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Swing Analysis: Danny Willett

We already saw a nice down the line view of Willett on the 16th at Augusta and now we can look more closely at his swing with different clubs and from various angles. It is a quirky but highly efficient swing with an extremely early set of the wrists and almost zero hip rotation in the backswing. If you were looking for a classis demonstration of the “hands out” move and the flattening of the shaft in transition this would be it. The only negative I see has nothing to do with his swing but more with his fidgety address routine, which seemed to take differing amounts of time with each shot. It worked out here of course, but over time I would think he would want to make that more consistent.

Online Students: Rick James Part 3

By Wayne | Videos: Online Students

So overall though ball striking is showing signs of new potential. I had a 5 round run in April at home club with stroke avg. of 70.8 (par 71, course rating 72.1). I have stats for last 5-6 years and I tried to find a similar run on same course, it was the best, closest was one last Aug maybe 4 rounds at a few over aggregate, but in looking at GIRs that Aug run was ~ 10 avg. and the one last month was just under 14

Online Students: Kyle Parsons

By Wayne | Videos: Online Students

Kyle’s swing is a great example of a technically sound, on plane motion that could be made to work better by improving his release action. Kyle straightens his right arm at impact, which in the irons causes the hands to “throw” the clubhead at the ball, resulting in some erratic contact due to the fast rate of clubface rotation through impact. With the driver this same release pattern has Kyle swinging well out to the right with again a loss of clubface stability.

Lesson of the Week: Jordan Kaplan

By Wayne | Videos: Lesson of the Week

Jordan is a good player and wants to compete at a high level as an amateur, and as you can see he is a strong, athletic swinger of the club. His goal in coming for help was to learn about his swing and to see if he could improve his overall ball striking, especially with the irons under pressure.

Improvement: Peter Procops, PGA Part 4

By Wayne | Improvement

This is a series of lessons that begins in July 2013 to present and will continue as long as new lessons occur. Peter is a fellow PGA professional who played the South American tour (Tour De Las Americas) for 5 years and Golden Bear Tour (Mini Tour) 5 years 1997-2001. I asked Peter, and he was gracious enough, to comment on his lessons and give everyone some insight on what he went through to get to where he is now. The hope is that anyone watching and reading can be encouraged to keep working as they witness what can be accomplished.

Lesson of the Week: Nick Cammarene Part 2

By Wayne | Videos: Lesson of the Week

Nick is the son of Mark Cammarene, a PGA Professional working in the Palm Beach, Florida area. Nick works at Jonathan’s Landing, another nice club in the same area, and is contemplating making a career in the golf business. Working in the business is way more fun when you’re a good player, and Nick was struggling when Mark decided to bring him down. This is Nick’s second lesson, and while he was hitting it much better he was still struggling with control of his longer clubs.

Jordan Spieth and Danny Willett Putting (with Bernhard Langer extra)

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

Here are a few things we can all learn from watching Jordan Spieth and Danny Willett putt at the Masters. Spieth has proven himself to have taken over from Tiger Woods as the best putter on the planet, and Willett putted like a genius on Sunday at Augusta to win his first major.

Online Students: Conner Kumpula Part 6

By Wayne | Videos: Online Students

If you’ve been with the website for any length of time you have seen this swing analyzed before, and as usual it is one of the best I work with. Connor’s ball striking has improved over time and he is well on his way to being a consistent winner in the college ranks, but is still hampered by a tendency to block a shot to the right every now and then at inopportune moments. In this video I focus on something that I struggle with in my own swing, and as I try to work through my issues now that I have more physical mobility I have a better eye for the problem.

Swing Comparison: Danny Willett and Jordan Spieth

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

I couldn’t resist doing this comparison as the two are hitting the same shot on the same hole with the same fixed camera from almost the exact same spot. They both hit incredible pressure iron shots, with Spieth going pretty much right at the flag and Willett favoring a bit more of a right to left trajectory. As with any comparison there are similarities (which we could all take note of and try to emulate as these are two of the best on the planet) and some striking differences. I always find these examinations to be interesting and educational. Enjoy.

Wayne D Working on it: April 2016

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

This is another video showing me working out problems in my swing. My biggest issue over the last few years has been my driver and I firmly believe that a big part of my problem has been my inability to deepen my right hip enough to keep the left side of my pelvis from moving forward as I reach transition, which in turn keeps me too heavy on the front of the left foot and unable to clear the left side of my pelvis enough to be able to “get around” on the ball and have the swing exit on plane.

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