Monthly Archives: November 2014

From the Vault: Various Swings from Wayne D’s Tape Collection

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

Knowing that he is a swing junkie like the rest of you I originally sent this to Kevin Streelman to give him something to do over the Thanksgiving holidays. After I thought about it I figured all you guys are paying to see interesting stuff, so why not just post it on the site? Most of the swings are from tournaments I was either playing in or working with someone, and the range and course shots go from the PGA at Riviera in 1995 to the Booz Allen Classic (formerly known as the Kemper Open) at TPC Avenel in Maryland.…

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Lesson of the Week: Wayne D. Looks at his Own Swing (First Time in a While)

By Wayne | Videos: Lesson of the Week

Here it is the middle of November and I haven’t played a competitive round since May due to ongoing back issues. I am scheduled for surgery December 9th to open up space for the nerves on the sides of the two discs above my fusion, but oddly enough it has been feeling a bit better lately so I have been playing some and hitting a few balls. I figured I might as well film it and check it out in order to have something to compare my post- surgery swing to, so I took a couple of 6 iron shots…

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TP&C: Brad Faxon Part 3

By Wayne | Tour Players and Celebrities

I went down to Jupiter to spend a couple days with Brad at Old Palm and we got some nice work in. I have always told Brad that given his problems with the approach being high and sometimes stuck he should strive to get the club on plane at the top (less across the line) so that he can have the shaft flatten early in transition and then steepen the rest of the way down, which will give him the chance to get the right arm straighter as he approaches impact and his hands as a result passing by closer…

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Online Students: Steve Kirsop

By Wayne | Videos: Online Students

Here is a little run down on my golfing history, not sure this is how I’m supposed to send it, but here it is.   Wayne D: I’m 62 years old and started golfing when I was about 40 after my buddies that I played squash with started playing golf when their joints wore out. I’ve had a knee and a shoulder replaced and in general my joints are stiff and I have limited flexibility overall, although I’m in pretty good shape and have been a competitive athlete all my life. I’ve taken golf lessons from four different instructors over…

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Lesson of the Week: Scott Johnson

By Wayne | Videos: Lesson of the Week

Scott drove down to Maryland all the way from Boston at the suggestion of Nick Antonelli, a professional that I gave a couple of lessons to in Florida last spring. As you will see in the video of Scott’s initial swings he set up with his hands extremely low and his spine angle severely bent over, then took the club back with his hands working away from him, and completed the reverse-loop pattern by dropping his hands and arms straight down behind him, hitting the ball with a radically in-to-out path. It was apparent to me right away that we…

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Just Trust It?

By Wayne | Articles: The Mental Game

How many times have you heard or been told, especially after a poor shot, to “just trust it”, or “just swing the club and don’t think about it so much”? Quite a few, I’d be willing to bet. Think back on how that advice affected your next shot, or series of shots for the rest of that round. Perhaps you started hitting it better, at which point you might have come to conclusion that mindlessly swinging was the way to go, and that complicating matters with swing thoughts was detrimental to your ability to strike the ball effectively. You probably…

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Online Students: Paul McCrorey

By Wayne | Videos: Online Students

Wayne,   “I am an engineer and I own my own 3D visualization (animation) business (http://mccroreydigital.com). I have played golf for 30ish years (I am 45). I have always had a ‘decent’ swing but have never really ‘got it done’. I want to improve my swing to the best it can be and I’d like to play in more tournaments but have a legitimate chance to compete. I can’t do that now as my swing is way too inconsistent.   I absolutely love the mechanics of the swing and love to video and look at it. I have researched the…

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TP&C: Brian Urlacher

By Wayne | Tour Players and Celebrities

At 6’4 and 260 lbs. of solid muscle (no discernible body fat) Brian, future Hall of Fame linebacker for the Chicago Bears, is an imposing figure, especially in shorts and a tight golf shirt (seems like everybody looks big in a football uniform, at least on TV). The amazing thing about Brian’s golf game is that his short game is absolutely amazing. He gets it up and down like a Tour player, and that’s any shot from anywhere around the green and inside of 100 yards. I wasn’t surprised when Kevin (Streelman) told me that Brian has built substantial short…

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