Golf Resort Adendorf
Celebrates Opening of PuttingZone Academy
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November 2005 ADENDORF, GERMANY -- Golf
Resort Adendorf outside Hamburg, Germany, celebrated the opening
of Geoff Mangum's PuttingZone Academy (PZA) with four days of
putting clinics and press coverage. Geoff Mangum has established
his national headquarters for Germany at the exclusive golf resort
and spa, with head golf professional Andy Taylor acting as his
coordinator for all German PZ Academies.
The
opening of the first PZA in Germany comes in conjunction with
Mangum's appearance as featured lecturer at the European
PGA Teaching and Coaching Conference in Munich. Mangum's lecture
on the brain-based model for instinctive putting was very well
received by over 1,000 European pros, who participated in an hour-long
Q&A session afterwards that continued so long the TCC hosts
had to stop the session for dinner.
The
4-day celebration at Adendorf began with clinics for Resort patrons,
followed over the next two days by clinics for professional teachers
from throughout Germany. These clinics presented the innovative
putting techniques Mangum has developed with his 15-year study
of the brain and body for putting targeting and stroke movement,
as well as introduced the pros to future PZA opportunities for
franchises and certification programs.
The
press day was attended by media representatives from throughout
the greater Hamburg area as well as national press and golf publications.
The press members were lectured on theory and then "praxis"
by Mangum and were treated to an on-green lesson in "touch",
stroke, and putt reading.
The
PZA will have full use of a new indoor training facility at Golf
Resort Adendorf. The two-level structure features a large putting
surface with contours especially designed for teaching, a chipping
area, a swing simulator, and an elevated bar. In addition to the
PZA building and the large outdoor putting green, the Resort includes
a 4-star hotel and restaurant (The
Castenea Resort) with spa and business seminar facilities,
the golf clubhouse with restaurant (The
Castello), a newly opened 18-hole course, a short-game course,
a driving range and teaching facility, an ice rink, a children's
play arena, and other amenities.
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Geoff
Mangum is widely recognized as the most knowledgeable and effective
putting coach in golf for professional players and elite amateurs.
His popular website, The PuttingZone.com, attracts over 75,000
visits monthly from golf's top players and industry insiders and
is the top-ranked website in the world for putting. His first
PGA Tour student, Shaun Micheel, went from 160th in putting on
Tour to winning the 2003 PGA Championship on the strength of his
putting within two months of working with Mangum. His first developmental
tour pro, Blake Adams, fired a personal-best, course-record, event-record,
tour-record 62 the very next morning after a lesson with Geoff
and won his event running away from the field. Veteran golf instructors
have hailed him as a genius in golf instruction who knows more
about putting than anyone on the planet.
In
the US, Mangum operates his elite putting academy at Country Club
of Whispering Pines in the Pinehurst area and teaches lessons
and clinics in Pinehurst (at Whispering Pines and at Foxfire Resort),
Asheboro (Tot Hill Farm GC), Hickory (Hampton Heights GC), Charlotte
(Renaissance Park GC), Burlington / Graham (The Challenge GC),
Greensboro (Bryan Park), and outside Winston-Salem in Wallburg
(Meadowlands GC). He also travels extensively within the US. His
International PuttingZone Academies are now opening in Europe,
with the first two in Yorkshire, England, and in Hamburg, Germany.
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For
more information, visit Geoff Mangum's PuttingZone.com, http://puttingzone.com,
email him at geoff@puttingzone.com,
or call him directly at 336.340.9079.
Golf's most advanced
and comprehensive putting instruction.
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