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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: 1 July 2011
Comments: 81
I like the 3-P grip. Your hand will be perpendicular to the ground, the torso and the target. Often, I see golfers with a grip the looks just right, nice and square, with the thumbs pointing up the... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 29 June 2011
Comments: 104
Look, at most, the golf swing lasts about 3 seconds from beginning to end. We'€™ve broken that three seconds apart into the pieces of the Surge Swing, and I've tried to describe each swing component... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 28 June 2011
A great deal has been written and said about young Rory McIlroy'€™s performance in the U.S. Open and deservedly so. What an extraordinary weekend. I think we all felt it. The records set, the... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 27 June 2011
Comments: 109
We got a question on the blog about how to stop pulling the ball. The writer said he was doing fine with the short irons but when it came to woods, especially the driver, he hit too many shots to... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 24 June 2011
Comments: 150
Here'€™s a guy who beats the field by 11 strokes. No, it'€™s not Rory McIlroy. His name is Don Addington. He broke his age by 13 shots! Don Addington is 80-years old. He won the John Kline Super... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 22 June 2011
Comments: 356
A little while ago I did a tip on "The Bump" and how important it is to make good solid contact with the ball at impact. Well, as it happens, that inspired our Director of Club Fitting, Lynn... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 21 June 2011
We got a really interesting question from Cajun. '€œIf you tee up the ball for the irons, should you change the position of the ball in the stance?'€ It'€™s a great question and it deserves a... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 19 June 2011
I'€™m going to stay on the "power and distance" subject because we'€™ve been getting some great responses on the blog from people who had suggestions about the swing that could help me and, of... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 18 June 2011
There are always a couple guys at the club in their 70s or 80s about whom everyone says, '€œAll he does is bop it down the middle, bop it down the middle, then knocks it up on the green and shoots... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 17 June 2011