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Mike Bender and Cheryl Anderson



MBGA Named Among Top 25 Golf Schools in America
GOLF Magazine has announced in its November 2008 issue that the Mike Bender Golf Academy at Timacuan Golf Club in Lake Mary, Florida has been named one of the Top 25 Golf Schools in America. This is the :: continue »

Invite Your Friends: New Program for Beginner Golfers
Do You Know Someone Who Wants to Learn How to Play Golf?Throughout the year, the Mike Bender Golf Academy at Timacuan Golf Club will offer a new program for golfers with little or no experience—Get Golf :: continue »

Bender Named 2009 PGA National Teacher of the Year
Mike Bender Named PGA of America’s 2009 National Teacher of the Year Latest Accolade is Industry’s Highest Honor Lake Mary, FL, September 8, 2009 – The PGA of America today announced that its :: continue »

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 :: continue »

Bender and Anderson Named Among Greatest Teachers in Golf Digest
Lake Mary, FL, July 7, 2009 – The golf industry's most exclusive list of top teaching talent has been issued today by Golf Digest Magazine as it unveils its biennial list of America's 50 Greatest Teachers :: continue »

Wade Takes First Futures Win
MASON, Ohio, June 21, 2009 - Second-year professional Whitney Wade gave her father a pretty memorable Father's Day gift today. With Dad on the bag, the pint-size Kentuckian rallied from six shots back :: continue »

Johnson Wins Again
Zach and Mike at The 2009 Players SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- James Driscoll didn't see where Zach Johnson's approach landed on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff Sunday, he could tell by the roar it was close. Johnson sank the birdie putt :: continue »

Bender Again Named to Top 100
NEW YORK, JANUARY 15, 2009—GOLF MAGAZINE, the world’s most widely-read golf publication, recently added eight new instructors to its Top 100 Teachers list for 2009-2010 published in the magazine’s new :: continue »

MBGA Student Jason Hak Breaks Sergio's Record
Sergio García is no longer the youngest player ever to make the cut in a European Tour tournament. That record now belongs to Lake Mary, Florida's 14-year-old Jason Hak who trains at the Mike Bender Golf :: continue »

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 :: continue »

Wilkes Joins MBGA
The Mike Bender Golf Academy is proud to welcome Matt Wilkes as our new apprentice instructor. Matt is a native of Lima, Ohio but has lived in Orlando for nearly 10 years. He is a graduate of the San :: continue »

Hurst Earns 2009 LPGA Card
ALBANY, N.Y., Sept. 7, 2008 – Ten Duramed FUTURES Tour players earned 2009 LPGA membership today by finishing in the top 10 on the season money list including Mike Bender student Vicki Hurst, who topped :: continue »

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 :: continue »

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 :: continue »

Bender writes 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 from the Mike Bender Golf Academy. The story was :: continue »

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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