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Authored by: Brady
Posted on: 20 July 2024
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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: 25 November 2009
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. I guess we could say seeing a video of a golf swing, and best of all YOUR golf swing, is maybe worth a MILLION Words. Well that is what is... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 24 November 2009
The evolution of golf driver heads has really come a long way in the past 25 years. They have evolved from wood to metal heads with space age materials and have grown in size like an... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 23 November 2009
I save comments and questions I read in the blogs to use later for the daily article. John OB wrote some good comments about forever being on the golf swing treadmill of tinkering and... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 22 November 2009
When we completed the PPGS golf school at noon on Saturday, I headed up to Orlando with my brother Ken to watch DJ play on Sunday in the last PGA Tour event for 09 at Disney World in the... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 21 November 2009
Comments: 2
Continuing on with the PPGS golf school at The PGA Teaching and Learning Center in Port St. Lucie, Florida, only one student showed up with a driver shorter than today'€™s standards. He had... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 20 November 2009
Now that you all have met my friend Anthony Netto, let'€™s get back to discussing setup and swing issues I saw with our students at the PPGS golf school last week. One major problem that I... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 19 November 2009
Comments: 3
I met Anthony around 4 years ago at the PGA Merchandise Show'€™s Club Demo Day at the Orange County National Golf Club driving range. I was walking on the practice tee with Greg MacDonell,... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 18 November 2009
The first PPGS School had a number of students that had the same problem that I read in many blogs.‚  Basically, it is that they are hitting their irons and hybrids better and the driver, but are... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 17 November 2009
Yesterday, we discussed how 7 of the 8 students had poor to bad alignment and were aimed no less than 20 plus yards outside wide or closed to their target, to the right for righties and left... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 16 November 2009
We just got back from The PGA Teaching and Learning Center in Port St. Lucie, Florida where we held the first ever PPGS Golf School.‚  We had 8 students, all males, 6 righties and 2 lefties.... Read More