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 …
Rinker’s Golf Tips Feb 16th Edwin McCain
Rinker’s Golf Tips Feb 16th Edwin McCain. It was great having singer, songwriter, guitarist Edwin McCain on the show today. We’ve been friends for about 15 years and have had a lot of fun playing golf and music. Edwin said he learned how to play golf with his dad on a nine hole par three that was part of the …
Rinker’s Golf Tips Feb. 9th Deane Beman
Rinker’s Golf Tips Feb. 9th Deane Beman. Former PGA Tour Commissioner, Deane Beman, was my guest on Rinker’s Golf Tips. Deane discussed his amateur days winning two U.S. Amateurs and a British Amateur. Deane went into the insurance business after graduating from the University of Maryland and didn’t turn pro for several years. He said he got hurt and didn’t …
Rinker’s Golf Tips Top 100 Teacher James Leitz
Rinker’s Golf Tips Top 100 Teacher James Leitz. January 24, 2014 Trackman and 3D expert, Top 100 Teacher, James Leitz did a presentation at the Core Golf Academy for the coaches titled, “My road to 4/10,000th of a second” Impact, only time ball is told what to do. Here are some highlights. What the club does trumps what the body does. …
Rinker’s Golf Tips Guest Rudy Gatlin
Rinker’s Golf Tips Guest Rudy Gatlin. Had a great show yesterday, Sunday February 2nd with Rudy Gatlin as my guest on Rinker’s Golf Tips SiriusXMPGATour. I opened with a story about Payne Stewart on Super Bowl Sunday 15 years ago. Payne had invited me to fly privately with him in 1999 (the year he passed away in a private plane) …
Vokey Wedges Seminar at PGA Show
Vokey Wedges Seminar at PGA Show. Last Wednesday, January 22, 2014, Bob Vokey spoke and did a seminar at the PGA Show for the Titleist Staff professionals. He went over the new Spin Mill 5’s or SM5’s coming out in March and described the different grinds available. He talked about the difference between the effective bounce (what you have at impact) …
James Sieckmann Short Game Seminar
James Sieckmann Short Game Seminar. PGA Tour Short Game Coach, James Sieckmann visited the Core Golf Academy on Thursday, January 23rd and did a presentation for the coaches and then worked with the students on their short games. James said he watched Seve Ballesteros and Raymond Floyd, two of the best short game players of all time, and came up …
2014 PGA Show TPI Seminar
2014 PGA Show TPI Seminar. Great seminar at the PGA Show with Dave Phillips and Greg Rose of TPI or Titleist Performance Institute. The focus was on power and how to get more club head speed. Rose’s top three exercises were: 1. Train both sides of body for power. Be explosive in the opposite direction. 2. Overload vs Over speed. Make it …
Rinker’s Golf Tips Jan 19th Dr. Bob Winters
Rinker’s Golf Tips Jan 19th Dr. Bob Winters. @RinkersGolfTips on @SiriusXMPGATOUR Host @LarryRinker had on special guest Dr. Bob Winters, who specializes in Sports Vision and Sports Medicine. Dr. Bob has a new book coming out Masters week titled, Mistake-Free Golf, which goes over the nine most common mental errors all golfers make. Dr. Bob said, “The most important number …