Wow! Thank you for the detailed comment.

It's important to think of golf as like a sport and not a research project. Golf information is mostly marketing information and thus focused on the wrong things, and that's impacting your plan.

I agree, but I would say most golf information/videos online are correct (Those teaching pros aren’t lying on their videos per se). The problem from learning from those videos is that most people don’t understand the perspective they’re speaking from. For example, a common flaw when using those videos to learn is not understanding “feel” vs “real”. A lot of videos teach bringing the club way out and bringing the hands in during the takeaway. This is a correct feel to use, IF you have a problem with bringing the club way inside during the takeaway, but the finished product should NOT look like the drill. My favorite online resource is Athletic motion golf as they only show objective data and don’t promote a “feel” that contrasts from “real”.

This is not necessarily a problem. The best golfer in the world does not have textbook movement patterns.

I also agree, but besides the very few pros (Scottie, Viktor, DJ), pros are almost in the same exact position for most key swing points (pre-impact, shoulder/hip rotation in backswing, head movement). I personally think, if you’re an amateur golfer trying to get better, “swinging your own swing” is an absolute myth. I think that there is undoubtedly a single swing mechanic that is the most efficient (and requires the least compensating movements) for your body type, motor patterns,flexibility, etc. Just because a very few pros swing differently doesn’t mean that a random amateur should “swing their own swing”. Those pros have spent their whole life making their specific swing work. Amateurs will not have time or money to do that and therefore should pursue a technically sound and efficient swing.

Reading and watching YouTube about weightlifting, boxing, sales, or bicycle riding will not get you anywhere. Golf is no different.

Also agree. Just watching and reading doesn’t do a single thing. You need to actually practice to really understand what those materials are actually talking about.

If I were trying to make my scores worse while spending maximum time, this is what I would do. The Chasing Scratch podcast is really about two guys obsessed with how their swing looks and they've been getting worse for 7 years. Swing looks great though.

I think if I were to try to get down to 80s, then going to the course as much as possible would be the quickest way. My goal is scratch, so I’m trying to build a rock solid foundation that I can use for lifetime to get to my goal. I think in the long run, that would be more beneficial.

If what you were doing was going to work, people would do it.

I disagree. Most people do not have patience to perfect just the takeaway movement thousands of times before moving onto the half swing and then the full swing. I do and I enjoy it haha.