Shawn, I went to your web site to order the 3 DVDs and I must complement you and your staff. It is by far the most user friendly site I have ever used right down to the payment line. These will help some of my students as they mirror the best that Miller has ever told them and then some!!! Thanks for sharing some of your golf instruction related experiences. You have been blessed and you are “passing it along” which is great.
Wil M.
Shawn, I have not contacted you before, but I think your “Hump Day” series have been the best I have seen. I am an 81 year old who has been a consistent bogey player for the past 15 years. I play from senior tees and rely on the short game as my drives are only a “straight “ 200 yds. As you would know the 380 + par 4s are tough for me. I have been a student of the game since I started late (age 30) after a semi-pro baseball career. Twenty years ago I wrote a book titled The Golf Primer: a manual for the adult beginner. Through that labor of love, I spent time with Gary Wiren, Jim Suttie, Greg Ortman, Michael Hebren, Fred Griffin, Dave Pelz and others, but none were more genuinely helpful than your “Hump Day” tips. I still do a little basic teaching to some retirees who want to get into the game or return to the game after years away from the links.
Wil M.
Dear Shawn: I have been with your training programs (videos) now for about 1.5 years. I have 3 of the training videos. The last one that I bought- "Two Steps To a Perfect Golf Swing" is the best training video I have ever used. I had to watch the video many times and go practice and I was getting close to what you teach, but it took time to get it to cover up the flaws I already had in my swing. The past week or so I have gotten a better “groove” of what you are teaching and can score better, feel better and have the confidence that this will work. I am very happy with the results that I am having. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I am 75 years old; been playing for 20 years; have a 13 handicap and have improved my golf game thanks to your video. I usually shoot 85 and up, but now I have in the past few days shot 79, 82 and today an 80. Kudos to you.
Roger K.
Hi Shawn,
I have been working with your system for 5 months now. I have sought advice through regular PGA instruction but seemed to hit an impasse. I grew tired of my golf game before trying your system. Past history: Scored in the 100's. Inconsistency with all golf shots. Today: since using your system, consistency is improved. I can play from my misses. I am now scoring in the high 80's. I have won my 1st golf tournament and I am in 2nd place for club championship. I feel that more improvement is possible. My ulterior motive is to play Pebble Beach in 6 months. Many thanks. Your system truly works!!!
Randall Y.
I've been using your Blueprint for a Repeating Swing DVD's for about two weeks. HUGE impact! I'm taking 16 strokes or more off the handicap class impact. I've been playing about 13 years, but I was stuck. Everybody asks what they're doing wrong; this video shows how to do it right, from start to finish. Breakthrough! God Bless You forever.
Eric R. (Dunedin, FL)
Really getting on great with the “Repeating Swing BLUEPRINT”! As you said, it clarifies the “How To Build a Repeating Swing” a lot better and I am really enjoying the drills as I now find them much easier to understand them. Already after just a few days my ball striking has improved and I am having to re-adjust to the additional distance I am achieving with each club.
James M. (Wales, UK)
I just wanted to call and thank you because I hadn’t played golf for a while. I went out and played, and I was absolutely awful. So I went and got your video How to Build a Repeating Swing. It’s the greatest video ever made. After watching it once, my confidence rose even before swinging a club. I went in the back, practiced, couldn’t wait to get to the driving range. Went to the driving range, and was hitting like a beast. Took it out to the golf course. And this is after watching the video. Within two weeks I was in the golf course. I shot bogey golf in the front nine, but I could tell I was just right there on the cusp. The back nine... 4 over... and I was driving like a madman and my short irons were great. The nine… pitching wedge... I hadn’t hit better. And it’s because of your video. It’s the greatest video ever made. Any golfer should take a look at it. Thank you again, Shawn.
Tim M. (Dallas, TX)
I saw immediate results with your method and continued to practice and stick to what I saw in the article. Craving more information, I purchased your DVD and it took my game to the next level. Twelve months later my handicap is down to a solid 5 and I have shot even par three times... Your explanation of the takeaway in the DVD made a huge difference, kept me from rolling my arms and getting off plane. I wasted a lot of years doing it wrong, believe me...
Dan W. (Sacramento, CA)
Today I went to my golf club and used for the first time your techniques on the repeatable swing DVD. I was very pleased with many of the results particularly the arms away from the body and keeping my right shoulder back while allowing my arms to let gravity work along with the back of the left hand squaring the club up for maximum contact. The practice on my golf mat with mirror in the basement (12 foot high ceiling) was indispensable and allowed me to break down each part of the DVD without the use of a ball. I then went to the club driving range to sense the feeling by hitting balls and looking at the results. THANK YOU AGAIN for helping me to finally find a total swing that I have total confidence in. I played several competitive sports and practiced hard at achieving a high degree of skill but none of them although challenging, could ever match the difficulty of golf. That is the reason why we need very capable golf teachers like yourself. We need enjoyable experiences more than ever in our society now and please continue to fulfill our needs.
Bill D. (Mahwah, New Jersey)
Your [How To Build A Repeating Swing] DVD is terrific. After decades of repeating the same swing errors on the range, I now know the proper swing plane positions during the golf swing back and forward. I'd review my swing positions with your DVD and it greatly improved the efficiency of practice on the driving range.
Barry H.
The Two Steps to a Perfect Golf Swing DVD resolved the mystery of how to make a perfect back swing for me so that the club is automatically set at shoulder height at the top of the backswing with the butt of the golf club pointing down toward the ball at address. This made the uncoiling of the hips and downswing occur more naturally and has put a nice right to left ball trajectory on my ball flight. It also helped me avoid the life long tendency of having my right shoulder come around rather than down inside the line on the downswing. I give it and Shawn’s Short Game [pitching] video the credit for reducing my handicap from 33.4 down to 12.9 in less than one year. Thanks, Shawn !
Greg C.
Greg C.
Shawn;
I have used your Two Step & Short Game dvds and in a matter of six months I have gone from a 33.2 to 14.4 ! I played for over 30 years at the 33.0 level & never was able to put all of it together until I played & replayed your dvds which game me the understanding that I never got from years of PGA lessons. Thanks for making my game what it is today.
Greg C.
The short game video that I purchased from you has helped me quite a lot. I play on a 9 hole country club course where my handicap was a 24 and have reduced it to 19 and a lot of it has to do with my short game improvement.
I have more confidence with my short game since using your techniques in your video.
Thank You
Sandy L. - Somers, NY
As far as a review of the program, I can only say you've saved my golf life! My game has never been better. I shot an 81 yesterday, my best in years thanks to your instruction... The lessons have been great and I'm very glad that I will have continued access to them. I still have a lot to work on but thanks to you I've gone from wanting to quit to playing very well. I particularly appreciate your willingness to answer questions.
Keep up the great work. Your system really works!!
Gary Amberson
Hi all.
Started the program in Apr 2011 so now on my tenth month.
Thanks to being a part of the EGA program my average score has improved dramatically.
Season 2011
Average score first 10 rounds 93,3
Average score last 10 rounds 89,3
Average score last 5 rounds 85,6
That's an improvement of 7.7 shots average. I am now down to HCP
10,8 and all of a sudden I am thinking single digit HCP are in reach.
(Lowest Score of the year 81)
What has helped me most is the improvement in the takeaway with irons,
and with the use of chipping ratio I have dropped number of putts each round.
In September I had 27 putts for 18 holes.
What I find myself doing and (and what has worked for me) is to go back to the lessons, skills & drills to work on a certain part even though it could be one of the first lessons of the program. Watch and then practice, and watch and then practice again.
Thanks for a great program.
K Jell
Today I went to my golf club and used for the first time your techniques on the repeatable swing DVD. I was very pleased with many of the results particularly the arms away from the body and keeping my right shoulder back while allowing my arms to let gravity work along with the back of the left hand squaring the club up for maximum contact.
The practice on my golf mat with mirror in the basement (12 foot high ceiling) was indispensable and allowed me to break down each part of the DVD without the use of a ball. I then went to the club driving range to sense the feeling by hitting balls and looking at the results.
THANK YOU AGAIN for helping me to finally find a total swing that I have total confidence in. I played several competitive sports and practiced hard at achieving a high degree of skill but none of them although challenging, could ever match the difficulty of golf. That is the reason why we need very capable golf teachers like yourself. We need enjoyable experiences more than ever in our society now and please continue to fulfill our needs.
Bill D., Mahwah, New Jersey
I had a lesson yesterday with the pro here at the Blue Canyon Country Club in Phuket which I am a member. I have been shanking the chip shot these last few months and before, this was my best shot. We spent about an hour trying to find a fix, even playing right handed (I am a lefty), which I did quite well after about 10 minutes. I wasn't really satisfied with the option so I went looking through your email lessons and found the one with the lob shot, opening up the face and then dropping the hands. I went back to the lesson location today and used your hand drop method and now my shot has returned to its previous glory. I am sure the lesson helped a bit yesterday, standing too close to the ball and letting my wrists breakdown but I know a lot of it had to do with your suggestion of dropping the hands. Thank you and now I am back.
Peter T., Thailand
ENJOYED YOUR PRESENTATIONS AND YOU ARE A BIG HELP TO ME. LAST WEEK I HAD AN EAGLE ON A PAR 4 AND 2 BIRDIES OUT OF 17 HOLES. FORGOT TO PLAY NUMBER 10. AT THE END OF THE DAY I WAS SO EXCITED THAT A 76 ON THE SCORE CARD. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, I HAVE 2 BROTHERS WHO WANTS TO BEAT ME NO WAY. KEEP IN THE FAIRWAY AND NEVER 3 PUTT
Thad C.
“I just wanted to call and thank you because I hadn’t played golf for a while. I went out and played, and I was absolutely awful. So I went and got your video How to Build a Repeating Swing. It’s the greatest video ever made.
After watching it once, my confidence rose even before swinging a club. I went in the back, practiced, couldn’t wait to get to the driving range. Went to the driving range, and was hitting like a beast. Took it out to the golf course. And this is after watching the video. Within two weeks I was in the golf course.
I shot bogey golf in the front nine, but I could tell I was just right there on the cusp. The back nine… 4 over… and I was driving like a madman and my short irons were great. The nine… pitching wedge… I hadn’t hit better. And it’s because of your video. It’s the greatest video ever made. Any golfer should take a look at it. Thank you again, Shawn.”
Tim M. from Dallas, TX
I purchased the LST (laser speed trainer) 2 weeks ago. It has really helped all aspects of my swing, from takeaway, plane, transition and especially my down swing into the ball. It has helped increase my swing speed as well. I would recommend it to everyone. It is a little expensive, but well worth it.
Lewis K. Cupertino, CA
“I saw immediate results with your method and continued to practice and stick to what I saw in the article. Craving more information, I purchased your DVD and it took my game to the next level. Twelve months later my handicap is down to a solid 5 and I have shot even par three times.....
Your explanation of the takeaway in the DVD made a huge difference, kept me from rolling my arms and getting off plane. I wasted a lot of years doing it wrong, believe me....”
Dan W. Sacramento, CA
I started using the two-step approach even though I consider myself an experienced golfer. Breaking down the basics like you did in your book and DVD really helped me with my game at the end of the season. I seem to be hitting it longer and straighter (more times than not).
I have to tell you that I had subscribed to a few other golf instructors on the web, but after finding you and realizing that you are the same instructor who wrote the article in Golf magazine back in March 2007, I unsubscribed from all those other instructors and just look to you for your clear, concise, simplistic step by step guide.
Tom I. Chicago, IL
Your Two Step Swing Video was great. You explained and taught well. Worked a couple days at home on your techniques, and played yesterday with my buddies, never hit the ball so solid and crisp. Thanks again, set up a golf room in my house, will work on your techniques throughout the winter.
Gary M. West Linn, OR
“For whatever reason, I had never learned to "correctly" hinge my wrists up and down ---- plus at the top of swing --- how to correctly drop my hands straight down with minimum weight shift. For the first time, I have the club on the correct swing plane . I am 63 years old --- and I have never hit the ball better - or further.”
Chuck H. El Dorado Hills, CA
“I bought the "How to Build a Repeating Swing" DVD for myself. I was at about a 10.0 handicap, and feel that the video has helped me tremendously. Although I had managed to cut about 3 strokes or so this past summer with just some good hard discipline & practice, I thought I had bottomed out as far as progressing below a 10 handicap. With the way I'm swinging now, after some minor changes I learned in your DVD, I think I can do much better. If it wasn't for the cold, I think I'd already be at 9.0 and getting better. My changes were mostly with the backswing & transition (and subsequently my rhythm & tempo), as these were the weakest area of my game, and most noticeable in my mid & long irons. Any improvement here is going to reduce my handicap quickly. Your DVD was instrumental in this change.”
Mark L., Frisco, TX
“Just got done reading Two Steps to a Perfect Golf Swing. I can't believe how this book has helped my golf game. I have been playing golf for thirty years and have never been lower than a 17 handicap player. This is going to change. I am excited about golf again! Just ordered the DVD, to help instruct my kids, so that don't end up struggling with confusing and bad information like I did. Thank you.”
Robert Q.
“Just want to thank you again for your DVD. I went from shooting in the low 80s to shooting even par the last two times I have played. Your explanation of the takeaway in the DVD made a huge difference, kept me from rolling my arms and getting off plane. I wasted a lot of years doing it wrong, believe me. Also, the article in the Golf magazine showed keeping the weight on the insides of my feet. Took me a while to pick up on it, but it really simplified my swing. Thank you.”
Dan W., California