I'm starting to see my innovations (Core Putt, Instinctive Touch, Gravity Tempo, Dead-eye Gaze, Straight Gaze, Assessment of Putterface Aim, Putter Fitting methods, the Spider method of reading putts, and the like) being taught by others as if they came up with it. Great! That means the way putting is being taught is changing for the better.
In terms of whether I end up getting credit, it depends on how much the individual golfer knows about putting. The more a person knows, the more credit I get for the innovations. I'll keep doing my part to make more knowing golfers in the world!
Cheers!
Geoff Mangum
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QUICK FACTS:
1 Lesson, 1 Major: Shaun Micheel went from winless on the PGA Tour and ranking 160th of 185 in putting to winning a Major, the PGA Championship, on the strength of his putting (16th in the field) after a single lesson, tripling his income and earning a 5-year exemption and invites into other major events. "Everyone remembers my 7-iron, but my putter won me the PGA Championship." -- Shaun.
1 Lesson, 1 Tour-record, Course-record, Career-best Round 62: Blake Adams shot 62, career-best, course=record, event-record, Tour-record, and won the mini-tour event headed south after a single lesson.
2 Lessons, I Junior Orange Bowl win with Opening Carrer-best Round 63: England's top junior Ben Parker blasted the world-class field at Miami's Junior Orange Bowl Invitational this past December with an opening-round 63 for a 6-shot lead and coasted to victory.
1 Lesson, 1 Career-best Round 64: Chris Hanson, a top amateur in Yorkshire England, took one lesson and then fired a career-best 64 two days later at the former Ryder Cup venue Moortown Golf Club.
3 Lessons, 1 Course-record, Career-best Round 63: Travis Lethco, an amateur with a stroke average of 75, fired the course-record 63 at Meadowlands GC outside Winston-Salem, North carolina, after 3 lessons.
Taught 1,000+ European PGA Members at Teaching and Coaching Conference, Oct. 2005, in Munich.
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First and Only Magazine for Putting, The PuttingZone Magazine (July 2006)
International Academies for Putting in England, Germany, US, with others soon
Certification of Pro Teachers for Putting
PGA Tour and European Tour Putting Coaching, and other pro tours
PGA Section Lectures
Teaching the Staff at Golf Schools, including David Leadbetter and Jim Mclean
Technical Consulting to Putter Companies
Marketing Support for Putting-related Companies
Putter and Training Aid Design
Instructional DVDs and Books forthcoming
Joint Revenue-sharing Putting Clinics with PGA Course Pros
Pro Mini-Tour Clinics and 1-on-1 Coaching
Collegiate Team and Individual Coaching
Seminars for Corporations on Golf for Business
Corporate Outings and Appearances