Tag Archives for " The Golf Swing Short Game and Putting "

Jordan Spieth Pitching: Video for Tony Romo

By Wayne | PGA Professionals , Tour Players and Celebrities , Videos: Swing Analysis

Back in January of 2018 I played in the Isleworth Invitational, partnering with Tony Romo. Tony had been playing quite a bit with Jordan Spieth, and we had a great time practicing on the fabulous short game area at the club with me showing Tony some things and Tony sharing with me some of Spieth’s secrets to his amazing pitching game. I had recorded Spieth off a couple of televised events, focusing on his short game, one of which was the Hero World Challenge, also at Isleworth, where Spieth blitzed the field while shooting an incredible 26 under par (Isleworth…

Become a Premium member [click here to join] today! If you are already a member please login.

 

 

Continue reading

The Two Main Elite Level Pitching Techniques Demonstrated

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

I have a question for you: Do you track your ball-striking stats either manually or with an app? If your answer to this question is “no” and you’re serious about lowering your scores you should consider changing that approach. Now think about these two questions: How many greens in regulation do you hit on average? When you miss the green how often do you get up and down for par? Even if you’re one of the best ball-strikers on the planet hitting approximately 75% of your greens in regulation you’ll still have to get up and down every fourth hole.…

Become a Premium member [click here to join] today! If you are already a member please login.

 

 

Continue reading

TP&C: The Putting Stroke of Brad Faxon

By Wayne | Tour Players and Celebrities

About 4 years ago I had the pleasure of spending the day working with Brad Faxon on his golf swing at the Old Oaks Golf Club in Long Island, NY. Before we spent time on the range we went out to play the course which was to be the site of Brad’s attempt to qualify for the U.S. Open that year. Armed with my trusty camera and tripod I filmed Brad hitting different shots, and although we were not going to work on his putting (for obvious reasons) I had enough presence of mind to film his putting stroke front…

Become a Premium member [click here to join] today! If you are already a member please login.

 

 

Continue reading

The Treacherous Art of Putting (part 1)

By Wayne | Articles: The Golf Swing, Short Game and Putting

Who among us has never missed a 2 foot putt? I’ve certainly misfired on more than a few in my career, as has every player I’ve ever known. That distance, 2 feet, is microscopic when compared to the distance traveled to get to that point, and yet it is one of the strange attributes of the game of golf that the traversing of that final 2 feet is valued exactly the same as the 280 yard drive that opened the journey to the cup.

Continue reading

The Treacherous Art of Putting (part 2)

By Wayne | Articles: The Golf Swing, Short Game and Putting

The final bit of information which would bring me to my present state of affairs was my 3 hour session with Scotty Cameron in his putting studio in California. The Titleist people were kind enough in the early spring of 2001 to have me out to test their clubs and to visit with their resident putting genius. Scotty began by testing the putter I was using at the time, still the Odyssey mallet, measuring the length, loft (to a tenth of a degree), weight, and shaft flex. He then had me hit some putts while filming me with high tech…

Become a Premium member [click here to join] today! If you are already a member please login.

 

 

Continue reading

How to Make a Putt

By Wayne | Articles: The Golf Swing, Short Game and Putting

The idea behind this clinic is to give you a complete picture of the best way to walk onto a putting green and make the putt you are facing. What exactly should be going on in your mind, and what preparations should you have already made to ensure that you will make your best effort to knock in that putt and save yourself one, two, or three strokes off of your eventual 18 hole score.

Continue reading