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Online Students: Jeff Plunkett

When a student goes to see a teacher they are going to find out what that teacher prefers right away. In Jeff’s case I prefer the right arm to have space, or “carry”, in the first part of the swing, so that when the shaft is parallel to the ground the hands have moved away from the right leg by at least a few inches, if not more. The right arm is not staying tight or straight, however, as this would hyper extend the left arm, but rather is soft and bending a bit until the left arm reaches parallel…

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Wayne’s Greatest 3-Minute Lesson

By Wayne | Videos: As Seen On TV and Extras

Wayne’s Greatest 3-Minute Lesson

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Online Students: Ray Davis

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If you have been watching these lesson videos it should be apparent by now just how important the takeaway is to the overall pattern of a golf swing. The more I see the right arm lock up and stay overly straight in the first few feet of the swing the easier it is to predict the resulting pattern that emerges, ending with an approach to impact that can be both high and in-to-out with the either the driver or the irons. Ray is another classic example of such a pattern. The good news is that Ray has an excellent…

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Swing Analysis: Francesco Molinari

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

This is a truly solid looking swing. The backswing mechanics are impeccable, with a pivot driven takeaway, solid leg action, on plane club movement, and excellent wrist and hand movement keeping the face nice and neutral throughout. The surprising thing is the lack of dynamics, meaning no lowering and relatively little wrist cock. However, the forward swing begins in sequence with a nice compression into the ground and plenty of lateral push while the wrist cock that was gained in the backswing (never more than 90 degrees to the left arm) is retained beautifully past the ball. He also exhibits…

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Swing Analysis: Wayne D. at Liberty National: Focus on Right Hip Movement

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

Over the years there are probably only a couple of people that I have taken advice from regarding my swing, my old friend Richard Kress and my best bud Mark Diamond. Richard is not a teaching pro but is a good player and a seeker of the highest order (he’s taken lessons from every teaching pro you could name) and has worked with me on his swing while playing with me and watching me play since the mid 80’s. I met Mark while playing the Goosie Space Coast mini-tour in the early 80’s and we have been friends ever since,…

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Wayne answers Hardy disciple’s comments on One Plane video.

By Wayne | blog

Mtwdwrd wrote: Wayne, I don’t know if you have some underlying insecurity or jealousy that leads you to have to criticize others, but it makes you look small. You can disagree all you want, but your opinion isn’t the golf gospel. Look at how many of your videos are to prove someone else is wrong. There was a thread on you over at golfwrx where a number of others feel the same way. You’re using video of one of the instructors and reading from Mr. Hardy’s book, but the pictures in his book are more accurate to what he is…

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Online Students: Dean Dunn-Rankin

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Dean has taken a couple of online lessons and has (according to Dean) improved quite a bit. Here we see that we are getting down to the major issue in his swing, which is that his swing pattern is arms away in the backswing, hands dropping back and down in transition while the legs work underneath him and out toward the ball. This would be a big change to accomplish without hands on work, but it is certainly worth a try. My suggestions include a deeper backswing so that an “out” move with the hands wouldn’t feel so “over the…

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Ryder Cup 2012: Much Ado About Very Little

By Wayne | blog

There is an inexorable urge among the media to assess blame for the United States’ loss in this year’s Ryder Cup. They just don’t get it. It doesn’t matter who played whom in what position. It doesn’t matter what guys were picked by the captains. What matters is that match play is an entirely one- on -one, personal thing, and the European team beat the Americans, straight up, fair and square. As the Accenture Match Play tournament has shown, at the Tour level anybody can beat anybody, and the overall level of one’s play is not necessarily highlighted by a…

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Online Students: David Ferrell

By Wayne | Videos: Online Students

Here we see one of the most common ways to get the clubhead “stuck” behind the hands in the approach to impact. David starts with the “triangle” look at address, which always looks tight to me, and I encourage him to go the “home plate” address (a la Hogan) where both arms are bent at the elbow and only loosely tied to the body. David’s swing doesn’t show any effects of this tightness until left arm parallel in the backswing, where he begins to slide to the right and lift up. His lack of contact with the ground makes it…

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Match Play and the Ryder Cup: It’s Personal

By Wayne | blog

I am often asked by golfers who compete about the difference between match play and stroke play, and the question becomes all the more relevant with the Ryder Cup upon us again. There are really only 4 important match play tournaments for Tour pros: the World Golf Championship tournament at the beginning of the year, the limited field World Match Play, the President’s Cup, and the Ryder Cup. One thing is for sure: all the guys will tell you they want to win all their matches, which means they have to beat the guys they are playing against, and only…

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