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Donald Trahan Sr., The Swing Surgeon
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

The Proper Distance to Stand from the Ball at Address
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 19 March 2010
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During a recent lesson I was asked by a student, with a combination statement and question,‚  that he had read or been told you can never stand too close to the ball. And he asked, in fact,... Read More
Power: Arms or Body?
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 18 March 2010
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Today, we'll talk about swinging the body versus swinging the arms. As we know, with the rotational swing today, you get your power by swinging your body faster as compared to the Peak Performance... Read More
Find Top of Backswing and Ring the Bell!
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 17 March 2010
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Yesterday's article about weight shift, sit or sink over and onto your back leg, brought out a lot of good comments and questions. One extremely good one was from Bill Kerney. Bill asked... Read More
Weight Shift…Sit or Sink Over and Onto Your Back Leg
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 16 March 2010
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Today I'm going to discuss weight shirt or weight transfer in the backswing. In a blog the other day, John OB asked this of me. “Hi, Don. Regarding loading or weight transfer. First, at what... Read More
Top of Backswing…Back Arm = Right Angle
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 15 March 2010
Comments: 1
I see a lot of questions and comments in the blogs about turning the shoulders too much in the backswing and getting deep behind the toe line and over swinging.‚  I also see many comments... Read More
Long and Short Game Similarities
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 14 March 2010
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When I teach golf schools, during which we teach the long game and all aspects of the short game, I always get a reawakening to the reality of the similarities that exist for both.‚  The... Read More
Golf School Day Two: Importance of the Short Game
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 13 March 2010
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Reporting on Day 2 of the Peak Performance Golf School at the PGA Golf Learning Center in Port St. Lucie, Florida. Unfortunately, today we didn't have the school the way we wanted to in that... Read More
Touch and the Short Game
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 12 March 2010
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I'm here at Port St. Lucie, Florida at the PGA Gol Learning Center and we finished day one of our Peak Performance Golf School. It was a very good day, despite getting rained on two or... Read More
Noodley Arms and Getting That Feeling Back
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 11 March 2010
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I'm here at the Peak Performance Golf School in Port St. Lucie, Florida. This morning, before we started the school, one of our students from a previous school, who lives in South Florida,... Read More
Now Where Does That Ball Go?
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 10 March 2010
Comments: 3
For our friends and members in different hemispheres and warmer climates, please forgive my provincial (my egghead partner supplied the word) outlook on the weather. Yesterday, when we... Read More