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Lesson of the Week: Matthew Sawyer- Backswing Work

Matthew is an 11 handicap who has been a member of WayneD.com for so time, and since he lives not too far from Baltimore decided to come up for a face to face lesson. My first impression was that Matt had better action than his handicap would suggest, but that he could improve his ball striking by focusing on backswing width and structure. You will see a side by side comparison between his first swings with a stop and go drill, and then with me doing some hands on moving, getting him to feel the extension and higher hands at…

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Swing Comparison: U.S. Amateur Finalists Demonstrate Radically Different Techniques

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

It was a great match between John Augenstein, senior at Vanderbilt University, and Andy Ogletree, senior at Georgia Tech, in the finals of the 2019 U.S. Amateur. Augenstein led most of the match after shooting 65 in the morning round but Ogletree played the last 34 holes without a bogey and finally caught and passed Augenstein, winning 2 and 1. We can see a stark difference in the two players’ physiques immediately: Augenstein is shorter and stockier, more like a Xander Schauffle, while Ogletree is taller and thinner in the Dustin Johnson mode, and both are quite strong. The differences…

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Sam Snead Swing Analysis: The Sam Snead Squat

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

I am hearing a lot of questions from everyone about the “new” idea that the “Sam Snead Squat” is the way to go, which is another way of saying (erroneously, but I’ll get to that) that the initial pivot move in transition is entirely rotational, one which produces a right leg action that “holds” the upper right leg as the pelvis changes direction, and as the left leg rotates and the left knee moves back toward its starting position the result is the classic “squat” look. There are two important things to consider regarding the theory that there should be…

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Erik Van Rooyen Swing Analysis (PGA European Tour)

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

This guy looks to me like a sure bet to be a top 10 player in the world. He’s big, perfectly built, flexible as heck, and has developed not only a great swing but it solid in all other facets of the game, with his best stat being his putting. Here I focus on his swing, which demonstrates just about everything I like to teach. I like his on plane takeaway (slightly away from the body) with the clubface neutral, his athletic right loading (especially with the driver), his great width and extension against a very quiet lower body (more…

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Viktor Hovland Swing Analysis: Unconventional but Effective

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

Hovland has made an auspicious debut on the PGA Tour, coming within a couple of shots of securing his Tour card after only 10 events, making 8 cuts and earning just under $650,000. His swing is unconventional, but the pattern he is utilizing is becoming more prevalent with each class of college players trying to make it on Tour. His bowed left wrist and the high left arm at the top keeps the arms well out in front of the body while his hips and pelvis perform in a classic fashion that adds depth in transition and stays deep through…

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Basement Tapes Three Part Series: Part Three: The Transition and Downswing

By Wayne | Videos: Basement Tapes

Tired of a steep transition that puts you in a difficult position to strike the ball consistently well? Don’t know how or when to turn your left wrist down to set yourself up for elite level impact? Do your hands drop too far back and down in transition leaving you stuck? In this lecture I cover in detail how to achieve the highly desirable flat-to-steep transition plus how and when to move from flat-to-steep into the downswing setting you up to deliver high quality impact.

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Basement Tapes Three Part Series: Part Two: Right Arm and Shoulder:

By Wayne | Videos: Basement Tapes

Would you like to achieve elite level impact? Many golfers can’t reach the level of play they know they’re capable of yet are frustrated because they don’t know what’s holding them back. One of, if not, the main reason a large number of golfers can’t achieve quality approach and impact is the way they use their right arm and shoulder in the backswing. This lecture goes into detail regarding how the right arm and shoulder function during the swing. I show how golfers often overdo it, the correct way to determine the proper length of the backswing based on left…

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Basement Tapes Three Part Series: Part One: Three Takeaway Options

By Wayne | Videos: Basement Tapes

In this “Basement Tapes” video lecture series I go into more detail regarding three areas of the swing that I often see golfers struggle with. The detail is to help you achieve a better understanding of the movements greatly increasing your chance of success. The first video (today): “Three Takeaway Options” covers the One Piece Takeaway, The Right Forearm Takeaway, The Reactive Trigger Handle Drag Takeaway and how to perform each. The three takeaways are presented so you can try each of them to determine which one works best for you. The second video (Wednesday): “Right Arm and Shoulder” goes…

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Wayne D Working on a Backswing Pattern Change – August 2019

By Wayne | Videos: Wayne D's Swing

As I get healthier and can practice and play more, I have been able to home in on how my physical limitations get in the way of the swing shape I would like to produce. I have a hard time gaining depth late in the backswing and in transition, and when I change direction I constantly drive too much from my right heel to my left toes, leaving my entire left leg in the way of my attempt to rotate and clear my hips. One of the takeaway options I detail in my recent basement video is the “right forearm”…

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J.T. Poston Swing Analysis: Odd Leg and Hip Action Works Does the Job

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

Who would have figured that a guy who had never won on Tour, barely kept his card in 2018, and had missed 5 of the last 9 cuts would play his way into the history books by becoming only the second player (Lee Trevino was the first, over 40 years ago) to ever win a tournament and not make a single bogey. Poston’s backswing is classic for a tall, thin player: on plane one-piece takeaway, perfectly planed up to the top while maintaining his hip depth and compressing into the ground, then hitting a gorgeous top of the swing with…

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