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One of my good friends and students Sean LeDonne took old VHS tape of my 2001 victory at the CPC and digitized it for me, so I thought I would post it. I had opened with 65-69 and had a 4-shot lead heading into the 3rd round, and this is the Golf Channel coverage of […]
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Here is another in my series of golf’s greatest major champions. Raymond Floyd won 4 majors between 1969 and 1986, along with 22 PGA Tour events and 15 Champions Tour events (and 4 Senior majors). Lee Trevino came out of nowhere to make his first Tour win a major, winning the 1968 U.S. Open. He won 5 more majors for a total of 6 between 68’ and 1984, with the 1984 victory being his last PGA Tour win. Trevino won 29 PGA Tour events and 29 Champions Tour events, adding 4 senior majors. Tom Watson won 8 majors between 1977 and 1983 along with 39 PGA Tour events between 1974 and 1998, and 14 Champions Tour events (including 6 senior majors).
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I almost called this the 3rd great American Triumvirate, but that wouldn’t be correct as of course Gary Player is South African and was probably the first foreign player to be as well- known as his American counterparts. This is the era (1958-1986) of my own youth, and I remember clearly rooting for Palmer while admiring the greatness of Nicklaus.
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Here are three of my favorite swings. The 2nd great American triumvirate, these guys dominated the Tour for the most part from 1934 to 1954. Nelson was the first to break out with 3 majors in the 30’s, while Hogan didn’t win a tournament at all until 1939 and won his first major in 1946. Snead spread his majors out over a 17-year period starting in 1937, while Nelson won his 5 majors in the 8 years from 1937 to 1945 and Hogan between 1946 and 1953.
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I know that all the members of the website enjoy watching the swings of the great players from the past as well as the present, so I decided to put together videos of the swings of the best players of different eras starting with Walter Hagen, who won his first major championship in 1914 and […]
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This video was requested by Las Vegas teaching professional and long -time website member Jake Gilmer. I figured that all the website members would enjoy having these swings as well. They are certainly some of my favorites, and being able to study them at length would be beneficial to anyone.
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Here’s one from the 2001 PGA at the Atlanta Athletic Club. Fred Funk always set me up with some nice practice rounds. Here I play with and show swings from Curtis Strange, Tom Kite and myself. There’s also a couple of bonus swings from Tiger Woods and Jesper Parnevik.
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This is Tiger in 2001 so it is a glimpse of one of the three greatest players ever to play the game in his prime. The differences in swing and appearance are huge. Once again the fact that I was playing in the tournament (I qualified by winning the 2001 National Club Pro) allowed me to sneak around the range and course with my camera. You won’t see this stuff anywhere else.
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Here’s more footage from the 1999 PGA at Medinah, including a practice round with Jay Haas, Fred Funk and Craig Stadler, along with swings from Sergio Garcia, Retief Goosen, Ernie Els, and others. Oh yes, and swings by Wayne D. as well.
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