Heading to the 2013 CPC (With Video)

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  The PGA of America decided to change the name of our national championship to the PGA PNC (PGA Professional National Championship), but when I won the thing it was called the CPC (Club Professional Championship). I don’t know about you, but I think that CPC is much more memorable than PGA PNC, so I’m going to keep calling it that. Anyway, we play again this year at the Crosswater Club in Bend, Oregon, which happens to be where I won, so there will be some great memories as I make my way around the course again. I have not…

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Online Students: Jonathan Airhart

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Jonathan is an Air Force pilot (I think that is correct, as he is a member of the F-22 Squadron) who has been in Russia for 4 years and now is getting back into golf. He used to film his swing quite a bit in high school (using Freddie Couples as a model) and has a pretty good awareness of what his flaws are. I noticed that Jon’s right hand grip was a bit weak (V pointing to the right of the chin) and that it appeared that his right palm separated from the left at the top of the…

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My Week at Merion

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Two questions bring back my memories of this week in June 32 years ago: the first is “have you ever played in the U.S. Open, and the second is “have you ever played Merion?” The answer to both is “yes”, and I am always happy to inform the asker that I played in the U.S. Open at Merion back in 1981. As it turned out it would be the only Open I would qualify for (I was local qualifying medalist 5 times and missed playing in 2 more Opens in qualifying playoffs at the course at which I now work),…

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Online Students: Tim Mascorella

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Tim sent a nice email response to his lesson, so I thought I would share it with you as it does a great job of summarizing what I went over in the lesson. I really enjoyed the last comment about being an engineer and liking the way I use a standard method of analysis that he considered to be clear and detailed. That’s exactly what I am shooting for!   Hi Wayne, Thanks for the lesson. I am a little embarrassed about the ball position part as I should know that. I was impressed with the observation about the back…

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Lesson of the Week: Joseph Barr Part 2

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Joseph has just completed 4 years on the golf team at the University of Kentucky, and is now contemplating playing in some professional events. I have been working with him for about 2 years, although I haven’t seen him more than 3 or 4 times. Even so, he has made great strides with his swing, which was quite idiosyncratic to begin with, and still is to an extent, especially with the driver. Joseph has a unique way of finding a shaft plane approach, but when I saw the amount of head drop and spine tilt in the impact area I…

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Swing Analysis: Scott, McIlroy, and Stricker Hit the 100 Yd. Wedge

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I thought this was a fairly rare occurrence, with 3 of the best players in the world playing together and hitting almost the same shot on the same hole, while the cameraman actually does a nice job of positioning himself for a down the line shot of each one. Stricker is a recognized maestro with the wedges, and here we see an example of his relatively wrist-less technique. Scott has beautiful lines and a slightly fuller action, while McIlroy seems to take a bigger cut at it and yet brings the ball in lower than the other two. All 3…

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Online Students: Kerry Ondrovik Part 2

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Here we see a very nice swing with good ground compression, excellent transition movement, and a vastly improved impact area. I see a couple of areas to focus on in order to continue the progress made over the past year, starting with the address position. I like the shaft to point at the belt buckle at address, and in Kerry’s setup we see a lower hand position. His backswing is triggered by a sliding movement to the right which happens before the club moves, and that, combined with the low hands, causes the club to start back under the shaft…

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Online Students: Joakim Strom Part 4

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Joakim has taken a number of online lessons and his swing has shown great progress. We still need to work on a few things so that his impact with the iron shots can be more forward leaned and sustained past impact. To start with I suggest that he soften his arms at address (let the elbows bend a bit) and then turn his upper trunk earlier in the backswing so that by the time the left arm is parallel to the ground he would look and feel almost fully coiled with his shoulders turned almost 90 degrees. Then, in transition,…

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Swing Analysis: Joe Durant

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Joe is year in and year out is statistically one of the best, if not the best, ball strikers on any tour. That being the case, we can easily surmise that his putting is not up to Tour standards, and the rest of his short game may be suspect as well, although pitching, chipping, bunker and wedge play can also be undone by poor putting. Here we focus on what Joe is best at, swinging the club, and we find a number of things that stand out, starting with his weak grip. The one to one –and- a -half knuckle…

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Testimonials: Jim Miller

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Wayne: Thanks for the reply. So many questions and so little time! Just got in from the course after the easiest 74 I’ve shot in a long, long, time. I’m all in and have bought / watched / practiced / videoed myself doing the start – stop drills on the PCS DVD’s and especially the impact drill. Ditto how to “flatten” the shaft/clubhead back to the address shaft plane by working the right arm onto the right chest as the hands fall. Brilliant!. I’m not totally there yet as it took me about 20 range hours to even begin making reliable…

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