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Swing Analysis: Rory McIlroy-Still Dropping that Head!

Here we have a nice fixed camera shot of Rory striking an iron on a long par 3, and lo and behold there goes his head dropping copious amounts. Of course, I have always argued that this is a totally natural, athletic and powerful movement causes by the pivot, but you still hear knuckleheads talk about “dipping” being detrimental to the swing. What amazes me the most is how Rory has been spared the ridiculous criticism that was constantly leveled at Tiger Woods for doing the exact same thing.

Basement Tapes: Wayne D. Back in the Basement: Adding Speed to the Swing

By Wayne | Videos: Basement Tapes

I have 5 tournament rounds under my belt in the last 3 weeks (the Middle Atlantic PGA Section Championship: 73-72-77, and the Middle Atlantic PGA Senior Section Championship: 74-73) and have put some new ideas into play so I thought I would share them with everybody. I have really needed to find a way to add speed to my swing while taking stress off my body, and I think I have found the beginnings of a solution.

Swing Analysis: Jimmy Walker Hits the High Bunker Shot

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

This is a very cool shot of Jimmy Walker hitting the perfect high and soft bunker shot under the extreme heat of a major championship. We have seen more of the players move to a squarer stance with all their bunker shots, but here Walker demonstrates the extreme cut across method with the feet way open to the left and the face way open to the right.

Swing Analysis: Wayne D. at the 2016 Senior Section Championship

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

Here is more of me wrestling with my swing at a real tournament. I made a discovery of sorts watching Hogan on Saturday night and took it out to the practice round Sunday with some promising results. The new idea was to…

Online Students: Conner Kumpula Part 7

By Wayne | Videos: Online Students

If you haven’t watched Connor’s online lessons from the first one you should really go back and check each one of them out. The improvement really shows that online work can help even the best players, and as you watch Connor’s swing it’s hard not to agree that it’s one of the best you will see. He definitely has the ability to take his game to the next level, and what we see here are a couple of minor suggestions that will hopefully keep his swing progressing.

Swing Analysis: Jimmy Walker Significant Changes for the Better

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

Jimmy Walker has made some significant changes for the better in his swing in recent years, although his penchant for pulling his head back a ton is still present. What has allowed him to improve his ball striking is a slight adjustment in posture to one more out over the balls of his feet, and a much different overall use of the right arm and the wrists in the backswing.

Pro Tip of the Week: Get Better at Lining Up

By Wayne | Articles: Becoming a Better Player

After teaching for 30 years one thing I can tell you for sure is that the average player is not very good at aiming. Aligning properly for a golf shot is difficult because, unlike shooting a gun or a bow and arrow (or most other activities that require aim) in golf you have to stand to the side of the target line and figure out how to get your body and you club to be square (perpendicular) to that line.

Lesson of the Week: Matthew Latham Controlling his Wedges

By Wayne | Videos: Lesson of the Week

In this lesson we see an excellent young player with a powerful swing learning to control his wedge shots. Matthew can hit a pitching wedge 150 yards, but is not at his best when trying to flight his short iron shots, and has trouble from any type of in between distances.

Online Students: William Stepp

By Wayne | Videos: Online Students

William’s swing reminds me of Hogan (I’m not sure if William has patterned his swing after Ben’s or not), so I take the opportunity in this video to put Hogan’s swing side by side with William’s in order to illustrate what I believe would be a technique change that would help an already excellent move. As we have seen over and over in these online lessons the way the right arm works in the swing is a huge deal

Improvement: Peter Procops, PGA Part 10

By Wayne | Improvement

Peter’s swing is looking better and better. In the first part of this video his left leg is staying bent too long in the forward swing. During the downswing, at left arm 45˚, I want to see the left leg moving out of the way and for Peter it should feel like it’s pulling behind […]

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