"Swing Your Swing" As Told By Matthew Wolff

"My swing is pretty natural. I started off playing golf at a young age and as soon as I started playing it was unorthodox. I take it really far upright as soon as I take it back and then I drop it in the slot. I lift my foot as well, mainly because I played baseball when I was younger, so that is how I got that."

"I started playing tournaments when I was about 10. I was on my own and as I got to high school and started taking golf a little more seriously, I realized I needed someone to help me with my swing. I was shooting good scores, but everybody was telling my I needed to change my swing and that as I got older, it was going to fall apart when I grew. There are a lot of bad thoughts that were put into my mind about my swing and I was worried, because at that point I had nobody to look up to and I would hear all of these people. As a kid, you always believe these different people saying you have skill, but you need to change your swing a little bit and stuff along that line."

"As I got to high school, I met George Gankas, who is my coach, and he told me I had one of the best swings he had ever seen and kept telling me he loved it and I would do good things with it. He told me to not let anybody ever change it. From that point on, I started going to him and shooting lower, more consistent scores."

"The most important thing he did was stuck with the swing I had and tried to improve it without changing anything. He would only improve the things I already did instead of changing how I took it away, lifting my foot or anything like that. He loved every part of my swing. As soon as I started going to him, I gained a lot more confidence. More importantly, I had somebody to look up to and know with how knowledgeable he is he told me that I don't ever need to change my swing and as long as I keep working with him I will end up where I want to be in life in the golf world. It has been working out so far."

"My main goal is the PGA Tour, but you have goals as you work through junior golf and college golf. My main goal with junior golf was to get to the No. 1 college in golf and, in my opinion that is Oklahoma State. Secondly, when I got here, I told myself I wanted to be freshman of the year, be a first-team All-American and help Oklahoma State win a national title."

"You work hours a day at your game and all the guys push you on the team and George has really helped me. I have been playing well throughout the year, but any time I had difficulties with my swing or anything like that I would go to him. Coach Bratton and Coach Darr really trust him with my swing and I can see why, because my results have shown that. He knows when my swing works the best and he knows how to fix it. He has really helped me get to where I am today. It is really cool to have him there."

"Just knowing that all the work paid off and all those people who doubted me and told me I needed to change my swing saw me out there doing what I am doing and it is working out. It is nice to know I have people in my corner who care about me and people like George who know the game and what a good swing looks like and have helped me improve."

"I have talked to Rickie before about my game and he told me he loved it. He likes how I bomb the ball. For him, he has his own swing too and you can say its his own because when you see Rickie Fowler's swing, you know it is his swing. He said it is awesome how I stuck with my own swing."

"I have heard that there are a lot of similarities between our games and it is really cool to see because he is one of the best players in the world. Him following me at The Valspar was really cool to see him out there. The most important thing I have learned from him is to stick with what I know and only let the people you know have good intentions for you help you. That is what Rickie did and I am kind of following in his footsteps."

Oklahoma State University Athletics

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