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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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