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Jimmy Ballard, Pioneer of Connection. No instructor in the game of golf has ever resurrected more champion golf swings than Jimmy Ballard. Residing a the Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo, Florida, the founding "Pioneer of Connection in the golf swing, Jimmy Ballard continues as one of the top golf instructors in the world. In 1988 alone, Ballard's "connection" method stimulated victories in four major international tournaments with the U.S. Open Winner Curtis Strange, (who would add another Open title in '89); Masters Champion Sandy Lyle; British Open victor Seve Ballesteros, and British Amateur champion, Sweden's Christian Harden. A teachers' "Grand Slam" if there ever was one. From top money winners, to PGA / LPGA / SR.PGA champions and record breaking accuracy merits, Ballard has been praised for their successes. Named by Golf Magazine, the '80's "Teacher of the Decade", Ballard began setting his sights to the future. In '86, he was invited to join the telecast of the British Open at Turnberry for ESPN, return

The First Tee is a program of the World Golf Foundation, Inc. a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization, envisioned in 1997 to provide young people from age 7 to 17 an opportunity to develop character education, life-enhancing skills and values, through the game of golf.  Central Coast Junior Golf, Inc. is a 501 (c) (3) Chapter of The First Tee licensed to do business as The First Tee of Central Coast in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties.  Visit their website at www.thefirstteecentralcoast.org or the National First Tee site at www.thefirsttee.org for a program in your area.Avila Beach Golf Resort - www.avilabeachresort.com Blacklake Golf Resort - www.blacklake.comInn at Avila Beach - www.avilabeachca.comAvila LaFonda Hotel - www.avilalafondahotel.comGolfland Warehouse - www.golflandwarehouse.comSlickstix - www.slickstix.comFor more information on Golf Talk Radio with Mike & Billy visit www.golftalkradio.com and visit www.centralcoasttoday.com for Golf Talk TV with Mike & Billy. 

Dean Reinmuth:As an instructor with more than 40 years of experience, Dean Reinmuth is most recognized for developing his "Swing Shaping System." This instruction approach, which he uses with the PGA Tour Players and amateur golfers alike, focuses on making slight adjustments to the golfer's own natural swing, as opposed to completely changing it. This "reshaping" approach allows golfers to hit their best shots more often while improving the quality of those occasional "miss-hits." Two of his first students were top-ranked junior players in the San Diego area. In addition, he taught the PGA Section Player of the Year from the San Diego area as well as a professional golfer who qualified for the U.S. Open twice. His success with these players led him to work with a young junior player named Phil Mickleson. Credited with developing Philís game since age 13, Dean Reinmuth worked with him through Philís high school and college ranks. Today Dean is recognized as one of the Top 50 Golf Instructors in the U.S. by Go

Golf Ballerz The rap group that brings "Rap" to golf . Join the guys as they join Mike and Billy to discuss their recent recordings and what the future holds for "Golf Rap Music."www.thegolfballerz.comAvila Beach Golf Resort - www.avilabeachresort.com Blacklake Golf Resort - www.blacklake.comInn at Avila Beach - www.avilabeachca.comAvila LaFonda Hotel - www.avilalafondahotel.comGolfland Warehouse - www.golflandwarehouse.comSlickstix - www.slickstix.comFor more information on Golf Talk Radio with Mike & Billy visit www.golftalkradio.com and visit www.centralcoasttoday.com for Golf Talk TV with Mike & Billy. 

Many know Rick Smith the golf instructor, but few know about his accolades as a player. He never lost a match at Upper St. Clair High School near Pittsburgh, he qualified for the 1983 U.S. Open at Oakmont, and in 1980 he shot a 61 in the PGA's club professional Playing Ability Test."I learned a lot working for Walker Inman at Scioto Country Club, and he believed that to be a great teacher of the game, you had to be a pretty good player," says Smith. "I still love playing golf. So much, I've actually thought about playing on the Champions Tour when I turn 50."Ever since he used to pass instruction notes to high school teammates and give lessons to a then 14-year-old Lee Janzen, Smith says his time spent on the lesson tee is his favorite part of the day.RICK SMITHMASTER TEACHING PROFESSIONAL TO THE PGA TOUR’S BEST!Rick Smith, CEO and President of Rick Smith Enterprises, Inc., has achieved great success in golf as a teacher, designer and communicator. He is regarded as one of the PGA tour’s best “sounding boards

 Mission StatementGolfer Girl Magazine will help to grow the community of female golfers by providing a magazine that is informative, educational, interesting, and wholesome. The content will be inspirational to help girls find inspiration from success of others and educational to learn about golf's history and famous women golfers. The Hooton sisters -Libby 17 years old -Courtney 15 years old and Chloe Belle 12 years, old began- playing golf in 1999 and have been avid players since they started. They love the game and all of its challenges.Every summer, they live and breathe golf and particularly enjoy the wonderful community of friends that they have developed. They love to read about the game, the players, and most of all, the fashions. Unfortunately, there are no known publications that are tailored to the junior audience.Twenty-five percent of all golfers are women. However, through 2003, only 13 percent to 16 percent of junior golfers were girls source: National Golf Foundation . This is an audience tha

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 199

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 AuchNicklaus Hall of Fame Instructor - Jim FlickAuthor- Nicklaus- Simply the Best- Martin Daviswww.nicklausmuseum.orgMARTIN 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 firs

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.comMike LaBauve Class A member of the PGA Top 100 Golf Magazine InstructorInstructor for Jim Hardy Golfwww.kierlandgolf.comArticles Published in Golf Digest Magazines:"Your Short

Mike & Jim Delaby, PGA Teaching Professional (filling in for Billy) discuss the state of the golf industry and Tiger Woods return to the PGA Tour.Avila Beach Golf Resort - www.avilabeachresort.com Blacklake Golf Resort - www.blacklake.comInn at Avila Beach - www.avilabeachca.comAvila LaFonda Hotel - www.avilalafondahotel.comGolfland Warehouse - www.golflandwarehouse.comSlickstix - www.slickstix.comFor more information on Golf Talk Radio with Mike & Billy visit www.golftalkradio.com and visit www.centralcoasttoday.com for Golf Talk TV with Mike & Billy. 

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 honore

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

During his 39 years in professional golf, Jim Hardy has sought out experiences and opportunities that span the golf profession. Jim passed the PGA Tour Q-School in 1968 and played the Tour full time until March 1974. From then through 1976 he served as head professional at Exmoor Country Club in Highland Park, Illinois.Jim's national and world-wide best selling instructional book, "The Plane Truth for Golfers", published by McGraw-Hill, spring 05, was his first book. Its mission was to present the science that there are two sets of fundamentals that govern all golf swings rather than just one set. Hardy's second book, "The Plane Truth for Golfers Master Class" is focused more on the art, or the "how to", of the key swing elements of the two swing types.Among his students have been Frank Beard, Dave Stockton, Carol Mann, Donna Caponi, Hollis Stacy, Brad Faxon and Mark O’Meara. He currently teaches PGA Tour professionals Peter Jacobsen, Scott McCarron, Tom Pernice, Bob Tway, Olin Browne, Duffy Waldorf, Jay Dels

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.  J

Affectionately known as the "Little Pro," Eddie Merrins has long been revered as a golf guru. For nearly 40 years Eddie has lived and breathed the game and the way of life of golf as Head Professional at the Bel-Air Country Club in Los Angeles. At the Bel-Air Country Club the locker nameplates read like an Oscar party guest list; Tom Cruise, Dennis Quaid, James Woods, Richard Crenna, Jack Wagner and James Garner, are just a few.The Little Pro has instructed some of the biggest names in entertainment, as well as some of the highest-level professional golfers. Merrins has amassed almost 60 years of knowledge, from his years as a junior, amateur and college golfer to his career as a professional tour player, instructor, head professional and NCAA coach.Teaching means more to me than any tournament because I've helped that person to help himself or herself," Merrins said. "Playing is for personal satisfaction, but teaching is a labor of love."While beginning his teaching career, Merrins also had the insight that

As Head PGA professional at Rock Hill Country Club in Long Island, NY, Michael Jacobs is one of only 21 teachers world wide who have earned the designation of Golf Stroke Engineering Doctorate from the Golfing Machine Organization. The Explosive Golf  Schools and Michael's web site offers a unique opportunity for golfers of all abilities to learn and improved their golf swings.  His dynamic and unique presentation style combines his extensive knowledge and credentials as a certified golfing machine instructor to have helped both amateur and professional golfers from around the country become both better players and teachers.www.nygolfworld.comAvila Beach Golf Resort - www.avilabeachresort.com Blacklake Golf Resort - www.blacklake.comInn at Avila Beach - www.avilabeachca.comAvila LaFonda Hotel - www.avilalafondahotel.comGolfland Warehouse - www.golflandwarehouse.comSlickstix - www.slickstix.comFor more information on Golf Talk Radio with Mike & Billy visit www.golftalkradio.com and visit www.centralcoastto

Tom Wishon has established himself as the leading authority on clubmaking and clubfitting technology in the golf equipment industry. He is the author of 7 books on different technical areas within clubmaking, and has written hundreds of equipment related articles for virtually every golf publication in the industry.In addition, Tom is also an 11-year member of the Golf Digest magazine Technical Advisory Panel, and has been the Technical Advisor to the PGA of America’s web site, PGA.com since 2004. He is considered the ‘go-to guy’ by the equipment editors for virtually all of the major consumer golf publications in their search for honest, marketing-free, technical explanations about the technical performance of golf clubs.Tom is the only designer from the custom clubmaking segment of the golf industry whose clubhead designs have been used to win on the PGA Tour and in Ryder Cup competition. He has designed and custom built the golf clubs used in competition by Scott Verplank, Bruce Lietzke, Ben Crenshaw, as w

Mike & Billy interview Paul Wilson from Swing Machine Golf during the first hour of GTR with M&B on Sat. Jan. 31st, 2009.Paul Wilson began his career as a golf teaching professional in 1991 and as a member of the Canadian PGA, he quickly rose to the top ranks of Canadian teachers, becoming the featured instructor for Score Golf TV and Score Golf Magazine (the Canadian equivalent to Golf Digest).After a couple of guest appearances on the Golf Channel’s Academy Live program,he moved to the United States to set up his first Swing Machine Golf school in Overland Park, Kansas.In 2007, Paul moved to Colorado Springs where he is now the Director of the Swing Machine Golf Academy.  Swing Machine Golf is based on the theory and principles of the "Iron Byron Machine. The 205 plus page book outlines how a golfer can swing just like the mechanical Iron Bryon testing machine. The Iron Byron is the testing device built by True Temper in the 60's to test equipment and used by the U.S.G.A. to test golf balls and equi

Mike and Billy interview Peter Croker, PGA Victorian Professional of the year during the Jan. 24th, 2009 show's 2nd hour.Peter Croker is an Austrailan Golf Professional and the 2008 Victorian Teaching Pro of the Year . The 59 year old professional was an Austrailan tour player for 10 years, who then shifted his interests to teaching in 1981 and has since written numerous articles, features and books on the subject of golf instruction. His unique instruction system features the PUSH - PUSH method called the Croker Golf System. This method has graced the cover of Golf Digest and been featured in numerous golfing publications worldwide.The Croker Golf System that has been adapted as a method of choice by countless amateurs, professional players and teachers is now available to US golf enthusiasts via online and web discussionsIn addition to founding and directing the CROKER GOLF SYSTEM - Path To Better Golf Program, Peter is the former Director of Education from Henry-Griffitts, Australia, and currently has his

Mike and Billy interview Nick Costner during the first hour of the Jan. 24th, 2009 show.  Songs About Golf is a division of  Nick Costner Productions, 1310 N. 20th Street, Paragould, AR 72450. They produce music in various genre's, primarily for Baby Boomers and up. Their most recent project, We're Gonna Play Golf is the classic golf album for men and women who love and understand the game of golf and who want to be entertained with golf's funny aspects.  Here is a little bit of information about some of the great people who participated in this project. Ken Mock is the bass player on this CD and he also owns the studio, Sound Impressions, here in Paragould. Ken plays bass in the praise and worship band for one of the most dynamic non-denominational churches in Northeast Arkansas. Craig Morris is our piano player and backup harmony singer. Craig is a fabulous person, who plays piano for the legendary Loretta Lynn almost every week and has been on more albums coming out of Nashville, TN than you could imagine