The EVOLUTION of GOLF TEACHING CERTIFICATION
Golf instruction undoubtedly began when the first golfer offered to show his friends how he played. And, for several centuries after this first golfer took stick to ball, golfers everywhere delighted in helping family, friends, and even complete strangers by imparting a tip or two. Eventually, a group of golf professionals got together and formed the PGA of America in 1916. For African-Americans, this posed a problem, because starting...
USGTF Helps Fuel Golf Growth in Korea… And Elsewhere
Twenty-six years ago, a golfer named Ok-Hee Ku won the Standard Register Turquoise Classic, becoming the first Korean player to win on the LPGA Tour. Today, there are over 40 players on that tour, with more Korean men gaining their major tour cards around the world. Yes, Korea is a major player in the world of professional golf. Coinciding with the growth of the game in Korea was the emergence of the USGTF as the main governing...
President’s Message: Knowing the Difference
In establishing the new USGTF’s coaching division, the World Golf Coaches Alliance, I have to say that my knowledge of genuinely helping golfers has increased exponentially. That’s because we’ve had specialists in all the various fields of coaching golf come to the production studio at our office to share with us their specific knowledge through the creation of instructional videos. This includes subjects like golf psychology and...
Emotional Toughness Training for Golf Coaches
Golf Digest recently did a survey anddiscovered that the number one complaint among golfers is their inability to take their best game from the range to the golf course. This course, Emotional Toughness Training for Golf, is a sports psychology certification program for the new USGTF coaches division, the World Golf Coaches Alliance. To be the best coach you can be, you must also be an expert in the field of sports psychology....
Smith Named First Recipent of Harvey Penick Trophy
When USGTF professional Matt Smith speaks, he does so eloquently and with a passion that’s hard not to notice. What makes this all the more remarkable is that Smith has all but overcome a lifetime of stuttering, something he is more than willing to make known. For his passion for teaching and improving not only his students’ golf games, but also their lives, and for conquering obstacles that others may have let defeat them, Smith has...
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