History of RotarySwing

One of the most common questions I get asked is: how did I develop RotarySwing? How did I come up with these ideas to put the golf swing together in such a unique way that hadn’t been done before? I’m going to cover all of that in this video. And a lot of the answers are probably going to surprise you, because it didn’t come about the way most people assume. So the first thing I want to talk about is what really started me down this path — and that is, I was extremely frustrated with my golf game. You can probably relate to that, right? Because here you are on the internet, watching another golf instruction video, trying to figure out how to hit that little ball with a stick and get it to go where you want it every single time. It can be absolutely infuriating.

And that’s exactly where I was. When I moved to Colorado on a golf scholarship at an NCAA school, I was promised the world by my golf coach. In the end, I left even more frustrated. He promised he’d connect us with the best instructors and help us with our swings. I grew up dirt poor, playing at a golf course where it cost $4.35 to play as many holes as you wanted — shoes and shirts optional. I’d stay up there every single day during summer, playing 45 holes a day, slicing it off the planet, trying to hook one, going through all the typical things you do as a kid teaching yourself. I couldn’t afford golf lessons. So when I moved there on a golf scholarship, my entire goal was simple: get good.

I wanted to play on the professional tour, just like everybody else dreams about. I imagined winning the green jacket, sinking a putt to win a major — all those things we all dream about. But what happened when I got there was I got my first real taste of golf instruction. And the problem was that every instructor the coach brought in told us something completely different. In fact, most of the time it was the exact opposite of what the instructor the week before had told us. So how do you discern between what’s right and what’s wrong? If this guy tells me to hold the club one way, and the next guy tells me to do it completely differently — how am I supposed to know which is correct? I was so confused I didn’t know which way was up.

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My next goal: when I graduated and turned pro, I was going to find a real answer. So I started flying back and forth from Colorado to Florida to find a serious golf instructor. I sought out many of the top-name instructors you’ve no doubt seen on TV or the Golf Channel — guys who had taught major champions, guys who were featured in every major golf publication. I was very serious about my game. I was spending significant money flying across the country multiple times a month, taking time off work, doing everything I could to track down someone who could help me understand the golf swing at a deep enough level to actually improve. I was interviewing instructors, watching them teach, studying what they said and how they said it, trying to find someone who could actually help me achieve my goals.

Part of my interview process was this: if you’re going to teach me — and I was around a two handicap at the time — you need to be able to demonstrate what you’re teaching. I insisted that every instructor I interviewed go out and play a round of golf with me. I wanted to look at my game, but I also wanted to see what they could do. Were they a good player? Did they understand the game at a high level? Were they better than me? I had a hard time believing someone who can’t break 90 was going to meaningfully improve my golf swing mechanics.

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