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Tiger and Charlie Woods: The Greatest and His Kid

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

What fun to have Tiger back (I never doubted him) and playing with his 12-year-old son Charlie, whose demeanor on the course would be something for any aspiring professional to emulate. Tiger looks great for a guy on the mend from a bone-crushing car wreck, and when he regains his lower body strength and hip speed, he will still be one of the best on the planet. Charlie is a phenom, but in the video I make a few suggestions that I think might help him going forward, especially when it comes to protecting his spine from the daily torture…

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Tiger Woods 2000: Why I Teach What I Teach

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

Sometimes I download swings onto my computer and forget about them, which is what happened with these swings of Tiger taken at Butch Harmon’s teaching center in Dubai in 2000.  What’s rare about them is the stable camera and the correct camera angles, which are hard to come by unless you are one of the few who have worked with Tiger over the years.  These are especially valuable as they come from Tiger at the top of his game and considering his amazing career that is saying something.  In this video, I look at the Tiger’s swing in detail and…

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Hip Depth Part 3: More Great Swings Staying in the Box

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

I guess we will call this “Hip Box” week now that I’ve done 3 videos of top players who demonstrate similar patterns of hip and pelvic movement during the swing.  There are variations of course, but in most cases we see added right hip depth almost immediately in the backswing with most players maintaining right knee flex, then a “crunch” or “dig” move that utilizes the ground to push the waist back and bend it forward as the lower body drives forward to shift pressure from left to right and rotates to get the hips well open by impact.  I…

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Online Lesson: John Lamendola- Comparison with Tiger Woods

By Wayne | Videos: Online Students

John and I have been working together successfully (almost exclusively online) for about 5 years now, and this lesson is from April when he was just coming back after missing a few months due to shoulder surgery. John has all the equipment anyone could need right in his basement, so we have been able to keep an eye on his swing on a regular basis. In this lesson we go over a lot of the things we have focused on since the beginning, and I side by side him with his favorite player, Tiger Woods. As many of us do…

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Tiger, Woodland and Bradley: Pre-Shot Routine- First Hole of the Last Round

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

I was always the most nervous in tournament play on the first tee, especially if I had gotten myself into contention, which of course ratchets up the pressure. Every player wants to get off to a good start, but when your heart rate is up, and your stomach is not exactly settled the pre-shot routine becomes even more paramount. This should be something that is practiced constantly, and the more you do it the same way over and over the less you have to think about it, which is just what you want when you feel hyped up. Here we…

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Tiger Woods: Huge Changes from 2010 to 2019

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

If you want to see how much Tiger has changed his approach to his golf swing over the past decade just watch here and note the change in his pre-swing rehearsal. In 2010 at his winter event in California he is seen starting his downswing rehearsal with his hands moving behind him, his left arm pulling down his chest, and the shaft staying steep and always over his right arm. In 2019 at Augusta we see him swinging his hands out above the ball in transition (people would call that “over the top”) with the shaft laying back. I always…

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Tiger Woods Driver: in the Wayne D. Lines

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

It’s not often that we get a TV view of any shot with a stable camera and a perfect camera angle, but here on the second hole at Augusta we get just that, and I take advantage of the opportunity to put Tiger inside the Wayne D. lines to see what his pivot is up to. Television does not utilize shutter speed in their cameras (other than the special slow-motion ones) so we can’t provide much detail about the shaft and clubface, although the blur of the club gives us some idea of where the shaft is pointing during the…

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Tiger Woods Demonstrates Exemplary Pitching Technique

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

As we know, the reports of Tiger Woods having irreversible pitching yips have been greatly exaggerated (Brandel and Hank). He has always had one of the best short games in history, and he is still getting it up and down from everywhere. Here we see a standard tight lie pitch shot where he chooses to flight the ball higher and carry it further than it seems he would have to as he considers the best spot on the green to land the ball. The old adage to get the ball on the ground as soon as possible can be good…

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Tiger Woods Demonstrating Wonderful Putting Technique

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

In this video we see Tiger hitting a couple of mid length (20-30 feet) putts, and there is a lot for everyone to learn from his set up routine, his stance, and his stroke. One key word is “relaxed”: his lack of stress is evident from the moment he starts walking toward the ball to address it, then in his posture and balance at address, and then especially in the motion of his stroke. He employs a somewhat narrow stance with his eyes over or just inside the ball and appears to be evenly balanced on his feet. He makes…

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The First Tee Sunday at the Ryder Cup: How the Best Use Routine to Combat Nerves

By Wayne | Videos: Swing Analysis

The Ryder Cup is one of the only events where we see some of the best players in the world get introduced and go through their full routine on the first tee. Here I look at how the following players take their turns teeing off in what is probably one of the most pressure packed shots in all of golf: Justin Thomas, Rory McIlroy, Brooks Koepka, Paul Casey, Webb Simpson, Justin Rose, Tiger Woods, Jon Rahm, Tony Finau, Tommy Fleetwood, Phil Mickelson, and Francesco Molinari. I focus on their every movement after they tee up the ball, including practice swings, target focus, number of steps and amount of time to get to the ball and set up, and then time over the ball before they pull the trigger. I think every golfer gets the first tee jitters and watching what these great players do to prepare for their opening tee shots is quite instructive.

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