Wayne DeFrancesco

I had never heard of this guy as a player (competed in 8 majors!) or as an instructor...

But he obviously knows a whole lot about the game. In the realm of golf instruction, I'm all into edifying video analyses:



I checked Wayne DeFrancesco's website. A video analysis cost $75 - provided you do the taping and send in the clips.  And the price is doubled, $149, if you want a 15 minute verbal response.  And $200 per hour if you want to drive down to Rockville, MD for in in-person lesson.

Now I've never paid for golf instruction of an kind, but one of these days I'm probably going to break down and do so!

Reading his Teaching Philosophy it's clear that this is one highly intelligent man.

Nicklaus' Singular Swing

The second part of this video is amazing for its symmetry.



Be sure to re-watch it and note the slight differences in his swing as the club lengthens, e.g. the increasing size of the swing, the hip and shoulder turn, and his arc.

It'd probably be instructive (or scary!) to line up me hitting those four different clubs. I'd suspect I'd find 4 completely different swings!

Hitting Golf Balls From The Knees

One of my goals this year was to figure out how to do that.

You see, I've always struggled with insidious handsiness in my swing and whenever I tried to hit a ball from my knees the club would hit the ground 10 inches behind the ball.

But now, and I don't know what I did specifically, I can crank it out there 200 yards, right down the middle, almost every time from that position.

Next, on my 2010 goal list, I have to figure out how to take full swings and hit the ball nicely with just my left hand....AND I have to figure out how to swing that left-handed iron I procured.

Hitting all those golf balls, the most I've ever hit in my life, seems to be really paying off!