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Golf Talk Radio M&B - 3/7/2009 - Jim Flick, Master Teaching Professional & Casey Martin, PGA Tour/Golf Coach OSU - Hour 2 Mar 25, 2009

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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.comCasey 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.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.

Golf Talk Radio M&B - 3/7/2009 - Steve Auch, Jack Nicklaus Museum & Martin Davis, Author - Hour 1 Mar 25, 2009

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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 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 MystiqueThe Greatest of Them All: The Legend of Bobby JonesByron Nelson: The Story of Golf's Finest Gentleman and the Greatest Winning Streak in HistoryThe PLAYERS Championship: 25th AnniversaryThe Twenty-five Greatest Achievements in GolfThe World Golf Hall of FameClassic InstructionUneven Lies: The Heroic Story of African-Americans in GolfHow to Play Links GolfA Love Affair with the GameMiracle on Breeze Hill: The Making of Atlantic Golf ClubJack Nicklaus: Simply the Best!Upcoming books in 2009:Rube Goldberg on GolfMy Mulligan to GolfThe Ryder Cup: The Grandest Event in Golf 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.

Golf Talk Radio M&B - 2/28/2009 - Terry Miskolczi "Canadian Golf Doctor" & Mike Lebauve (Jim Hardy Golf) - Hour 2 Mar 11, 2009

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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 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, 1995Director of Instruction - Kierland Golf Club - Scottsdale, AZOutstanding Student Achievements:Grace Park - 1998 U.S. Women's Amateur ChampionKeith Clearwater - Former PGA Tour Rookie of the YearChris Johnson - LPGA ProfessionalHoward Twitty - Won 1993 Hawaiian Open, PGA Tour Comeback Player of the YearTeachs other PGA, Senior PGA and Nike Tour PlayersSouthwest Section Teacher of the Year - 1993, 1987Served on National PGA Teaching Committee - 1993, 1994Voted Top 50 Instructors in the Country by Golf Magazine - 1991, 1995Advisory Board Member for Titleist and FootjoySouthwest Section Player of the Year - 1989Southwest Section Champion - 1989Qualified for and played in 2 Phoenix Opens and 2 Tucson OpensSpeaker at the 1994 and 1996 National PGA Teaching and Coaching Summit in New Orleans - PGA Workshops and Business Schools

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Golf Talk Radio M&B - 2/28/2009 - Mike & Jim Delaby - State of the Golf Industry & Tiger Woods - Hour 1 Mar 11, 2009

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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.

Golf Talk Radio M&B - 2/21/2009 - Dana Rader, LPGA & Rick Newell, Life In The Trap Mar 04, 2009

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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.comRick Newell launched the syndication of his golf comic strip called Life in the Trap in January 2005 and thanks to golf publications around the world it has now grown to over 2 million readers per month. Born out of some of the darkest times in his life, Newell now gets to bring joy to frustrated golfers everywhere through Life in the Trap.Life in the Trap sprang from a golf comic strip he had fooled around with after college. "I remembered loving the comic, but could not think of a good reason why I had stopped working on it." explains Newell. So he dusted of his old sketch books, made his own website (www.lifeinthetrap.com), and eventually began to approach golf publications around the world.Pursuing what makes him and others feel 'awake' has become one of his life mottos. Sleep has once again become Newell's close friend and millions of golfers are now laughing at Life in the Trap. www.lifeinthetrap.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.

Golf Talk Radio M&B - 2/21/2009 - Dr. Deborah Graham, Golf Performance Specialist - Hour 1 Mar 04, 2009

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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.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.

GTR M&B - 02/14/2009 - Jim Hardy & AJ Bonar - Hour 2 Feb 22, 2009

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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 Delsing, Stan Utley, Don Pooley and Graham Marsh. Among the nationally recognized golf instructors who have studied under Jim are Hank Haney, Mike and Sandy LaBauve, Jim Murphy, Laird Small, Martin Hall, Roger Gunn, Paul Gorman, Chris O'Connell, Krista Dunton, Marty Fleckman, EJ Pfister, Carol Mann and Rick Sellers.2007 PGA National Teacher of the Year AwardCurrently ranked #7 in Golf Digest's 50 Greatest TeachersNamed in Golf Magazine's Top 100 Golf TeachersIn addition to Jim's success as a golf instructor, he has enjoyed considerable success as a golf course architect, teaming with former PGA and current Senior Tour player, Peter Jacobsen. Jacobsen/ Hardy Golf Course Design is one of the nation's most active course architecture firms, with projects underway on both coasts and several places in between. Jacobsen Hardy recently signed on with the City of La Quinta, in La Quinta, California, to design the 2nd course at Silver Rock Resort. www.jimhardygolf.comThe 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 professionalsAJ 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.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.

GTR M&B - 02/14/2009 - Bruce Hooper, USBGA - Hour 1 Feb 22, 2009

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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.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.

GTR M&B - 02/07/2009 - Eddie Merrins, PGA - Hour 2 Feb 22, 2009

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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 would lead him to develop his "swing the handle" philosophy that became his most lasting contribution to golf instruction.Asked to explain how exactly "swing the handle" works, Merrins told a story about the 1978 British Open at St. Andrews. He was on the practice tee with Tom Kite, and Jack Nicklaus approached. They exchanged pleasantries and then Jack got right to the point. He looked at me and said, 'You believe in swing the handle, don't you? Explain it to me,'" Merrins remembered. "Out of the blue, a mental image came to me. I said, 'Jack, you're a tennis player. Swing the handle means the golf swing is just like a two-armed tennis stroke.'"Merrins said Nicklaus took it all in with a completely neutral look and went back to his bucket of balls,"and then, don't you know, he won the tournament," Merrins said. "I'm not saying it had anything to do with me, but you never know ...www.eddiemerrins.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.

GTR M&B - 2/07/2009 - Michael Jacobs, PGA Explosive Golf Schools - Hour 1 Feb 22, 2009

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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.centralcoasttoday.com for Golf Talk TV with Mike & Billy.

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