Monthly Archives: August 2013

Swing Analysis: Tiger’s Driver vs. His 3-Wood

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

[wlvar_Upgrade]   I pulled some nice shots of Tiger teeing off at Firestone a few weeks ago and it gives us the opportunity to compare his driver swing, which has taken a lot of criticism for its lack of consistency and accuracy, and his 3-wood, which has been his go-to club in most situations that haven’t required extra distance. It is apparent that his overall motion, with the hands leading the clubhead into the ball and the shaft leaning forward, is more conducive to compressing the ball off the ground, or in this case driving the ball off of a…

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Swing Analysis: Matt Kuchar’s Radical Swing Change

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

[wlvar_Upgrade]   So how do you stay under the radar with a swing change as radical as what these videos show Matt Kuchar has implemented? Easy: you just have to be almost a superstar (but not quite), relatively uninteresting in the personal gossip column, and you have to just not tell anyone what you are up to. I would be fascinated to talk to Matt about what he has done with his swing and why, but suffice it to say that I believe it is a great move on his part and gives him an opportunity to become one of…

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TP&C: Bobby MacWhinnie Parts 1 and 2

By Wayne | Tour Players and Celebrities

This is a good example of an excellent player with a good golf swing who is struggling and looking for help. I teach players of all levels, and certainly this swing as is would be way up there with the best I see on any given day. I have to listen to the player describe his or her struggles with ball control and then analyze the swing in a bit more detail in order to come up with ideas about why the ball striking is less than adequate. Proponents of “keep it simple” would more than likely tell Bobby that…

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Lesson of the Week: Jason Gandy

By Wayne | Videos: Lesson of the Week

Jason is just over a year out of college and has been struggling mightily with his ball striking, even though his swing would look great to just about anybody watching it. I was wondering myself what could be so wrong with something that looked so appealing, which just goes to show you that it doesn’t matter how long you’ve been looking at the stuff, if it’s too fast you can’t see it. If I had said “gee, the club must be coming in underneath your hands which is causing a complicated release action that you aren’t able to handle” then…

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Swing Analysis: Tom Pernice

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

Tom Pernice is easily one of the best ball strikers on the Champions Tour, and I don’t hold it against him that he has worked for years with Jim Hardy. As I have said in the past, I have nothing against what Hardy teaches, although I would treat the movement of the right arm in the swing completely differently than what Hardy espouses in his books and clinics. My problem with Hardy is his use of Ben Hogan to demonstrate his idea of right arm action, that is that the right arm stays up and back in transition while the…

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The Mental Game: On Playing Bad

By Wayne | Articles: The Mental Game

“Things just go from bad to worse, Starts like a kiss, and ends like a curse.” Jim Carroll   There is no way around it: no matter how good, bad or indifferent you are as a golfer it is inevitable that you will play bad. And what do I mean by bad? Well, if we check the Thesaurus we will find a number of other words to describe it- awful, terrible, dreadful, appalling, shocking, ghastly, horrific, dire, and unpleasant. One or more of these synonyms may appeal to you, but the truth of the matter is that the feelings engendered…

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Online Students: Camille Champagne

By Wayne | Videos: Online Students

The first thing I want to do here is to share with you Camille’s email that came with his swings. After reading it I was intrigued by the possibilities of what I would see, especially since he took an online lesson from a Plane Truth (Hardy) guy. Thus, it is quite interesting that the exact issue that I have with Hardy and his teaching, the action of the trailing arm, is at the forefront of this lesson. In fact, almost everything about Camille’s swing is first-rate other than (in my opinion) his left arm movement in transition and through impact.…

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Phil Should Be the One

By Wayne | blog

Have you ever wondered why Tiger Woods is better than Phil Mickelson? I can sum it up in two words: better mechanics. Phil is a great player who plays far beyond what his swing should produce. To put it simply, Phil has poor mechanics. Without going into detail for this piece let’s just say that Phil’s swing puts so much pressure on his hands to time the release that it only works sometimes. And while that is a truism for every player Phil is on the side of “hey, that guy shouldn’t be that good”. And. if you look at…

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Online Students: Sigurour Oli Jensson (Siggy)

By Wayne | Videos: Online Students

Siggy sends his swings in from Iceland and as you can see there is a golf season there. He wrote a nice note to go along with the swings, so I am going to let you read that instead of me paraphrasing. I think it will be interesting for you to read his comments and then watch the video. After looking at his swings I could really see where he was coming from with his complaints about not being able to hit quality shots. This is another bit of evidence that pivot movement is the key to high level ball…

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PGA Championship: Last 4 holes

By Wayne | blog

Ok. Just watching the PGA. Furyk just left his putt on 15 6 feet short. Dufner hits the 3 wood off the fringe to a foot and a half. Furyk for the par. It would seem like he has to make it, although history tells us anything is possible. Furyk is the ultimate grinder. Nails it. What a good putt. Still has a chance. Dufner from 2 feet. Right in the middle. Great stuff. Now Stenson for birdie. Leaves it short. Three back with the two tough finishing holes left. Has to do something heroic.   The shot Dufner hit…

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