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My name is Brandon Deggins. I am an Assistant Golf Professional at TPC River Highlands. I am mostly self-taught. I was a decent player once upon a time, but that was 6 years ago and 20lbs lighter. Most of my golf now is a sporadic 4-5-hole loop when a member asks or late in the afternoon after my shift. I typically shoot anywhere from mid to high 70’s. However, I do not do anything spectacularly well. I struggle with consistency with the driver. With irons, I do not compress the ball near as well as I should. The miss with the driver is either a high and right or low and left. The ball flight with my irons is a draw. However, I have recently concentrated on trying to get my right shoulder down the line more through impact with results in a neutral path with a ball that falls left of the target. I am now looking for a plan to become the best player I can be. I have rededicated myself to the gym as well as not spending 60 hours a week in the golf shop. Ideally, I would like to have a plan to get back to playing some decent golf.
Brandon certainly has the foundation for an effective swing, and a few adjustments should get him going on the right track. My main concern is Brandon’s swing path being overly in to out with his lower body driving to the right of target in the downswing, making it difficult to arc the club around on plane into and past impact. I’d like to see Brandon center his set up with the ball position more forward so that he starts slightly behind the ball, and then I want him to try to load more to the right with his right hip staying on the right side of the FO box while he encourages his head to move a bit to the right. As he is trying to load more pressure to the right, I also would like to see the pressure head toward the right heel by adding depth to the right hip in the backswing. From there it is imperative that his hips stay back and drive left of the target line instead of toward the ball and out to the right. I show an example of Tour player Dick Mast working with the stick between his legs to help the right leg and the entire pelvis get the feeling of driving more 45 degrees left of target while the hand path feels more out toward the ball and then around to the left. If Brandon’s hips can stay more in the box from DTL he can get his downswing more on plane and feel like he is aggressively opening both his upper and lower body as he hits the ball.
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