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Swash Specialist Putting Professionals train the Spanish National Team
Friday, 02 January 2009
For the second year running, the Swash Staff Instructors, led by Director of Instruction Phil Kenyon, were invited by the Spanish Golf Federation to train over 35 amateurs of their elite squad at the Escorpion Golf Club in Valencia between the 26th and the 30th of December 2008. The squad consisted of handicaps between 2 and +3,7 and ages from 15 to 23 years, some of them having an eye on a Scholarships in the USA to improve their competition skills, others turning professional and competing on the European Tours.

On the first evening, Phil Kenyon and Michel Monnard gave a presention on their putting philosophy Instruction. A philosophy which has helped many PGA Tour Professionals like Henrik Stenson, David Howell, Oliver Wilson, Oliver Fisher and Maarteen Lafeber, amongst many others, in the past year.

On the first working day, Phil Kenyon and Michel Monnard were joined by Juan Garcia Estrada, another Swash Instructor, based at HSPSE Madrid. Together the team took the players through a complete Analysis process consisting on Sam Puttlab, Dual Video Capture, Ball Roll capture and an Analysis Questionnaire to gain an insight into their work during the last year.

In the evening Phil Kenyon, Michel Monnard and Juan Garcia Estrada worked through the collected data and set about creating an improvement plan for each player, including practice drills and strategies for each individual.


On Day 2 each player was shown their data and had the chance to work with the 3 instructors on their own technique.

The third day was dedicated to green-reading and pace control. To start with every group worked through a series of explanations and exercises on green-reading to help the players establish a routine to effectively and efficiently assess a greens contours and line of a putt. The second part of the session was dedicated to drills on pace control.

After the 3 day long days the Swash team and all the players packed up and went their separate ways back across Europe bringing a close to a successful 2008.

 

     

 

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Padraig Harrington, winner of the 2007 & 2008 British Open Champion and PGA Championships 2008

Dear Phil & Michel,
To say your two day course was excellent would be an understatement; I found the material to be both revolutionary and fascinating, the delivery clear and informative and your demeanors were one of utmost commitment to us the students.
You not only made my putting stroke consistent but improved my confidence tremendously. Additionally the drills and aids used were extremely beneficial in honing my stroke. Most importantly, I now have a methodology and knowledge that once imparted on my students will benefit them enormously.
As the game of golf is constantly evolving then so must the approach to and quality of instruction, you, the Harold Swash Putting School of Excellence have doubtlessly achieved this.
I can only look forward to Level II and to seeing you both again, hopefully in Asia!
Yours in golf,
Patrick

Patrick Foy, HSPSE Accredited Instructor Level 1, USGTF & EGTF Master Teaching Professional and Course Examiner

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