Bio:

       I would like to welcome you to my website and give you a quick backstory about how I began teaching. Little did I know that in 1987 as a high school senior, a knock on my door from Bing Crosby's son, Nathaniel, would help shape my destiny. He asked me if I wanted to caddy at the AT & T Pebble Beach Invitational, the very one his father started, for his brother Harry. I of course said absolutely!

        Harry's partner that year was Payne Stewart. He ended up losing the tournament late to Johnny Miller as Harry and I watched helplessly from a few feet away. Needless to say a very cool experience for a seventeen year old! I later saw Payne that June at my old home course, The Olympic Club, for the US Open. He was nice enough to remember me, and I followed him for two days. In the gallery I met his mom, Bee, and we had a good time chatting. Later that summer, a friend and I went to PGA National in Florida for the PGA Championship.I walked and talked with Bee for four days and we became fast friends.

 Over Christmas break, Bee invited me to Springfield, MO, to spend time with her, Payne,Tracey and the whole family. I got to know Payne
a little better then and over the years, as I became less of a starstruck kid and more of an adult, our friendship became more real. I had
access to one of the greatest players of all time and watched him play and practice quite a bit. It all culminated in that heartbreaking loss
at Olympic in '98,followed by the pure bliss of Pinehurst in '99. One of the more surreal experiences in my life was drinking out of the US
Open trophy later that night! I will forever miss my friend Payne.

A funny thing happened in '99. Payne went from a very streaky putter to a very good one day in and out. He started
using a SeeMore putter that year and the transformation was startling. I of course started using one and loved how the alignment system
worked. You will learn more about this on my site.

Through his caddy and one of my closest friends, Mike Hicks, I met the owner of the company after Payne died and he hired
me to work on the Nationwide Tour in 2000. I owe alot to Jim Weeks, the inventor of the putter, for giving me my start in the business. Since
the instruction for use of the putter is interactive,I was afforded the opportunity to work one-on-one with some of the best players in the world.
I was never a good enough ballstriker to compete professionally, but I had a great short game. When I started to analyze why, my theories
about putting began to take shape.

That same year is when I met Vaughn Taylor and Zach Johnson, although Zach and I didn't begin working together until the
following year. One could say that we all grew up together in golf and the better they played and putted through the years, the smarter I looked!
In 2002,I began teaching full time as I didn't want to travel so much anymore. When Zach won The Masters in '07, Lakewood Country Club in
Dallas snatched me up and I have now what is truly my dream job. I am completely blessed.

What I shared with Zach and VT and others has certainly evolved and been refined, and today I believe putting all comes down
to fundamentals of set up. I can correct almost anyone's stroke without talking about their stroke very much at all. On this site, I will discuss
those fundamentals, as well as some nuances you might not have heard before. Today, I am privileged to still work with Zach and Vaughn,
as well as John Rollins, Colt Knost and Kevin Kisner on the PGA Tour. I also work with Stewart Cink on all aspects of his game. I am equally
passionate about helping you improve as well.  

Philosophy:

My motto since I started teaching has been that "putting is a very simple motion made
complicated by an incorrect set up." Anyone can stand relaxed, put their hands together
without a putter, and move their hands, arms and shoulders back and through with no
effort or thought. When the putter goes in the hands,then things change. The posture
might get slumped or the head may get cocked therefore distorting the eyeline, etc.
For far too long, in my opinion, fundamentals in putting have received a free pass.
I was certainly told to "just do whatever is comfortable." Unfortunately, that was bad
advice.The greatest pressure putter in our generation or ever, Tiger Woods, has rock
solid fundamentals.(Although he may need to tweak his grip eventually.) So does Zach.
I don't think it is any coincidence that their strokes hold up because they don't have to
make any compensations to square the putter at impact.

You may not have the talent of Tiger Woods or Zach Johnson, but it does not take any talent to set up correctly to the ball. The fundamentals are
grip, alignment, stance and posture. I will certainly discuss these in depth on this site, and they are also available on my DVD . When you have a biomechanically correct setup, where all your lines are parallel and square to the target, the putter is designed to swing on an arc and return to
square automatically. When that is the case, you can be into the target and not worry about the mechanics. Instincts can take over and putting
becomes free and the art that it should be! So don't fix your stroke, fix your set up!
This philosophy can also be extrapolated out into the short game and the full swing. I am very passionate about establishing a neutral foundation
with the correct spine tilt and level hips. I am equally passionate about changing your golf swing in the gym, not on the range. Block practicing,
where you hit balls for hours, gives you a false sense of accomplishment. Unfortunately, it doesn't necessarily carry over when you step onto the
first tee.
On my site, I intend to present you with the most EFFICIENT way to improve. I readily acknowledge that there are many ways and swing theories
that will help you get better. Perhaps you have tried a lot of them. To me, a good swing that can repeat without a great deal of effort and timing
comes down to four things. They are, in order:
1. Your Body- this encompasses range of motion, strength and balance. If you are lacking in any of these, you won't be efficient. You will also end
up with various injuries down the road.
2. Your Setup- this includes the familiar fundamentals as well as neutral angles. If you do not have neutral angles, your hands cannot take the
simplest path on which they are designed to travel. A poor setup will also lead to injuries if it hasn't already.
3. Your Sequence- If you do not have the first two, your sequence of movements will be compromised and your swing will break down. To square
the face at impact will require timing and effort. It can be done, it is just not always reliable.
4. Flow- In order to have flow, you need the first three on the list. Otherwise, you will have too many swing thoughts, which leads to anxiety and
tension. It is no fun to play like that!
To play your best golf, you must allow movement to happen. If you "try" to do certain things, that is tantamount to effort and therefore tension.
I hope I can present a better way for you. My way, while simple, is certainly not easy. I just happen to believe that you pay for everything up front:
getting your body in shape, rehearsing and practicing properly and establishing neutral angles at setup. The reward is then Free Motion Golf.

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