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Authored by: Brady
Posted on: 20 July 2024
Comments: 46

 

Don Trahan was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts. His father introduced him to the game of golf when he was ten years old. By the age of twelve, Don was a scratch golfer and a member of New Bedford Public Links, now called Whaling City Golf Club (known as The Whale).

Don graduated from Bishop Stang Catholic High School in 1967. He was the top player on the high school golf team all four years he attended. Trahan then attended Southeastern Massachusetts University (Now University of Massachusetts, North Dartmouth) where he was again the top player on the golf team all four years he attended. He is a member of Delta Kappa Phi fraternity. He graduated in 1971 with a double major in political science and history with plans to become a corporate attorney.

Trahan met his wife, Susan, while attending college. The two married in 1973 and moved to Port Orange, Florida where Don would begin his effort to obtain his PGA Tour Card. From there, Don took an... Read More

Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 18 March 2011
DJ was kind enough to give us an update on his first round at the Transitions Championship. While he ended up one over, he feels confident his game is coming around and putts will drop. He spent all... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 17 March 2011
Bret loves the Surge Swing because he'€™s hitting more fairways than he has in years. But he'€™s having problems with a sore right elbow. He wonders if there is some swing error he'€™s making that... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 16 March 2011
Each day, more and more of you are finding your way to the new website, but some people still have questions about what the future holds. Rest assured that www.SwingSurgeon.com is our home for good,... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 15 March 2011
Comments: 96
A smooth and flowing swing is essential to keeping your swing on plane. Visualizing what that looks like can keep your game on track. As you all know, Secret #1 in the Surge Swing is '€œGolf is a... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 15 March 2011
Comments: 16
Often a golfer's finishing position gets overlooked as to why the ball might not have gone where it was supposed to. Recently, DJ was having a tendency to get wide at the top of his finish, causing... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 13 March 2011
Comments: 2
Larry had a question about the snap, crackle, pop with regards to the Surge Swing. He was having trouble getting his right hand to the target before his left which was causing him to roll his right... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 12 March 2011
Comments: 1
Fred had a question about arm extension and hand position after viewing Greg MacDonell's video about ball position. As you probably know, Greg is my head instructor. In Greg'€™s video he said the... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 11 March 2011
We were talking the other day with DJ about '€œface balanced'€ putters, something he'€™s changed to. It dawned on me that we didn'€™t describe what face balanced means. So I thought I'€™d do a... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 10 March 2011
Comments: 5
I'€™ve been talking about ball position lately because DJ discovered his was too far forward on the tee. He moved it back and began hitting the ball a lot better. Isaac was wondering what I thought... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 9 March 2011
Don says he'€™s happy will his iron play but his driver is giving him fits. Apparently, he can get the ball down the fairway but he'€™s overloaded with "Duck Hooks" off the tee. Well, Don, what'€™... Read More