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This is Kory’s 3rd online lesson and he is showing great promise. I always like it when someone overdoes a change as opposed to not changing at all, as correcting age- old habits is much more difficult than moderating a new move that has been exaggerated.
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It was déjà vu all over again. Wednesday afternoon, on the driving range, at the PGA Championship, searching for a swing that would hit the ball within 10 yards of where I was aiming while traveling at least 260 yards in the air. And when hadn’t I been looking for that? No time I could […]
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Scott has a great looking swing that is well sequenced, but it runs into trouble in transition when he flexes his knees toward the ball after twisting his hips toward the target. His upper legs get so bent under him that to get his right arm in front of him his hands and arms must move well out away from his body and thus approach impact from an extremely high position. My suggestions are to set up with his balance a bit more out over the ball toward the balls of the feet, and then to create a station with shafts set up as obstacles to encourage him to change his downswing pattern.
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John is having a great deal of trouble changing his takeaway, and he is not alone. Trigger mechanisms are a bitch to change and when you watch John’s swing here versus his last online lesson you can see that while he has made progress with his pivot movement his takeaway is still a big problem. I focus the slow-motion video on John’s hands as he prepares to move the club into the backswing: he grips, then lets go, then grips again just as he moves the clubhead back.
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Chris had this lesson given to him by his good friend and website member Todd Strible as a going away gift (Chris is moving to Florida, presumably to play more golf). Chris has always wrestled with some oddities in his technique and has been unsuccessful in the attempt to break age-old patterns.
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Steve came down from Pennsylvania to see me because he was tired of not being able to compress an iron shot. He is a good player and likes to compete but he always feels as though he is scraping it around and relying on his ability to short game it into the hole instead of attacking the course with quality ball striking.
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Wayne D. Teeing it up on Harp with the Giles Corey Band at the B.L.U.E.S bar in the heart of Chicago!
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You may be aware that Tony is a stellar athlete who up to now has played golf strictly in his spare time and as a hobby. Now that he has retired as the quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys for the less injurious position of NFL analyst he is ready and able to put more work into his golf game and would like to become a serious amateur competitor. I met Tony in January of 2013 at the Isleworth Invitational when I was invited to join his group for a practice round on the back 9 after my 3 playing partners had retired for the day. Upon introducing myself Tony remarked that he had watched the video I had done commenting on Peter Kostis’ television comparison of Tony’s swing with that of Tom Brady.
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I finish up the series (I’m sure I will get many suggestions for players I missed) with Johnny Miller, Ryan Moore, Moe Norman, Mac O’Grady, Arnold Palmer, Patrick Reed, Henrik Stenson, Lee Trevino, Jon Rahm, Vijay Singh, and Will Wilcox.
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More swings that appear to break the rules: Jim Furyk, Tommy Gainey, Scott Hoch, Miguel Angel Jiminez, Kenny Perry, Matt Kuchar, Gene Littler, Hideki Matsuyama, and Phil Mickelson.
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