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Why Listen To Me?
Brian Jacobs, Hank Haney, Scott Cole
I am just going to give you the short version here.
At one time I was good enough to earn a scholarship to play Division I golf at William and Mary. That was many moons ago.
A couple of times in my golfing career, I gave up the game for years at a time because I completely lost my game.
No, seriously, like, I went from scratch golfer to not breaking 90. (Ok, I had taken a few years off, was invited to play a tournament, tried to get ready quickly, and embarrassed myself).
Both times, I found my way back, through different avenues.
The first time, I was still young enough that I had most of my athletic ability. I got my game back through hard work.
The second time was in my mid-40s when I decided to start teaching. The most important step I took initially was to travel to Dallas to attend Hank Haney’s annual teaching seminar in 2009 and 2010.
I learned all about my OWN swing when I received hands on instruction from Hank himself in front of the other attendees.
The next step I took was to learn from other knowledgeable instructors. Chief among them are Ted Sheftic in Pennsylvania, Jim Estes here in Maryland and Geoff “Slicefixer” Jones in Texarkana.
Ted has been a top 100 teacher for many years.
Jim is a superb golfer who was the low club professional in the Senior PGA Championship a few years back. Jim is also well-known for his work with wounded veterans.
Geoff is well known throughout the internet as extremely knowledgeable about the mechanics of the golf swing. He teaches the Ben Hogan model.
My experience learning from these instructors, along with my own experience developing as a competitive golfer provided me with substantial knowledge.
But, there was still one key ingredient missing. A process.
Learning to play golf is a haphazard process for most golfers. Once you learn a bit about the fundamentals, you pretty much learn everything else by trial and error, or from online and magazine tips.
How golf should really be taught is how the martial arts are taught.
From 2000 to 2008 I studied the art of Pai Lum Kung Fu (achieved the rank of 1st degree blackbelt) in Harrisburg, PA, and my Sifu, Michael Rothermel, is probably the best instructor I’ve had in any athletic endeavor I’ve pursued.
I’ve played baseball, skied, swam competitively, and I’m a decent bowler. I’ve had numerous coaches throughout my life.
My Pai Lum teacher is the best teacher I’ve had. It is his style of teaching, and that of any top martial arts instructor, that I apply to teaching golf.
It’s all in the process and the details. That is what I bring to the table that is very different from other golf instructors.
How to Become A Scratch Golfer
I’ve put together what I consider a blueprint for any golfer who wants to achieve their full golf potential.
If you have average athletic ability, then you have the ability to become a scratch golfer.
My EBook, “How To Become A Scratch Golfer” will provide you a solid foundation of knowledge to help you achieve that goal.
By signing up as a free email subscriber, I will send you this EBook absolutely free.
However, I won’t stop there. I will continue to follow up with by best online content that I know you will find to be beneficial.
What you can expect from me is a couple emails per week where I will give you my latest thoughts on getting the most out of your game through practice, fitness and the best training aids available.
Let me send you my best online content
The best way for me to demonstrate my ability to help you is to sign up for my free training. The first thing I want to give you is my EBook – “How To Become A Scratch Golfer.”
It contains nearly 100 pages of content, including the full swing fundamentals, how to fix some common swing faults, how to practice, etc. This will be a good reference guide as you move forward.
Scott