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Lesson of the Week: Five Hours in February

I thought I would give everybody a better insight into what I do on any given day on the lesson tee. I happened to have these 5 hour long lessons back to back on a 24 degree day in early February, and as is always the case each student presents an entirely new set of circumstances to deal with, which is exactly why I truly enjoy teaching golf. It’s like starting a new job every time a new face shows up, and whether it’s a first time lesson or someone I’ve been teaching for years it is always fresh and…

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Lesson of the Week: Kent Long

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I spent the week down in the Orlando area playing and teaching and had a chance to spend some time with Kent Long, who has seen me for a few hours in the recent past and was looking for more feedback on his attempt to understand and feel exactly what happens when the club changes direction in a golf swing. He has taken lessons from quite a few well known instructors, but still had a hard time getting his mind around the combination of things that happen to set up a good approach to impact, which is, of course, the…

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Lesson of the Week: Jeremy Wells

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Jeremy has been a solid player for William and Mary College in Williamsburg, Va., and has one more semester before graduating and turning professional. He showed some real promise last summer by reaching the semi-finals of the Virginia State Amateur (losing to a 60- foot putt on the 18th hole) and finishing 5th in the Virginia State Open. He showed he could go low by shooting 16 under for 4 days at the Eastern Amateur, and has finished well in a number of college events. Jeremy enjoys working on his golf swing, and since being introduced to the website (and…

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Lesson of the Week: Joey Lane Part 2

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We have seen Joey’s swing a couple of times before, and here you can see continuing progress with his left wrist action and shaft movement in transition. I have a good feeling about Joey’s ability to build his swing into a great one, as he has a nice build for the game and a tremendous amount of power without swinging out of his shoes. The bowing of the wrist and steepening of the shaft in transition has been a serious bug for Joey and if we can continue the progress made in this lesson it should lead to heightened success.…

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Student Lesson: Kenny Engel

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This is an interesting view of how I initially look at a swing, decide what items need the most attention, then go through different shots and drills to try to narrow down what the root causes of the problems might be. It is obvious from the first swings I show here that Kenny has issues with his sequencing, his path and his impact alignments, but it appears to me that the impact is much worse than the rest of the swing leading up to that point would suggest. In other words, I see many players who achieve an approach position…

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Student Lesson: Ben Lieberman

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Here is a new young student of mine named Ben Lieberman. Ben is a good size kid and can play well having won his club’s Jr. Championship. His dad was a bit suspect of his technique and thought it could be improved so Ben could become an even better player. In this video we see that Ben has some things I really like to see in a swing; deep hips, compression in the backswing, etc. Ben also came in with a strong grip and tight, locked-up, arms at address and the tight arms would prove to be a bit of…

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The P.A.T. Project: Student Lesson: CJ D’Arco Part 3

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The lesson you will view here was only 2 days before CJ attempted the 36 hole PAT (player ability test), and I believe that given the progress I saw in these 2 hours if he had had a few more days to familiarize himself with the changes and boil down the swing thoughts to a usable few he would have made it. As it was, CJ shot 80-76 (no birdies, no doubles) and missed by just 2 shots. If you go back and watch the first two PAT Project videos you will see clearly that CJ has a serious…

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Student Lesson: Joey Lane

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You have seen Joey before, and what you find here is more or less a repeat of the last lesson I posted. Joey is a very good junior (he won the Optimist International Junior Championship this year at the Champions course in Palm Beach, Fla. against an international field) but his excellent play has come about fairly recently and his swing is prone to regressing to old habits when he plays in multiple tournaments without getting a check-up. Here he is back to pinching his right arm in the backswing, which sets a pattern for him that ends up with…

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The P.A.T. Project: Student Lesson: CJ D’Arco Part 2

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If you missed the first installment of the P.A.T. (Player Ability Test) Project with CJ D’Arco you should know that CJ is a young aspiring assistant pro at a neighboring club who, in order to gain status in the PGA of America, must pass the playing test by shooting somewhere in the neighborhood of 78-78 in a one day qualifier. CJ’s problem is that he hasn’t been close to breaking 80, but has made some progress (and has broken 80 a few times) since our first lesson about 6 weeks ago. Here you see why CJ has had such a…

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The P.A.T. Project: Student Lesson: CJ D’Arco Part 1

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This should really be an interesting series of lessons so I encourage you to watch the progression. CJ needs to pass his Player Ability Test (PAT) in order to continue his quest to become a Class-A PGA Professional. The scoring requirement does not seem that daunting (the needed score is around 156 or so) unless you are not that good and you don’t play in tournaments because of that very fact. Now, you might ask why someone who wasn’t a good golfer would want to be a PGA Professional, and it would be a good question. Actually, a better question…

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