Golftec
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Created by Joe Assell and Mike Clinton in 1995, GolfTEC is the nation’s largest golf instruction
company and teaches more than 25% of golf lessons annually in the United States. Currently GolfTEC has 148 locations across the United States and Mexico. The Green Room, a Canada-based golf instruction company, purchased the rights to GolfTEC Canada and opened the first GolfTEC in North Vancouver in early 2011. GolfTEC’s Corporate headquarters are located outside of Denver, Colorado.
GolfTEC Teaching Philosophy
According to the GolfTEC website, the golf instruction company believes there are five aspects to golf improvement.
1. Fact-based Diagnosis – An objective analysis using video, motion measurement and a proprietary database of over 150 Tour players. All GolfTEC technology becomes available to franchisees.
2. Sequential Lessons – GolfTEC’s Certified Personal Coaches give easily understood lessons that build repeatable skills and lasting results.
3. Video-based Practice – Learning rates are dramatically accelerated with visual feedback that positively reinforces new swing habits.
4. Advanced Retention Tools – GolfTEC’s online Player Performance Center provides private 24/7 access to lesson history, past swing videos and practice drills that are provided after each lesson.
5. Precision-matched Clubs – GolfTEC’s unbiased club fitting process filters through more than 1,000 clubs to find the ideal match to each player’s swing. Five GolfTEC locations were named to Golf Digest’s
list of Top 100 Club Fitters.
GolfTEC Technology
GolfTEC originally used medical technology to monitor golf swings. The g-Swing technology is now patented by GolfTEC and an introductory one-hour Swing Evaluation shows the exact angles of rotation and bend of a client’s golf swing from address to follow-through.
GolfTEC digitally recorded the golf swings of 150 PGA Tour PGA Tour
professionals. The swing analysis of the tour players is used to provide objective numbers for use in Swing Evaluations.
GolfTEC Lessons
GolfTEC lessons are taught by a Certified Personal Coach who has completed GolfTEC University. GolfTEC University teaches future Coaches about GolfTEC technology and the teaching philosophy.
The majority of GolfTEC lessons are taught indoors in bays designed to monitor swing mechanics. The Coaches customize the system and lessons to fit the ability of each golfer. GolfTEC’s Player Performance Center allows clients to view their swing, hear audio from their coach, see practice drills and schedule lessons online.
GolfTEC teaches outdoor playing and short game lessons where clients work on course management, putting and shots from within 50 yards.
GolfTEC Improvement Centers
There are approximately 140 GolfTEC Improvement Centers across the United States, Mexico and Canada. Locations can have anywhere between two and seven lesson and practice bays which include video monitoring and motion measurement technology.
In 2004, GolfTEC partnered with Golfsmith
, the nation’s largest golf retailer. There are GolfTEC Improvement Centers in almost 80% of Golfsmith locations nationwide.
Golf instruction
Golf instruction involves the teaching and learning of the game of golf.Proficiency in teaching golf instruction requires not only technical and physical ability, but also knowledge of the rules and etiquette of the game...
company and teaches more than 25% of golf lessons annually in the United States. Currently GolfTEC has 148 locations across the United States and Mexico. The Green Room, a Canada-based golf instruction company, purchased the rights to GolfTEC Canada and opened the first GolfTEC in North Vancouver in early 2011. GolfTEC’s Corporate headquarters are located outside of Denver, Colorado.
GolfTEC Teaching Philosophy
According to the GolfTEC website, the golf instruction company believes there are five aspects to golf improvement.
1. Fact-based Diagnosis – An objective analysis using video, motion measurement and a proprietary database of over 150 Tour players. All GolfTEC technology becomes available to franchisees.
2. Sequential Lessons – GolfTEC’s Certified Personal Coaches give easily understood lessons that build repeatable skills and lasting results.
3. Video-based Practice – Learning rates are dramatically accelerated with visual feedback that positively reinforces new swing habits.
4. Advanced Retention Tools – GolfTEC’s online Player Performance Center provides private 24/7 access to lesson history, past swing videos and practice drills that are provided after each lesson.
5. Precision-matched Clubs – GolfTEC’s unbiased club fitting process filters through more than 1,000 clubs to find the ideal match to each player’s swing. Five GolfTEC locations were named to Golf Digest’s
Golf Digest
Golf Digest is a monthly golf magazine published by Condé Nast Publications in the United States. It is a generalist golf publication covering recreational golf and men's and women's competitive golf. Condé Nast Publications also publishes the more specialized , and Golf World Business. The...
list of Top 100 Club Fitters.
GolfTEC Technology
GolfTEC originally used medical technology to monitor golf swings. The g-Swing technology is now patented by GolfTEC and an introductory one-hour Swing Evaluation shows the exact angles of rotation and bend of a client’s golf swing from address to follow-through.
GolfTEC digitally recorded the golf swings of 150 PGA Tour PGA Tour
PGA Tour
The PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...
professionals. The swing analysis of the tour players is used to provide objective numbers for use in Swing Evaluations.
GolfTEC Lessons
GolfTEC lessons are taught by a Certified Personal Coach who has completed GolfTEC University. GolfTEC University teaches future Coaches about GolfTEC technology and the teaching philosophy.
The majority of GolfTEC lessons are taught indoors in bays designed to monitor swing mechanics. The Coaches customize the system and lessons to fit the ability of each golfer. GolfTEC’s Player Performance Center allows clients to view their swing, hear audio from their coach, see practice drills and schedule lessons online.
GolfTEC teaches outdoor playing and short game lessons where clients work on course management, putting and shots from within 50 yards.
GolfTEC Improvement Centers
There are approximately 140 GolfTEC Improvement Centers across the United States, Mexico and Canada. Locations can have anywhere between two and seven lesson and practice bays which include video monitoring and motion measurement technology.
In 2004, GolfTEC partnered with Golfsmith
Golfsmith
Golfsmith International Holdings Inc. is a golf and tennis specialty retailer based in Austin, Texas. The retailer distributes golf and tennis equipment, as well as other related services. CEO Marty Hanaka has stated, “Our purpose is to inspire golfers to play better and love life more.”Founded by...
, the nation’s largest golf retailer. There are GolfTEC Improvement Centers in almost 80% of Golfsmith locations nationwide.