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Online Lesson Follow-Up: Jon Bui-the Difficulty in Changing Triggers and the Importance of Rehearsals

By Wayne | Videos , Videos: Online Students

In most online lessons I try to give the student more than a couple of things to work on, knowing that a follow-up within 2 weeks is not going to show every item addressed and/or changed. Golf swings are complicated, and if I were sending in my own swings for advice, I wouldn’t want that advice to be over simplified. In Jon’s case I gave him too much information to process in such a short period of time, but the follow-up is crucial (just as taking consistent face to face lessons is crucial) as here we can see what the…

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Online Lesson: David Trungale- Right versus Left Loading

By Wayne | Videos , Videos: Online Students

Every now and then in a face -to -face lesson I watch the first few swings and know exactly what I want to start with, and I reserve any other comments until I see what results when that one thing is applied. In David’s case that one thing is his left leaning set up, followed by left loading in the backswing (another thing, I know, but closely related). I like to draw vertical lines up from each heel in the face on view to check on centeredness, and in David’s case he is well left of center with his upper…

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Online Lesson: Jon Bui- Overall Swing Shape Leads to Poor Low-Point Control

By Wayne | Videos , Videos: Online Students

This is Jon’s 2nd online lesson (plus a follow-up) and if you go back and watch his previous lessons on the site you will see some real progress. However, sometimes there needs to be more significant changes in order to get the improvement we are looking for. In Jon’s email he notes: “Need more consistent contact/low point and eliminate left miss. Would like higher hands if possible but when I try it feels like I’m really swinging left and coming out-to-in.” The cause of Jon’s low point control problems is his approach angle, which is double shallow, meaning that the…

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Garrick Higgo Swing Analysis: Study This Rhythm and Tempo

By Wayne | Tour Players and Celebrities , Videos , Videos: Swing Analysis

I was surprised at what I saw after slowing Higgo’s swing down and analyzing it closer because it looks so good at full speed due to the smoothness of his swing with every club. He is not a huge guy at 6 feet and 185 pounds and watching him make his seemingly effortless move into the ball you might not expect him to be in the top 20 in driving distance on the Euro Tour, but there he is averaging over 310 yards and still ranking in the top 40 in greens in regulation. Combine that with some other-worldly putting…

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Online Lesson: John Lamendola- Looking for Ways to Improve

By Wayne | Videos , Videos: Online Students

I’ve been working with John for some time, and he has done remarkably well considering we have only been face -to -face a few times and most of our work has been online, which is a testament to the fact that online lessons can be beneficial. John is lucky in that he has a nice setup in his basement with Trackman and plenty of room to film his swing front and back, and in this case, John is not looking for a fix for a particular problem as he has been playing and hitting the ball well (he just returned…

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Richard Bland Swing Analysis- How Did This Guy Not Win in 477 Tournaments?

By Wayne | Tour Players and Celebrities , Videos , Videos: Swing Analysis

When you read a bio of Richard Bland and see that he got on Tour in 1998 and didn’t win until 2021, then you watch his swing, you must wonder what in the world kept him out of the winner’s circle. Of course, there are as many reasons why players fail to win as there are facets of the game, and who knows what has bedeviled him in the past. But he had his breakthrough win last month at the British Masters, and now is tied for the lead in the U.S. Open after 36 holes. His swing is spot…

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Mac O’Grady and the Magic Move of the Greats

By Wayne | Tour Players and Celebrities , Videos , Videos: Swing Analysis

Recently a bunch of Mac swings were posted on YouTube, and I encourage everyone to check out his action to see how it changed over time. It was always a great swing, and his ball-striking abilities are legendary. He is also known for his knowledge of swing mechanics and just about any other subject regarding the game, but his eccentricities have kept him from rising above the cult status that he currently possesses (although I’m sure he could care less). In this video I take a Mac swing from down the line that demonstrates what I consider to be the…

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Online Lesson Follow-up: Victor Herak

By Wayne | Videos , Videos: Online Students

“Hi Wayne- Here are 2 swings, fo [face on] and dtl [down the line], for my lesson follow-up for your review. Things that I was focusing on, based on your previous recommendations, were as follows: FO: In my setup -get my hips more centered rather than leaning left, -play ball a little more forward rather than on my nose. Felt like I was way behind the ball with a lot of weight on my right side. At p2 get wider in the takeaway. At p3 try to get wrist cock no more than 90deg. Previous you mentioned my aggressive angle…

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Tiger Woods 2000: Why I Teach What I Teach

By Wayne | Tour Players and Celebrities , Videos , Videos: Swing Analysis

Sometimes I download swings onto my computer and forget about them, which is what happened with these swings of Tiger taken at Butch Harmon’s teaching center in Dubai in 2000. What’s rare about them is the stable camera and the correct camera angles, which are hard to come by unless you are one of the few who have worked with Tiger over the years. These are especially valuable as they come from Tiger at the top of his game and considering his amazing career that is saying something. In this video, I look at the Tiger’s swing in detail and…

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Lydia Ko Swing Analysis: Added Strength and Getting Back on Plane Leads to Big Victory

By Wayne | Tour Players and Celebrities , Videos , Videos: Swing Analysis

Lydia Ko was a prodigy to say the least. She was #1 in the world at age 17 and had 2 majors under her belt along with 15 tour wins before she was 20. A few years later she found herself in golf never-never land, going through swing coaches and caddies in search of the missing magic. She only won once in 90 events before breaking through with a 2nd in the latest women’s major and followed that up with a 7-shot win. Much credit goes to her new instructor Sean Foley, who essentially got her back to what she…

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