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 …
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 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 …