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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

Our Instructors

Ty Krieger, Cheryl Anderson and Mike Bender


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 »

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

Another Win for Zach
HONOLULU -- Long-time Mike Bender student Zach Johnson picked up the fifth PGA TOUR victory of his career at the Sony Open in Hawaii on Sunday. Johnson's two-stroke win over David Toms and Adam Scott made :: 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 »

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 »

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 »

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 :: 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 »

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 :: 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 »

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 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 :: continue »

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. :: continue »

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 Gensler :: continue »