Earlier this year, I gave a talk at my PGA Section Meeting on the topic of the D Plane. I thought it a good time to review that talk.
I had prepared for the talk for quite awhile and felt very comfortable with the topic. If you need a little review and what the D Plane is, follow this link.
I created a folder for each person that included a copy of the pages and diagrams I was planning to use. I felt it was important that everyone be able to take the information home and digest it.
I was a little disappointed by the number of attendees but I’m not sure that many people knew what I was talking about. The few days prior to the talk, I called another PGA member that I respected as a good teacher and had been around a while. I was calling to ask him if he thought the topic was really necessary because I thought most people would have known about it already. To my surprise, he had never heard of the D Plane and didn’t know what I was talking about.
At that moment, I knew I was at least a little bit ahead of the curve and that made me feel pretty good. The really sad part is that this idea has been around a very long time but, for some reason, is still not being taught by the US PGA. Almost all of the members that stayed for the education had never heard of the D Plane and I was really surprised when the pro I had called chose not to attend. In fact, I was a little surprised that more people didn’t attend.
After the talk was over and I answered all the questions, a couple pro’s came up to me and asked me if I would come to their club and give the talk to their membership. I thought I was nervous the first time. Speaking to a large group of people that weren’t as golf swing savy took a bunch more planning and different verbage to best explain this topic. All in all, the talks went very well and I hope to give some more in the future.
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