Rinker’s Golf Tips June 29th Guest Donnie Hammond. Donnie started playing golf like a lot of kids, with his father, out at Westminster near Frederick, Maryland. After golf they would go watch the Colts practice and in 1974 that was the era of Johnny Unitas, Ray Berry, Lenny Moore and Coach Don Shula. In 1975 on his way down to …
Rinker’s Golf Tips June 22 Top 100 Teacher Todd Anderson
Rinker’s Golf Tips June 22 Top 100 Teacher Todd Anderson. Todd Anderson grew up in Michigan and played all sports growing up including golf with his dad in the summertime. He ended up going to the University of Alabama and played on the golf team there with my brother Lee and Steve Lowery. Todd currently works with some of the …
Rinker’s Golf Tips June 15th Guest Mark Wiebe
Rinker’s Golf Tips June 15th Guest Mark Wiebe. On Father’s Day and U.S. Open Championship Sunday at Pinehurst, we remembered Payne Stewart. Mark Wiebe met Payne Stewart at the Brook Hollow Country Club during the Trans-Miss Amateur while they were in college. Mark said they went over schedules where they might meet up at another tournament and their friendship had …
Rinker’ s Golf Tips June 8th Guest Jeff Hanson
Rinker’ s Golf Tips June 8th Guest Jeff Hanson. Jeff grew up in Cheyenne, Wyoming and started playing golf with his dad when he was six or seven years old. His dad was a good player, and Jeff said the best tip he ever got was from his father about having a good time, don’t worry about mechanics, and have …
Rinker’s Golf Tips June 1st Guest David Orr
Rinker’s Golf Tips June 1st Guest David Orr. David Orr grew up in Watertown, NY and used to ride his bike with his clubs on his back to the golf course 3-4 miles away. He had a real passion for the game at an early age and told a story about a former tour player, Jim Rusher, who gave him …
Rinker’s Golf Tips Guests Dr. Bob Winters Jim Hackenberg
Rinker’s Golf Tips Guests Dr. Bob Winters Jim Hackenberg. Sports Psychologist Dr. Bob Winters has a new book out titled “Mistake Free Golf” which covers the nine most common mental errors that all golfers make. We all would like to lessen unforced errors. Dr. Bob said the first mental mistake is self doubt and we wonder who is going to …
Rinker’s Golf Tips May 18th Top 100 Teacher James Leitz
Rinker’s Golf Tips May 18th Top 100 Teacher James Leitz. James Leitz is the only Top 100 Teacher and Top 100 Club Fitter in the country and goes around the world conducting seminars on Trackman and 3D Technology. I went to visit and work with him this weekend at Pinewood Country Club in Slidell, Louisiana where he has been the Head …
Rinker’s Golf Tips May 11 Top 100 Teacher Mitchell Spearman
Rinker’s Golf Tips May 11 Top 100 Teacher Mitchell Spearman. Mitchell was introduced to the game by his Aunt Marley Spearman, a two-time British Amateur Champion. Marley lived in London and fist started hitting balls indoors into a net in her garage. She learned a repetitive swing and one day went to the driving range to hits some balls. In …
Rinker’s Golf Tips May 4th Top 100 Teacher Brian Mogg
Rinker’s Golf Tips May 4th Top 100 Teacher Brian Mogg. Brian Mogg’s father purchased five lessons from the local pro in Tacoma, Washington for his 13th birthday. That got him hooked on the game and fairly soon his was playing some pretty good golf. Brian played at the Ohio State University and when he was a freshman, they were the …
Rinker’s Golf Tips 4-27 Top 100 Teacher James Sieckmann
Rinker’s Golf Tips 4-27 Top 100 Teacher James Sieckmann. James is a short game expert and works with approximately 20 professionals playing on all the major tours. I asked him what was the best tip that he ever received and he said, “Be kind to yourself because getting better is hard.” James’s short game methodology is based on spending a …