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Donald Trahan Sr., The Swing Surgeon
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

Surge-ery On Sammi
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 4 December 2011
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A few weeks ago, I held a three day golf school at Old South and, as I always do, I drove the +5 hours from my home and arrived mid-afternoon the day before. I had arranged to meet with my Head... Read More
A Closer Look At Impact Position
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 3 December 2011
Comments: 8
Last week I posted a video that demonstrated a number of swing drills you can use to improve your swing from impact up to a perfect T-Finish. In the discussion that ensued, a Surgite by the name of... Read More
Season Ending Goals
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 2 December 2011
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As you might guess, as the owner of a world-wide golf instruction website, I get a LOT of email from others in the industry. While some might look at this as "junk" mail, I like to read them because... Read More
DJ's Driver Size
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 30 November 2011
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Art Hobbs sent a question in to the first webcast of The Surge Show that DJ and I did from his house in Charleston. It's one that I think many of you may be interested in: "I know that you and Doc... Read More
How Many Wedges Should Be In Your Bag?
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 29 November 2011
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Today's question from Rich Parrow, a Surgite from Georgia who is really interested in improving his short game based on the instructional videos he has purchased. He wants to know how many wedges I... Read More
Really Flared Feet And The Toe Line
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 27 November 2011
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Today's question comes from David, in Washington, who writes: "Surge, I watched The Surge Show where you and DJ talked about turning the forward foot out to help the turn and finish. But you did not... Read More
Accuracy, distance, and good ball trajectory
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 25 November 2011
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John Madeira has been a Surgite for about six months and he's found that it has really improved his game. The one thing he questions, however, is his ball trajectory--it's a lot higher than when he... Read More
An "Almost New" Vertical Swing Drill
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 23 November 2011
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Today's tip stems from a question I recently received from Bruce Brown, a.k.a. ParBruce. As you'll see, Bruce has had some really good success with the Peak Performance Golf Swing but from time to... Read More
Doc's Spin On Spin
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 21 November 2011
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Doc Griffin is back today with an interesting episode of The Doctor's House Call. In it he asks one question: What causes the ball to spin? Here are the possible answers: The grooves in the club... Read More
Surge Swing In Slow Motion
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 20 November 2011
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When DJ and I did The Surge Show from his home in Charleston we received a flood of questions that we were not able to get to during the webcast. This one, from Jack Coates, a Surgite from Wilmington... Read More