I have always respected Manuel de la Torre's approach to golf, and I've mentioned quite a few of his tips in this blog. Golf Digest said he was one of only a few teachers to make their 50 Best Teachers ranking every year since it debuted in 1999.
Golf Digest did a short tribute to him that you can read by clicking this link, but I'd like to mention a couple of things I really liked about him.
For one thing, he continued in teaching a very easy golf swing. His coaching changed into primarily based on the work of Ernest Jones, who tailored the hickory shaft swing of the early 20th Century to metallic shafts. I wager his maximum famous professional students had been Carol Mann and Sherri Steinhauer, each LPGA essential winners and Mann is inside the Hall of Fame.
I just loved the way this Spanish teacher -- the son of Spain's first teaching pro -- made things so simple for players. There were no complex drills, no obsession with positions; he always focused on motion and shotmaking. And Golf Digest's tribute gave me a new reason to respect him -- he tried to keep his lessons affordable, especially for junior golfers. (For those of you who wonder, the reason my instruction books are so inexpensive is because I wanted to make them affordable for folks with jobs that don't pay a lot of money -- and that's most jobs nowadays.)
Here's a short video I've published earlier than, of de los angeles Torre hitting a few photographs returned in 1990, which could were in his late 60s. He taught a swing that looked this appropriate at that age -- it is a trainer really worth listening to!
And for those of you who are interested, there's now a paperback edition of his book Understanding the Golf Swing available. ( Here's a link to the book at Amazon, if you want to see it. It's available from other sources, of course, and I don't get any kind of commission if you buy it. I just really like the book.)
The golf world is going to miss Manuel de la Torre. Rest in peace, Señor.
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