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Playing for Money: Trevor Murphy

By Wayne | Videos: Playing For Money

Trevor is a WEB.COM player who missed his card this year and doesn’t have status. I got a chance to play 9 holes with Trevor when I was out at Whisper Rock with Kevin Streelman. Trevor is a good player that hits the ball a long way with a tendency to miss-hit a little left. I offered to take a look at his swing if he wanted and Trevor was interested so we hooked up for a lesson.

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Playing for Money: Jason Gandy Part 6

By Wayne | Videos: Playing For Money

As you have seen from previous lessons, both online and in person, Jason has a wonderful swing but tends to get off track with his backswing. In this lesson I address his tempo, which I think is too fast for him to really feel what he is doing at the start of his swing, as well as his tendency to push his left shoulder too downward also at the beginning of the takeaway.

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Playing for Money: Steven Shafer

By Wayne | Videos: Playing For Money

“I’m 25 years old and currently playing mini tour events in Florida. I’m seeking your help because I’ve learned that my ball striking really needs to improve to compete at the next level.” – Here we have a classic case of what happens when the upper right arm gets left “up and back”: it’s not pretty. The three major things I would like Steven to do in his swing are:

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Playing for Money: Jason Gandy Parts 3 & 4

By Wayne | Videos: Playing For Money

Here is another one of those swings where you might be saying “what in the world is wrong with this guy? Why isn’t he out there winning money?” In other words, it looks very good both at regular speed and in slow motion. However, there are things that we have worked on to get it to this point, which is why I use swings from the first face to face lesson I gave Jason to compare to his latest swings.

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