Golf Pro to Begin ‘First Tee’ Chapter in Hershey
Fifteen year-old Daryll “DJ” Watts drags the golf club back along a slight inside arc, gets it to the top of his backswing with a full shoulder turn, slams the face of the club back down on a rubber mat and sends the make-shift indoor golf ball sailing up against the back wall of the gym. He ends with a Hogan-like pose as if he’s looking down the 18th fairway at Merion watching his ball fly like a cannon-shot to the green. When asked how he does it, DJ explains that he just follows the line on the mat, a painted-on arc that shows the proper direction, or plane, of the club face as he takes it back, and then hinges his wrists. For DJ, it’s that simple.

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