Student Lesson: Justin Duffie Part 2

By Wayne | Videos: Lesson of the Week

Justin has been working with me for around 2 years now and is the most improved player I teach on a regular basis. He was a 13 when he came to me and with his swing as it was he was short-gaming it to shoot around that. He is now a 5 and hits the ball so much better it is pretty astounding. His swing technique has improved consistently (not that I haven’t had to talk him down from the ledge a couple of times) and here you will see us working on another major aspect of his swing in…

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Golf is a Crazy Game, and People Never Seem to Learn

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Wow. That’s really all you could say watching Adam Scott’s implosion on the last 4 holes to lose the Open Championship and his best chance for his first major. What a big deal that is, winning your first major. It’s like a huge monkey off your back, a defining moment that promises more great things for the future (although there are many one-time major winners for whom that promise never came to be). Sure, no guarantees, but you have to get that first one in order to get more and be associated with the game’s greatest players. Ernie Els played…

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Student Lesson: Jessica Fernandez

By Wayne | Videos: Lesson of the Week

One of my very best friends likes to “gift” me a subscription to “Golf Tips Magazine” every year as a joke, since we both have a great time going over some of the instructional articles found inside. I recently read one that “exposed” certain “Myths” in the game, one of which was the supposed myth that impact was the “moment of truth” in the swing. The point was not that impact was not important, but that it was really everything that led up to that point that created whatever that impact was. Now, I can see that as an argument,…

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Student Lesson: The Meyers Sisters

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When I saw these three young ladies on the range at my club I immediately went over to their father and told him that I would love to teach them. He was a bit overwhelmed with trying to help them himself so he thought that was a good idea, and the swings you see on this video are the product of about 2 hours of instruction apiece. I think you will be as amazed as I was to see these swings, especially when you consider that they have never played more than a couple of holes on the golf course.…

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Swing Analysis: Brendan De Jonge: Over the Top, Or an Effective Pattern Used by Some of the All-Time Greats?

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

As South African Brendan De Jonge took the lead heading into the final round of the AT&T Classic at Congressional, the TV announcers couldn’t help but endlessly repeat the statement that De Jonge’s swing was “over the top”. Of course, they never took the time to explain what they meant by that phrase, why it had a negative connotation, and why it was usually associated with chops from the local muni and not guys who were leading Tour events.   I can’t tell you how many players I have taught, and this includes good players along with not so good,…

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Swing Analysis: Seung-Yul Noh

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

Wow. Now, this kid has a great move. Sean Foley just inherited him as a student, and he can just plan on collecting checks, because there really isn’t much to do with this action except to keep it away from unscrupulous women. (Just kidding). Really, though, as far as a swing that does the things that I prefer and teach as a general rule, this is about as close as it gets. Noh is only 21, and I have a hard time not seeing him do great things in the future.  

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Tiger at Congressional: Hah – I Told You So

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

This is for all the knuckleheads who questioned the greatest player of our generation on his golfing judgment, most notably his choice of coaches and the swing technique that they have been working on for about a year and a half, not coincidentally about the exact amount of time Tiger said it would take for the changes to feel comfortable. I can see where people rightly questioned his ability to overcome his knee and Achilles injuries, because when physical problems become too pronounced any kind of high level golf swing is nearly impossible. Luckily he has been able to get…

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Online Students: Adam Auger

By Wayne | Videos: Online Students

This is Adam’s third online lesson, and his swing is really looking good. Here I suggest to Adam that his posture is a bit too “sitting back” and that his weight looks too far into the heels at address. I side by side him with Bill Haas and Adam Scott, and the differences are apparent. I think that with this change his swing will look great and that his impact will have a chance to line up almost perfectly with his original shaft plane. Otherwise Adam is doing pretty much as prescribed throughout the swing, although he could still go…

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Swing Analysis: Crossing the Line

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Here I take two of my younger students who both cross the line at the top of the swing and show how I try to get them more on plane at the top. Both Joey and Zach are strong hitters who generate a lot of club speed, but both tend to lift their arms at the top and cross the line quite a bit. They are also similar in that they tend to be overly late with their release into the ball with their fairway woods and drivers, which makes it difficult to control the clubface through the ball. Joey…

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