Manuel de la Torre nailed it thirty years ago. As the first PGA teacher of the year, he gave an address. He had to talk about his beginnings, so I clipped three minutes from the video that gets at our Open Stance “concept”. He perfectly summarizes why we go around in circles with our golf swing.

Mr. de la Torre is a very direct person, not unlike myself. In fact, he is a Rooster, not unlike myself. His style is not always friendly. However, if you can get past his acerbicism and listen to him like he is an angel, the truth is all he cares about with the knowledge he has.

If that sounds like a qualifier, it is. We “do the best with what we’ve got”. Therefore, I recommend his videos without agreeing philosophically, because he is not crass. He doesn’t try to sell you a fad or anything not rooted in fundamental motion.

Yes, motion is his milieu. But, regardless of philosophy, if we each recognize the truth beneath the surface, we remain individually correct. We simply differ on depth.

Any natural spring begins in the Earth and is express upon the Earth. Finding buried treasure requires digging, diving, or displacing superficial layers of disguise. Mr. de la Torre did exactly that, in his wheelhouse of motion.

Open your stance, and play golf.

John Wright – Founder
The Open Stance Academy

http://www.openstanceacademy.com/golf/string-theory/
http://www.openstanceacademy.com/golf/couples-therapy/
http://www.openstanceacademy.com/golf/we-believe-golfers-should/