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THE BEST Senior DRIVER Swing for Elite Level Play and Competition

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I’m 62 years old (2019) and have limited trunk mobility due to multiple back, elbow, foot and other surgeries from injuries during my long teaching and playing career. Most of the online instruction catering to senior golfers focuses on increasing the backswing arc by closing the stance and maximizing the backswing turn, while I go in the totally opposite direction by suggesting that the best swing technique for senior golfers still interested in competing who are coping with limited flexibility and continuing back pain is the open stance.

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Swing Analysis: Wayne D Looking for Less Stress on the Lower Back

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I have been encouraged by my ball striking this year but once again working on gaining more speed and distance through backswing stretch and load had negative effects on my lower back, which is fused and has been operated on 4 times. I had already been incorporating a right forearm takeaway procedure and in this […]

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Wayne D Working on a Backswing Pattern Change – August 2019

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As I get healthier and can practice and play more, I have been able to home in on how my physical limitations get in the way of the swing shape I would like to produce. I have a hard time gaining depth late in the backswing and in transition, and when I change direction I […]

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Wayne D’s Swing: Wayne D Back at it: January 2019

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After recovering from another surgery (back surgery in 2014, elbow surgery in 2016, and foot surgery in 2018), I am ready to try once again to get back the semblance of a game. My short game and putting are coming around nicely, and my irons are getting better, as you will see in the swings […]

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