Monthly Archives: July 2016

Online Students: Matthew Laydon

By Wayne | Videos: Online Students

Ah, golf. What it does to us all, at least those of us who have this insane desire to control the ball and to beat everyone we are playing with. It is my firm opinion that all mental issues with the game start with technique that doesn’t work. Notice I didn’t say “bad” technique, because lots of stuff that you would think would be bad functions marvelously, but technique that doesn’t work. Some players can seemingly make anything work.

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Improvement: Peter Procops, PGA Part 8

By Wayne | Improvement

Peter has good athletic motion and here we’re starting right off with the takeaway and the difference in right load from the rehearsal to the real swing. Peter’s rehearsal is good and stable with nice hand and arm width while his regular swing starts with a slide off the ball and much less width. Now I do like to see some right load but I want to see it as a result of the width and not in an effort to create the width.

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Swing Analysis: Daniel Berger

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

Here is another great example of a funky looking, unconventional backswing that winds up producing a brilliant approach to impact. It is reminiscent of Sergio’s swing in that the shaft stays extremely flat for an extended period of time in the forward swing, saved by the quick rotation of the left forearm to close the face and to arc the shaft onto to the plane by the time it is parallel to the ground. The other benefit of this technique is to bring the hands quite close to the body in the impact area with the right forearm looking directly at the ball and the shaft returning to the address shaft plane at impact.

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Wayne D’s Swings from the PNC

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

These are a few swings I shot while I was at the PNC. The driver swings are before the tournament started, while the iron swings with the yellow shirt are the morning of the 2nd round. You will see all my old flaws, but I feel like I’m making progress in that my body held up pretty well and I managed to hit 12 fairways and 14 greens in the second round on a 7350-yard golf course. I know what I’m looking for and if I can keep practicing without hurting myself I think I can get back to being competitive, at least in my own section and hopefully on the national stage.

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