January, 2019 | Wayne DeFrancesco

How to Play Golf: Fowler, Scott and McIlroy Hit Terrible Shots, Then Recover like Great Players Do

This video focuses on a 3-some of great ball strikers all hitting awful shots on a 225-yard par-3, then utilizing their short games to give them a chance to save par. Fowler leads off by fanning a 5-iron dead right off the top of the grandstand, getting a wonderful break when the ball kicks off the roof into the bunker and onto the upslope of the trap. McIlroy follows with another shot to the right, not as far off line as Fowler, and winds up with a far more difficult position in the bunker. You would figure no way would…

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TP&C: Willy Wilcox’s Back 9 with the Lead at the Web.Com Abaco Championship

By Wayne | Tour Players and Celebrities

This video simply shows a) how hard it is to win on any tour and b) how a hard course under trying conditions will punish shots that are just millimeters off. With a couple of good bounces Willy could easily have won this week’s Web.Com tournament. However, he has two fourth place finishes to start off the year, giving him a great head start on his quest to win enough money to get back on the PGA Tour.

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Testimonial: Matt Shevlan

By Wayne | Testimonials

Thanks, Wayne, for the video analysis. Just finished watching. It’s encouraging to know im on the right path. I work really hard at it and absolutely love this game. I wanted to let you know that since I started working with you and following your instruction, etc… my game has gotten sooo much better. Out of over 500 people in my work league I received the most improved based on handicap index (went from maybe a 30+ to 13) also just recently shot an 83 a couple weeks ago which is my best score of the year for 18. I…

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Wayne D’s Swing: Wayne D Back at it: January 2019

By Wayne | Videos: Wayne D's Swing

After recovering from another surgery (back surgery in 2014, elbow surgery in 2016, and foot surgery in 2018), I am ready to try once again to get back the semblance of a game. My short game and putting are coming around nicely, and my irons are getting better, as you will see in the swings here. My big problem is still with the driver and the longer swings, which you will also see in the DTL swing. My main goal now is to continue to try to gain depth in my right hip and leg from P2 to P4 and…

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TP&C: Willy Wilcox in the Hunt at the First Web.Com Event

By Wayne | Tour Players and Celebrities

Willy is playing well and gaining confidence, and here I look at some of his swings from the Web event in the Bahamas this week as well as some swings from his visit to Boca Rio the week before. It also helps that he has developed greater confidence in his putting with his new arm-lock putter, which I take a look at in a video soon.

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Online Lesson: Matt Shevlan Part 2

By Wayne | Videos: Online Students

Hi Wayne, Hope you had a nice holiday and new year’s! I just sent you a few swings through v1 for a follow up online lesson. I have still been working hard on the drills we talked about since august and have seen some significant improvement in my ball striking especially irons. I still struggle a little with getting that right arm to fully extend mostly with the driver but the swaying and cross over at the top is pretty much gone. I appreciate your help and look forward to your insights. Thanks! As you will see in the video…

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Lesson of the Week: Max Rosenberg Making Great Progress – Shallowing the Shaft in Transition

By Wayne | Videos: Lesson of the Week

It took us a while, but Max finally got the hang of shallowing the shaft in transition, which is a big deal as it encourages his pivot to stay deep and rotate in order to get the shaft on plane at P6. As he has been steep in the forward swing his whole life this presents a different set of circumstances for just about everything he does. One thing to remember is that a player’s swing prior to changes has a feel and a memory as the hands learn to put the club on the ball, and these tendencies do…

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Lesson of the Week: Romano Bootha- Change in Posture Makes Huge Difference

By Wayne | Videos: Lesson of the Week

Romano is a young aspiring PGA Professional working toward his PGA of America Class A certification. Part of the requirements for even getting started is passing the Player Ability Test (PAT). It’s 36 holes in one day and it takes a total of around 156 to pass. The PGA doesn’t like to discourage apprentices like Romano and now if they miss qualifying he or she can still use the best 18 hole score and add it to a score shot in the next attempt. This may sound like an easy task, but the game is so hard that just wanting…

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Online Lesson: Terry Childs- Right Arm Issues Lead to Slow Rotation

By Wayne | Videos: Online Students

In this lesson I am going to try to answer Terry’s specific questions that you see in his email: “I feel like my backswing is on a pretty good plane, but I have two specific questions having to do with 1) my hip turn and whether they turn too much at the start of the swing and i.e. is the right knee okay and I know I have a little lift around the top, so I would like your thoughts on those two things specifically. Second, the little vertical drop at the start of the transition is not a conscious…

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