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Geoffrey
Carlyle Mangum
B.A., M.A., J.D.
518 Woodlawn
Ave
Greensboro NC USA 27401
(336) 790-8176 home
(336) 340-9079 cell
Hi,
I'm Geoff Mangum and I teach putting, write on golf, and live with my
family in Greensboro, North Carolina, just a short drive west of Pinehurst,
the golf capital of America. The climate is moderate so I get to play
year-round!
Over twenty years ago, I set out to learn all I could
about putting. Since then I've spent innumerable hours
researching, reading, observing, experimenting, analyzing,
and practicing putting. During this research, I compiled
a comprehensive, searchable electronic database of over
11,000 references and resources for putting covering
1880-2008, and today this powerful collection is available
to anyone who wants it. Still learning, too!
Throughout this time, I learned the critical role the brain plays in
all human targeting and movement, and concentrated study on the neuroscience
of perception and motor control. Rigorously applying this science, along
with the physics of golf and over 100 years of putting lore, I spend
my time pushing the envelope on putting performance and developing and
refining physical routines and procedures for optimizing targeting and
stroke control in putting.
This study has already received favorable notice from
the Human
Kinetics Institute in Champaign, Illinois -- the
premier sports science publishers in the US -- and from
the World
Scientific Congress on Golf in St. Andrews, Scotland
-- the top golf science organization in the world supported
by the Royal and Ancient Society of Golf. My book, Optimal
Putting: Brain Science, Instincts, and the Four Skills
of Putting, debuted in January 2008 at the PGA
Merchandise Show and sold out within months --the eBook
is still available (PDF download) and a second printing
of the hardback is scheduled soon.
In addition to teaching and playing, I enjoy helping people with putting
problems and just discussing putting with anyone. I publish putting
tips regularly in LCS
Golf's PlayGolfNow newsletter (500,000 golfers each week),
EuroGolfnet.com,
IndyGolf.com,
and NBC Sports' Golf.com, as well as in England
and a number of other sites. I correspond daily with golfers around
the world and I'll be glad to try to help anyone via email, if I can.
I have a special interest in International golf, especially Europe,
Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa, India, and Asia.
Some of the things I do: I play, learn, write,
and teach. I conduct private and group lessons, on-site and on-course
clinics, corporate outings and resort clinics, lectures to sports classes,
and free presentations and one-on-one work with junior golfers and collegiate
team golfers. I recently began appearing on radio golf talk programs,
starting with WJOX in Birmingham, Alabama ("ain't no 'ham like
Birmingham") on Mark Friedman's Golfing Alabama, and then
Sacramento's Golf Talk Radio Show, and Bob Adams' Golf Pinehurst Morning
Show. I travel around and give free live presentations to any golf
teaching pro, on-course pro, or golf media representative. And I'm available
for retail store sessions for groups. And of course I help any touring
pro make more money! Lots more! So let me hear from you!
Some Credentials
- 20
years daily working out putting with well
over 3.5 million thoughtful putts, reading
everything there is to read about putting,
and studying the neurophysiology of perceptual
and movement processes strictly for the purposes
of putting
- 100+
articles in the past 5 years in print and
electronic media
- Putting
expert for NBC Sports' Golf.com and many others,
including Florida Golf Magazine, Carolina
Fairways, Eurogolfnet.com
- Top
website in the world for putting instruction
with 200,000+ visits monthly and over 2,750,000
visits to date
- Eight
PuttingZone Academies and 40+ Certified PZ
Coaches in 15 countries around the world
- Academy
Owners: Andy Taylor, German National Headquarters
Adendorf Golf Resort, John Eyre, Yorkshire
England, Damon Lucas, Baltimore, Bruce Howard,
Sydney Australia and Ontario Canada, Michael
Jacobs, Long Island NY, Simon Hilton, Gams
Switzerland and Mallorca Spain, James Marshall,
Barcelona Spain, and Henrik Jentsch, Southern
Germany
- PuttingZone
Certified Coaches: Martin Wiklund, Malmo Sweden,
Andrew Pakes, Vejen Denmark, Alan Renz, NY
City NY, Greg Hawk, Buffalo NY, Brian Tulk,
Kankakee IL, Jason Crerar, Breitenberg Germany,
Gary Hilson, Gary Kershaw, Mel Johnson, and
Dylan Bawden, Hamburg Germany, Darren Scholes
and Peter Eisenhuth, Karlsrhue Germany, Jay
Harvey, Mannheim Germany, Tim Boechtrager,
Vienna Austria, Steve Chapman, Milton Ontario
Canada, Won Park, Seoul Korea, Bob Montello,
Pinehurst and Asheboro NC, Alan Martini, Asheboro
NC, Mike Thurston, Hickory NC, Steve Bourbon,
Orlando FL, Andy Thompson, St Paul MN, Lynn
Anderson, St Paul MN, David Grant Geier, Cleveland
OH, Gary Cottrell, Fenton MI, Thomas Ambuehl,
South Africa, Lucky Kusuma Chandra, Jakarta
Indonesia, William Watere, New Zealand, Todd
Oerhlein, Madison WI, Marcus Poehnl, Koeningsberg-Stein
Germany
- Member
of the World Scientific Congress on Golf,
St Andrews, Scotland
- Most
extensive putting research in history, written
up by the Human Kinetics Institute and used
by the World Scientific Congress on Golf
- First
scratch amateur student fired course-record
personal best 63 within two months; first
mini-tour pro student shot personal best course-record,
Tour record 62 the next morning and won going
away; first PGA Tour student won a Major (PGA
Championship) in two months with his putting,
also his first PGA Tour win
- Consultant
in putting to top collegiate teams and coaches,
including Todd Oerhlein of the University
of Wisconsin, Robert Linville of Greensboro
College, and Larry Penley of Clemson
- Greenskeeping
knowledge praised by top agronomists at Penn
State, Geulph Turfgrass Institute, Golfdom
Magazine, Georgia GCSAA and others
- Putting
specialist resource for PGA and LPGA teaching
pros and top teachers at Golf Schools, including
Leadbetter Academy and Jim McLean Golf School
- Technique
surveys of all top putters in golf, from Willie
Park Jr and Walter Travis right through Bobby
Locke, Paul Runyan, Billy Casper, Bob Rosburg,
Loren Roberts, Ben Crenshaw, George Low, Dave
Stockton, and many others
- Knowledgeable
about every tip or drill ever published in
Golf Digest, Golf Magazine, Golf Tips Magazine,
and many other publications
- Respected
by top sports scientists and putter designers
worldwide, including David Edel, top putter
designer, Jim McLean, top world teacher, Jason
Carbone, Master Instructor and Director at
Jim McLean Golf School Phoenix, Dr Robert
Christina, national expert on golf skills
learning and PGA National Coaches & Teachers
lecturer, Dr Patrick Cohn, Peak Performance
Sports - Orlando, Dr Robert Winters, Leadbetter
School at ChampionsGate - Orlando, Art Chou,
President of Pixl Golf, Bruce Hutchinson,
National Sales Manager for SeeMore Putters,
Bobby Grace, Robert Bettinardi, Kirk Curry,
Luis Pedraza of Axis1 Golf, Alan Strand, President
of Dandy Putters, Tim Sheredy, Champions Junior
Golf Academy, Founders Club, Srasota FL, David
Whitlam, President of Gauge Design Putters,
Ed Opie, Breeds Confidence Putters, Tim Durnin,
Penneagle Putters, many more...
- A
few students: Travis Lethco, Steven Tate,
Cary Schoen, David Chung, Andy Rouse, Jason
Carbone, Ben Parker, Henri Reis, Christian
Nilsson, Henrik Stenson, Chris Hanson, Matt
Mighty, Stuart Dowsett, Nick Rose, Rory Hie,
Josh Koch, Paul Spicer, Craig Miller, Gary
Hilson, Katja Dammann, Noel Fox, Geoff Dixon,
Joakim Thrane, Michelle Grilli, Floretyna
Parker, Alison Foush, Megan McCrystal, Ally
Bodeman, Marcy Hart-Newton, Tom Milton, Mike
Goodes, David Geiger, Marty Sciene, Kelly
Cap, Tommy Langley, Chip Johnson, Rick Murphy,
Rich Moss, Shaun Micheel, Blake Adams, Hernan
Rey, Tim Parker, Michael Long, Pia Mellerstam,
Jason Semelsberger, Josh Smith, Bart Burton,
Jared Gusso, Jeff Krumpelman, David Finholt,
Rodney Morrow, Chris Evans, Geo Yang, Rocky
Manning, Robert Linville, Chris Tucker, Jason
Moon, Jessica Vincent, Jayce Strandberg, Bruce
Woodall, Ted Sheftic, Mark Sheftic, Roy Pace,
Ben Case, Korky Kemp, Mike Thurston, David
Seigel, Mark Hopkins, Scott Fossum, Eddie
Cox, Doug Thompson, Bob Daugherty, Alan Martini,
Sean Murphy, European PGA, PGA of Czech Republic,
Swiss PGA, PGA of Saskatchewan Canada, PGA
of Holland, Methodist College, East Carolina
University, UNCG, Gary Gilchrist, Greensboro
College, Bobby Geiger, Tim Sheredy, Bob Koch,
Ben Leong, David Leadbetter staff at Bradenton,
Jae Eun Chung, James Song, Hae Yeon Kim, Young
In Jeong, Seul Gi Lim, Tae Gyu Park, Jin Mi
Kim, Amy Yang (Bruce Howard) , Nikki Garrett
(Bruce Howard), Rob Corcoran, Brian Varsey,
Bob Toski, Zakiya Randall, Tom Lossinger,
George Kelnhofer, Phil Kelnhofer, Anne Cain,
Mary Beth McGirr, Joe Clark Sr., Matt Hageman,
Margie Bowes, David Flynt, Gerry Knebels,
Sharon Gilmore, Joey Hidock, Alan Goldworthy,
Lee Lofler, Lee Witkofski, Tom Whang, ...
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Working
with PGA Tour player Sean Murphy at the 2002 GGCC, where Sean had consecutive
rounds of 24 putts
(photo courtesy of Douglas Sheppard, PodiumFotos)
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