Rinker’s Golf Tips April 20th Dr. Morris Pickens. “Dr. Mo,” as his friends call him, is a graduate of Clemson University and studied under Dr. Bob Rotella at the University of Virginia where he got his Masters and PhD. He is currently at the Sea Island Golf Learning Center and works with Zach Johnson, Davis Love III, Nick Watney, Stewart …
Rinkers Golf Tips Top 100 Teacher Bill Harmon Chuck Cook
Rinkers Golf Tips Top 100 Teacher Bill Harmon Chuck Cook. Billy Harmon was my first guest on Masters Championship Sunday. Billy is the youngest son of Claude Harmon who won the 1948 Masters while being the Head Pro at Winged Foot Country Club. Billy said that he is very lucky to be a Harmon. Billy, Butch, Craig, and Butch’s son, …
Rinker’s Golf Tips April 6th Top 100 Teacher Randy Smith
Rinker’s Golf Tips April 6th Top 100 Teacher Randy Smith. PGA Hall of Fame Member, Randy Smith, was my guest and we talked about his early years in golf, along with his teaching career and working with juniors who went on to play golf at the highest level. Randy grew up in Odessa, Texas which is known for it’s football …
Rinker’s Golf Tips March 30 Top 100 Teacher Don Sargent
Rinker’s Golf Tips March 30 Top 100 Teacher Don Sargent. I asked Don what was one of the most common mistakes that he comes across and he said that he “sees bad grips almost every lesson.” The club is in the palm of the left hand and not in the fingers. If the club’s not in the fingers, they are …
Rinker’s Golf Tips Nathaniel Crosby Peter Jacobsen
Rinker’s Golf Tips Nathaniel Crosby Peter Jacobsen. My sister Laurie was on first and gave a great tip about how, “weight supports motion” and how important it is to hit off of your front foot when swinging a golf club. Nathaniel came on in the second segment and talked about becoming the tournament host at 16, at the Bing Crosby …
Rinker’s Golf Tips Top 100 Teacher Tom Stickney
Rinker’s Golf Tips Top 100 Teacher Tom Stickney. Tom grew up in Memphis, Tennessee and lived on the 15th hole at Colonial Country Club where we used to play the Danny Thomas Memphis Classic. The first one that I played in was in 1981 where Jerry Pate won and then did a swan dive into the lake on number 18. …
Rinker’s Golf Tips Top 100 Teacher Mike Bender
Rinker’s Golf Tips Top 100 Teacher Mike Bender was my guest this week. We discussed how he got started in golf at age 12 in California with his mother and then in the summertime with his dad in Iowa. There was a great amateur circuit in Iowa and a great place for Mike to learn the game. He was first …
Rinker’ s Golf Tips Top 100 Teacher John Elliott
Rinker’ s Golf Tips Top 100 Teacher John Elliott was my guest. John is a 35 year member of the PGA of America, a Golf Digest instructor, and works with all skill levels from beginners to tour players. We talked about John’s playing career and winning the 1964 Florida state high school tournament. He turned pro at the age of 19, and …
Rinker’s Golf Tips Feb 16th Edwin McCain
Rinker’s Golf Tips Feb 16th Edwin McCain. It was great having singer, songwriter, guitarist Edwin McCain on the show today. We’ve been friends for about 15 years and have had a lot of fun playing golf and music. Edwin said he learned how to play golf with his dad on a nine hole par three that was part of the …
Rinker’s Golf Tips Feb. 9th Deane Beman
Rinker’s Golf Tips Feb. 9th Deane Beman. Former PGA Tour Commissioner, Deane Beman, was my guest on Rinker’s Golf Tips. Deane discussed his amateur days winning two U.S. Amateurs and a British Amateur. Deane went into the insurance business after graduating from the University of Maryland and didn’t turn pro for several years. He said he got hurt and didn’t …