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This was an interesting online lesson as it was one of the few I’ve done where the issue that I found with the iron was completely different than the issue with the driver, which makes sense since the two swings have some significant differences. With the iron Ryan sets up off center with his weight […]
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Josh is an assistant professional at Champions Retreat in Augusta, Georgia, and sent these videos of him doing some around the green pitching with the report that he was developing the dreaded fear of chunking and skulling what would seem to be simple shots. I’ve seen this problem with players of all levels, and the […]
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Marc has recently seen deteriorating ball striking, which led him to Osprey to have me take a look. Watching Marc’s swing I saw that he was doing a nice job at some of the most difficult things to teach, sequence and transition. However, his takeaway was too close to the ground and behind him with […]
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Mike, assistant pro at Westchester CC in New York, won the New York State Open in 2019, which tells you how good he is because that must be one of the most difficult state opens to win in the entire U.S. He is good friends with John Lamendola, and since Mike struggled a bit with […]
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Owen is a 9th grader (just turned 15) and is relatively new to golf, having concentrated more on basketball until Covid shut down the indoor sports. He started with a swing that went well outside and looped back inside and has worked recently on gaining depth in the backswing to eliminate some of the need […]
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These follow-up swings were taken 6 days after I sent him his first analysis. The video speaks for itself: like the title says, good players can make changes quicker and easier than not-so-good players. However, the only real test as to whether the changes were good ones is in competition. We will see how Frank […]
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Frank is 52 and a 3-time National PGA Assistant’s Champion from the Metropolitan Section, arguably the toughest section in the country when it comes to quality of players. Frank is always in the mix at the club pro level, but he was having some ball striking issues and gave me a ring, although we had […]
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I don’t know if I have ever given an online lesson like this: Brent’s technique is nearly flawless. It is on plane at every crucial position, hips are in the box both face on and dtl, no excessive lifting or arm collapse, literally nothing to criticize about how he has built his swing mechanics. So, […]
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John has made great strides with his swing over the years we have been working together (mostly online) but now that he has acquired a place in Florida, we have had a couple of in person lessons in which I have been able to get John to feel things that not hard to mention and […]
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The story from the TV announcers during the Torrey Pines event was that Patrick Reed had begun working with David Leadbetter and that Reed was getting accustomed to the swing changes. He was a bit vague about what they were working on, but he did mention trying to get his hands to release more in […]
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