David Leadbetter...hero or villain?

**KiltedArab** · 03-24-2005

A few weeks back I went to the Dubai Desert Classic. It's a great comp to go and watch as there are small crowds and you get quite close to the players who tend to be relaxed and up for a chat.

Well, during the Saturday I was sitting at a table by the putting green with a couple of mates and we were joined by two of the players who had finished their rounds. I cant name them, but they are, I guess, "journeymen" pros...will naver make the big time, but make enough to survive.

They were friendly and chatty, and we all had a couple of beers. Then one of my mates mentioned Leadbetter. The pros both made the comment that "you hear about the 10% of successes, you dont hear about the 90% he ruins". They both mentioned golfers whose swing/game had gone to pieces after joining Leadbetter - and hadn't recovered.

Is this right? Or was it just some form of professional envy that they werent with Leadbetter?

Any opinions?

**kirksey74** · 03-25-2005

Leadbetter is Satan

**WhoElseButMe** · 03-25-2005

I have only watched some of his vids. Not bad. Some tips were actually quite good.

**theidioticbizarre** · 03-25-2005

i've heard that Leadbetter is a con...

if you work with the natural best then they will always prevail - look at butch harmon and tiger woods - tiger was always gonna make it...

**Mikalion** · 03-26-2005

all i know is that he was Ty Tryon's coach, and we know what happened to that.

**the hummer** · 03-28-2005

I don't know if just me, but does anyone else find he's nauseating. I believe in fundamental teachings but he comes off way to technical. With all the mechanical stuff going on during one of his Golf Channel video lesson, one could get twisted like a pretzel pretty quick.

I personally like Butch, Hank Haney or Rick Smith.