he wears boat shoes…it’s like he’s walking around then someone hands him a club…or that he’s in the middle of doing something, then ‘hangon i need to hit this’…it’s like ken griffey jr hitting a baseball…it’s effortless

Freddie has always been my favorite golfer. His swing is so fluid and smooth.

Combine that bit of info with an actual professional golfer looking to get sponsored through kickstarter and I am now wondering if I could fund my efforts for one year, via kickstarter, to see if I could be a (competitive) professional golfer?

This year, one of my favorite golf brands, Travis Mathew, has released Bubba Watson’s kit and it’s — by far – my favorite of all time. All white. “Reinventing the Classics“. Part SoCal, part country club. It’s perfect. It matches green. And, in an unprecidented move, Bubba is wearing it all week.

Bold, but traditional. I like it.

The truth is, a lot of coaches wouldn’t know where to begin with his deeply unorthodox swing, a violent, corkscrewing motion that “kind of proves,” as Scott puts it, “that all the things we think you shouldn’t do aren’t necessarily things you shouldn’t do.”

There is no model swing in this business, no pat answers. Each person must develop a blueprint for his swing and style of play. He must have such a conviction for the manner in which it is done that there are no chinks in the armor when facing the toughest foe on tour. The toughest challenge you will face is not necessarily the golf course, or even your competitor’s scores. Your toughest foe will be the casual comment offered up by a fellow player or teacher about how you should be doing it. When I ask you about any part of your game, I want a solid answer, and I want to hear conviction in your voice. If you don’t have a solid answer, I’ll send you to the oak to write about it. I deeply believe that in writing our thoughts unseen wisdom rises to the occasion. I am not here to improve your swing; my purpose is to help you find your game. That is exactly what I intend to do.

– Golf’s Sacred Journey

Yes, he was also a member of the golf team, but he played in tennis shoes.

AND his middle name is Ruggles. A bit more digging reveals a profile by Outside Magazine.

after a semester stint at a local college, MacKenzie took the money he’d saved up washing dishes and selling grilled-cheese sandwiches at Grateful Dead shows and headed west, kicking off his strange odyssey to the PGA Tour. Only later, when he was 25 and diagnosed with ADD, did he have an explanation for his academic struggles.

“I’m going to do the same thing I did the last five days – go to Five Guys burgers,” Mickelson said after making seven birdies. “Sixth day in a row. I can’t stop going there.”?

Phil is quickly becoming my favorite golfer. Who needs protein shakes? Donuts and burgers for us!

“Now the left brain really should be retired, and then the right brain you should just relax and try to execute through there,’” Crane explained. “So then it should be very quiet through my brain, just going through my alignment checks, my waggle progression — hopefully that’s not too long — and then the imprint, which is just rehearsing as if I had done it perfectly.”