July 26th 2010 - Long-time Mike Bender Golf Academy student D.J. Brigman trusted his gut when he figured he needed to get to 10-under par to have a
chance to win the Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational. When :: continue »
June 1st 2010 - Long-time Mike Bender Golf Academy student Zach Johnson won his seventh PGA Tour event – and picked up a plaid jacket in addition to the green one he earned at the 2007 Masters – at the Crowne Plaza Invitational :: continue »
Mike Bender, 2009 PGA National Teacher of the Year, was one of a handful of featured instructors on the PGA of America's A Passion for Golf special, which was telecast on CBS. Mike's segment is a "day :: continue »
GOLF Magazine 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 only :: continue »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
"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