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Swing Analysis: Daniel Summerhays

Daniel Summerhays has been a professional for 7 years, and actually won his only Tour event (on the Nationwide Tour) as an amateur. He turned pro 2 weeks later and has been grinding out there ever since, having his ups and downs but seemingly hitting his stride a bit in 2013 and the beginning of 2014. From the looks of his swing I would say that unless he is inept around the greens he should become a solid top 20 player with tremendous upside. There just aren’t many players with better action than this. He is another representative of the…

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8 Keys for Greater Distance

By Wayne | Articles: Technology, Equipment and Teaching

Everyone who is anyone who talks about golf these days is talking about distance. The question on everyone’s lips is “How far is too far?”, and of course they are talking about how far everyone, it seems, is hitting the ball. I was at one National Club Pro Championship in New Mexico where the driving leader averaged 330 yards, with a long drive of over 390 yards. Even though the event was played at 5000 feet of altitude, those are still some serious numbers. The crazy stats are seen every week now. Give a long hitter a fast fairway and…

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Lesson of the Week: Chris Mauer Part 2

By Wayne | Videos: Lesson of the Week

This might as well be a commercial for the Posture Pod, as Chris is a prime example of a good player who can’t quite get to the next level because of his up and under lower body movement, the exact thing that the Posture Pod was designed to help. All the familiar patterns are here, with the right leg going forward toward the ball and the head backing up, while the right arm falls behind the body and releases out to the right through impact. A lot of what separates this website and my teaching from others is that we…

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Online Students: Mike Haase

By Wayne | Videos: Online Students

Wayne, I really appreciated the assessments you made of the videos I sent in. I wanted to take a little time to absorb the information you discussed and to work on a few things before I reached out to you to set up a time to chat. Please let me know a day and time that works best for you. I realize the pga show is this week upcoming. I will not be attending but if you are and your schedule is restricted we can certainly wait until after the show. With that said, there are a few thoughts/ideas I…

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Holly Sonders and Natalie Gulbis: Swing Analysis and Member’s Poll

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

I knew you would want to watch this one. These are two interesting ladies in the golf business, one of whom plays the Tour (Natalie) and one who commentates (Holly), but both are known for being about the most attractive women in the game. I was able to grab Holly’s swing from TV last week at the tournament in Palm Springs, and of course Natalie’s is all over YouTube. The comparison is interesting since Natalie is the better player, having won on Tour and managing to stay out there for years with what can only be described as an odd…

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Lesson of the Week: David Eaton

By Wayne | Videos: Lesson of the Week

David is a senior PGA Professional from the Middle Atlantic Section with whom I have played many tournaments. I don’t usually watch the people I play with very closely, so I had no real opinion on the state of his game, but he has been struggling for the past 5 years or so (kind of like me) after hurting his lower back. His main complaint is a major loss of power and a “slappy” feeling at impact, and when you watch his full swing you can see why this might be the case. His pivot is barely functioning even though…

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Swing Analysis: The “Hands-Out Move” Dominates the Tour

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

I like to go through the TV telecasts that I DVR, pick the interesting swings and load them onto my camera, then load them onto my computer and into my V1, then go through and attach names to them, and then (finally) watch all of them to figure out what kind of video I am going to do. Most of the time I will pick out one or two guys who are playing well and are on camera a bunch and do a swing analysis, or other times, like this one, I will find a general theme amongst the swings…

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Lesson of the Week: Darren Dobbs – The “One-Armed Bandit”

By Wayne | Videos: Lesson of the Week

You have heard me talk about the importance of right arm action in the swing, and in this case it’s especially important because that’s all Darren has. He has earned an 11 handicap by shooting between 82 and 86 20 times in a row, prompting a call from the USGA. Turns out that no one with that handicap shoots scores with so little variation, so they were prompted to give a call (someone who lost in a handicap event probably complained). When they were apprised of the fact that Darren plays with one arm they quickly dropped the inquiry. As…

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Lesson of the Week: Justin Miller

By Wayne | Videos: Lesson of the Week

Not all lessons go smoothly or end up with a major change in technique. There are time constraints to begin with (this was an hour lesson) and some issues are particularly stubborn. After all the lessons I have given and all the experience I have amassed I can usually get a swing on tape, even if it’s a drill or a stop and go, that looks significantly different and suggests that the student is on the right track and has the right stuff to work on. In this case we run into a major headache with Justin’s difficulty in flattening…

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Working On It

By Wayne | Articles: Becoming a Better Player

Ask any serious golfer how he or she is playing and you’re bound to hear, in some form or another, the same answer: “I’m working on it”. That one phrase sums up the essential nature of the game. Everyone is always “working on it”. The game demands it. The best player in the world can’t hit a fairway, and when he is asked about his struggles he constantly replies, “I’m working on it, it’s coming, and I feel like I’m moving in the right direction. I like what I’m working on.” The fact that everyone is “working on it” suggests…

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