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Golf - Fred Astaire Dancing And Playing Golf [youtube video link]
youtube ^ | long ago | Fred Astaire

Posted on 05/11/2024 12:25:46 PM PDT by FLNittany

Fred Astaire dancing & playing golf. In this video he makes the game look very easy, maybe not at PGA Tour level, but you can see the great man could play and had a low handicap of 10.

Astaire wanted to incorporate golf into a dance routine. "Fooling around at Bel-Air one day," he recalled, "I did a few impromptu rhythm steps just before hitting one off the tee, and was surprised to find that I could really connect that way."

So, maybe the game is not so difficult after all.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Music/Entertainment; Sports
KEYWORDS: astaire; golf
I taught for many years and he's in really good positions almost everywhere in these swings.

He already had the world's best rhythm and balance. Stands to reason he could do this.

1 posted on 05/11/2024 12:25:46 PM PDT by FLNittany
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To: FLNittany

It would be a good laugh to see some current top golfer mimic that act of Fred’s sometime, teeing off on some hole in a PGA tournament.


2 posted on 05/11/2024 12:30:11 PM PDT by Wuli
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To: Wuli

Can’t see any of the large guys doing it. Maybe Rickie?


3 posted on 05/11/2024 12:44:20 PM PDT by FLNittany (Autotune is jealous of Karen Carpenter)
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To: FLNittany

The only two I could find worth posting:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soEA3HkZ4XQ

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1373144999684354

Maybe some others have just had all their dance moves deleted from the Internet LOL


4 posted on 05/11/2024 1:10:02 PM PDT by Wuli
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To: FLNittany

Current teaching...”You must keep your head still”....and your arms, hips, wrists, knees, must hit the exact positions and angles to hit a solid shot.

Not in Fred’s world...


5 posted on 05/11/2024 3:06:33 PM PDT by Herodes
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