As the Boomer generation reaches retirement, it comes to my mind that the majority of players and watchers of golf at this time are likely much older than the TikTok and Instagram generation.

Nothing wrong with being from either generation, it is just what it is…

I myself am 55 now, which never fails to stagger me, because I began this journey after turning 35, which was ten years after I’d first swung a golf club, so thirty years have passed in the blink of an eye.

It has occurred to me that many of the older generation have stopped playing their beloved game due to physical issues, which is not surprising, considering that healthy and strong golfers in their teen and twenties are already experiencing back issues due to Modern Golf Swing instruction and all of its madness.

As the main blog site here already focuses on mechanically-sound technique, it may be just that I could simply fold senior-oriented golf writing into this one, or build a sub-site that deals specifically with playing golf with an aging body and accompanying difficulties.

As I’ve said, I’m now 55 but with my swing research on proper mechanics, I can still drive the ball past just about anyone I meet on the golf course, of any age – I can only recall one young man who outdrove me on the course back when I was already 39 years old and he was in his twenties – that lad could wallop the ball.

I am getting creaky now – haven’t swung a club in a couple of weeks due to a nagging left shoulder soreness that came out of nowhere and isn’t golf-related as it hit me when I hadn’t swung in a few days, and I’m hoping it’s not early stage arthritis – but I still don’t worry about injuring myself swinging a golf club.

The thing is, most physical issues for older golfers, if one can still walk and use one’s arms – they are issues related to losing flexibility and being unable to continue to use Modern Golf Swing mechanics to play golf.

If Tiger Woods had learned a Classic Golf Swing in his youth, he would not have been in the shape he was in his 30’s and 40’s, trying to keep his various body parts from disintegrating

Gone are the days when golfers played into their 80s and 90s, which you could do back in the day when swing mechanics were more sound than they are today.

As I’ve said, I’ve tweaked my scoliotic back many times doing ordinary things around the home and have still been able to swing  the club because I don’t twist my back to achieve a shoulder turn.

If this is of interest, I have been thinking about it for some months.  I receive emails from people from time to time to credit me for their being able to resume playing golf after having had to stop due to physical issues.

There’s a lot to be said for being able to play one’s favorite game into one’s twilight years, and if I can help them do so, I’m more than happy to.

More to come.