For Immediate Release:
August 26, 2006
PuttingZone Clinics Set for Sweden, and Norway
PUTTING FOR PROS:
What and How to Teach for Putting Success
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Geoff Mangum's
PuttingZone Clinics
Places available: 15 per venue (may possibly
be expanded slightly, depending upon demand)
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Set for Sweden & Norway
Take a Periscope Visit
to Sweden
or Norway
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| Date
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Venue
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| 16 Sep Saturday |
BarsebŠck Golf
& Country Club, Lšddekšpinge, Sweden |
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17 Sep Sunday
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Hills Golf & Club,
Mšlndal, Sweden |
| 19 Sep Tuesday |
Sollentuna GK,
Sollentuna, Sweden |
| 21 Sep Thursday |
Losby Golf, Oslo,
Norway |
Accredited/approved for points under the Swedish
PGA Professional Development Programme and participants in the
Norwegan PGA apply for credit.
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 at the European PGA Coaching
Conference, Mangum held a series of clinics for teaching professionals
in Europe and received rave reviews. He returned this year to
hold further sessions at locations in England and Germany, teaching
over 70 PGA pros and elite golfers.
Shaun Micheel worked with Mangum in May 2003 and
went from winless on Tour and a low-ranking putter to winning
a major with his putter after a single lesson. Winner of the 2003
USPGA in July, Micheel improved his US Tour putting stats from
133rd to 16th within two months of working on putting with Geoff
Mangum, and said: "Everyone remembers my [last] seven iron,
but my putter won me the PGA Championship." Golf Magazine 2004.
Micheel recently finished runner-up to Tiger Woods in the 2006
PGA Championship after the same caliber putting performance. Other
standout PuttingZone students include Chris Hanson on the EuroPro
Tour and Ben Parker, who won the Orange Bowl Junior Invitational
in Miami (December 2005) over a world-class field with an opening
round 63 that left the field 6 strokes behind. He followed that
with an opening 62 at the Tasmanian Open, which he also won, a
month later. For testimonials from veteran teachers, click
here.
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
behaviour. The result is a permanent and dramatic increase in
putting competence and the added confidence that comes with real
skill.
Who should attend? All PGA Professionals wishing
to improve their putting and particularly those wanting to improve
their coaching of putting.
Course structure: A preliminary lecture providing
an overview of the concepts and techniques, with a roadmap of
the learning session, followed by four blocks of demonstration
and exploration on the green.
Course objectives: By the end of this session,
delegates will be able to understand and teach:
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,
15. record-keeping and protocols for baselining, monitoring, diagnosing,
and setting goals for student putting skills,
16. basic putting psychology,
17. proper use of training aids to promote body
learning and discourage dependency,
18. instructional games for putting skills.
Duration: 1 day
Cost: 1,500 SEK + VAT (6% 90 SEK Sweden only) --
Payment from Sweden to bankgiro 5797-3877, from Norway SWIFT:DABASESX,
IBAN-account number 0612000000013370151219.
Places available: 15 per venue (may possibly be
expanded slightly, depending upon demand).
Martin Wiklund
These clinics are likely to be oversubscribed so
please email your order to Martin
Wiklund (dogbreath_golf@hotmail.com)
to receive your booking number. An acknowledgment and invoice
will be sent by return. Mail: Martin Wiklund, Bellevuevagen 4C,
21772 Malmö Sweden, or telephone +46 708 58 44 15.
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