Jack Nicklaus- Simply the Best 3-7-09

Jack Nicklaus - Golfer of the Century and winner of 18 Major Events is the topic of discussion on Golf Talk with Mike and Billy. Join the hosts as they explore the the man,his swing and the legend.

Featuring:

The Nicklaus Museum- Curator Steve Auch

Nicklaus Hall of Fame Instructor - Jim Flick

Author- Nicklaus- Simply the Best- Martin Davis

www.nicklausmuseum.org

Martin Davis- Author 3-7-09

MARTIN DAVIS began his career in the golf world when he created Sports Marketing Group (SMG) in 1979. SMG grew to become the largest publisher of specialty golf publications in the country, publishing 23 separate titles, including The Official U. S. Open Magazine, The West­chester Classic Spectator Guide, The Memorial Tournament Magazine, the Television Viewers Guide to the Grand Slam, The Pebble Beach National Pro-Am Magazine, The USGA Guide to the National Championships, The Met Golfer and The Masters TV Viewers Guide. Davis sold SMG to Times Mirror in 1989.
The Nicklaus book is the twelfth published by The American Golfer, Davis’ latest venture. His first book, The Hogan Mystique, became a national best seller in 1995. In the ensuing years, The American Golfer has become known for publishing golf books of the very highest quality.
Davis is a past president of the Metropolitan Golf Writers Association and has appeared on NBC ands ESPN. He also appears regularly on The Golf Channel, providing historical perspective.

Other books published by The American Golfer:
The Hogan Mystique
The Greatest of Them All: The Legend of Bobby Jones
Byron Nelson: The Story of Golf’s Finest Gentleman and the Greatest Winning Streak in History
The PLAYERS Championship: 25th Anniversary
The Twenty-five Greatest Achievements in Golf
The World Golf Hall of Fame
Classic Instruction
Uneven Lies: The Heroic Story of African-Americans in Golf
How to Play Links Golf
A Love Affair with the Game
Miracle on Breeze Hill: The Making of Atlantic Golf Club
Jack Nicklaus: Simply the Best!


Upcoming books in 2009:
Rube Goldberg on Golf
My Mulligan to Golf
The Ryder Cup: The Grandest Event in Golf

Jim Flick-visits ESPN 3-7-09

Students: Jack Nicklaus, Tom Lehman, Jimin Kang, Philip Francis, Esther Choe

2002- Elected to the World Golf Teachers Hall of fame

Golf Digest # 5 of Americas top 50 Teachers

In 1950, Jim Flick was a scratch golfer in his second year at Wake Forest—and not good enough to make a starting team that included Arnold Palmer and Buddy Worsham. Flick's roommate was his best friend, Gene Scheer; Palmer's was Worsham. One evening, after a home football game against Duke, Scheer and Worsham got impatient waiting for Flick and Palmer and drove without them to a dance in Durham.
Coming home, their car crashed and both perished. Flick and Palmer, feeling their lives were spared and trying to overcome their grief, decided to room together. Thus, Palmer was one of the first major influences on Flick's career.
Flick lettered in basketball and golf, but turned his attention to golf instruction. Although Bill Strausbaugh was an early influence, Bob Toski had a special effect. Toski and Flick developed the Golf Digest Schools from 1972-'90. Flick also spent 20 years as director of instruction at Desert Mountain in Scottsdale, where he helped Tom Lehman go from a struggling Hogan Tour player to the 1996 British Open champion. In 1990, Flick worked with Jack Nicklaus at The Tradition tournament. Jack won the event, and Flick has been his coach ever since.
Today, Flick is director of instruction at the TaylorMade Learning Center. "I'm more of a motion teacher than a position teacher," he says. "I advocate swinging the arms and club with the body reacting." www.jimflick.com

Casey Martin- Where are they Now? 3-7-09

Casey Martin was born in Eugene, Oregon and still resides there. Educated at Stanford University,and briefly a teammate of Tiger Woods, Casey was three times all Pac-10 and also a member of the University's NCAA Championship team in 1994. He won the 1993 Sahalee Players Championship, and after turning professional in 1995 Casey competed in several PGA and Nationwide tour events.

While pursuing his professional golf career Casey came to national prominence in the late 90's by suing the PGA of America to allow him permission to use a golf cart while playing. Suffering from birth with a defect in his leg know as Klippel Trenaunay Weber syndrome, Martin feels the daily effect of this rare circulatory disorder that withered his right leg to the point that may eventually force him to face amputation. Although Casey won his lower federal court decision to utilize a cart in competition, many PGA professionals took opposites sides of the decision and the debate still exists as to the extent that "disabilities" should be consisted and accommodated on the professional golf tour. An interesting irony to this circumstance exists since many Senior or Champion PGA tour players exercise the option to compete while utilizing carts on the "Senior Tour." In spite of the controversy, Casey maintained a positive attitude and has been described by many as honoring the game and facing his circumstance with both "courage" and "dignity".

Now the Head Men's Golf Coach at the University of Oregon since 2006, Martin continues to impact others golf game and life circumstances. Martin is co founder and partner in a social networking golf community website. 10th Green.com

Canada's Golf Doctor- Terry Miskolczi

Canada's Golf Doctor visits ESPN Golf Talk on 2-28-09

Terry Miskolczi, BSc, CPGA, CTP, is the consummate golf professional; a tour player, published author, TV/radio personality, and one of North America’s foremost golf educators/instructors. A graduate of Bowling Green State University in Ohio, with a BSc in health and physical education; Terry has combined his educational background in the science of exercise physiology and competitive tour experience to create an informative yet entertaining debunking of the myth that golf is the most difficult sport to learn. Terry helps the golfer understand that a strong repetitive golf motion is actually as easy as it looks. His students call him “Canada’s Golf Doctor” for the health he has restored to their golf games. Truly an instructor for all levels of golfers, Terry invites you to let him help you “BECOME THE BEST YOU CAN BE”.

www.golfdoctor.com

Mike Lebauve- One Plane or Two? 2-28-09

Mike LaBauve Class A member of the PGA

Top 100 Golf Magazine Instructor

Instructor for Jim Hardy Golf

www.kierlandgolf.com

Articles Published in Golf Digest Magazines:

"Your Short Game Basics" (cover story) - February, 1997
"3 Weeks to Optimum Golf" (cover story) - March, 1998
"How Good is Your Short Game?" - December, 1992
"Learn Pitching with Your 5-iron" - May, 1993 "Line Up Your Power Sources" - February, 1994
"The Golf Primer" - March, 1995
"Your Angle for Distance" (cover story) - September, 1995

Director of Instruction - Kierland Golf Club - Scottsdale, AZ
Outstanding Student Achievements:
Grace Park - 1998 U.S. Women's Amateur Champion
Keith Clearwater - Former PGA Tour Rookie of the Year
Chris Johnson - LPGA Professional
Howard Twitty - Won 1993 Hawaiian Open, PGA Tour Comeback Player of the Year
Teachs other PGA, Senior PGA and Nike Tour Players

Southwest Section Teacher of the Year - 1993, 1987
Served on National PGA Teaching Committee - 1993, 1994
Voted Top 50 Instructors in the Country by Golf Magazine - 1991, 1995
Advisory Board Member for Titleist and Footjoy
Southwest Section Player of the Year - 1989
Southwest Section Champion - 1989
Qualified for and played in 2 Phoenix Opens and 2 Tucson Opens
Speaker at the 1994 and 1996 National PGA Teaching and Coaching Summit in New Orleans - PGA Workshops and Business Schools

Golf Psych- Dr Deborah Graham 2-21-09

Dr. Deborah Graham is a licensed Counseling Psychologist specializing in golf performance. Working with professional and amateur golfers from around the world, her client list includes over 350 players on the PGA, LPGA and Champions Tours, 13 of which she helped guide to 16 major championships.

Beginning in 1981 with a study of LPGA players she determined the statistical differences between champion and average players on tour, collecting data with the assistance of LPGA hall of fame member, Carol Mann. The findings helped earn her doctorate and identified 8 critical traits important for success in golf. This study was duplicated on the PGA and SR. PGA tours with the assistance of her husband, Jon Stabler, and numerous pros including Bruce Crampton. Again the found the 8 champion traits, forming the foundation of the GolfPsych mental game training system.

These studies and their Tour experience led to their still popular book, "The Eight Traits of Champion Golfers", published by Simon and Schuster in 1999. Now in paperback, it is used as a textbook at various golf schools & colleges, and as a personal guide for amateur and professional golfers around the world.

Dr. Graham has also authored numerous articles for newspapers and golf magazines and appeared on golf programs for a variety of networks including ESPN, Fox and CNN.

www.golfpsych.com

Dana Rader- Golf Schools

Dana Rader visits ESPN Golf Talk 2-21-09

Dana Rader grew up playing golf at Mimosa Hills Country Club in Morganton, NC, knowing the game would become an important part of her life. She was good enough to make the men’s golf team at Pfeiffer University, had the skills to make a run at the LPGA tour but she found that her real love for the game centered on teaching.

The Dana Rader Golf School at the Ballantyne Resort in Charlotte is a testimony to 25 years of hard work and a plan that has resulted in the school becoming one of the premier facilities in the country.

She joined Myers Park Country Club in 1980 as an assistant professional, achieving LPGA Class A status in 1984. A group at Myers Park sponsored her run on the LPGA Tour but she says, “I competed for a while but found out I wouldn’t be able to make a living at that. It just wasn’t my heart and passion.”

Individually, Dana has been named as one of the Top 100 Teachers in the U.S. by Golf Magazine and as one of the Top 50 Teachers in the U.S. by Golf Golf Digest magazine. 

In 1990, she was honored by the LPGA as its National Teacher of the Year. A few years later, in 2003, Dana achieved LPGA Master Professional status. In, 2007, she was named by Golf Magazine to its prestigious list of the Top 50 Teachers in America. The Donna Rader Golf School is a top 25 school as listed in Golf magazine and more information can be found at

www.danarader.com

Blind Golfers Association 2-14-09

Bruce Hooper, Vice President of the United States Blind Golfers Association visits Golf Talk 1280 to discuss the organization, its membership and activities.

It's a great way to play golf with others who deal with the loss of sight. Sighted players can get involved in the USBGA by joining  as a support member. 

The playing membership is for anyone that plays golf and is a totally blind (B-1) or vision impaired (B-2 or B-3) golfer. The B-2 vision category is for those players who’s vision ranges from the ability to recognize the shape of a hand up to visual acuity of 20/600. B-3 is for those players who's vision ranges from the visual acuity above 20/600 up to visual acuity of less than 20/200. Support membership is comprised of professionals, coaches or anyone wanting to patronize blind golf in the United States.

It is indeed unique that USBGA members play golf with vision impairment, but the organization also raises money for charities and conducts golf clinics for blind children all over the United States.  Join us as we explore the many aspects of this worthy and admirable golfing organization.  

 www.blindgolf.com

AJ Golf- The Truth about Golf - 2-14-09

The Truth About Golf is a breakthrough in golf learning that will reveal the secrets to playing the best golf possible. One of the secrets is knowing when to square the clubface... and it's not at impact.                                                                                 

The Truth About Golf- What does AJ know that can help your Game?

About A.J. Bonar 

- Head Teaching Professional, AJ Golf School

- Teaching professional for players on the PGA, LPGA, and Nationwide tours

- Contributing editor to Golf Magazine, Golf Illustrated and Golf Tips Magazine

- 2 yrs as R&D Consultant for TaylorMade Golf

- 12 yrs as Golf Director of the San Diego Golf Academy

- 8 yrs as a Division I NCAA golf coach Bowling Green University Men's & Women's

- Captain, Kent State University Golf Team

- Teaches beginners with the same enthusiasm as tour professionals

AJ Teaching Philosophy - There is no one perfect golf swing. Even on the PGA Tour, the swings of the best ball strikers all have different shapes and styles -- from the classic actions of Tiger Woods and Ernie Els, to the unusual moves of Jim Furyk, John Daly, and Sergio Garcia. But there is one thing these great players all do have in common. The essence of good ball striking is proper use of the club through the impact zone. It's what Tiger, Ernie, Jim, John and Sergio all do exactly alike. And you can learn to do it, too. 

www.ajgolf.com