For
Immediate Release:
June 8, 2008
PuttingZone Clinics and Coaches Certification
in the Great Northwest for June 2008 (8 Jun 2008)
Greensboro NC -- The PuttingZone
PuttingZone
Clinics and Certification Programs are currently
scheduled for the Great Northwest:
June
9-11 in the Detroit area at Hartland MI with Gary
Cottrell. Geoff will be conducting PuttingZone
Coaches Certification training June 9-10 and will
conduct player clinics June 11.
June
16-19 in the Minneapolis - St Paul area at Oakdale's
Totally Driven Golf with Andy Thompson. Geoff
will be conducting PuttingZone Coaches Certification
training June 16-17 and then will hold clinics
for players June 18-19.
For
further information, contact the PuttingZone at
336-340-9079, Gary Cottrell at 810-629-7339, or
Andrew Thompson at 612-803-1500.
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Gary
Cottrell is a top clubmaker in the Detroit area
with special expertise in putter fitting. he operates
Golfers
Advantage in Hartland MI just south of Fenton.
Andy
Thompson operates his excellent golf school Totally
Driven just east of St Paul MN in Oakdale,
where he has assembled a team of teachers and
top teaching technology, including the SAM Puttab
and the Edel Putter Fitting system.
Geoff
Mangum is widely regarded as the most knowledgeable
putting coach in the world and has spent 20 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.
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