While the PGA Tour season is Almost complete, those in the highest district of the small league- Korn ferry tour – are still being made promoting for season 2026. And with only four events left on the calendar, time is running out for those from the outside.
A professional who is NO Left thinking their fate for 2026 is Emilio Gonzalez. With the seven top 10, a competitor and a win on his CV this season, the 27-year-old sits the fourth on the KFT POINTS list and has closed his PGA Tour card for next season.
After winning Boise Open over the weekend in the strength of a final round 61, the Gonzalez coach, Top 100 Golf teacher Tony Ruggiero, shared some of the drills they have worked on throughout the season to keep his swing in strong shape. Check them below. They can simply help your swing.
Gonzalez’s swinging exercises
I started working with Emilio Gonzalez about seven years ago after meeting him during a visit to my Alma Material, the University of St. Mary in San Antonio, Texas. Immediately, I can say that he had something special – not only in his swinging, but in the thoughtful questions he did for what he would need to really improve. One of the biggest lessons Emilio has learned on his journey can help your game too.
What Emilio singles out is his deep meaning of his shaky trends – what I want to call his “Golf’s DNA”. Like the rest of us, Emilio has certain patterns in its swing. These do not accidentally differ from one round to another. Long -term development Thelli is to learn your personal tendencies and then build a plan to monitor and improve them over time.
This approach was recently paid in a great way: Emilio recently scored a win at Korn Ferry Tour in Boise, winning him a PGA Tour card for 2026. If you can work with your coach to identify and understand your trends – and develop a plan to stay on top of them – you will see real, sustainable improvement, as well.
Here are two workouts that Emilio regularly uses to monitor and manage his trends.
1. Resistance gang exercise
We use an elastic band of knee/hip from package in almost any practical session. The band is slightly placed on Emilio’s knees. During his swing, he pushes against the gang as he goes back. This engages the essence, stabilizes the lower body and reduces the lateral movement – helping it rotate instead of sliding.
Emilio also focuses on maintenance of flexion on his right knee. This strengthens the exact feeling of returning behind the ball rather than moving or going – which can lead to problems as an opposite pivot. If you tend to slide too much on your back, this drill can be a game shift.
2. TAKEAWAY WORKING
One of Emilio’s old habits is the rolling of the club open early in taking, rather than hanging the club on the plane with a square face. This leads to contradictory contacts, starting lines and bending.
To correct this, we use a shaky segmented drill. At waist height, Emilio stops to check that his trail joints are properly hung and bend-and that the club is square, forming an angle of 90 stairs on the swinging plane.
He then continues to swing on the top, focusing on the maintenance of the knee flex and a square face. Sometimes, we will put a stick for stretch or shaft on the ground next to his footprint foot to strengthen the proper stability of the lower body and prevent any slide.
This exercise helps it constantly take the club in the ideal position at the top – and can do the same for you.
Stick with what works
Improvement does not come from constantly following new advice. It comes from understanding your tendencies, practicing with purpose and climbing to one or two drills that work to YOUR shaking.
Find your shaky DNA. Learn to monitor it. And just like Emilio, you will be on your way to real results.
