December, 2019 | Wayne DeFrancesco

Playing for Money: Lesson with Darrell Kestner, PGA: Looking for a Less Steep Approach and Less Flip at Impact

Darrell Kestner is the long-time head golf professional at the Deepdale Golf Club in Long Island New York, and while you may not have heard of him if you’re not from around there he has compiled perhaps the greatest playing record of any club professional in history (this means not former tour pros or college […]

Brendan Todd Swing Analysis: A Swing Worthy of Copying

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

This is a great golf swing. It’s hard to believe that after making 1.8 million dollars in 2015 Todd then missed 39 of his next 44 cuts, then after making a few at the end of 2019 when he only made $250,000, he started the wrap around 2020 season with 4 more mc’s before a […]

Lesson of the Week: Sam Bellamy- Trying to Undo Years of Unwanted Swing Patterns

By Wayne | Videos: Lesson of the Week

You probably read the title to this video and chuckled. “No kidding, years of unwanted swing patterns you say…join the club”. Sam, however, has quite the interesting background when it comes to golf, having played in college and tried the mini tours afterwards, only to find that he could not shoot the kind of scores […]

THE BEST Senior DRIVER Swing for Elite Level Play and Competition

By Wayne | The Senior Swing , Videos: Swing Analysis , Videos: Wayne D's Swing

I’m 62 years old (2019) and have limited trunk mobility due to multiple back, elbow, foot and other surgeries from injuries during my long teaching and playing career. Most of the online instruction catering to senior golfers focuses on increasing the backswing arc by closing the stance and maximizing the backswing turn, while I go in the totally opposite direction by suggesting that the best swing technique for senior golfers still interested in competing who are coping with limited flexibility and continuing back pain is the open stance.

Online Lesson Follow-Up: Eric Ashcroft

By Wayne | Videos: Online Students

Message to Wayne: Hi Wayne, these are a couple follow up swings from my lesson a couple of weeks ago. I’ve been working to roll the right foot, push off the right leg towards 10:30/11:00 (from a DTL perspective), and keep the head and right scapula from drifting too far towards the target on the […]

Wyndham Clark Swing Analysis: All Around Excellence