For immediate release: 15 Oct 2008

Geoff Mangum of the PuttingZone Teaches Swiss PGA

Solothun, Switzerland  – At the invitation of Volker Krajewski (President), Stefan Gort (Vice President), and Paris Buckingham (Further Education President) for the Swiss PGA, Geoff Mangum spent a full day training approximately 60 members of the organization in his PuttingZone system of the four skills for instinctive putting.

Geoff Mangum at Golf Club Wylihof, 14 Oct 2008

About 60 PGA teaching and playing pros attended the day-long intensive training at the Swiss PGA National Training Center, Golf Club Wylihof, outside Solothun, Switzerland. The program covered reading putts, aiming the putter and setup, stroke dynamics, and instinctive distance control or touch.  Geoff Mangum’s instruction for putting is unique in that other teachers are limited almost exclusively to teaching some version of stroke, whereas Mangum approaches putting skills comprehensively and combines the best of golf history with modern neuroscience for targeting and stroke movement processes in the brain and body for all four putting skills.

Paris Buckingham, Further Education President, Swiss PGA

Paris Buckingham said: “Geoff Mangum's presentation displayed great positive energy and expertise for a very successful and positive further education day for our Swiss PGA members at Wylihof GC. The feedback from the members was 100% positive and he certainly gave them all something to think about and plenty of new ideas to help them with their coaching and teaching.”

Geoff Mangum is following up his teaching with the Swiss PGA by teaching further clinics at Simon Hilton's PuttingZone Academy located in Gams, Switzerland for teaching players and for training new PuttingZone Coaches and players. Mangum said, “This is the third year I have been teaching the top teachers and players in Switzerland, and I am impressed with the organization and sophistication of the Swiss PGA in its educational programs. I appreciate the chance to be a part of their excellent teaching and hope my contribution is worthwhile.”

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About Geoff Mangum and the PuttingZone:

Geoff Mangum is widely regarded as the most knowledgeable putting coach in the world and has spent twenty years studying and coaching putting to amateurs and professionals on all tours. The PuttingZone community includes seven international Acadamies and over 40 certified coaches in Canada, the United States, England, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and Indonesia. Mangum combines the best putting lore with modern neuroscience for human perception and movement in putting’s four skills -- reading, aiming, stroking, and controlling distance. The result is a permanent and dramatic increase in putting competence and the added confidence that comes with real skill. His new book Optimal Putting: Brain Science, Instincts, and the Four Skills of Puttingwas recently debuted to rave reviews at the January 2008 PGA Merchandise Show. For more information, visit Geoff Mangum’s PuttingZone.com, 518 Woodlawn Avenue, Greensboro NC 27401, email him at geoff@puttingzone.com, or call him directly at (336) 340-9079.

About the Swiss PGA:

The Swiss Professional Golfers Association (Swiss PGA) is a full member of the European PGA. The Swiss PGA is the umbrella organisation for all golf professionals in Switzerland.  This professional association was founded in 1942 under the name «Swiss Golf Instructors Association» and today has more than 270 members, both teaching professionals and competitive playing professionals. The Swiss PGA under the leadership of President Volker Krajewski works together with the Swiss Golfers Association (ASG) in promoting the sport of golf and encouraging the emergence of new talent.