April, 2019 | Wayne DeFrancesco

Wayne D. Making Modifications and Playing Better

I’ve been feeling better and getting stronger and have had time to practice so it was nice to see the work pay off in the Middle Atlantic Section Match Play qualifier on a tough track just outside of Richmond, Va. I shot 2-under 70 to place second in a field of 51, 11 of whom were heading to the National Championship being contested this week in South Carolina. My ball striking was decent, short game and putting outstanding. In this video I show and talk about the changes I have made, which for the most part take me closer to…

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Tiger Woods: Huge Changes from 2010 to 2019

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

If you want to see how much Tiger has changed his approach to his golf swing over the past decade just watch here and note the change in his pre-swing rehearsal. In 2010 at his winter event in California he is seen starting his downswing rehearsal with his hands moving behind him, his left arm pulling down his chest, and the shaft staying steep and always over his right arm. In 2019 at Augusta we see him swinging his hands out above the ball in transition (people would call that “over the top”) with the shaft laying back. I always…

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Tiger Woods Driver: in the Wayne D. Lines

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

It’s not often that we get a TV view of any shot with a stable camera and a perfect camera angle, but here on the second hole at Augusta we get just that, and I take advantage of the opportunity to put Tiger inside the Wayne D. lines to see what his pivot is up to. Television does not utilize shutter speed in their cameras (other than the special slow-motion ones) so we can’t provide much detail about the shaft and clubface, although the blur of the club gives us some idea of where the shaft is pointing during the…

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Brooks Koepka Demonstrating Deep Hips While Staying Out Over the Ball

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

I should put a warning label on this video that says “Caution: Quite Physically Difficult to Accomplish”, although if you can get a bit closer to what Koepka does your swing will definitely improve. Staying bent over during the golf swing (not to mention getting even more bent over like Brooks does here) is possibly the most physically demanding movement in the golf swing. Koepka is loading pressure into his right leg while adding right hip flexion and maintaining his right knee flex, all the while keeping his head perfectly up against the forehead line. This is pivot movement at…

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Keith Mitchell Demonstrating a Controlled Knock-Down Wedge

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

In this video I look at Honda winner Keith Mitchell hitting a 91- yard wedge shot with a technique designed to control trajectory and spin. The shot can be interchangeably called a “knock-down”, a “3/4”, or a “cut off”, and the idea is by reducing the length of both the backswing and the follow through and perhaps also by gripping down on the club the player can produce say a 9-iron shot with a 7 iron and achieve a flatter, more penetrating flight that will not spin up into the wind. My guess here is that Mitchell is not hitting…

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Lesson of the Week: Andrew Teo Having a Breakthrough

By Wayne | Videos: Lesson of the Week

If you have watched any of Andrew’s lesson videos (you should) you will see just how stubborn his backswing hitch has been to get rid of. Andrew is a good player and an athlete, and you might think that once he is made aware of such an obvious and exaggerated flaw that he could fix it fairly quickly. Of course, in golf this is rarely the case, as there are so many elements to putting the clubface to the ball that players often lack awareness of what they are doing and even when they see it in action on a…

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Online Lesson: Phil Pfeiffer- Still Trying to Create More Posture

By Wayne | Videos: Online Students

If you go back and look at some of Phil’s previous lessons, you will see that he has improved his swing quite a bit. There a couple things I focus on here, including bracing in the right foot better and adding a bit of wrist cock to the backswing, but the main idea is to create more bend in the waist and upper body in both the backswing and the forward swing. If you start with a fairly erect posture as Phil does you are going to need to add bend in the backswing and in the forward swing. This…

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Playing for Money: Brett Walker-Utilizing Punch Shots for Better Sequence and Impact

By Wayne | Videos: Playing For Money

Brett is a young professional trying to play for a living who has been working with me for a few months. He is a good player but understands he needs to improve his ball striking to have a chance when the tour qualifiers come up. Brett would like to improve his sequencing as he dislikes the forward lean of his upper body in transition. In this video I note that Brett’s set up is off center to the right, which may have a lot to do with his eventual forward head movement. I suggest that he continue to quiet his…

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