By Wayne | Videos: Lesson of the Week
As you may know, Justin is a great athlete (offensive tackle for the U. of MD and an AAU caliber basketball player) who tackled golf after football was done with and who spent his first few years developing a swing so technically challenged that even his athletic talent couldn’t overcome the difficulty he created at […]
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After earning exempt status on the Web.Com Tour for 2014 Lenny finished out 2013 with a near miss at the Mayacoba Classic in Mexico, qualifying just to play in the event in a 4-spotter and then making the cut with nice rounds of 69 and 68. He was poised to break into the top 10 […]
Continue readingI wanted to wish all the members and other subscribers to WayneDeFrancesco.com Happy Holidays, and thank every one of you for taking the time to watch and listen to my posts. The game has played a huge roll in my life, and I find it fulfilling to be able to share my knowledge and experience […]
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One of the most underrated golfers in history, Middlecoff won more PGA Tour events in the 1950’s than any other player. He effectively ended his career in 1961 having won 40 Tour events and 3 major championships (2 U.S. Opens and a Masters) in only 14 years of competing. He showed promise as a youngster, […]
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This is a wonderful swing designed more for ball control than power, but is obviously powerful enough to have already won a few times on the European Tour at a very young age. Manassero’s swing mechanics are excellent, and as the swing unfolds you can see that most of his positions and movements are right […]
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Joey, now a freshman at Virginia Tech, has made tremendous progress as a player during the time we have worked together. He was a late starter as a junior, and then had a big win at the Optimist World Junior in 2012. He was close to taking a gap year after high school due to […]
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This video may give you hope, or it may annoy you to no end to watch someone who can take instruction and implement the changes almost immediately. Some people can pretty much do what they want to do, and if their swings are faulty there is a very good chance that the information they have […]
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Ian Poulter finished up his year quite well, battling Henrik Stenson down to the wire in the Race to Dubai. While he came up short with Stenson playing better than anyone in the world he demonstrated upgraded ball striking and an overall solid game. This was not a random occurrence, as you will see in this video where I point out the fairly major change Poulter has made in his takeaway and the resulting changes in his backswing as it progresses to left arm parallel and to the top.
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Chris came in from Indiana to spend a few hours with me after having done an online lesson about a month before. Chris is a good player but has trouble with ball control, especially under pressure, and his scores tend to skyrocket when he tries to play in tournaments. This is a classic case of […]
Continue readingBy Wayne | Videos: As Seen On TV and Extras
I guess it is no surprise to find former Tour player Aaron Oberholser seated next to our hero, Brandel Chamblee, taking his own shot at Tiger Woods’ swing and coach Sean Foley. The problem, according to Oberholser, is Tiger’s tendency to forward lean his shaft at impact with the driver, a fact that he credits […]
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