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Ferris Wheel and The Perfect Golf Swing
Ferris Wheel and The Perfect Golf Swing
Authored by: Brady
Posted on: 3 May 2026

A student named Jim Wiley sent in a comment that stopped Surge in his tracks — and it's worth sharing with every golfer who's ever struggled with consistency.

Jim made the case that a more vertical swing is easier to repeat because it removes one of the trickiest timing requirements in the rotational swing: squaring the clubface at impact. He backed it up with three analogies. Bowling — try taking the ball around your body and releasing at exactly the right moment. Rock skipping — go straight back and through, or good luck controlling where it lands. And landing a plane approaching the runway from the side, having to time your turn perfectly just before touchdown - known as crabbing. All three hit home, but that last one is especially sharp. The plane is still moving fast. So are you at impact — accelerating as hard as... Read More

Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 14 October 2009
I was reading some blogs after an article I wrote about alignment and a lady wrote in asking a question. She said that her husband, who is a really good player, constantly tells her that her... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 13 October 2009
After one of the recent articles on alignment, with a lot of references to the toe line (determined by setting the feet square to the aiming line and then the rest of the body to the feet), a... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 12 October 2009
Golf had a great week. The Olympics voted to put golf back into the 2016 and 2020 games and the Presidents Cup was a huge success at Harding Park GC in San Francisco. The day the vote for... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 11 October 2009
I have two Surgisms that I believe tell it all as to the importance of Alignment. The first is, '€œ90 to 95% of all swing problems arise out of Bad Alignment.'€ The second is, '€œAlignment'€¦... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 10 October 2009
I returned to yesterday'€™s article to re-read it in preparation for writing this one. After finishing the article, I scrolled down and saw a comment by Don Correia saying I had just made... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 9 October 2009
I can'€™t tell you how many times I have had student in a lesson tell me he is hitting a lot of blocks or pulls or both, or how many times I have read that in blogs, or when playing a round... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 8 October 2009
Let'€™s start with defining what a square back foot means in the setup. The toe line, which is parallel left of the aiming line, is called the toe line because the toes of both feet are to... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 7 October 2009
For all of you who are knowledgeable in PPGS terms and initials you know that my acronym, NOB, stands for '€œNose On the Ball'€ and that NBB stands for '€œNose Behind the Ball.'€ Both are... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 6 October 2009
Matt Kuchar won the PGA Tours first Fall Series event ,The Turning Stone Resort Championship, on the 6th hole of sudden death playoff with a par, beating Vaughn Taylor for the 1.08 million... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 5 October 2009
The fall series of five more PGA Tour events to close out the 2009 year started off at The Turning Stone Resort Championship in Verona, New York this past week. The big and I mean really big... Read More