The Perfect Swing

July, 1989

Every amateur golfer dreams of making the perfect swing and hitting the perfect shot—even just once. Yet, some 500 years after the first featherie golf ball was struck at St. Andrews in Scotland, the typical club-level player still takes almost two and a half times more whacks per round than Lizzie Borden took to kill her stepmother.So what's the average golfer's problem? Because the normal swing takes about one and a half seconds, it's very difficult for the nonprofessional player to feel wheth...