For Immediate Release:
April 20, 2006
PuttingZone Clinics Set for Baltimore PZ Academy
Damon Lucas and His Baltimore PZ Academy to Present
Three PuttingZone Clinics with Geoff Mangum
Damon Lucas has studied with Geoff Mangum for over
four years now and has established the first PuttingZone Academy
in the US in the greater Baltimore area. Damon is a top instructor
and player in the Mid-Atlantic PGA and is the Director of Instruction
at both Chestnut Ridge Country Club and Hayfields Country Club,
two of the top clubs in the Washington-Baltimore area.
On Saturday, May 20, 2006, Damon and Geoff will
jointly present two clinics for Members at Hayfields
Country Club, Hunt Valley, MD: a morning clinic open to Members
and Guests as well as to the Public, and an afternoon clinic for
Members and Guests.
On Sunday, May 21, Damon and Geoff will present
a 2-hour clinic for Members and Guests at Chestnut
Ridge Country Club, Lutherville, MD.
Each clinic is limited to 15 people and will cover:
1. green reading to select a target spot for starting
line and touch or weight,
2. positioning the putter face through the ball on line accurately
and then being able to judge where the putter face is aiming at
the distance of the target,
3. a repeating tempo that augments hand-eye coordination and distance
control,
4. an instinctive appreciation of the relationship between the
golfer's stroke tempo and equipment and the green speed for that
day,
5. instinctive distance control with a targeting movement,
6. putting where the putter face is aimed,
7. the physics of ball-putter interaction for straight and true
roll,
8. ball-hole physics for the ball falling into and staying inside
the cup,
9. setup postures for targeting and stroke movement optimization,
10. proper use of the eyes when sighting behind the ball and when
targeting beside the ball,
11. long-putt lagging techniques,
12. short-putt tips and tricks,
13. putter fitting and selection,
14. a collection of drills and exercises to support each of these.
Contact Damon at (410) 340-1819 or damonlucas@comcast.net
to secure your place.
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If you are a Golf Professional / Instructor
interested in working with Geoff, he regularly travels the US
and abroad and is keen to work with you, either in North Carolina
or at your location. Sponsor a putting clinic at your course for
your players and split the proceeds evenly with Geoff. He offers
one-on-one lessons and also offers
a PZ Coaches Certification
program and his PZ Academy Franchises,
backed up with loads of training and marketing support to make
you the top putting teacher in your area -- and a member of a
growing worldwide community of the best putting instructors in
golf history.
Geoff Mangum is widely regarded as the most knowledgeable
putting coach in the world and has spent 15 years studying and
coaching putting to amateurs and professionals right up to major
winners. Last year, after his lecture to 1,000+ PGA pros at the
European PGA Coaching Conference, Mangum held a series of clinics
for teaching professionals in Europe and received rave reviews.
Geoff's first Tour student, Shaun Micheel, after a single lesson
improved his putting stats from 133rd to 16th in the field and
won his first PGA event, a major, at the 2003 PGA Championship,
a scant two months after working with Mangum. Shaun has said:
"Everyone remembers my seven iron [shot to within inches
on last hole], but my putter won me the PGA Championship." Golf
Magazine 2004.
Mangum's approach is to combine the best of existing
putting lore with application of the neuroscience for human perception
and movement in putting, targeting and stroke control. This "Mechanics
of Instincts" approach teaches the teachers how the instincts
actually work on the green and enables golfers to use body postures
and movements in a structured putting routine that enhances rather
than conflicts with these basic human processes for instinctive
behavior. The result is a permanent and dramatic increase in putting
competence and the added confidence that comes with real skill.
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. Improve
your teaching -- Do it today!
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