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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: 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
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 4 October 2009
I was watching Golf Central and when the LPGA Navistar Classic 2nd round results were being discussed the lead story was that a 14 year old teenager, Alexis Thompson was tied for the lead. An... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 3 October 2009
They say necessity is the mother of invention. Golf it seems provides golfers with plenty of necessity to keep dreaming up, inventing and bringing new gizmos and gadgets to market all the... Read More
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 2 October 2009
My friend Harold had called me a few times trying to get together for a lesson at The Golf Club at Star Fort. He was hitting some awful golf shots. He said he was driving the ball pretty well but... Read More