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Ladies and Juniors Back in Session
The Ladies Clinics and Junior Clinics return to the Mike Bender Golf Academy for our Fall sessions.
The Ladies Golf Clinics will be held Thursday evenings from 5:30-6:30pm. Cheryl Anderson, LPGA 2006 National Teacher of the Year, and Nate Spencer will be the instructors. Cost is $20 per session. All levels of women golfers are welcome. Nate and Cheryl will split the group depending on each golfer’s skill level.
The Mike Bender Golf Academy's Advanced Junior Clinics will be held on Tuesdays from 4:30-5:30pm. These clinics are for juniors who have attended prior clinics or camps or have had individual lessons. Cost is $20 per session.
The beginner junior clinics meet on Saturday mornings from 9:00-10:30 and are open to all junior golfers five and older. This introduction to the game puts a strong emphasis on having fun while learning the different components of the game. Cost is $15 per session.
To sign up, please call the academy at (407) 321-0444.
Mike and Cheryl Featured by PGA
Mike and Cheryl are both featured in the PGA of America's newest publlication called the PGA Professionals' Guide to Instruction. This new publication is being distributed at golf facilities across the United States and there are copies available at the academy while supplies last. Mike is included in an article about coaching elite players called Teaching Tour Players and Cheryl authored an article called Get Centered: Finding Your Balance is the Key to Finding Your Swing.
Two Wins in One Month for Lee
ROGERS, Ark., July 7, 2008 – South Korean Seon Hwa Lee (64-69-68=201, -15) held off Meena Lee and Jane Park today in the P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship to become the fourth multiple winner on the LPGA Tour this season. In addition to joining Lorena Ochoa, Annika Sorenstam and Paula Creamer as the only players to notch multiple wins in 2008, Lee also crossed the $3 million mark in career earnings.
Lee
is a longtime student of Mike Bender and has been training on the MEGSA
Perfect Practice Equipment designed by Bender for more than a year.
Hurst Wins Fourth Futures Tour Event
BLOOMFIELD, Conn., July 13, 2008 - Rookie Vicky Hurst of Melbourne, Fla., erased a two-stroke deficit with a 4-under-par 68 to earn her fourth Duramed FUTURES Tour win of the season at the CIGNA Golf Classic. Hurst, winner of four events in eight entries, claimed the top prize of $11,200 and finished the tournament with a three-round total of 209 (-7).
With wins in McAllen, Texas, Decatur, Ill., and Hammond, Ind., Hurst became the first player to win four events in a season since LPGA Tour pro Song-Hee Kim earned five victories in 2006. Hurst is coached by
Mike Bender.
Lee and Shepard in Golf Fitness
Scott Shepard, MBGA's fitness expert and trainer is featured with his client Seon Hwa Lee in the May/June issue of Golf Fitness Magazine. The article details the intense workouts that Scott puts Seon through to prepare her to win on the LPGA Tour. Scott is available to all MBGA students. To schedule a training session or an initial evaluation with Scott, please call the academy at 407-321-0444.
To read the entire article
click here.
MEGSA Key in Multiple Major Wins
The
Mike Bender designed MEGSA Perfect Practice Equipment has been used by
only a few touring professionals, but the results have been nothing
short of extraordinary. The first two major championships of 2007 were
won by pros who use the MEGSA equipment on a regular regimen.
Morgan Pressel, who trains with Martin Hall on his MEGSA unit in West
Palm Beach, FL, won the LPGA's Nabisco Championship. Just one week
later Zach Johnson, who has used MEGSA equipment since it was in
prototype form, won the Masters.
MEGSA Perfect Practice
Equipment is changing the way the game's top pros are training their
swings and you can train with MEGSA too. For more information, go to
the
MEGSA Equipment page.
Zach and Mike in Golfweek
The
April 5th edition of Golfweek magazine has a great Perspective column
by Rex Hoggard about The Evolution of a Masters Champion. The piece is
about long-time Mike Bender student Zach Johnson and quotes Mike
extensively. You can read the entire text
here.
Everyone at the Mike Bender Golf Academy was excited to see Zach on the
2008 Masters leaderboard for much of the week in Augusta and we're all
looking forward to another great season from the 2007 Masters champion.
Anderson named Teacher of the Year
The
Mike Bender Golf Academy's newest instructor, Cheryl Anderson returned to her former home base in Metropolitan New York on April 15th to receive the Metropolitan PGA's Teacher of the Year award. Former winners of this award in the Met include Harry Cooper, Jim McLean, Darrell Kestner and many other well-known instructors.
In 2006, Cheryl also was named the LPGA's National Teacher of the Year.
"I would never have won any teaching awards without Mike's (Bender) coaching me as both a player and teacher over the past 10 years," says Anderson. "I am very grateful for the amazing opportunity I've had to have spent so much time learning from him."
New Custom-fit Putters at MBGA
The word "Couture" stands for custom clothing that is made to fit perfectly to each individual person. Although a slightly changed spelling, "Coutour" putters stand for exactly the same thing; putters made perfectly to fit each individual player.
The truth is that over 80 percent of golfers have never been fit to their putter. As a result, players compromise their set-up to adapt and make compensations during their stroke, ultimately resulting in inconsistent and often poor putting.
Once you learn to set-up properly, a putter should be made to fit this correct set-up position. A customized Coutour Putter, fit with the Tri-Fit Method coupled with solid set-up fundamentals will allow you to develop a reliable, while also natural, putting stroke. Coutour custom fittings are now available at the Mike Bender Golf Academy. Call the Academy at 407-321-0444 to make an appointment.
Bender Named Among Top 10 Teachers
Golf Digest has released its rankings of
America's 50 Greatest Teachers for 2007-2008 and, for the first time, Mike Bender has moved into the top 10. The list is voted on by 1,000 golf instructors and is the most exclusive list of the game's top teaching talent. Bender moved from No. 21 to No. 10 in this latest version.
Bender and Krieger write cover story
The July 2007 GOLF Magazine cover story called
"Make More Birdies" featured Master's Champion Zach Johnson in the photos with the article by Mike Bender and Ty Krieger from the Mike Bender Golf Academy. The story was put together two weeks after Zach's Master victory and included tips on wedge play, approach shots and putting. As you may recall Johnson birdied 11 of 16 par 5s at Augusta this year without going for any of the greens in two. It was one of the greatest displays of wedge play and putting in a long time. Mike is one of GOLF Magazine's Top 100 Teachers in America.
The Face Behind the Voice
The
Mike Bender Golf Academy is pleased to be able to offer some of the
finest personal service of any golf academy. Besides our newly expanded
headquarters building at Timacuan, we have Jamie Johns handling calls
and emails Tuesday through Friday each week during normal business
hours. If you call with questions about our instruction programs, need
help finding a nearby hotel room or simply want to sign up for a
clubfitting session or a clinic, Jamie will be happy to answer your
questions and get you set up for any of our services.
The MBGA Philosophy
"We strive to give each student an understandable and executable plan to make their swing as efficient as possible. By matching the golfer's physical abilities to accepted principles of motion, our students develop a repeatable swing that will hold up under pressure and last a lifetime." -Mike Bender
