In many circles, E.J. needs no introduction. Named one of Golf Magazine’s “Top 100 Instructors” and playing professionally for 13 years, E.J. brings his students a seasoned understanding of golf competition and teaching. E.J.’s proven teaching techniques present students of all ages and abilities with an experience that can lead to a lifetime in golf, and life skills that can be used on and off the course.

Recognized as an “up and comer” in golf instruction, E.J. has been featured on the Golf Channel and has also appeared in several instructional videos. An instructor of some of the world’s most famous golfers including PGA and LPGA players, amateurs and children, it’s no wonder that E.J. has adopted the slogan “tour tested and amateur approved.”

Currently, E.J. serves as Director of Instruction at Oak Tree National in Edmond, Okla.

Playing Stats

1984                  American Junior Golf Association First Team All-American
1984 - 1988     Member of the Oklahoma State Golf Team
1987                  Member of the Division 1 NCAA Championship Team
1988                  NCAA Division I First Team All-American
1988                  Big 8 Individual Champion
1988                  Individual Champion of Division 1 NCAA Tournament
1988                  New York State Open Champion
1988 - 1991      Asian Tour, Australian Tour, Canadian Tour
1992                  Fully Exempt on PGA Tour
1993 - 1997     Nike Tour
1999                  US Open participant at Pinehurst No. 2

Instruction Highlights
    
1999 - 2001     Master Instructor at The Jim McLean Golf School at PGA West in LaQuinta, Calif.
2001                  Co-host The Golf Channel’s Jr. Golf Academy Live with Jim McLean
2001 - 2002     East Aurora Country Club - Head Golf Professional/ Director of Instruction
2002                  Master Instructor at Jim Mclean Golf School in LaQuinta, Calif.
2002 - 2005     Thunder Canyon Country Club - Head Golf Professional/Director of Instruction
2004                  Voted Top 25 Elite Instructors by Sacramento Magazine
2004                  Present Contributes articles to Fairways and Greens Magazine
2005                  Found the E.J. Pfister School of Golf at D’Andrea Golf Club in Reno, Nev.
2005                  Kevin Tway instructor and caddy for U.S. Junior Amateur Championship
2006                  Voted Best In Reno for Golf Instruction
2008                  PGA South Central Section Teacher of the Year
2009                  Named Golf Magazine “Top 100 Instructors”
2010                  PGA South Central Section Teacher of the Year

PGA and LPGA Class A Professional
Level 3 Plane Truth Certified Instructor


Sandy LaBauve has been teaching golf for close to 27 years.  She is currently the Head Teaching Professional at the Westin Kierland Resort and Spa in Scottsdale, Arizona.  She teaches private lessons and corporate outings.  She is one of only five Level 3 Plane Truth Certified Instructors and helped conduct Plane Truth Seminars with Jim Hardy and her husband Mike LaBauve.

Ms. LaBauve is the Founder and National Ambassador for LPGA-USGA Girls Golf, a program designed help girls learn the game and explore competition in a non-threatening environment.  She was an instructor for Golf Digest Schools in 1998-2002.  Presently, she is a Class A member of both the LPGA and The PGA and serves on the Titleist and Foot-Joy Advisory Board.  Sandy has authored various magazine articles for Golf Digest, Golf Magazine and Golf for Women as well as written a book called Shave 10 Strokes in 12 Days.

Over the years Sandy has received numerous honors.  She has been voted a top 100 hundred Instructor by Golf Magazine 1991-2009 and voted a top fifty Instructor by the LPGA.  She is a former winner of the LPGA Western Section Teacher of the Year, the PGA Southwest Section Teacher of the Year, and the Linda Vollstedt Award for National Contributions to Women’s Golf.  In 1994, Sandy was awarded the National Junior Golf Leader of the Year by the PGA and then received the Card Walker Award from the PGA Tour in 1995 for her contributions to junior golf.  Most recently she was the 2008 recipient of the For the Love of the Game Award presented by Rolex and the LPGA.

Sandy comes from a long line of golf professionals including, father Jack Lumpkin, husband Mike LaBauve, brother Jay Lumpkin and brother in Law Eric Smith.  Golf is in the family blood and so is the passion for teaching students of all ages.  The National Golf Foundation honored her family with the Jack Nicklaus Golf Family of the Year award in 2000.  She is a mother of two aspiring female golfers.  Lindy, 20, plays golf for LSU, and Kristi, 17, plays for fun in Arizona.  
 

My passion and desire for teaching this great game has exposed me to some of the most influencial instructors in golf but there is one man who I would class head and shoulders above everybody. Jim Hardy has the most incredible mind for the game and in time, the teaching world will owe him a huge debt of gratitude. Since discovering the Plane Truth and the unbelievable differences between one and two plane swings, I feel I can help golfers more effectively and deliver faster results to their games.

John Jacobs stated that, "The sole purpose of a golf swing is to produce a correct repetitive impact. The method employed is of little significance as long as it is repetitive." This along with Jim's words of wisdom enables me to improve any golfer's ball flight almost immediately. The golf ball doesn't lie and helping students understand their impact and ball flight tendencies makes the game even more pleasurable.

Krista Dunton was born in Atherton California, where she began learning the game at age of 9 at the Stanford University Golf Course. A graduate from the University of Michigan, she played the LPGA Futures Tour for several years before deciding to pursue teaching full time.

Krista began her teaching career as the Director of Instruction at Forsgate Country Club in New Jersey where she also coached the Princeton University Golf Team. She is a “Class A” member of the PGA and LPGA. During her ten years in New Jersey she was awarded the PGA Teacher of the Year for the New Jersey Section in 2001; and LPGA Northeast Section Teacher of the Year and the LPGA National Teacher of the Year in 2002. She was named one of the 12 most influential people in golf in New Jersey and was listed as a top instructor by Golf Magazine and Golf Digest. Since 1999, she has been on the Golf For Women Magazine Advisory Staff and recognized as one of their Top 50 Teachers. Krista is a Master Staff Member of Callaway Golf.

In 2006, she was named the PGA Carolinas Section “Teacher of the Year”. She has been listed by Golf Digest as a top teacher in South Carolina 2005, 2006 and 2007.

Krista knows what to fix in your swing, and what to leave alone. A Plane Truth Certified Instructor and long-time student of Jim Hardy, she has the expertise to understand and solve any swing and help any player take their game to the next level.

 My journey as a Plane Truth Certified Instructor began as a struggling golf pro in desperate need of help for his own game - desperate enough to begin searching the internet for some magic pill to cure a golf swing that I felt had gone completely awry. It was in one of these frantic moments online that I found excerpts of Jim Hardy's original article published in Golf Digest outlining the differing fundamentals of One and Two Plane swings.

As a golf instructor, I had long since realized that no two golf swings looked alike. Johnny Miller looked nothing like Ben Hogan, Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklas couldn't be more dissimilar , and Lee Trevino and Raymond Floyd just seemed to do whatever worked for them; conventional wisdom be darned. Although I had this information available, saw it with my own eyes, I did not understand what these players were doing to make these different swings work. And so I taught, as most golf instructors unfortunately still do, the swing that worked for me. It was a swing comprised of the predominate instruction available at the time; take the club straight back, cock the wrists, lift the arms, drop the club into the slot on the way down, release the club at the bottom, and finish high - to put it succinctly.

It wasn't until after I read Jim's article on the internet that the light bulb came on, that I finally understood why half of my students came back excited about their progress and the other half thought they must still be doing something wrong. I was the quintessential golf instructor - able to help about half of my students. After slapping my forehead and uttering Homer Simpson's famous catch phrase ("DOH!"), I realized that I needed to learn everything I could about the myriad ways to swing a golf club.

I began with Jim's books, progressed to his seminar, and excitedly signed up for the first Level 1 certification program. Along the way my ability as an instructor improved exponentially. I was always capable of seeing the player who raised up, who threw the club from the top, who fell back onto their back foot or many other mistakes golfers make, but now, for the first time, I understand why they make these mistakes and the best way to fix them. I am happy to say that the number of students reporting back to me excited about their progress has nearly doubled since beginning my tutelage under Jim.

To this day, I continue to learn new drills, new teaching techniques, new faults and fixes and my passion for teaching the game continues to grow. I am thrilled to be a part of Jim's growing certification program and as a Level Two Certified Instructor feel confident in my ability to help golfers of any experience level hit the ball better!

I am currently the Head Golf Professional at The Cliffs Resort on Possum Kingdom Lake about an hour and 1/2 drive from the DFW Metro-Plex. I offer a variety of one and two day lesson packages taking advantage of the hotel accommodations on site.

 Cindy hails from New Jersey where she started playing golf at age 7. She
began her competitive golf at the age of 12 and had a very successful state
amateur career that included three state women’s amateur championships.
Cindy played collegiate golf at Furman University and captained the 1976
AIAW Championship Team including Beth Daniel, Betsy King, and Sherri
Turner. She qualified for the LPGA Tour in 1979 finishing fourth in the
qualifying school. Cindy played the Tour through 1988 and in 1989 began
to establish her teaching credentials by accepting a position as teaching
professional at Baltusrol Golf Club in New Jersey. Cindy splits her time
between Baltusrol in the summer and Lost Tree Club in North Palm Beach,
Florida in the winter. In the January 2000 Met Golfer Magazine, Cindy
was recognized as one of the best female teaching professionals in the
Metropolitan New York/New Jersey area. Cindy is a Plane Truth Level 2
instructor who has taught two LPGA Hall of Fame players. Her playing
experience brings to her teaching a special understanding of what it takes
to play good golf. The Plane Truth has allowed Cindy to help golfers with
all types of swings much quicker than before her affiliation with Jim Hardy.
Allowing for the student’s individuality and understanding more clearly
that one or two fixes is all it takes has made improvement much easier and
quicker to accomplish in helping her clients.

Although we share the same name (Jim Hardy) we are not related. It has been a wonderful coincedence that we have the same name, live in the same city, and teach golf. Jim and I have become friends since I first convinced him to look at my game. I am currently the Director of Instruction at Hearthstone Country Club in Northwest Houston.

 MARK HOUSTON is a Level 1 Certified Plane Truth Instructor.  Mark has been teaching golf for over 15 years.  During this time, Mark has taken lessons and worked with some of the best teachers in the world in search of information to improve his own game and to help other's with their's. 

Mark attended his first seminar with Jim Hardy five years ago and, through Jim's teaching, the search for the answers was over.  Since then, Mark has attended six more seminars and taught side by side with Jim Hardy in four golf schools.  The information Mark has attained from Jim has unlocked the confusion in teaching golf.

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Jennifer grew up in a Philadelphia golf family playing at Torresdale-Frankford Country Club.  She was medalist and runner-up in the 1984 Philadelphia Women’s Amateur Championship.  She attended to Marshall University on a golf scholarship and winning the 1985 Mexican Amateur was the highlight of her amateur career.

After a respectable amateur career she decided to move from Philadelphia to pursue her golf dreams.  She worked with several top golf specialists including Mike LaBauve (a Level 3 Plane Truth Certified Instructor) and Carol Mann (also a Plane Truth Certified Instructor), winner of 38 tournaments and a LPGA Hall of Fame member.  Jennifer has been a long-time student and friend of Jim Hardy since 1987.

Jennifer turned professional in 1985 and played on mini-tours in the US and played tours in Japan, Asia and Europe.  In 1992 she competed on the LPGA tour as an exempt player.

In 1993 Jennifer began teaching for world-renowned instructor Hank Haney in Dallas. While working for Haney she was instrumental in the expansion of the junior golf program, directed the LPGA Girls Golf Club of Dallas and conducted corporate golf clinics for women. She worked for Haney for 13 years as an instructor, junior golf coordinator and eventually head golf professional.

In 2005 she and her husband Paul moved back to the Philadelphia area. She taught at Cedarbrook Country Club in 2005 and Meadowlands Country Club from 2006 to 2008.  She and Paul are now the golf professionals at Race Brook Country Club in Orange, Connecticut.

Established in 1912, Race Book CC is an elegant New England private member-owned country club.  It includes an 18 hole championship course and a 9 hole course, 1,200 square foot golf shop, club fitting and repair room, driving range and practice greens.

Stephen Puryear is a Level 2 certified Plane Truth instructor. He is also one of the few professionals certified in multiple areas (Instruction and Golf Operations) by the PGA of America. Stephen attended Mississippi State University and majored in Professional Golf Management.  He has been a PGA member for over 15 years and has taught golf for over 20 years.  While Stephen’s passion is working with juniors, he has worked with golfers of all skill levels during his career.  This includes top amateur, college, professional and junior golfers competing in local, state, and national events. 

Each student is exposed to The Plane Truth information through Stephen’s Play P.U.R.E. learning system.  Principles, Understanding, and Repetition, allow players to achieve their own personal level of Excellence.  He uses computer enhanced video and K-Vest to provide full swing feedback and the TOMI putting system to for putting.

Golf lessons and clinics are available at Sunset Landing in Huntsville, AL or Willowbrook Golf Club in Manchester, TN.

As a Class ‘A’ PGA Teaching Professional since 2005, Jake has devoted his career to teaching golf to all ages and levels of players. His career began at Chicago Golf Club in Wheaton working as the 1st Assistant and Teaching Professional for two years. In 2007, he took a position with Todd Sones Impact Golf at White Deer Run in Vernon Hills where his time was spent training and teaching full time with the Impact Golf Staff.

The winter months Jake dedicates to traveling, observing and studying the styles of many nationally prominent instructors.  Among those he has observed include Dr. Jim Suttie, Dr. Gary Wiren, Craig Shankland, Bob Toski, Tom Patri, Jim Hardy, Chris O’Connell, Martin Hall, Mike LaBauve, Sandy LaBauve, E.J. Pfister, Rick Martino, Laird Small, Peter Krause, and Mike Adams. 

In January 2010, Jake started a teaching business and founded Sandusky Golf. He and his team are very excited about the future of this new business and its potential to reach many students. Jake is constantly searching for knowledge and better, faster ways to help his students. It is his belief that it should not be a long, painstaking process to hit more consistent golf shots.  Jake understands that each individual has his or her tendencies and he realizes flexibility in teaching is critical to produce great results with everyone.

Doug grew up in Wichita Kansas. Upon High School graduation he continued playing golf at Butler County Community College. While at Butler competed in two NJCAA National Championships. After Butler continued collegiate golf at Emoria State University. While at Emporia competed in Two NAIA National Championships. After college graduation turned Professional and began pursuing playing golf.

From 1993 thru 2000 he played various mini-tours accross the country. Some on the Dakotas Tour, Prairie Golf Tour, Ninfa Texas Tour and various State opens and a Nationwide Tour event. At the same time teaching at Willowbend Golf Club in Wichita Kansas.

In 2001 he moved to Spring Texas as an assistant Golf Professional. Now as the Director Of Instruction at Willow Creek Golf Club Doug is excited about the opportunity to help people understand their golf swings and become better golfers.

Mein erster Kontakt zum Golfspiel erfolgte ziemlich spät, im Alter von knapp 18 Jahren. Nach meiner ersten Golflektion wusste ich, dass genau das meine Zukunft  sein würde.

Glücklicherweise war mein Schwung-Lehrer einer der „Top-1 Plane“ Coaches in England. Er verhalf mit zur Club-Meisterschaft und zu einem fundierten Niveau, um Profi zu werden.  Nach erfolgreicher PGA-Ausbildung ging ich 1998 nach Deutschland, wo ich mich sehr wohl fühle.

Mein Wunsch und Wille war es schon immer, niemals aufzuhören zu lernen und mich weiterzubilden. Es gelang mir über die Jahre, Fortbildung durch namhafte Golf-Lehrer und Dozenten zu erhalten und umsetzen zu können. 

Im Jahre 2009 erfuhr ich durch einen meiner Schüler von Jim Hardy’s Philosophie über Plane Truth Golf.
Nach dem Studium der DVD Serien und seiner Bücher war ich begeistert von der professionellen Art und Weise der Präsentation und Lehrmethode. Jim Hardy’s Verständnis und seine Wissenschaft über den Golfschwung zeigte mir den Besten aller Golf-Lehrer.

Seine Philosophie, den enormen Unterschied zwischen 1-Plane und 2-Plane Golfschwung klarzulegen, gab den Ausschlag, mich intensiver mit diesem Konzept zu beschäftigen. 

Ich meldete mich sofort zum ersten europäischen „Level 1 Seminar“ an. Ich bin stolz und dankbar, dass ich Teil dieser Organisation sein darf.

Es macht mich glücklich, dass ich der erste „Plane Truth Certified Instructor“ in Deutschland bin.

Sind Sie ein/e 1-Plane oder ein/e 2-Plane Spieler/in?

Für Lektionen zur Plane Truth Golf kontaktieren Sie mich bitte. 

http://www.golfclub-oberschwaben.com/de/golfschule/pros/a-johnston.html

Ich freue mich Sie näher kennenzulernen um Ihr Golfspiel zu verfeinern.

Wie der große John Jacobs sagte: „Der einzige Zweck des Golfschwunges ist die Wiederholbarkeit des Treffmomentes. Die Methode, um das zu erreichen, ist vollkommen egal, solange es wiederholt werden kann.“

Tom O’Brien Jr. is a Golf Professional at Bear Creek Golf Club and has been teaching golf professionally since 1999.  He has been a recognized teacher by the PGA tour since 2002 and a member of the PGA of America since 2003.  Tom has instructed former Nationwide Tour Player Victor Schwamkrug from 2001 to 2004 and has written articles for Texas Golfer Magazine and Golf Houston Magazine.

Tom’s basis began under Golf Magazine Top 100 instructor Jim Murphy of Sugar Land ( Jim grew up at the club Jim Hardy was the head golf professional at in Highland Park, Illinois).  In 2004 Jim Murphy introduced Tom to Jim Hardy; since that time Jim has helped Tom with his game and taught him many of the truths about teaching the game.  Tom has taken several personal lessons with Jim and has taken two of the certification clinics Jim has offered in the last few years to PGA Professionals prior to the recent certification programs.  Tom has also been privileged to watch Jim teach at the south Texas tour stops since 2006.  In 2005, Jim Hardy introduced Tom to Stan Utley and since that time Tom has become well versed in short game fundamentals Stan teaches through a couple of personal lessons from Stan and from going over Stan’s books and videos.  Recently Tom has become a certified instructor with AimPoint Golf which is the Emmy award winning company that does all the green reading illustrations for CBS golf and the Golf Channel. 

Tom’s goal as a teacher was to seek out the best instructors at all facets of the game (to improve personally and as a teacher!) in order to be as complete a teacher as possible; to really help someone improve their whole game so they can lower their scores and handicaps.  Low scores are everyone’s ultimate goal and a teacher can’t be one sided if he or she is going to do that for a multitude of players at all different levels. 

Tom has been a Houston resident for 33 years and has had the privilege of working at Brae-Burn C.C., Bentwater Country Club, The Training Station, Redstone Golf Club, Sugar Creek C.C. and Comanche Trace Golf Club.  Tom is the proud father of five little girls (Emily, Caroline, Abigail, Elizabeth, and Sarah) and has been married to his wife Catherine since November of 2000.
 

Adam has been involved in golf from the age of 13.  By 15 he was representing Hampshire and went on to do so until he turned pro at the age of 21.  His first Professional position was at a small club in Southampton where he served under ex European tour player and coach to European tour players, Martin Butcher.   At 24 Adam secured his first Head Professionals position at Worldham Golf Club, Alton, Hampshire.

With a relentless attitude to learn Adam is always furthering his knowledge of golf performance.  His passion for golf is within coaching teaching a range of abilities from beginners to scratch players. His knowledge extends beyond that of the technical swing model and deeper into physical side of golf performance. 

·       AA PGA Professional

·       Hampshire County Academy coach at age of 25 to present

·       PGA Certified in Golf Psychology

·       TPI Level 1

·       TPI Level 2 Junior Performance

·       Plane Truth Level 1

·       PGA Coach at The British Open Championships

Adam gained his level 1 Plane Truth in 2011 and will be continuing with the plane truth into level 2 as soon as possible.

High speed video analysis is standard. Adam also has access to K-Vest, Sam Putt Lab and Motion Force Plate upon request.

I have been a Club Professional with the goal of helping people enjoy this wonderful game all my working life. I became PGA Qualified in 1980 and took up the post of Head professional at Petersfield Golf where I stayed for nearly 12 years. During this time along with my other duties I built a reputation for club making and custom fitting especially working with Persimmon. This culminated in being named European Club Maker of the year in 1992.

 I then moved to Blackmoor, a course that has the reputation of being one of the finest in the South of England. Teaching has always been an important part of my job but since meeting Jim Hardy and Chris O’Connell has become the major focus of my life as a Professional. To be able to learn from the best in the world has provided me with the tools to help people of all ages and ability to improve beyond all recognition. As a coach you live and die with results. To receive such amazing feedback has for me been astounding and for me has been a life changing experience. To be able to turn around people who openly admit that they were going to quit the game for good is priceless.

 I no longer use the dated “One swing fits all” mentality which worked for some people but actually made others worse. Instead lessons are focused on working with the swing the person already has by concentrating on improving ball flight and impact. The added bonus for me is that Golf Coaching has now become a journey of discovery that has made it really exciting and fun again.

I am really honoured to be part of the Plane Truth family and am proud to be endorsed as one of their Level 2 Coaches.

Plane Truth Certified Level 2 Coach

PGA Qualified (1980)

Hampshire County Junior Academy Coach

European Club Maker of the Year (1992)

Hampshire PGA Captain (1993)

Ryan McGwyer is the Assistant Golf Professional at Florida's oldest private club.  Founded in 1902 Pensacola Country Club sits, as it has for over a hundred years, on the beautiful Pensacola Bay.

Jim has been the Head Professional at Monroe Golf Club for 28 years.  Jim is passionate about helping his students improve and maximizing their potential.  Facilities at Monroe include the video analysis, BULLET video system, private practice tee and a four hole short course featuring eight Donald Ross style deep bunkers and full size Ross replica greens with Stimpmeter speeds of 10+.

JIM’S GOLF CAREER

• Monroe Golf Club, Head Golf Professional, 1983-present
• Yahnundasis Golf Club, Head Golf Professional, 1978-1982
• En-Joie Golf Club, Assistant Professional, 1974-1978

MONROE GOLF CLUB

Monroe Golf Club was designed by Donald Ross and opened in 1923.  Many experts consider Monroe to be one of Ross’s finest creations and is noted for its pure Ross layout, deep Ross bunkers, fast greens, sandy base and outstanding drainage.  

MONROE INVITATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SINCE 1937

Monroe Golf Club has hosted the Monroe Invitational Championship (the “MIC”) since 1937.  MIC past championships include:  Dustin Johnson, Michael Sim, Bill Lunde, Kyle Reifers, DJ Trahan,  Eric Compton and Chris DiMarco.  Competitors have included Tiger Woods, Lucas Glover, Ben Curtis and Brandt Snedeker.

PGA AWARDS

• National PGA Professional of the Year, 2010
• Western New York PGA Bill Strausbaugh Award, 2010
• Western New York PGA Hall of Fame, 2007
• Rochester Press-Radio Club Elliot Cushing Award, 2005
• Western New York PGA Community Service Award, 2003
• Western New York PGA Professional of the Year, 1998
• Western New York PGA Horton Smith Award Winner: 1996 and 1997
• Rochester Classic Professional of the Year, 1997
• Western New York PGA Private Club Merchandiser of the Year:  1988, 1993 and 2006
• Western New York PGA Junior Golf Promoter of the Year, 1985

WESTERN NEW YORK PGA PLAYING RECORD

• Western New York PGA Super-Senior’s Champion, 2010
• Rochester Classic Low Senior, 2000, 2003, 2010
• Western New York PGA Senior’s Champion, 2000, 2001
• Western New York PGA Championship - Runner Up, 1994
• Western New York Open Champion, 1992  
• Western New York PGA Match Play Champion:  1987, 1988 

WESTERN NEW YORK PGA

• Past President, Vice-President, Secretary and Director of WNY PGA
• Rochester Golf for Kids Chairman
• 85th PGA Championship Community Relations Committee

Dick began his PGA career in 1994.  In addition to being a golf instructor, Dick has a background that includes 33 years of high school teaching and coaching.  He has also worked for 8 years with Charles Sorrell, PGA Master Professional and National Teacher of the Year 1999).

Dick currently teaches at Bartlett Hills Golf Course in Bartlett, Illinois.

Teaching Philosophy

My GOAL is to empower students to be able to coach themselves, through:

• Identifying the student's natural skills, then developing his/hers swing style around them
• Relating the golf swing to other sports the student has played

When the student understands his/her personal swing style,  as well as how the techniques of other sports relate to golf, there is a greater understanding of the golf swing and why the ball behaves the way it does. The student can now begin to coach him/herself outside of a lesson.

Throughout Rod Thompson’s 44 years as a PGA Member, teaching the game has always been the greatest love and challenge. Never one to settle on one method, or a fixed way to teach the game Rod has spent countless hours with the best teachers in the world learning and refining his teaching philosophy.  He is always striving to find new and better ways to communicate thoughts, feelings, and techniques in order to produce a desired result. In 1990 Rod attended the Second PGA International Teaching and Coaching Summit in Nashville and had an opportunity to listen to a presentation by a teacher from Texas named Jim Hardy who has made such a dramatic influence on his teaching skills and philosophy of what works and why.  Rod is very proud to be a “Plane Truth Certified Instructor” and to call Jim Hardy currently #7 on the list of All Time Best Teachers and the PGA 2007 National Teacher of the Year a friend and mentor who has helped so many golf professionals around the world to play and teach the game at the highest level.

He started out in the golf business working at Pine Lake Country Club in Orchard Lake Michigan, at a very young age watching the Head golf Professional give lesson after lesson to players of all levels including numerous LPGA Major Champions.  Rod turned Professional at age 18 and became the First Assistant at Pine Lake for ten years before becoming the youngest Head Golf Professional and General Manager in the Detroit Metropolitan Area at Burning Tree Country Club in Mt. Clemens, Michigan in 1975.  In the fall of 1977 Rod moved to Bethesda, Maryland to become the Head Golf Professional at Kenwood Golf and Country Club a large 1500 member private club in the Washington DC area.  In a career at Kenwood that lasted 34 years Rod and his PGA and LPGA assistants had the opportunity to shape the swings and games of a few generations of golfers. Because of his knowledge and experience, Rod’s keen senses can diagnose faulty impacts and swing faults and create a plan to fix the players swing in a matter of minutes. Often he can watch one swing and tell what the student is thinking, when an instructor has the ability to change a students thinking, he can change the impact and ball flight, distance and direction of the players golf game.

Rod was one of the early pioneers in using computer technology in teaching and making it available on the practice tee for immediate visual understanding and feedback.  He started making his own line of Rt Customed Golf Clubs in 1986.  He was recognized by Titleist, as one of the country’s top club fitters 6 years in a row.  He has been named best Teachers in Maryland, by both Golf digest and Golf Magazine on numerous occasions.  He has given back to the game by serving on most every MAPGA committee that had to do with Teaching and Coaching. From the sections first summit in 2000 topics that he spoke about player psychology, club fitting, and served as the Chairman of this committee in 2009.

In addition he has served as the Section Junior Golf Chairman, Secretary, Vice President, and President.  He is the only living Middle Atlantic Section Two Time Golf Professional of the Year 1989 and 1991.  And an honor that he is so very proud of is being selected 1997 Teacher of the year and being nominated as the National Teacher of the Year in 2001. He was also nominated as the Horton Smith award winner in 2010 and Teacher of the year in 2012.

His community is very golf oriented, and he feels very fortunate to have had the opportunity to be actively involved in the growth of the game.

With clubs that were a mismatched set of cut down hickory-shafted relics, Rocky started playing golf at age 8.  He was a four sport standout in high school, playing basketball, football, baseball and golf.  He was named as the best all-around athlete in his school’s history up to that time.  However golf rapidly became his passion. He started teaching golf lessons during summer vacation in his college years and has continued sharing his knowledge and love of the game with many students since that time.  Among his students is his wife, who began playing with a handicap of 40 and now has a single digit handicap.  Together they won the Colorado State Amateur Mixed Couples Championship.

Rocky competed at the highest levels in the Colorado State Amateurs, not missing a cut in 15 years.  He is also a former champion of the Country Club of Colorado in Colorado Springs. 

Educated at the University of Iowa, Rocky earned a B.S. in Science and a D.D.S.  In addition to being a certified Level 1 Plane Truth instructor, he is a certified personal trainer via the Cooper Institute in Dallas, TX, focusing primarily in golf physical fitness programs.

Rocky is the only certified Level 1 instructor in the Greater Austin area.

Marty Fleckman credits Byron Nelson and Jim Hardy for contributing to his success in golf. In 1964, he won the Texas State Amateur Championship and also the 1965 NCAA individual championship as well as participating on 3 NCAA Championship teams while attending the University of Houston. A member of the United States Walker Cup team in 1967, Marty is one of only four players in the history of the PGA TOUR to win his first tour event.

In 1986 he was inducted into the Texas Golf Hall of Fame and an inductee into the University of Houston, Hall of Honor in 2006. He also received the prestigious 2007 Teacher of the Year Award for the Southern Texas Section of the PGA. Marty is a current member of the PGA and Champions TOUR.  Marty is a Level 1 Certified Plane Truth Instructor.

Scott grew up in Mission Viejo, California and attended Oregon State University on a golf scholarship. He turned professional in 1993 and obtained his PGA Membership in 1999. Scott has been the Head Golf Professional at several prestigious private clubs to include The Oregon Golf Club, Indian Summer G&CC. He is currently the Head Golf Professional at Royal Oaks CC in Vancouver, Washington (rated the 4th best course in the WA state). 

Scott has won numerous events in the Northwest including the 2001 Oregon Stroke Play Championship, 2003 Oregon Coast Invitational, and 2003 Oregon Pro-Assistant's Championship. He is also a three time qualifier of the PGA National Club Pro Championship and four time qualifier of the Nationwide Tour's Oregon Classic.

Mark began his teaching career as a Golf Professional at Pinehurst Resort and Country Club in North Carolina. While at Pinehurst, he participated in developmental training under current Golf Magazine top 100 Instructor and Pinehurst Golf Academy Director Eric Alpenfels. Mark became a golf school instructor and was involved in teaching all aspects of the game of golf. He also gave clinics and individual lessons to members and resort guests.

Mark came to Audubon Country Club in Naples, FL. in 1999, there he led the golfer development programs offering clinics, as well as giving group and individual lessons to members and their guests. 

In the fall of 2000, Mark joined Bonita Bay Group to open The Club at Mediterra.  As Head Golf Professional, he led and developed the golf instructional programs. He was also responsible for training assistant golf professionals in clinic and golf school presentation content and wrote the teaching manual. Mark also helped design the 2-acre short game practice area and 1800 square foot learning center building.

Mark’s association with Jim Hardy and the Plane Truth staff began in 2006 when he attended his first of two Teaching and Playing Seminars. Mark has had several opportunies to observe Jim and assist his Plane Truth Golf Schools in Naples, FL. He also attended the 2004 PGA Teaching and Coaching Summit where Jim was the featured presenter.  He was certified as a 1 & 2 Plane Level 1 Instructor in January 2010.

Mark's commitment to the total game improvement of his students will allow you to reach your potential. Contact him via e-mail at moffattgolf@aol.com

Laura began playing golf at age 11.   She played on the boys golf team in high school playing # 1 her junior and senior year.   She received a golf scholarship to James Madison University where she earned a B.S. degree in Health and Physical Education.

After college, she played on the Futures tour for four years and qualified to play in the 1988 & 1990 Women’s U.S. Open.   Her last win was in 1995 when she was 5 months pregnant with her second son.

Laura is an LPGA Class "A" Member and has been teaching golf for 18 years, helping players of all skill levels.  She especially enjoys working with junior golfers who aspire to become great players.

She has the ability to make your lesson experience fun, relaxing, and at the same time, help you with the problems you bring to the lesson tee.  She knows what to fix and what to leave alone.  Her goal is to help every student so you can take what you learned to the practice tee and ultimately to the golf course.

A native of Old Hickory, TN, Vikki has always had a passion for teaching. After graduating with a B.S. Degree in Education from Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, TN, Vikki continued with her desire to help others by pursuing a career in management. After a successful career as a business owner, Vikki decided to return to her teaching roots and help others by joining the LPGA in 2001.

Vikki's ability to communicate well and comprehension of the golf swing has made her popular with golfers of all abilities. Her keen eye allows her to quickly pinpoint her student's challenges and immediately help them see the results they are after. She has the amazing gift of making such a complex game easy to understand.

Vikki is a true student of the game. Her desire to be one of the best teaching professionals in the South East, has led her to work side by side with some of the best in the business. Having worked with instructors and schools that have been nationally recognized, Vikki's desire to hone her teaching skills never ceases.

By using state of the art technology combined with the basic fundamentals of teaching, Vikki will help take your game to the next level.

You can visit her website for more information at  http://www.vikkigolf.com/

• Class A - PGA Professional
• Member of the LaSalle University Golf Team
• Campbell University Bachelor of Business Administration/PGM Certification
• Plane Truth Certified Instructor

Carol is literally one of the giants of the game, both on the golf course and for the work she did in the formation of the "modern" Ladies Professional Golf Association. She is a natural leader, winning a U.S. Women's Open, 38 events and serving as one of the LPGA's most influential presidents.

Professional Majors:

Women's Western Open Invitational: 1964
U.S. Women's Open: 1965

Other Significant Victories:

LPGA Tour: 36

1965: Carling Open
1966: Raleigh Ladies' Invitational, Peach Blossom Invitational, Baton Rouge Ladies Invitational, Waterloo Women's Open Invitational
1967: Tall City Open, Buckeye Savings Invitational, Supertest Ladies' Open
1968: Lady Carling Open, Raleigh Ladies' Invitational, Shreveport Kiwanis Club Invitational, Bluegrass Ladies Invitational, Pabst Ladies' Classic, Buckeye Savings Invitational, Supertest Canadian Open, Willow Park Ladies Invitational, Shirley Englehorn Invitational, Quality Chek'd Classic
1969: Raleigh Ladies' Invitational, Dallas Civitan Open, Danbury Lady Carling Open, Southgate Ladies' Open, Tournament of Champions, Molson's Canadian Open, Mickey Wright Invitational, Corpus Christi Civitan Open
1970: Burdine's Invitational
1972: Orange Blossom Classic, Lady Carling Open
1973: Sears Women's Classic
1974: Naples-Lely Classic, S&H Green Stamp Classic
1975: Lawson's LPGA Classic, Borden Classic, George Washington Ladies Classic, Dallas Civitan Open

Other Accomplishments:

Vare Trophy: 1968
LPGA Tour's leading money-winner: 1969
LPGA President: 1974, 1975
Babe Zaharias Award: 1976

• Birthdate: 2/17/62
• Birthplace: San Francisco, CA
• Residence: Agoura, CA
• College: University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
• Degree: Economics
• Turned Professional: 1985
• PGA Class "A" Professional: 1995
• Special Interest: The Outdoors, family

• First team All Pac-Ten: 1985
• Two-time U.S. Amateur participant: 1983, 1984
• Two-time U.S. Open participant: 1989, 1997
• Two years European Tour: 1986, 1987
• Three years Nike Tour: 1990, 1992, and 1993
• Westlake Teaching Professional: 1993
• Lake Lindero CC Director of Instruction: 1995-1999
• Tierra Rejada Golf Club Teaching Director: 2000
• Winner of more than 25 professional tournaments
• Have taught:
  Tom Lehman- 3 time Ryder Cup member; 1996 PGA Tour Player of the Year
  Steve Pate- 2 time Ryder Cup member
  Jay Delsing- 19 year PGA Tour member
  Trevor Dodds-15 year PGA Tour member
  Mark Wiebe- 19 year PGA Tour member
  Kyle Kovacs- Canadian Tour member
  Hollywood stars: Will Smith, Pierce Brosnan, Chad Everett, Lyle Waggoner,
  Richard Roundtree, Gary Sinise, Thomas Calabro, Bob Eubanks

• Designer and founder of True Custom Golf Clubs: 1998
• Nominee for SCPGA's Club Fitter for the Year: 1999
• SCPGA Clubfitter of the Year: 2000
• Southern California's Teacher of the Year: 2001
• Contributing writer for golf publications: 1998-2002
• Writer for Golf Illustrated Magazine 2001, 2002
• Host and founder of the www.cybergolfpro.com web site: 1999
• Founded and developed the Cyber Golf Pro lesson series: 1999
• Host of the Radio Golf Pro Show: 2000-2001
• Consultant for product development for C.R. Sports: 2000

• San Diego County Open Champion, (19 under par for 3-rounds): 1988
• Pensacola Open, 2nd place: 1992
• Greater Greenville Open, 5th place: 1992
• Portuguese Open, 8th place: 1986
• Yuma Open, 63
• San Diego County Open, 63
• Candlewood Classic, 64
• Golden State Angel Park Classic, 64

I started playing golf at 12 years old and was instantly hooked. I quickly joined Blackley Golf Club and played to a single figured handicap by the age of 15.

From the age of 16 I knew that a career in golf was where my future lay. I became the Assistant Professional at Blackley and moved from their to Bowlee when I was 19.

I worked through the PGA Degree under the guidence of John Slinger & Brad Jordan gaining full election to the PGA in 2007. Since then I've set about learning as much about the golf swing as possible. The swing has always fascinated me and I knew I always wanted to be a coach much more than a player.

My coaching background comes from hours of research; seminars, physical practice, residentials, & playing to understand the mental and physical actions needed to swing the golf club.

Recently I qualified as a level 1 Plane truth instructor.  This, alongside the use of video analysis has enabled me to offer golfers of varied abilities the simpliest methods to achieve a correct and repetative impact.  I aim to complete my level 2 as soon as possible.

ACHIEVEMENTS

Qualified PGA Professional (2007)

Degree in Arts from Birmingham University

Level 3 PGA Coach

Karl Morris Mind Factor Seminars

CRB Certified

Plane truth Level 1 Instructor

Chris has opened “The Putting Experience”  an indoor putting studio which is located upstairs at the Steel Canyon clubhouse. His “Make Every Putt” philosophy will develop your unique putting style with Putter Fitting, the Break 30 Putting System, and a collection of learning aids second to none.

I am a golf coach that strives to make students the best players they can be. I build long term relationships with my students and teach them how to play every aspect of the game. Every player has their own personal swing which produces certain ball flights.  My job is to help the student understand their ball flight and how to fix it to be correct and repetitive. Through the use of video, teaching aids, and drills I teach the student to learn how a good motion will produce a consistent and repeatable impact and how to transfer that motion to the course.

I started playing golf when I was 11 and had a scratch handicap by the time I was 16. Until I finished university I had a very good amateur record, the highlight of which was reaching the semi-finals of the Scottish Boys Championship in 1981 and the quarter finals in 1982. I then had to make a decision on whether to embark on a career in professional golf or go for the “safer” option of a career in Information Technology. I went for the safe and easy option.

Well into my thirties I realized that something was missing and that I had unfulfilled ambitions. That is when I decided to bite the bullet and do my professional golf education. In 2004 I finally became a real golf professional and spent the next few years teaching the game I love. I had moderate success with teaching but it was something that was becoming increasingly frustrating, as the swing I was teaching would work beautifully for some people and be a complete disaster for others. I could not figure out what I was doing wrong, so I scoured the internet looking for the “truth” about the golf swing. That is where I discovered Jim Hardy and The Plane Truth. As soon as I started reading the stuff about The Plane Truth and watched the DVDs, alarm bells started ringing and I was distressed to realize that I had been teaching everybody one set of fundamentals, when, in fact, there are two. The differences between the one-plane and the two-plane golf swings are tremendous. I also realized that I had purely been concentrating on building “nice” swings instead of dealing with the real issues like improving impact and ball flight immediately. I therefore decided to get myself Plane Truth Certified as quickly as possible and haven’t looked back since. The Certification course was fantastic and I started applying the Plane Truth principles to all my lessons with immediate success with virtually all of my pupils.

Several years of teaching, playing, and researching led me to Jim Hardy. As a teacher for 20 plus years and a TPI (Titleist Performance Institute) Certified instructor, I have found solid answers within Plane Truth golf instruction. Not only are there answers, there are quality results. I look forward to helping others who are on their journey to better golf. As the Head Golf Professional at Westborough CC, I am fortunate to share this knowledge with all my students.

• PGA of BC Teacher of the Year – 2007 and 2002
• Golf Magazine Top Teacher in BC – 2005 to 2008
• Academy Director – Bear Mountain Golf Academy
• Head Golf Coach at Camosun College – 2011 PacWest Conference “Coach of the Year”
• Founder of the VI Golf Institute
• Owner – Randle Golf
• TPI Certified Golf Professional  -  Level 2
• K-Vest Certified  -  Level 2
• Member of Golf Business Network
• GolfPsych Certified  -  Level 1
• Trackman Owner
• Sam Puttlab Owner
• Author of an instructional book and over 100 articles for golf magazines and other publications

• Was a tour player from 1990 - 1997 playing the Canadian Tour, South African Tour and 2 events on the PGA Tour
• Winner of over 50 professional events, most notably, the PGA of BC Championship
• Played 4 years of university golf at the University of Washington
• Has held 6 course records

• Director of Instruction, The Palms Golf Club, La Quinta CA '09 – present
• Plane Truth Golf Level I Certification
• Certified C.H.E.K. Golf Biomechanic
• '07 - '08 Desert Chapter of the PGA, Teacher of The Year      
• 2 Guest appearances on Golf Channel's Academy Live
• '93 - '99: Instructor, The David Leadbetter Golf Academy
• '91 - '93: Instructor, El Paso Country Club, Texas
• '82 - '90: Instructor, Arroyo del Oso Golf Club, Albuquerque, New Mexico
• '82 - '90: Instructor, Puerto del Sol Golf Club, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Thanks to Jim Hardy and Chris O’Connell, I am a teaching professional at Taos Country Club in northern New Mexico.

Searching for answers in my own struggling game led me to Plane Truth Golf.  What a relief it was to hear Jim talk about there being two sets of fundamentals for the golf swing.  I took this information and applied it to my swing.  My game elevated quickly and I was able to become part of The PGA of America.  A dream realized thanks to knowing the differences between the One-plane and the Two-plane swing.

Jeff Pelizzaro, MPT is a licensed physical therapist and a certified instructor with the Plane Truth Golf.  Jeff is the owner of Performance United Fitness, in St. Louis, MO and specializes in golf specific fitness training.  His work consists of creating an individualized training program for the golfer, from novice to professional, in order to improve their strength, flexibility and endurance.  The ultimate objectives of his training are 1.) injury prevention and 2.) ingraining the proper movement patterns and muscle control needed to make the golf swing more pure, powerful and consistent.

Jeff's background is in outpatient orthopedic rehab. He worked in the clinical setting for many years and was the Director of Clinical Care for a large sports therapy practice. His clientele has consisted of professional athletes in several sports including golf, baseball, hockey, football and soccer. For the last several years his primary focus has been learning more about the body’s physical requirements in a golf swing.

As an amateur player I struggled with my golf game for several years. Some days I will be ON and score well and other days I was completely OFF. Not knowing what had changed. I had clubs in my bag that I could hit well almost every time and clubs I couldn't rely upon. I thought I had to swing differently with every club and got very confused and my playing got worst.

I learned of Jim Hardy in 2007 and finally understood The Plane Truth! Jim Hardy and The Plane Truth teaching professionals helped me understand my ball flights and impacts. Through a simple approach from the bottom-up, I was taught how to hit all clubs in my bag with the same swing.

I want to bring this information to other golf players wishing to improve their game. Through a simple approach you'll be making solid contact and hitting the next ball better.