It isn't that often that the Surge and DJ Trahan get to sit down together, relax, and talk about the game the both love. Last year, between video shoots, father and son got that chance. We took advantage of the occasion with camcorder in hand.
There was a time in DJ's amateur career when, as Don says, 'all cylinders were firing.' In 2002, with a junior at Clemson University, DJ was named national player of the year, won the Jack Nicklaus and Ben Hogan awards, and piled up more championships.
During that time, the Surge visited his son on the driving range and watched DJ hit balls for about an hour. DJ noticed something very strange when he was finished. His dad, who can fit more words into one minute than most, hadn't said a thing. Nothing about grip, stance, posture, alignment, the swing itself.
It turns out the talkative Swing Surgeon had nothing to say. Everything DJ was doing was just fine. Dad could not improve or tweak one thing.
Also in the conversation, DJ remembered something he had really focused on in 2002 that he wanted to get back to: goals. He suggests you write them down, no matter how small or large, write them down. It was something he had been neglecting and he wanted to get back in the habit.
As Don always says, the great thing about the Peak Performance Golf Swing is that you don't ever have to 'change' the swing. With DJ and with all his students, the swing or. More likely, the setup, will need tweaking once in a while, but there is no change in the swing. 'It's just getting back to the basics, the setup and the swing,' the Surge reminds us.
Paul deVere