Unlocking the Secrets of a Lost Legend: Wild Bill Mehlhorn's Golf Swing
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🎙 Discover the Legacy of Wild Bill: A golfing maestro of the 1920s, Wild Bill Mehlhorn was not just known for his unique views on the golf swing, but also for his profound quotes on the game. Join us as we delve into his sage advice and uncover how it can transform your golf swing in the modern era.
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I grew up on Bill Melhorns swing mechanics! Blessed to have the understanding. It’s a lost art in modern golf unfortunately
I HAVE WRITTEN DOWN THE FIVE EXCELLENT PIECES OF ADVICE.
I WILL TRY TO FOLLOW THEM FOR EVERY SHOT.
THANK YOU FOR A HELPFUL , EASY TO FOLLOW VIDEO.
Great glad you like this video - let us know how you get on. 🙂
Thanks Philip, i watched this morning before i went out to play in or Sunday comp. 36pts 16hcap 64yrs. Played with 2 others single figures, they were So Impreseed with my Relaxed fluid Easy swing. It is hard to keep a soft light swing but hey i did it. My short game needs some work otherwise i would have had 42pts.
Well done Phillip that’s great to hear sounds like it won’t be too long before you will be joining your friends in single figures!! What a load of rubbish that saying about old dogs and new tricks is eh???!! Thanks for sharing this story and good luck 🤞
Cheers mate, i think of Nothing else .. Noddle arms, quite knees an Very very Soft grip...its WORKING. from Sydney Australia 🇦🇺
Great!!! Keep up with relaxed golf - love Sydney beautiful city can’t wait to return!
So good Philip, thanks. I remember so well Brian's course for just two students in Brisbane a few years ago. I have lasting memories of those three days with him. Love your ES videos and style of instruction. Cheers. Simon in Australia.
Brilliant Simon I believe he only visited Australia once but even so we have quite a following there and New Zealand so keep spreading the word!
I thought I'd watched all your videos but came across this one this morning. This is by far the most important video in your repertoire. Many thanks.
Glad it was helpful! It's also one of our favourites! Make sure to check out our channel page to see all our videos, unfortunately some of them don't get pushed by RUclips, so they get missed!
Loved the video, what a mindset to take out with you 😉
Thanks Andy 👍
Great tips. Have really enjoyed watching your videos. Have told all of my golfing partners of you.
Thanks.👍
Thanks Dennis and really glad you enjoyed this video, we will be producing more of these in future so that golfers can see some of our forefather’s wisdom, much of which has been forgotten. I hope your friends enjoy all our content too. 👍
Great Video Thank You!
You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed it!
Very helpful! Thank you for uploading!
Glad you gained something from it - keep watching and learning, we have much to share 👍
Love that bit Philip where you showed us about feeling the club head being drag along the ground hit some really nice shots today thank you
Cheers Stephen yes indeed it surprised me how well it worked too! I quite like the idea of a drag away as oppose to a take away. 👍
Hi Philip, I admire your ability to create such speed with so little apparent effort. My guess is that it has a lot to do with your timing. My other guess is that your timing would be good even if you swung like Jon Rahm. Us mortals who struggle with their timing do not get 'automatic' good shots just by being relaxed.
You can compare it to the throwing motion. Some people just cannot throw a ball, even if they are completely relaxed.
Long story, but my point is, Philip, I think the Easiest Swing suits you, because your swing already ticks a lot of other boxes, in timing and sequencing. That doesn't necessarily mean that we wil achieve the same result by taking the same step.
Regards, Joost
Maybe you are right Joost however we have thousands of golfers of every standard who find that as they reduce tension they find more clubhead speed and effortless power.
Philip. Yes how many times have I heard this. That you must be relaxed when swinging the club. I know it works as i have had my best rounds doing it. But I still find it extremely hard to relax when addressing the ball. Take the ball away and hey presto I’m swinging good ..
Put the ball back ready to hit and that’s when the muscles tighten up. G&T before a round helps a bit 😂
Don’t despair Rod, I have been playing for 55 years and off scratch for the last 40 and I’m still finding I can relax more and get better results. Relaxing in the swing is less a switch (on or off) and more of a dial, just keep adjusting the dial and see where it leads!!
Some great shots there
Thank you Julian, it set Philip off on a new pathway to further relaxing his wrists and WOW what a difference!
the rock music intro kills me everytime! 😊
I’ll get the string quartet onto it! 😂
i like the cut the grass under the ball,and never hit down on the ball to take divot.other things wild bill believed
So many great thoughts and concepts - the man was a genius!
its often said many people have great practice swings,they are actually swings,the hit becomes about leverage and not a swing at all!@@Easiestswing
Melhorn's "grass whip" drill teaches the same to and fro style of pivot as the "danse du golf" drill. That's the key to the whole thing.
Victor East sent six weed cutters to both Harvey Penick and Wild Bill Melhorn. After a few weeks, Melhorn sent his weed cutters back to Victor East with a note stating, "These things are ruining my business. Students who use them don't need me anymore"
Very useful video. Thank you
Glad you liked it 👍
When you think about it golf clubs, especially irons, are designed to open and close their faces naturally. That's why the shaft is on the back end of the club head and not centre-shafted like a putter. This will, IF YOU LET IT, open and close the club face as you swing. So, anything that disrupts this WILL stop the natural positioning of the face throughout the swing and require you to compensate. Of course, you may need to find, or be measured by a club fitter for, a set made to suit your individual swing.
Bill said to use all your muscles and joints by keeping them loose not stationary. He said he believed in bending his left elbow in the backswing as keeping it straight locks the joint and is unnatural. He was an advocate of the great Harry Vardon who bent his left elbow almost to 90 degrees. It is MUCH easier to swing and less stressful if you use a bent left elbow.
Spot on Kenny, Bill also said clubs are made to square themselves naturally at impact. As you say it’s only when we interfere with that swinging motion that it doesn’t work. Most golfers never allow this to happen. I love his quote “if you don’t interfere with the swinging of the clubhead, every ball will go straight” there is so much depth to that statement you need to read and remember it over and over. 👍👍
Hi Philip, thanks for the tips. I am wondering though if the swing advice from the early years wasn`t influenced by the fact that they were swinging irons with hickory shafts and real woods. Not saying that they cannot be applied in our days, as the easiest swing is a perfect testimony of that, but that some of the modern concepts take advantage of the new technologies in golf club design?
That is a great question and no doubt there is a great deal of validity in the fact that playing with all the torque in hickory influenced the things they found that worked, but consider this related to driving a car, technology in modern cars keeps us safe, in old fashioned cars bad driving would lead to accidents which todays cars prevent, but bad driving. is bad driving and even with the technology isn’t a good driver still better in a modern car? In other words the new technology in clubs and balls is very forgiving which maybe let’s us make more mistakes than that old equipment and we “get away with it” but in this whole process maybe we lose something? I used to have a great sense of direction until sat nav came along - today I know I have lost that (ask my wife!!). One final analogy if you wanted to learn good balance would you ask someone who can walk along a 10 foot wide footpath without falling over or a tight rope walker? I truly believe those old masters and shotmakers knew things that modern golf has forgotten but I’m certain we can still learn from their advice. Thanks for a great question and hope that all makes sense.👍
Great content. I think The only PGA pro player right now that’s swinging like this on Tour is Chris Kirk that just won 2 weeks ago at Sony. Correct me if I’m wrong. New sub here
Thank you, glad to have you onboard! Chris Kirk has a very nice golf swing and appears to have many of these elements.
A really great lesson!
Thanks 👍
Philip, I like the swing and want to sign up. Can you do a comparison of t the ESG and compare this with the swing of Freddy Couples. I really like his swing. A bit of bio: 63 years old, 6foot4, been playing golf for 18 years with all its ups and downs but want to settle on the ESG for future and prolonged golf enjoyment.
We love Freddy’s swing too! Philip is also 6’4” so you should find it simple to adopt ESG like him. It may be worth you knowing he uses 2” longer than standard irons.
Hi Philip I had a day’s lesson and some one to one with Brian,RIP, it was great to have met him.I am having lessons with the pro from my golf club and my right wrist is hurting as I am holding the arms straight in the back swing and trying to hit down on the ball.do you have any suggestions for me as I am 74 years young.thank you.
This is a great question Richard and I’m so glad you were lucky enough to have had some coaching with Brian. I won’t comment on what your coach is telling you, but maybe something I’m working on personally may throw some light on the topic. For many years I strived for width and coil which contributed to many aches and pains, then about 5 years ago I broke my left wrist (both bones) and had to have it reset and plated with 5 screws. When I had recovered Brian looked at my swing as it was hurting around impact he asked me to swing with zero tension into the ball and through. I was astonished to see I could clip the ball away painlessly and surprisingly no loss of distance whatsoever!! Recently in an effort to reduce tension in my wrists at the top of the backswing and especially at impact I have been “allowing” myself to do the opposite to you, allowing my wrists to hinge more and even let my lead arm bend. The result a softer, easier, more controllable action. It feels ridiculous to me but when I see the results it looks so much more relaxed! I hope that perhaps gives you a lead. Maybe consider joining our Easiest Swing Club so we can help you more with your progress.
I am 75 years old. Following your videos. Improving gradually
Little confused about the grip...suggest a way to hold the Club.
Great to hear you are improving after following our videos. Watch our video here that shows the basics around how to hold the club, hope this helps: ruclips.net/video/32VCbn5zajQ/видео.html
Good to hear you are improving - well done suggest you take a look at this video for a simple way to improve your hold on the club ruclips.net/video/32VCbn5zajQ/видео.htmlsi=obJFlvO7YxDYepNp
Thank You
Excellent
Glad you liked it 👍
Hi Philip great video. Where is the best position for your hands at set up, slightly forward towards your left hip for a RH golfer or on the middle of you stance?
Thanks
Just in front of centre with virtually all clubs 👍
I have been watching your videos for a couple of months and tried to incorporate it into my swing. I am interested in getting your thoughts on traditional swing aspects such as body tilt, swing plane and sequencing? Do those things not matter or do you rely on golfers knowing these from past experience. I have had some success and enjoy the benefits of an effortless swing and I guess ideally tension free golf relies on not thinking about those things?
Thanks for posing this interesting comment. When you pick up an axe, a hammer or a knife and fork do you think of any of those things? No, your body just conforms itself to whatever the task is in the most natural and efficient way. Why should a golf club be any different? The only reason golfers start to examine these things is because of rules such as head still, lead arm straight, lead heel stuck to the floor and several other “rules” people give you, that remove your natural ability to do it easily. Keep following Easiest Swing and you will discover your own “Authentic Swing” without having to be encumbered by anything unnatural. We won’t tell you how to swing, just help you to do it in an unrestricted way. If you really want to accelerate your learning (and with our help) consider joining our Easiest Swing Club.
Some of longest shots have been when tired and relaxed. 😊
So true! Great comment! 👍
wonderful, but could you please shows us how to achieve this easy follow through motion in a separate video. Thank you
Hi Manfred take a look at this video it should answer your query ruclips.net/video/ou3ylszcgds/видео.htmlsi=WlmeTcqHsXboMkwQ 👍
Bill Mehlhorn wrote a book with Bobby Shave - Golf Secrets Exposed. Mr. Mehlhorn also coached the golf team at Florida International University in Miami towards the end of his life.
That’s right, sadly it’s no longer in print. We spoke to Bobby’s daughter to see if we could resurrect it (sadly Bobby has dementia now) but she said she couldn’t face that, I guess her hands are full right now and she probably gets regular similar requests. The original publisher is out of business too. It’s why I used many of his quotes in our new book “The Easiest Swing in Golf” (available on Kindle now with physical copies due in a couple of weeks) as there is so much treasure in that book.
@@Easiestswing I learned to play golf at a golf course in Miami where Mr. Shave was the maintenance superintendent. The golf pro was Ken Juhn whom Mr. Shave and Mehlhorn coached at FIU. The course sadly no longer exist. The last time I saw Mr. Shave was at a course in Hollywood, FL about 15 years ago. I actually have a signed copy of that book. I learned golf with the “cut the grass” drill. At one point Mr. Shave was selling a golf aid for that drill. Harvey Penick also described the tool in the Little Red Book.
I do miss my old heavy headed irons because I could easily feel that club head.
I agree, I like heavy headed clubs as the encourage a relaxed and rhythmical swing 👍
Ingenius.
Have to give them a try. Retired this year and couldn’t break 90 playing at least once a week. Frustrating
Stick with Easiest Swing Lens your best golf is ahead of you so long as you don’t get bogged down with technical thinking. Easiest Swing is easy to engage and if you follow our programs one step at a time you will be amazed at how much you can improve. Suggest you seriously consider joining our ES Club where we can help you on that journey. Good luck 🤞
Appears you have open stance is it just camera angle ?
You are right it is the camera angle (slightly behind centre) that causes that appearance. To be honest if I ever accidentally aim off target it is right of target!
In the book to download noticed in the backswing the people were facing with their backs completely turned away from the target. I didn't see you turn that far. Is this an individual preference?
I am always looking to increase my turn - I have 4 fused vertebrae in my cervical spine. I don’t think I can ever get as much as I’d like but by working on my left knee and foot action , allowing my head to move and relaxing my left arm I can get close to where I’d like to be. However without those elements I think I’d lose 50 yards off the tee and I don’t think I’d even be able to break 80 any more!
What would be an ideal weight shaft for tis system ? Seems like a heavier club would be better with this technique ...common belief is as you get older you go lighter but there is no momentum ..I went lighter but lost control ..105 gram shaft a happy medium ?
A 105 gram shaft is extremely heavy. Ideally we want a lighter shaft and a heavier head. This helps with feel and rhythm. I have just got new clubs myself this week and I have the 65gm recoil shafts - they feel great!
Are you putting more weight on your right leg in set up???
No we recommend a 50/50 set up and allowing almost all the weight to travel to the back foot through the backswing.
Now I need to go and check I’m doing what I recommend!! 😂
Thank you!!!
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Any slo-mo??
If you always swing at 2/3power, how do get more distance?
Great question @sumitagg1 the longest hitters will lose some yards but gain accuracy and consistency doing this. However, we often find shorter hitters gain distance due to the removal of unnecessary effort. We call this effortless power rather than powerless effort. 👍
Bobby Jones took the club away like that as well. Very loose.
Spot on John - I think it’s easy to believe that the modern golfer is much smarter but those previous generations had definitely figured a few things out that appear to have been overlooked in the mists of time.
@@Easiestswing I think two of the best books I have read on golf are Bobby Jones's and Manuel De La Torre's.
Hi. Brian had a copy of Bill’s book Golf Secrets Exposed. Is there any chance you guys could scan it and turn in a PDF?
We have spoken with the author’s (Bobby Shave) family to see if we could get copies of the book or get it republished but sadly he now has dementia and they don’t seem to want to get it published and the publisher also no longer exists. Copyright laws don’t allow us to do as you suggest but we can share the information and intend to do so. We also share more of it in the Easiest Swing Club so maybe consider joining us there.
Great stuff Thanks!