Congrats to Darrell Kestner and my former student Dick Mast for their 1-2 finish in the 65-69 year old group at the PGA Senior Stroke Play Championship in Port St. Lucie Jan 12-14. Also a nice return to action to WayneD student and Korn Ferry Tour player Willy Wilcox, who regained fully exempt status for […]
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Wayne D’s Hogan analysis makes an appearance on the Golf Channel’s Hogan special. This is 10 minutes into part 1. Join the forum discussion on this post
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It was 80 players for 3 spots, and I finished tied for 4th. I shot 68, but there were two 66’s and a 67. The 67 was in my group (by Mark Brown, the head professional at the club on Long Island where I started my teaching career) as was another 68, by Bob Lennon, […]
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I’ve been asked a few times for this and I had some time alone in the house so I figured I’d play behind a couple of jam tracks. I have had a great time learning to play the instrument and it has made me a bunch of new friends totally oblivious to anything golf, which is a nice break at times. I’ve been playing for about 10 years, and the thing that has helped me most are the lessons I’ve taken from some of the best players in the U.S., including Jerry Portnoy, Dennis Gruenling, Steve Guyger and my good buddy Bret Littlehales (AKA Big Boy Little).
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Just about everyone who is interested in golf wants to know if Tiger can come back. I happen to think he can, and I have a unique perspective as to what he is going through. I had my first back surgery (a single disc laminectomy, much like Tiger’s first 3 surgeries) in 1983 while I was playing the mini-tour in Florida. I had been a first team All-American at LSU in 1979 (good team that year: Corey Pavin, Fred Couples, Bob Tway, John Cook, Bobby Clampett, Gary Hallberg, Scott Watkins and myself- Mark O’Meara, Payne Stewart, Joey Sindelar and Mark Wiebe were on the 2nd team), and had turned professional a year later.
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I’m always encouraging my students to tee it up in competition I also like them to report how they are doing.
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I’ve been doing MAT since 2002 and talking about it on the website for years. Now here is DeChambeau giving it credit. Check out the linked article in the post.
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A nice shout out from Willy Wilcox that we’d like to share. Click the post to view the video.
Thanks Will and have a great 4th round.
Next year Wayne will be inducted into the PGA Middle Atlantic Section Hall of Fame:
From the MAPGA:
The MAPGA is Proud to announce its 2019 Hall of Fame Class!
Next year, we will induct two new members to the MAPGA Hall of Fame: Mike Ahrnsbrak, PGA and Wayne DeFrancesco, PGA.
From time to time a few forum threads are worth noting for everyone to read through. I’d like to see more of you adding your $0.02 and below is a short list. Some are good to just read for the information and others are a good place for you to join in the discussion if you haven’t been. Just click the link below each title.
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