Othmar Rainer
Club Champion!
GC Dolomitengolf
Osttirol, Austria
Age 34, Height 189 cm,
Occupation: Nationally certified Ski Teacher & Trainer
Test & Marketing-Team Völkl-Skis
Played golf since: Summer 2001,
Started playing MTM's Setup Engineering clubs since Mai 2002-Handicap before: 33.5
now: 7.1
When I started playing golf in 2001, I asked my then golf trainer, why a man standing next to me on the driving range, although 25 years older and 8 inches smaller than myself, was playing the same length of club. His reply was that the clubs were correct for both of us.
Today, from my personal point of view, I know that his answer was not correct.
Because of my sporting experience and mobility, I believe I acheived a technically acceptable swing with my standard clubs, but after making a few swings with an MTM club, built to my specifications, I knew I had found my natural golf swing.
The more upright address position allowed me, from the very start, to make a more consistant and coordinated movement.The backswing rotation and follow through were less cramped and more natural.
Apart from all these technical realisations; the result of better direction and consistancy in my shots was mirrored in the reduction of the numbers I was writing on my scorecard.This was the proof for me that I had made 100% the right decision in changing to MTM clubs.
Othmar Rainer
Mr Robert Klein - Graduate Engineer
Firstly I would like to state that I have played golf for more than 20 years. Inevitably, mostly with conventional training methods, I have met and experienced many golf teachers. At my golfing pinnacle my handicap was around 15, but occupational and health issues forced me to curtail my sporting ambitions.
The ravages of time having left their mark, by way of slipped discs and arthritis in my hip caused by a skiing accident 30 years ago, I had resigned myself in 2005 to giving up golf completely. Coincidentally, about this time, I heard about the MTM system. After a lot of reflection and assessment I decided, by way of a trial, to take lessons from Mr Darran Bird.
The change from conventional equipment to the MTM technique took up little time and after only 3 months my back problems were a thing of the past. For some time now I have had the thrill of experiencing a swing feeling which is generally regarded as a good basis in order to play respectable golf.
Unfortunately, after only about 6 months of experiencing MTM , because of the necessity of a hip operation (implant), I had to interrupt the training. After this period I resumed training, above all, with the certainty that in the future, considering my age, I would be able to play respectable golf.
Lastly, I would like to mention that I hold MTM Golfs expert knowledge, and especially their method, in high esteem. This gives me the confidence and notably the fun, as a senior golfer, to meet the challenge that the golf sport represents, especially when I feel energetic and in well-being doing so.
Speaking personally, for me the change to MTM was the right decision.
Robert Klein