January, 2011 | Wayne DeFrancesco

Swing Analysis: Hunter Mahan at the Ryder Cup: Anatomy of a Pitch Shot Under Pressure

This video looks at the execution of a simple pitch shot, made anything but simple by the extreme pressure of the moment. It is the 17th hole of the last match of the Ryder Cup. The outcome of the entire affair rests on this last 2-ball. Hunter Mahan is two-down, and needs an up-and-down to possibly extend the match, as it is certain that Graeme McDowell will make no worse than bogey, and being already two- up, win the match if Mahan makes bogey. Mahan has just hit an exceptional pitch on the previous hole, one more difficult than this…

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Wayne DeFrancesco: Golf Swing Progress Report

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

I used to spend a lot of time traveling and playing in the winter, but as I get older and my body suffers more from the constant abuse of playing and teaching…

Robert Garrigus: Golf’s Home Run Hitter

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

Presented with the opportunity to watch Robert Garrigus’ golf swing in slow motion it occurred to me that it would be interesting to compare his powerful action to that of a baseball player, especially a power hitter.

Jonathan Byrd’s Golf Swing: The Next Hogan?

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

There is a certain aesthetic pleasure in watching a tightly connected, “flat” looking swing. The movement appears centered and simple. The energy seems to come 100 % from rotation, and there is little or no rangy or loose movement.

Moe Norman and the Problem with “Feel” and “Real”

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

I saw Moe Norman hit balls twice, both times speaking to groups of golfers about what he was doing and how he was doing it, and I thought it would be interesting, given the myth concocted around him and his alleged ball striking prowess, if I told the story of my encounter. When I got out of college I quit golf for a time (I had lost my game miserably my senior year at LSU after being a First Team All-American my junior year), but ended up playing again as a amateur, qualifying for the 1981 US Open and turning…

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Monthly Archives: January 2011

Swing Analysis: Hunter Mahan at the Ryder Cup: Anatomy of a Pitch Shot Under Pressure

Wayne DeFrancesco: Golf Swing Progress Report

Robert Garrigus: Golf’s Home Run Hitter

Jonathan Byrd’s Golf Swing: The Next Hogan?

Moe Norman and the Problem with “Feel” and “Real”

Faults and Fixes: Chunking Short Pitches

Faults and Fixes: Crossing the Line

Video Extra: What’s in the Bag?