The Swing Factory Book
A message from author, William Sieghart
A Few years ago, inspired by a friend to make an unscheduled visit to a driving range in the mountains of Colorado, I took up golf. The high altitude meant that the ball would fly improbable distances the few times I struck it well and instantly I began to fall in love with the game. Little by little I began to get better at it, but after a while I realised I had reached the limit of my abilities and began to have some lessons here and there. Various professionals made adjustments to different parts of my grip, address or swing and for a short while I felt I was improving. 
Somehow or other, though, I was trapped in a cycle. I would have my good days and bad days on the course. And if the day started badly, more often than not it would get worse. As I became more frustrated, my swing became more disjointed. Most important of all, when things went wrong, I didn’t know what to do or how to correct it. After a few bad swings I would become defeatist and deflated. As any keen golfer will tell you, when you are caught up in this cycle of desperation, there is nothing worse.
I was explaining this to an elderly New Yorker one day and she smiled, reached into her handbag for a pen and paper, wrote down a name and number and told me that salvation was in the way.
Of course I didn’t believe her and the scrap of paper stayed on my desk before one painful day, when my battle with the game had reached a new and extreme low, I decided to book myself a lesson.
Suffice it to say that not only did my experience at The Swing Factory help me escape this painful cycle, but it also resulted in me writing this book.
When I first entered the Factory, my handicap was 24. Just over twelve months later, I was competing in the Dunhill Cup, a pro-am tournament played on some of the greatest and most famous courses in Scotland.
On the first day of the tournament, on the Old Course at St Andrews, the home of the game of golf, I hit an 81, a mere 9 over par, a score that I had dreamt about many times but never believed it was possible to achieve. It was though I had discovered golf’s Holy Grail.
