Shandin Hills Golf Course

My approach to teaching golf is showing new students how to learn golf at their pace of understanding. Each student has his/her's strengths and weaknesses. I believe good instruction is accommodating to the students level. Experienced golfers require the same approach as to pace but usually need more refined drills to make changes for their swing.

The most important motive for me as an instructor is to share the importance of learning all aspects of golf: Putting, chipping, sand, and developing a comfortable repeatable swing the student be able to maintain for many years.

I have been a PGA member instructing golf for over 30 years and gain personal satisfaction watching my students gain the skill required to play golf. I'd rather not bore you with tournaments of the past and awards because they're not what's really important in golf. Playing the game and being with other people is the real enjoyment.

I enjoy being outdoors teaching a sport that I love playing myself and seeing my students develop the love of playing golf too!

My story: Which drives my feelings about learning golf.

I originally began playing golf at 18 years old during my first summer after high school graduation. I made sure I would learn the right way with instruction. I joined a men's club and began keeping track of my score and liked playing little club tournaments. I began to realize the weaknesses in my game which became my sole focus of more lessons and practice. After 13 months of playing, practice, tournaments, my handicap of 21 the first two months began to drop dramatically one year later to a 3 handicap and I'm playing in the final group of the club championship. I didn't win but second place was unbelievable to me and other skeptics too.

I felt it important to begin college and tried out for Jr college golf team. The coach asked about my experience and was very skeptical about me trying out. He asked the other players who never heard of me or knew me if I really shot the scores during the tryouts. I played as the #1 player for the team by the second match. I transferred to UCSB and played NCAA golf for two more years, again the coach doubting my short golf experience. So, I try to give my students the benefit of the doubt towards improvement. I try to convince my students that nobody can stand in their way of success except themselves.