm gonna get it again. I had a copy for years and misplaced it. Tommy talks a great deal of simple sense throughout the book. And, it's good on strategy. What a brilliant player and golf instructor - Tommy Armour.

[@bonsaibrian]

This video is 100% still accurate and reliable. The KZbin channel "wisdom in golf" is the most technical and body mechanical channel...everything they talk aboit is all on this video. Actually, this video talkes about everything and all tips you would ever need. Things like left arm straight, lag (even though they dont use that word, and weight on left foot, ball positions, strong grip and so much more. Pure gold in this video. I might just watch it everyday and never watch another KZbin golf video.

[@ZeppelinFan70]

Pure gold. One 30 min video that demystifies golf. Even the narrator's PalMal voice is nice.

[@JWC4046]

Sounds a bit like Mike Austin too.

[@FredCDobbs-er4qd]

Great old golf lessons. Tommy Armour was a real character, they say. Thank you very much!

[@donaldschmidt2990]

This is the best instructional video of all time!! From any era to the present day. The breakdown of the grip, stance with every club, and which alignment to use are as golden as a brick from Fort Knox. My personal favorite is how Armour suggested that 4 and 5 irons should be played with an absolutely square stance. Not complying with that principle has cost me shots in the past. Not any more!! The explanations are simple, with Tommy's golden swing to demonstrate them. To look at him, it's hard to believe that the Silver Scot was once one of the strongest men ever to play golf. He was so physically powerful that it's a historic fact that he once strangled a German tank commander to death in the First World War!! His knowledge of golf was even stronger!! NO VIDEO ON GOLF INSTRUCTION EVER MADE TOPS THIS GEM. All free with ads on KZbin. That is a recipe that can't be beat.

[@scottsanders2641]

This is freakin awesome, I’ve searched for TA footage for years, and finally found this gold mine of lesson info. Thank you for posting 👍

[@malcolmlewis7987]

Hey Scott, Glad you enjoyed it. His book is also a masterpiece of clarity and simplicity.

[@yrbadself]

Tommy Armour makes it look easy with "old technology" clubs. His smooth-relaxed swing looks effortless.

[@moreme40]

Kevin Anderson, agreed the clubs and technology have changed/improved. But I think if you had the swing and technique of Armour, Hogan, Snead, etc with today’s equipment you would do just fine

[@longlivechina7538]

These old videos are better than all the new shit

[@narellepello4204]

GENERAL VINCENT GAMING 8

[@bobt5778]

Lag - no matter what era, the greats had that pre impact position in common. Wrist angle retained and club shaft parallel. Wish I could do it every time!

[@dustylover100]

His book is still the best golf instruction book ever. I have the one with the chapter featuring the slam-bang boys - Nicklaus, Player, and Palmer.

[@tashkessan]

Armour had it all. Still the best instruction video (and book) I've seen. The weight on the left foot throughout the swing with the irons is a revelation it really works and is incidentally used in the Stack and Tilt method.

[@gmwilliams4314]

tashkessan I couldn't agree more. Everything in this video in my opinion is applicable now, 2017. One of my favorite player's Tim Clark, PGA Tour, pound for pound is one of the best golfer's I have ever seen who is self taught. Considering all the deficiencies he has over come for instance, putting yips, chipping yips, pitching yips, physical deformity....in spite of all that he has won the Player's Championship and numerous other tournaments all over the world. Check out his short KZbin videos and you will see what I mean. He gets the job done keeping some of his weight on the target side and hits the ball flush. He is an incredible long iron player! Truly Amazing!

[@bicklesby1]

big fan of Tim Clark miss him out there

[@gmwilliams4314]

What has happened to Mr. Tim Clark? Was he not able to adapt to the putting rule change because of his birth defect? However he did have a tendency to get injured a lot? He is pound for pound one of the greatest golfers I have ever seen play in person. Him and Ms. Mo Martin, LPGA. They dispel the belief that your length off the tee determines your potential at becoming a great golfer. They both can flat out play! Ms. Martin had only played golf with a belly putter since she picked up the game as a child. However, she has adapted to the rule change and is better than ever with a conventional putter. I pray that Mr. Clark is able to make it back to the PGA. I think he is great for the game!

[@denisprieur7944]

thashkessan, take a good look, and he's got his weight on the right foot in the backswing! Why i'm saying this? Look carefully at his left heel during the complition of his backswing, and you can clearly see that the left heel is lifted!!! How can you put weight on the left leg when the left heel of his foot is of the ground??? Maybe a tiny bit of weight on his left toe, but not more! I realy think that he's got most of his weight on the right leg in his backswing!!""

[@tashkessan]

Sorry I don't agree. Try it and you will see it works. Recently the stack and tilt experts keep the weight on the left foot throughout - nothing new in golf - human mechanics stay the same through the generations.

[@kingward8426]

This is the classic "hands" swing, also practiced and taught by Henry Cotton. It can be highly effective for a person with strong, but supple coordinated hands. It just goes to show that there is more than one way to do this thing, and that an expert in a particular approach makes his method look so easy.

[@blackie75]

@Mike S Lol, settle down Mark Evershed.

[@FredCDobbs-er4qd]

Yep, and Tommy had a pair of the largest hands in golf. He put them to excellent use in both golf and mixing the martinis. My kind of guy. You ever hear that story Sarazen mentioned in his book where Armour was prepping the crowd for Gene's upcoming 7 iron shot? I about fell out of bed laughing.

[@williammccarthy2265]

I read this book when I was a youth back in the 1960s. Great stuff.

[@tat3917]

Still use my 986 Silver Scots. I'll go so far as to say that they're one of the finest golf clubs ever sold.

[@JosephYezbak]

This is AMAZING!!!!

[@larrywebb8323]

A golf video i think is one of the best i've ever seen. Very well explained for beginners, Mr Armour does an amazing job going through all the clubs as well with stance positions and ball positions . I will do my best to locate his book.

[@bobt5778]

I agree! Maybe his swing doesn't look like today's pro's, but it's a great swing for the weekend player. shorter backswing with great acceleration thru the ball.

[@vinceschiavo5385]

try www.classicsofgolf.com - you should be able to find it there.

[@fitcwebb]

This was all the way back before they had a named a "pitching wedge". Went straight from 9 iron to what they called a "flanged niblick", which I assume was their sand iron. The 9i back then may have had about 50* of loft. Also interesting that he carried three fairway woods in the 2,3,4...and a 2 iron

[@FredCDobbs-er4qd]

I have a set of irons from 1940. The 9 iron is 54 degrees. There is no pitching wedge.

[@dr.reidsheftalltruthinscie2007]

Tommy had a beautiful swing...

[@commonsense2156]

The opening line is classic : " Here we are at a golf course" lol

[@jbob1399]

First golf book that I ever bought. Tommy Armour how to play your best golf. Since then I bought and tried Hogan's book. Billy Casper's book. John Schlee's book, Tiger Wood's book, Jimmy Ballard's book, Jack's book, and all of the Videos on KZbin. Most of these book's and Videos just messed me up. If you don't have Tommy's book do yourself a favor and get his book. Everything else is just a maze of detail. How to play your best golf is the best book ever written for the average golfer. Watch this video and refer to the book and you will be on your way to better golf. God Bless Tommy Armour.

[@lawrenceheikel3412]

J Bob agree!

[@lawrencecirillo3233]

Ditto!

[@jeffrodgers5923]

Tommy Armour a great golfer and teacher. His book/video is simple, but shows you how to do it. Demonstrates the KISS principle: keep it simple stupid!

[@jessecantero4380]

I’ve learned a great deal from this video. I highly recommend to watch.

[@jeffreylardizabal3964]

All the great old timers could play well into their 80s because they didn't tear their bodies up with a frozen lead heel nor fixated, lead arm, and had a nice, relaxed, even grip, with a smooth tempo, timing, rythm and balance. I'd rather play this was, all my life, than for millions of dollars for a few decades at most... Loving the journey...

[@bobt5778]

Well said. I've always wondered if today's young golfers will make it to the senior tour after twisting their spines into a helix during their PGA days. Turn upper body while restricting your hips - ouch. My dad taught me swing this way in the late 60's and I've never had a back problem. On the other hand I still hit the ball 1960's distances, but I'm ok with that.

[@DankHD1080p]

@@bobt5778 I'm 25 and just started out playing golf. My goal is to become a tour player in 5 years, although I'm not looking to become the greatest - more just a consistent player, taking the advice of the oldies like Snead where timing and rhythm is the key. I can see this with players hitting their primes later like Dustin Johnson. This video is absolutely great in my opinion, although I may not agree with the grip fully. Look out for this name in the future.

[@bobt5778]

@@DankHD1080p Go get'em kid!!

[@filamcouple_teamalleiah8479]

An oldie but a goodie!

[@tomnelson8515]

This book was my golf Bible. Things have not changed at all. . . except for the ball and club technology. Plus the condition of the fairways and greens.

[@blackie75]

The biggest change is the one you haven't mentioned, the ball.

[@FredCDobbs-er4qd]

@@blackie75 Oh, I don't know. I've been playing for over 60 years now and all I remember was a good long drive for a once a week golfer was about 210. Today it's longer by 30 yards but they lengthened out the courses just to keep the club manufacturers happy. The game hasn't improved in any way that I can see. Golf used to be about dog legs, trees and nasty sand traps. Today it's like looking down a bowling lane. Same first shot every time. Boring.

[@pacino8612]

Amazing video

[@sherrystroh241]

Once get the swing down the fear goes away.

[@robsaxepga]

great video. Very simple.

[@dry509]

Excellent. Thank you. Would love to have the book and the tapes.

[@shofey]

Amazon of course.

[@jimguy9874]

At around the 14:00 minute mark, did I hear him right about favoring the weight on the left foot throughout the swing? Kind of a stack and tilt if I'm not mistaken.

[@turtleflegel6816]

Body bends to the left on the takeaway, not the right. That is the secret to the golf swing.

[@nigelskipping7941]

There's a bit more to it than that but you are correct.

[@bh5606]

18:24 shows his right hand has supinated as all good players hands do who are right handed.

[@MikeSmith-xm5zv]

Just changing to his grip fixed my lifelong slice

[@rambler1277]

This is how my original mentors played. Follow this advice and you'll be a scratch golfer.

[@shofey]

My old pro as well. But Arnie too.

[@dry509]

Excellent.

[@genemckeel1432]

Weight transfers to trail foot heel in backswing. This is vital information to those who are new to the game and understanding a proper turn. Saves confusion.

[@shofey]

you just added your own confusion sir.

[@immermanarnold2938]

Sure exactly because he's emphatic that the weight stays on the left foot throughout

[@user-po4lo7up8x]

Thanks!!!

[@kennethbraun1568]

Excellent

[@kiranglasgow]

Good good thing Tommy thx

[@blendering3D]

this must be a masterclass. This is THE ORIGINAL WAY of playing golf, technology has ruined many aspects of the game and it is a perfect time to take a look back and learn the fundamentals. I remember that every instructor I ever had would change my swing to their's and I totally hated that and felt unconfortable with my game. After watching this and some instruction videos of Jack Nicklaus I feel like I can play golf and make it a fun game

[@joshuawhittemore1283]

Check out Sam Snead instructionals.

[@rickayala6485]

instruction as valuable today as it was then.

[@mightyx]

Quite different from Hogan, Hogan's left hand gripped the shaft more in the palm and right hand more in the fingers

[@amfohr]

Well that is considered a very strong grip by today's standards

[@rs210.]

the funny thing is, in Ben Hogan's book his left hand placement is what Tommy says not to do lol

[@scottjames6037]

BH grip eliminates the bad hook he had in his younger years.

[@ag358]

Hogan used the nuetral grip to stop hooking

[@bestmusic9879]

only golf video anyone needs to watch....

[@shofey]

Amazon has the book.

[@fredkruse9444]

I read that as a WW I machine gunner, Tommy was blinded by mustard gas, eventually regaining vision in only one eye.

[@FredCDobbs-er4qd]

Yes, he could only see out of his left eye.....according to his book.

[@marklaing9129]

Over the moon when found this video. I was lucky enough to find the book at a second hand bookstore, at a cost of £3. Been playing golf for 6 months and at 14 handicap. Hopefully will lower down further, all down to the book and video “No lessons” thanks a million 🏌️‍♂️

[@jeffkondziela8783]

What about Harold Sampson book to Simplify golf.

[@McTerror1]

This reminds me of those disney cartoons where goofy learns how to do things

[@eggsmann594]

😂

[@commonsense2156]

very strong grip

[@andrefecteau]

closed stance is a draw, why it goes further and vice/versa, open is a fade/shorter shot

[@swardmusic]

Strongest grip ever!

[@davidmcbride8906]

That left hand is stronger than DEATH 💀!!

[@jameschavez6400]

Address the baluello there

[@kj475]

Can we be real about the surfaces these guys played from both on the fairways and the greens? It makes for an entirely different game they played.

[@dry509]

Wow!

[@SpinandThrowDiscGolf]

About a 90 yard wedge. 😂

[@davidmcbride8906]

That grip is strong but his hands are working together like two young lovers with nothing better to do

[@dry509]

Where can I get this tape?

[@chuckwalla2967]

Here.

[@Bob-nu3xe]

from a bin

[@whetedge]

My experience with this grip didn't turn out so well. Armour's was the book to read when I was a kid (I'm 68), so I used his grip, along the finger base line, for most of my golf life. Those last 3 fingers of my left hand are shot now. If I forget and try to grip something small with those fingers, they pop out of joint at the base. Directly in line with the finger base line also puts the hand in a position which is not conducive to the club's tendency to line up with the trail forearm at impact. I've gone to a diagonal grip from the thumb/forefinger to the heel pad on top, and the last 3 fingers just laying over on the club. When applied lightly, it ends up feeling the club in the fingertips, and there's little chance of playing the flute at the top. Just fyi for anyone considering this grip. While it certainly can work for some type swings, I have to question it's ergonomic integrity.

[@FredCDobbs-er4qd]

Yeah, I tried it a few days ago after watching this video. No way! But maybe we are missing something. Could be that his grip pressure was very, very light? His hands were supposed to be abnormally large with the strength of a pipe wrench.

[@lawrencecirillo3233]

Sounds like your grip pressure was too tight. Sam Snead used to describe grip pressure being akin to holding a small bird in your hand, tight enough to keep him still, but not so tight that you’d crush it. I’ve always remembered that. If you crate too much tension, you completely lose the ability to have the hands whip through the hitting zone.

[@antikytheramechanism7909]

Bad advice. Pushing with the right hand will make most people scoop. I don't use any power from my hands at all, only the body sequence.

[@SethKash]

Miss the old way of putting. It’s all mechanical now with not much feel.

[@Carbivore67]

Weak grip used much in old days.

[@awilson2525]

no disrespect to a great golfer , however, classic athletes misunderstanding what they do. lower hand does not provide power. watch the bobby jones videos, he actually understands what he does. then take lessons from paul wilson because he teaches what you really want to know and do.

[@Bob-nu3xe]

I have played to scratch for what its worth this instruction is way off

[@steveoliver2317]

I think Hogan's five lessons is more up to date

[@lawrencecirillo3233]

Totally disagree. While his approach is different, almost all teaching pros work tell you that the positions Hogan out himself in for his “modern swing” are almost unattainable for the amateur golfer. You would have to hit thousands of balls and build that swing “out of the dirt” as Hogan described it himself. The pronation of his wrists on his back swing and the supination at the moment of impact are next to impossible to duplicate without that amount of practice. Meanwhile, Tommy Armour’s swing is much more repeatable and the strength of his grip would do wonders for the average golfer. Hogan “weakened” his grip so as to make it “hook proof”, something he had struggled with earlier in his career. That’s why he adopted the amazingly repeatable fade that Jack Nicklaus’s teacher Jack Grout instilled upon his young pupil. Hogan weakens his grip so much, that no matter how hard he would use his hands through impact it was almost impossible to go right. If the average golfer was to try and imitate Hogan’s grip, swing plane, and use of the elbows and wrists, they would hit massive slices. I know because I spent half a year trying to make that swing work, before realizing I just didn’t have the amount of time it would take to perfect it. Armour’s swing shown here (love this video as it makes the book even more understandable), is a swing you can use until you stop playing golf. It’s easy on the back and way more easy for the weekend golfer to repeat. The amount of shoulder turn combined with restriction of the hips used by today’s golfers puts way too much torque on the spines which leads to serious back problems. Just ask Freddie Coulples, Tiger or Jason Day (3 different generations of golfers) to tell you. Meanwhile, the player whose win record Tiger only just recently broke - Sam Snead - turned his hips and shoulders the same distance and finished his wing standing up. It wasn’t a coincidence that he held the record as the oldest golfer to win in the PGA Tour until Davis Love broke it a coupe of years ago. However, he was stayed competitive in PGA Tour events into his 60’s and still could poke it out past 265 yds with tiny persimmon heads. In his youth, he could hit it 300 yds, with the equipment of his generation. He didn’t use torque. Instead he relied on natural centrifugal force produced by less tension and freer swinging. I can’t help but iterate again how much simpler an action that is to repeat. You don’t have to swing as fast as he did in his prime, you just need to emulate the rhythm. Google some old videos of Sam’s swing here on you tube. I think there even an instructional video from the 40’s or 50’s. Like Tommy Armour’s in this video, notice that lack of tension in the swing. That’s the key!

[@steveoliver2317]

@@lawrencecirillo3233 He is hanging on his left side at the top, hips NEVER lead the b/swing okay. It is too rotational and too many moving parts to synchronize! The reason they are getting bad backs is because they are trying to keep up with the young pros. Seve and Couples always had bad backs from the start esp Seve. The best way is a one piece t/away around a solid right knee and yes you do transfer more weight to the right foot than the left at the top! He is wrong on a few things but then so were many pros of his era! Read the 5 lessons, put a K address position into it and you don't have to worry about wrists except at impact the left wrist should ideally be flat. If you read his book you will see how far in front of everyone else he was. Then you can apologize to me Lawrence!

[@lawrencecirillo3233]

@@steveoliver2317 if you saw Seve’s swing when he was younger you’d know why he had a bad back. His shoulders turned 120 degrees while his hips only turn 45 degrees. Ouch! I never said the hips lead the backswing. A one piece takeaway is a nice concept, but it doesn’t actually happen like that. The hands will always be first. You can think of your right hip moving back and around. Nothing wrong with that swing image. I just think for a lifetime swing, having one where your hips and shoulders both turn 90 degrees will last longer and be more repeatable as time goes on. No apology necessary.

[@steveoliver2317]

@@lawrencecirillo3233 Seve had a bad back because of an incident on a golf course when he was playing by the moon light as a kid. The hands should never be first on a full swing - sorry but you are wrong! As soon as your hands move your shoulders start turning i.e at the same time. If you turn both hips and shoulders 90 degrees then you will get back problems! It's an old method from Bobby Jones who Tommy Armour I bet followed and learned from! Lawrence this is 2020 not 1930 okay! Tommy was just very talented and with a modern swing would have been so much better!

[@lawrencecirillo3233]

@@steveoliver2317 do some research into “Wild” Bill Mehlhorn. Every great golfer from the Bobby Jones to Hogan and Snead, said the Mehlhorn was the best ball striker they ever saw. He also was the worst putter they ever saw which is why most people have never heard of him. He believed in turning his shoulders and hips 90 degrees and debunked the theory that there is such a thing as a one piece takeaway. He believed you pivoted your body over your right leg and then transfer it over to your left leg. In a second I’m going to send you to a KZbin link you check him out on. It’s hard to hear with the planes, but it’s priceless stuff. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2qZe6B-n5KcaKs

[@fusemunk]

Terrible golf video far too complicated

[@FredCDobbs-er4qd]

Golf videos and books are terrible except a few. Without the guy sitting there watching you and answering your questions it is pretty much hopeless. The good books are the most simple books but golfers cry that it's not enough information. Fact is, the more info you get thru print or spoken word the less you will understand. You have to feel it and nobody can put a feeling into words.

[@lawrencecirillo3233]

You’re joking right? Plus, it’s meant to be viewed with the book by your side (after already having read it).

[@bh5606]

This leaving weight on the left foot is a flawed concept. Otherwise, some good advice, especially concerning the grip.

[@captgiddyup88]

Just think BJ. One day you "might" be mentioned in the same sentence as the Silver Scot. This is as close as you will ever come. You are looking at it,

[@normankleinberg5525]

No, actually, I think you're wrong. For SOME people it might be counter-productive, I've found it to be a key to a better swing. Of course that's if what one is interested in is where and how far the ball goes. Each of us is different, and different tips "work" depending on who's applying them.

[@jamestonks3042]

Ben Jonson Robert rock does it ?

[@gmwilliams4314]

Ben Jonson Considering this video was done in 1953, Mr. Armour was way, way ahead of his time. Just look how beautifully he transfers his weight, pauses at the top and flushes it every time. All with only one eye. Everything in my opinion is applicable today, 2017, Wow!

[@whetedge]

I agree Ben (not about the grip though...see separate post). Obviously, some people swear by it, but I think it's simpler to resist with the lower body to create a positive and accurate return to the ball. That will make your weight stacked on the inside of the trail leg at the top, not the lead leg. Fall to the left and whack it.

[@NocyMusic]

Why pay golf tech $125 an hour or any other golf pro when you can watch this free 30 minutes video telling us in details how to swing the golf club priceless