Rinker’s Golf Tips July 27th Guest Rod Cook. Rod Cook has won 20 professional events in his career which includes five trips to the PGA Tour School. A minor car accident, where he had neck and lower back injuries, limited his practice time and his chances of playing the PGA Tour. When he was a kid, he learned how to …
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 July 6th Guest Tom Jackson
Rinker’s Golf Tips July 6th Guest Tom Jackson. Tom Jackson is the founder and owner of the Core Golf Academy at Orange County National in Winter Garden, Florida next to Walt Disney World. I played mini-tours with Tom back in 1979-1981. I asked Tom how he got into teaching and he said that he asked himself, “what do I know” …
Rinker’s Golf Tips June 29th Guest Donnie Hammond
Rinker’s Golf Tips June 29th Guest Donnie Hammond. Donnie started playing golf like a lot of kids, with his father, out at Westminster near Frederick, Maryland. After golf they would go watch the Colts practice and in 1974 that was the era of Johnny Unitas, Ray Berry, Lenny Moore and Coach Don Shula. In 1975 on his way down to …
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 June 15th Guest Mark Wiebe
Rinker’s Golf Tips June 15th Guest Mark Wiebe. On Father’s Day and U.S. Open Championship Sunday at Pinehurst, we remembered Payne Stewart. Mark Wiebe met Payne Stewart at the Brook Hollow Country Club during the Trans-Miss Amateur while they were in college. Mark said they went over schedules where they might meet up at another tournament and their friendship had …
Rinker’ s Golf Tips June 8th Guest Jeff Hanson
Rinker’ s Golf Tips June 8th Guest Jeff Hanson. Jeff grew up in Cheyenne, Wyoming and started playing golf with his dad when he was six or seven years old. His dad was a good player, and Jeff said the best tip he ever got was from his father about having a good time, don’t worry about mechanics, and have …
Rinker’s Golf Tips June 1st Guest David Orr
Rinker’s Golf Tips June 1st Guest David Orr. David Orr grew up in Watertown, NY and used to ride his bike with his clubs on his back to the golf course 3-4 miles away. He had a real passion for the game at an early age and told a story about a former tour player, Jim Rusher, who gave him …
Rinker’s Golf Tips Guests Dr. Bob Winters Jim Hackenberg
Rinker’s Golf Tips Guests Dr. Bob Winters Jim Hackenberg. Sports Psychologist Dr. Bob Winters has a new book out titled “Mistake Free Golf” which covers the nine most common mental errors that all golfers make. We all would like to lessen unforced errors. Dr. Bob said the first mental mistake is self doubt and we wonder who is going to …
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 …