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Max Homa Swing Analysis: Classic Form Begs to be Emulated

By Wayne | Tour Players and Celebrities , Videos , Videos: Swing Analysis

There is nothing about this swing that you wouldn’t want to copy, even if you don’t have Max’s 32-year-old, 6’2”, 180 lb. body (my guess is that he has put on 20 more pounds of muscle since the PGA Tour did his profile). Everything about this is quality, from the grip to the stance and posture, and then to the effortless looking swing that produces average drives of 306 yards. A few things that are a bit different from what I might teach are the locked looking arms at address and the lack of rightward head movement in the backswing,…

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Sam Burns Swing Analysis: Long off the Tee, Solid Ball Striker, Great Putter

By Wayne D | Tour Players and Celebrities , Videos , Videos: Swing Analysis

Stats don’t lie (usually), and when you average 310 off the tee, are 11th on Tour in Strokes Gained Approaching the Green, and top 10 in Strokes Gained Putting you are going to win a lot of money and put yourself in position to win with some regularity. Burns shines because unlike other excellent players with great stats he wins more often when he has a chance, three times already this year. He is a strong looking athlete at 6’1” and 185 lbs., and his swing is good enough to want to copy, utilizing the OTTFTI method of outward hand…

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Wayne D Swing Analysis: Working on Getting Rid of my Throw Release

By Wayne D | Videos , Videos: Swing Analysis

It has been a year and a half since I had the two discs above my previous (1986) two level fusion fused (that makes four for the math impaired) and I am getting closer to being able to compete again against senior club professionals. I have come to terms with not being able to wind up in the backswing like I might wish to, but my takeaway is now consistently good, and my hip depth has improved as well. My OTTFTI transition is also doing what I would like it to, and while I still would like to have my…

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Over the Top from the Inside (OTTFTI): the Modern Players

By Wayne D | Videos , Videos: Swing Analysis

Yes, I know this video is too long, so you don’t have to watch it all at once. But if you like watching great golf swings (these just happen to demonstrate the outward hand path and shallowing shaft) there are a bunch of them here. This method of transition is a preference of mine, and by no means does every Tour player employ it, but quite a few do and their swings appeal to me more than ones those where the hands either drop straight down or fall backwards. I use the analogy of sidearm throwing as Hogan did in…

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Kevin Na Swing Analysis: Doesn’t Have to be Perfect When You Have the Best Short Game on Tour

By Wayne D | Tour Players and Celebrities , Videos , Videos: Swing Analysis

I love to watch guys like Na who don’t drive the ball particularly long or straight and aren’t the best ball strikers around but play consistently great golf. After all, the game is about scoring, and Na has been #1 in Strokes Gained Around the Green 3 times in the last 10 years while having solid putting stats. Na is 5’11”, the same as Hideki Matsuyama, but Matsuyama outweighs Na by 30 pounds and is 15 to 20 yards longer off the tee. You might expect Na to be among the most accurate drivers considering his lack of length, but…

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Tom Hoge Swing Analysis: Poster Child for Pivot Compression

By Wayne D | Tour Players and Celebrities , Videos , Videos: Swing Analysis

When I started this website 12 years ago, I called it “The Pivot Compression Golf Swing”, focusing on the fact that most Tour players, and indeed most of the greats from the past, moved downward at some point during the swing and struck the ball with significantly more posture (more bent over) at impact. This idea met with some resistance from TV announcers who thought Tiger’s problems had a lot to do with his lowering, but in recent years it has become not only accepted but encouraged to “use the ground” for stability, power, and timing. There are three categories…

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Tiger and Charlie Woods: The Greatest and His Kid

By Wayne D | Tour Players and Celebrities , Videos , Videos: Swing Analysis

What fun to have Tiger back (I never doubted him) and playing with his 12-year-old son Charlie, whose demeanor on the course would be something for any aspiring professional to emulate. Tiger looks great for a guy on the mend from a bone-crushing car wreck, and when he regains his lower body strength and hip speed, he will still be one of the best on the planet. Charlie is a phenom, but in the video I make a few suggestions that I think might help him going forward, especially when it comes to protecting his spine from the daily torture…

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Hideki Matsuyama Swing Analysis: Success Through Ball Striking

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Hideki Matsuyama doesn’t get nearly enough credit for being the ball striking machine that he is. He has amassed an amazing record in 8 years on Tour with over 36 million dollars of earnings, 7 PGA Tour victories, and, of course, last year’s Masters, all while never ranking above 78th in strokes gained putting, and indeed ranking worse than 150th in 4 of his 8 years. How is that possible, you might wonder? Just look at his ball striking stats: his rankings in strokes gained tee to green read like this- 2014-4th, 2015-7th, 2016-6th, 2017-3rd, 2018-15th, 2019-3rd, 2020-2nd, 2021-15th. In…

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Lucas Herbert Swing Analysis: Strong and Athletic but Loose in Transition

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Don’t get me wrong here when I say “loose in transition”: I normally use the term “catchy” or “whippy” to describe a swing that puts a large amount of stress on the handle in transition (Herbert is built like a fullback) while the wrists are allowed to bend as the club reaches the top and changes direction, and being a Hogan lover I have no problem with this type of action. Herbert happens to be one of the best putters on the planet, and when he can find his tee shots (he averages 311 yds off the tee and is…

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OTTFTI: Over the Top from the Inside- Great Players who used an Outward Hand Path Combined with a Shallowing Shaft

By Wayne | Videos , Videos: Swing Analysis

Over the course of my playing career, I have struggled with posture, hip depth, and left side clearing, due partially to growing up in an era where “down the line” and “stay behind the ball” were paramount swing ideas and due to my constant lower back issues, that made staying bent over and rotating with speed a difficult proposition. I am 64 now and just about recovered from my 5th major spine surgery, a 2-level fusion which is on top of another 2-level fusion I had in 1986, and I still feel that I have a chance to swing the…

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