Rinker’s Golf Tips Scott Munroe Top 100 Teacher Amateurs think the most important club in the bag is the putter while PGA Tour players think it’s the driver. Scott Munroe had a great short game but struggled with the driver playing the Australian Tour. “When I started playing golf at 17, I just went to the library and started reading books and if I can read and study these books and get this information then I thought I could be a good player. What I didn’t realize is this information is for one type of person. So I tried a lot of things, worked at a driving range in Indianapolis that was very busy, five tour pros there with teaching pros so I picked things up. I wasn’t a good teacher at the time, but I had a lot of good information. When I was playing the Australian Tour I was helping other people. Had a good personality, communicated well, and I could go up and tell them one thing, do this, and it could change something,” Scott said.
Scott had a mentor in Indianapolis that he wasn’t that impressed with because he didn’t say a lot, but his students got better and he helped them quickly. Later Scott could see the mastery of that. Scott’s first big break came when Mike Adams called him to come work for him. Scott was working at the Outback Steakhouse in Ft. Meyers and packed his bags up and headed for Texas. Mike was his biggest influence learning about body types and helping people quick, doing it in a corporate setting. Later Scott worked at PGA National and then at the Nicklaus/Flick Schools back down under. “You pay a guy $1000 for two hours and he tells you two things that fixes you, that’s mastery, that’s what I want to know,” Scott stated. “I’ve paid a lot of money for a lot of information but that’s not going to help you.”
Billy Casper passed away on February 7th and we reflected on his Hall of Fame career with 51 PGA Tour wins, 3 Majors, and the best ever Ryder Cup record for an American. Billy had no one that he worked with but knew why he missed shots and could correct it on the next shot. Billy used a lot of wrists in his putting and was one of the best ever. I commented that I have helped quite a few people by giving them permission to use their hands and wrists in their putting. According to my friends with 3D, they have yet to measure someone putting who didn’t have any wrist action.
“Going back, with people like you, some other leaders of the industry, 3D is going to show that a lot of things that we have been doing for the last 35 years is actually incorrect and here’s the proof. So people are just going to have to bite the bullet, put their ego at the door, and say ok I was wrong. Research shows that this is what actually happens, and from a technology aspect, that’s where we can use technology to find out what is actually happening. We have to find the information that works the quickest and the best for that person. Your best instructors are trying to learn, always. ” Scott said. Scott Munroe can be reached at his web site www.ScottMunroeGolf.com