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Swing Analysis: Zach Johnson

Another example of a not-so-big guy doing great things on the PGA Tour is Zach Johnson. Here we see how a great player works with and around an unconventionally strong grip. Johnson maintains the bend, or “cup” in the back of the left wrist all through the backswing and well into the downswing, which keeps the face relatively open considering his grip is just about a 4-knuckler. At address he starts with his hands quite low, which makes the wrist feel more comfortable and allows him to accentuate that wrist bend as he makes his swing. He planes the club…

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Swing Analysis: Paul Lawrie

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

It’s always inspirational to see a guy who pretty much disappears for 9 years come back to regain his top form and win. Lawrie had 3 fine years after his British Open win, then didn’t win again until last year, when he won twice, and then did it again this year, making the Ryder Cup to boot. He seems like a super nice guy, and you can only imagine the persistence and perseverance it took to hang in there and keep working at his game. We see here a solid, fairly conventional (in a good sense) action, with a…

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The P.A.T. Project: Student Lesson: CJ D’Arco Part 3

By Wayne | Videos: Lesson of the Week

The lesson you will view here was only 2 days before CJ attempted the 36 hole PAT (player ability test), and I believe that given the progress I saw in these 2 hours if he had had a few more days to familiarize himself with the changes and boil down the swing thoughts to a usable few he would have made it. As it was, CJ shot 80-76 (no birdies, no doubles) and missed by just 2 shots. If you go back and watch the first two PAT Project videos you will see clearly that CJ has a serious…

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Online Students: Jeff Plunkett

By Wayne | Videos: Online Students

When a student goes to see a teacher they are going to find out what that teacher prefers right away. In Jeff’s case I prefer the right arm to have space, or “carry”, in the first part of the swing, so that when the shaft is parallel to the ground the hands have moved away from the right leg by at least a few inches, if not more. The right arm is not staying tight or straight, however, as this would hyper extend the left arm, but rather is soft and bending a bit until the left arm reaches parallel…

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Wayne’s Greatest 3-Minute Lesson

By Wayne | Videos: As Seen On TV and Extras

Wayne’s Greatest 3-Minute Lesson

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Online Students: Ray Davis

By Wayne | Videos: Online Students

If you have been watching these lesson videos it should be apparent by now just how important the takeaway is to the overall pattern of a golf swing. The more I see the right arm lock up and stay overly straight in the first few feet of the swing the easier it is to predict the resulting pattern that emerges, ending with an approach to impact that can be both high and in-to-out with the either the driver or the irons. Ray is another classic example of such a pattern. The good news is that Ray has an excellent…

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Swing Analysis: Francesco Molinari

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

This is a truly solid looking swing. The backswing mechanics are impeccable, with a pivot driven takeaway, solid leg action, on plane club movement, and excellent wrist and hand movement keeping the face nice and neutral throughout. The surprising thing is the lack of dynamics, meaning no lowering and relatively little wrist cock. However, the forward swing begins in sequence with a nice compression into the ground and plenty of lateral push while the wrist cock that was gained in the backswing (never more than 90 degrees to the left arm) is retained beautifully past the ball. He also exhibits…

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Swing Analysis: Wayne D. at Liberty National: Focus on Right Hip Movement

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

Over the years there are probably only a couple of people that I have taken advice from regarding my swing, my old friend Richard Kress and my best bud Mark Diamond. Richard is not a teaching pro but is a good player and a seeker of the highest order (he’s taken lessons from every teaching pro you could name) and has worked with me on his swing while playing with me and watching me play since the mid 80’s. I met Mark while playing the Goosie Space Coast mini-tour in the early 80’s and we have been friends ever since,…

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Online Students: Dean Dunn-Rankin

By Wayne | Videos: Online Students

Dean has taken a couple of online lessons and has (according to Dean) improved quite a bit. Here we see that we are getting down to the major issue in his swing, which is that his swing pattern is arms away in the backswing, hands dropping back and down in transition while the legs work underneath him and out toward the ball. This would be a big change to accomplish without hands on work, but it is certainly worth a try. My suggestions include a deeper backswing so that an “out” move with the hands wouldn’t feel so “over the…

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Online Students: David Ferrell

By Wayne | Videos: Online Students

Here we see one of the most common ways to get the clubhead “stuck” behind the hands in the approach to impact. David starts with the “triangle” look at address, which always looks tight to me, and I encourage him to go the “home plate” address (a la Hogan) where both arms are bent at the elbow and only loosely tied to the body. David’s swing doesn’t show any effects of this tightness until left arm parallel in the backswing, where he begins to slide to the right and lift up. His lack of contact with the ground makes it…

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