Monthly Archives: February 2019

Lesson of the Week: Peter Slaven- Trying to Change an Overly In to Out Path

By Wayne | Videos: Lesson of the Week

Peter is an excellent player (scratch handicap) I see 3 or 4 times a year when either I visit Chicago, or he comes down to Florida to stay with his Dad and get out of the Chicago winter. Pete tends to hit the ball high with a draw, and his problem shot is one that over hooks to the left. We have worked on improving his sequence and using ground forces more effectively, and in these swings his transition move is leaving his head too far back to the right and slowing down his lower body clearing. The first thought…

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Justin Thomas: Great Short Bunker Shot Technique

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

It’s not often we get a perfect view of a bunker shot on a TV telecast, but here we see Justin Thomas short sided in the sand from a spot on down the line view. Things to focus on are the almost dead square stance, flexed knees, low hands made lower by gripping well down on the club, the quick set of the wrist with the face opening constantly, the movement of the arms well in front of the body without taking the club outside much, the slight shallowing of the shaft in transition (where you might expect it to…

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JB Holmes: Utilizing Great Sidearm Action

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

Here we have a nice, stable down the line view of JB Holmes hitting what appears (by the ball speed) to be a 7 iron, although the announcers don’t say definitively what club it is. Holmes starts with a standard athletic set up, then starts the swing by whipping the club under his hands in a move most any teacher would try to improve in a less accomplished player. From P2 to P4 he keeps his left arm well in front of him while adding left wrist flexion, then the cool part begins. Holmes waits to lower until the change…

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Lesson of the Week: Shaun Powers, PGA- Working on Right Arm Action

By Wayne | Videos: Lesson of the Week

Shaun is competitive club professional from Connecticut who would like to improve his swing and his ball striking. He is just about to turn 50, which gives him opportunities in tournament play that he hasn’t had in the past. He is already competitive against the younger guys so if he can improve a bit, he could be in contention for the National Senior Club Pro and possibly earn a spot in some senior majors. Shaun is a classic case of right arm and shoulder overuse, and in his case, it causes his upper arm to get trapped behind him in…

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Lesson of the Week: Arthur Slaven – Changing Stubborn Patterns

By J | Videos: Pro Tip of the Week

Most golfers have no idea how difficult it is to make overall improvements in a swing with multiple flaws, especially if the results that the flawed swing produces are considered good enough not to cause embarrassment. Arthur came to me with a swing that made it difficult for me to figure out what to start working on first. There was a catalog of errors: loose grip, closed upper body set up, shut face in the backswing, pelvis loading left, arms disconnecting, downswing sequence started with the upper body, throw release. Fixing these one at a time was not going to…

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Matthew Wolff and Jimmy Bruen: 70 Years Apart but Strikingly Similar Action

By J | Videos: Swing Analysis

I was first introduced to Jimmy Bruen’s swing by a WayneD.com member, and the action was so memorable that when I saw Wolff’s swing last year on the telecast of the NCAA Championship, I immediately harkened back to the footage of the young Irishman who won the British Amateur in 1946. Bruen came to prominence some 10 years earlier, winning the British Boys Championship and then qualifying a playing in the Walker Cup matches at Sunningdale in 1938 at the age of 18. Bruen was known for his prodigious length and his odd swing and would likely have had a…

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Lesson of the Week: Jamie Kilmer, PGA Part 4 – More Right- Arm and Shoulder Work

By Wayne | Videos: Lesson of the Week

This video should help anyone who struggles with an inability to get the hands more forward at impact with an iron. The culprit is right arm and shoulder pull back (right shoulder retraction), which in transition causes all sorts of issues. Jamie’s overuse of his right shoulder to increase his turn causes his upper body to lean toward the target before the lower has a chance to initiate the forward motion, leaving the arm stuck up and behind him while his head struggles to stay behind the ball. The feeling needs to be that the right arm and shoulder do…

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