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Playing For Money: Matt Shubley- Old Habits are Hard to Break

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I’ve been working with Matt since he was in college in 2017, and he has come along nicely, earning status on the Canadian Tour (he is from Canada), although finishing 71st on the money list this past year wasn’t good enough to avoid Canadian Q-School. As you will see in the video Matt’s swing can vary from month to month, and his tendency is to revert to the things we work on the most, namely leaning left in the takeaway and crossing the line at the top, issues which eventually lead to his getting the club behind him on the…

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Playing for Money: Kyle Rybicki- Trying to Turn the Draw into a Fade

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While there is nothing wrong with a draw, having only a draw in the bag that sometimes turns into an over-draw that ends up left of the target is not a recipe for success, especially for someone with high ball speed like Kyle. Kyle told me right off the bat that he was missing left and wanted to know why he couldn’t a decent fade no matter how he tried. Watching the swing in slow motion I could see that the club was behind his hands at P6, which makes it quite hard to start the ball left and move…

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Playing for Money: Matt Shubley- Trying not to Cross the Line at the Top

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Matt has been wrestling with this backswing issue from the 1st time I saw him some years ago. If we didn’t think that it contributed to his inconsistent ball striking, we wouldn’t bother trying to change it. Matt goes back and forth between getting the club stuck behind his hands at P6 and sometimes approaching from out to in. In this case he is hitting too many weak cuts and is still concerned about the way the club arrives at the top and changes direction into the downswing. Many of my students have issues with over-straightening the right leg in…

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Playing for Money: Duncan Nix, PGA- Lack of Hip Depth Causing Steep Approach

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Message to Wayne I have put a driver and iron swing in the above links. I am a club professional but play mini tours and such trying to continue to develop my game and take it as far as I can. Before I turned pro, I was a +4 handicap. Played in college where I finished at Georgia Southwestern. Struggling ball flight is mostly a pull with the irons, with the occasional push cut. I tend to get steep divots where the toe digs too much. Driver tends to be inconsistent, but a lot of length of the tee averaging…

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Playing for Money: Austin Kendziorski-Back at It

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Austin has taken an extended break after turning pro last year, first due to poor play and then the Coronavirus, but now is back at it and trying to improve. Austin is incredibly strong (I watched him hit 4 drives that flew 330 when I played 9 holes with him), but that amount of power can get you into trouble when you don’t have control of it. I have always wanted Austin to make his swing more compact, taking advantage of his strength knowing that even if he gears it down he will be plenty long and always have the…

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Playing for Money: Matt Shubley-Needing Earlier Left Forearm Supination in the Downswing

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As usual Matt’s swing looks quite good (he is a very good player), especially since he hasn’t been able to get out and practice due to the virus, but his tendency to get the club behind his hands at P6 is still one of his main issues. Over time we have added lateral movement to transition and the forward swing and have almost eliminated his crossing the line at the top. With the club on plane and the shaft flattening in transition, Matt has to now focus on rolling the left arm down the chest by supinating the forearm earlier…

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First Face to Face Lesson with Kevin Streelman- June 2014

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Kevin first contacted me in December of 2013 when he saw a video analysis I did of his swing from 2010. He had been working on some of the things I mentioned and was also interested in my love of Ben Hogan and his swing mechanics. It didn’t hurt that I was friendly with Kevin’s caddy at the time, A.J. Montecino, who gave me a thumbs up when Kevin asked if he knew me. Kevin sent me swings again in February, and after missing 3 straight cuts and then playing poorly while missing another cut at the U.S. Open at…

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Playing for Money: My First Online Lesson with Kevin Streelman in 2014

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I was quite surprised back in December of 2013 when I got an email from PGA Tour Professional Kevin Streelman. He was in China playing at the time and had watched a video I had done on his swing back in 2010 when he had a 3rd place finish at the Barclay’s. I loved his swing and commented that it was one of my favorites and that I suspected he would be quite successful. He asked his caddy at the time, A.J. Montecino, if he had ever heard of me. Luckily for me A.J.’s answer was “yes, I know Wayne…

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Playing for Money: Aaron Wilson- Working on an On-Plane Takeaway and Less Flippy Impact

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Aaron is a professional playing the Minor League mini tour here in Florida, and two of my older students took a liking to him and set him up with a couple of lessons with me. He has had some good results in the past, but he reports that he is quite erratic in scoring mostly due to his ball striking, especially with the driver. He is thin but quite strong and has a fast swing, and he wanted an opinion on his general technique to see if he could become a more consistent ball striker with trajectory control of his…

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Playing for Money: Derek Gillespie- Working on Old Habits

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Derek is a good example of what professional golfers go through when they try to play for a living: it’s incredibly hard, and when you’re a good player but can’t quite break through Q-School and get status it gets frustrating to the point where you consider not doing it anymore. Derek was just about there when he entered and won a tournament in Puerto Rico that qualified him for the PGA Tour event opposite the WGC. He didn’t strike it well there and missed the cut, and on his way back north decided to stop by for a look. I…

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