I don't swing with my knees. I swing with my hands.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When I'm swinging well, nobody hits the golf ball any better than I do.
I don't need to practice my swing. I grew up with a bat in my hands.
I need to get up and walk around and keep my knees from getting bad, which is what's happening.
I swing hard all the time. That's what I've done my whole life - hit.
The full thing is God-given. I don't know how I got my swing or what I did. I know I worked every single day. I know I did as much as I could with my dad. But I never really looked at anything mechanical. There was nothing really like, 'Oh, put your hands here.' It was, 'Where are you comfortable? You're comfortable here; hit from there.'
My knees are ticklish.
But hitting is so crazy. You feel great today and get three hits. And the next day you show up and it's, 'What happened to my mechanics? Where's my swing?' Sometimes I even Google it and the search comes up with no results.
When I'm swinging the club at my best, it's because I'm not thinking about mechanics at all. I feel like my body is loose. My arms are soft in front of me when I'm setting up, and my chest and shoulders feel as if they can move and turn easily.
I have osteoarthritis, which especially affects my knees.
I've always swung the same way. The difference is when I swing and miss, people say, 'He's swinging for the fences.' But when I swing and make contact people say, 'That's a nice swing.' But there's no difference, it's the same swing.