Rinker’ s Golf Tips Oct 5th Brain Manzella Top 100 Teacher is the Director of Instruction at English Turn in New Orleans, Louisiana where the PGA Tour used to play the USF&G Classic. I asked Brian what were the five things that the club does to make the ball go where it goes. He said they were 1) Club head speed, …
Rinker’s Golf Tips Sept 21 Top 100 Teacher Bill Harmon
Rinker’s Golf Tips Sept 21 Top 100 Teacher Bill Harmon. Bill’s brothers Butch, Craig, and Dick said that Bill was the best player of the four Harmon brothers. I asked Bill how close he came to making it as a player and he said that if there were two exits on the highway, he would take the “fun” exit instead …
Rinker’s Golf Tips SiriusXM Sept 7th Guest Stan Utley
Rinker’s Golf Tips SiriusXM Sept 7th Guest Stan Utley. Stan Utley started playing the game like a lot of us with his father when he was 12 years old. When he was 13 he played in a tournament with his father and was paired with his soon to be mentor, Mr. Lanning, who was the guy to beat and always …
Rinker’s Golf Tips Guest Top 100 Teacher James Sieckmann
Rinker’s Golf Tips Guest Top 100 Teacher James Sieckmann. James Sieckmann had played professional golf all over the world but felt he didn’t really understand the short game. James said he was a disaster playing in Asia, pretty frustrated, and grinding away without getting anything out of it. In 1994 he caddied for his brother, Tom, at the Player’s Championship …
Rinker’s Golf Tips August 3rd Top 100 Teacher James Leitz
Rinker’s Golf Tips August 3rd Top 100 Teacher James Leitz. James Leitz is the only top 100 teacher and top 100 club fitter in America. He is also a Trackman and 3D expert. James recently purchased the new Gears Optical wireless 3D system which has eight cameras in the ceiling that capture data. There are markers on the golf club …
Rinker’s Golf Tips July 13 Hall of Fame Teacher Bob Toski
Rinker’s Golf Tips July 13 Hall of Fame Teacher Bob Toski. Bob, who was the leading money winner on the PGA Tour in 1954, said that his physical and mental instincts were very good for golf. His brothers Tom, Jack, and Bennie didn’t let him do anything in the beginning except putt and chip. Learn from the green to the …
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 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 …