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Donald Trahan Sr., The Swing Surgeon
Authored by: Brady
Posted on: 20 July 2024
Comments: 47

 

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

Three Quarter Vertical Backswing Is Less Stressful
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 2 January 2018
Comments: 2
An effortless golf swing is created on the foundation of a vertical three-quarter turn golf swing. Stress on your body is reduced by limiting the rotation in your golf swing and using a vertical... Read More
Bad Advice From A Tour Player
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 14 December 2017
Comments: 5
Do not blindly trust the source of advice. Today I talk about something a tour pro said as advice in a magazine, it was so bad I had to record this video about it. You have to remember that most golf... Read More
Bad Shot - Do The Next Shot Correct
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 23 November 2017
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Very often, I hear amateur golfers on golf courses and in classes hurt their game by getting "wrapped around the axle" of the bad shot they just made. But the truth is, who cares - do the next shot... Read More
Structurally Sound at Address
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 28 October 2017
Comments: 12
Today's video is a great discussion on staying structurally sound at address. And it is spurred by an email asking me about the players on the Senior Tour that appear to not be slowing down in their... Read More
Club Head Speed And How It Is Generated
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 7 September 2017
Comments: 18
I have yet another article from a golf publication talking about driving distance and club head speed.  Their answer is rotation, wrong. Rotation does not produce club head speed and we (PPGS players... Read More
When Do You Change The Stiffness Of Your Golf Club Shafts
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 5 September 2017
Comments: 5
A great question arrived asking about when do you need to change the stiffness of your golf clubs. This is a fact of life, we age and our swing speeds start to change. We do not hit the ball as far... Read More
Clearing Hips - The Bump Explained
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 30 August 2017
Comments: 2
"Do we clear our hips like a rotational swinger," asks a reader? No, not exactly. The key to starting the swing is the Bump. You have read it in our books, watched it in our videos, and maybe looked... Read More
Torque Stance Behind the Ball Hitting Up on the Ball
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 3 August 2017
Comments: 1
One of our watches wrote in with a great observation on the stance, torque and body position. One of the many aspects of the PPGS that differs from the rest of the golf world is that we want to be... Read More
Laying Off At The Top Of The Backswing
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 5 July 2017
Comments: 4
A question came in from a customer in Australia regarding the Driver Swing video and laying off the club in the backswing. What is perceived in the video and what you have to do in the backswing?... Read More
Golf vs Flog - Playing Golf vs Getting Beat By The Game
Authored by: Don Trahan
Posted on: 20 June 2017
Comments: 2
How many people do you know that quit playing the game due to frustration? They are beaten by the game rather than playing the game. Golf does not have to be hard. If you are following the PPGS, you... Read More