Breaking Par With Bernard Sheridan

Bill Presse of Directed Force Putters joins us on this weeks Episode 147 of Breaking Par with Bernard Sheridan. Bill is one of the Best Young Teachers in the game today and the founder and inventor of Direct force Putter and the Presse putter Grip. This innovative putting technology reduces face rotation at impact which leads to more putts dropping. His Presse grips are the first of their kind to implement a forward press which gets the ball rolling faster and reduces skid. This leads to a pure roll and greater distance control. His Putters have been used by Berhard Langer and Scott McCarron. Our interview with Bill dives deeper into this technology and how it came to be. To find out more about Directed Force Putters and Presse Grips visit -https://www.directedforce.com/Articles.asp?ID=256    

Jon Decker author of "Golf is My Life : Glorifying God Through the Game.” " The book follows my life as a player and teacher and shows the parallels of golf and life intertwined with a strong Christian message. " Jon talks about his journey in the game and how his life lessons lead him to write this book. Jon is touching many lives through the game and bringing the word of God along with it. This is a inspiring episode that I know you will enjoy. Jon has taught the game in  Orlando Florida at the Grande Cypress academy of golf under Fred Griffin, Phil Rodgers and Ralph Mann. For twenty years he learned his craft and moved to Ohio where he is now the Director of Golf at New Albany Country Club. Throughout his career he has worked with all levels of players from beginner to LPGA and PGA Pros.Jon knows that coaching is about relationships and interacting with his clients. Contact Jon-http://www.jondeckergolf.com/ Buy the book - https://www.amazon.com/Golf-My-Life-Glorifying-Through/dp/1635253438  

As an educator and coach, Mark Cheney brings a unique approach to coaching golf and the mental game. He is the only certified GolfPsych instructor in the state of Nevada. In addition to GolfPsych certification, he is a USGTF certified teaching professional, Titleist Performance Institute certified, an instructor with The First Tee of Southern Nevada, and coach of the boys and girls golf teams at Faith Lutheran HS. He has coached golf at Faith since 2000, leading the girls to state championships in 2004 and 2012, along with five state runner-up finishes (2001, 2006, 2009, 2010, and 2011). Three of his players have won individual state titles (2004, 2008, and 2012), and multiple players have finished in the top five. He took over the boys team in 2012, six years after starting the middle school program. That program has produced three state champions and numerous all-conference performers. He was named the Southern Region coach of the year in 2009, 2011, and 2012 by the Southern Nevada Golf Coaches Association

  Rick Marcy is the inventor of the swing training aid called SmartBall Golf. This training aid helps the players find the bottom of their swing arc and get it in front of the ball. This helps you make solid strikes and hit the ball with the club moving down through impact. Rick has worked many years refining this product and it is now available on his website- https://www.smartballgolf.com/ Rick tells us his story of how he developed this awesome product and what goes into the process of producing a new product. he also lets us in on how it can improve your game.   

Matt Henderson Director of Instruction for TPC Las Vegas joins us for episode 143 of Breaking Par with Bernard Sheridan. Matt is the Director of Instruction at TPC Las Vegas, located just 15 miles from the famous Las Vegas Strip.  In 2013 and 2014 Matt was named one of the Top Two Golf Instructors in the State of Nevada by Golf Digest.  He has been teaching golf for 12 years and uses state of the art technology to help golfers of all levels play their best.  He has become one of the most respected instructors in Southern Nevada through competitive player development.  Several of his students compete at the collegiate  level and on various professional tours.  He also spent time as a college coach at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.  Contact Matt -  http://www.myteachingpro.com/matthendersongolf/Contact.aspx  

     Dave Bisbee with Sedona Golf Resort joins us for this weeks episode 142 of Breaking Par with Bernard Sheridan. Dave is from Hutchinson Kansas where he first picked up a club at the age of 3 1/2 years old. Dave's Mom played the game and he got the bug early from her. Dave shagged golf balls for Jim Hardy as a boy and that was when he decided to take up golf as a profession. He now works with players of all levels and has been teaching for over 35 years. He gives us his takes as how instruction has changed over the past 20 years and how he still uses the simple tips that he has been using for years. Dave has also written a book with Connie Charles "Back on Course." Back on Course gives an inside look at what the game can reveal and how to use that information to excel in business. Whether you’re a golf enthusiast already or just thinking about taking up the sport, this book puts the power of the sport in your hands. Find the book or contact Dave at the website below. Contact - http://www.imapgolf.com  

Peter Kelbel of Wallon at Lake Country Club joins us for episode 141 of Breaking Par with Bernard Sheridan. In addition to being the head professional and an extremely busy instructor at the Walloon Lake Country Club for the past 27 years, Pete Kelbel also coaches the boys and girl’s golf teams at Harbor Springs High School. Pete has taught club champions and students who have gone on to the college level, including two young women at the D-1 level. By stressing fundamentals in his instruction and continually learning from other great teachers Pete plans to continue to help other women golfers of all ages achieve success at the amateur level and beyond. Pete Kelbel (@Pete_Kelbel) Head Golf Professional Walloon Lake C.C. Head Golf Coach Harbor Springs Boys and Girls. Cell:  231-881-4562

Breaking Par with Bernard Sheridan Episode 140 Gary Gilchrist Interview Gary Gilchrist joins us for this weeks interview. Gary works with Lydia Ko and talks about his approach to coaching some of the top players on the LPGA Tour. Here is a little bit about Gary Simply put, Gary Gilchrist is synonymous with junior golf. In a coaching career that spans more than 20 years, Gilchrist has been responsible for recruiting, training and developing more top-ranked junior-level golfers than any other coach in the world. In his illustrious coaching career, Gilchrist has taught more than 75 American Junior Golf Association All-Americans, six AJGA Players of the Year, two U.S. Amateur champions (American David Gossett and Colombia’s Maria Jose Uribe), two U.S. Junior Girls champions (Chile’s Nicole Perrot and Korea’s In-Kyung Kim), one NCAA women’s champion (Thailand’s Virada Nirapathpongporn) and one U.S. Public Links champion (American Michelle Wie). Gilchrist also teaches many of the game’s best professionals. Gilchri

I have followed Paul Wilson for years. I was always intrigued by his work with the Iron Byron swing machine. Paul joins us to talk about Iron Byron and how he has built his academy around the machine and how it works. Here is some more info about Paul Wilson. Paul turned Pro in 1991. He is the founder of Ignition Golf and the Director of Paul Wilson Golf School at Bear Best in Las Vegas since 2010. In 1997 Paul was awarded Ontario "Teacher of the Year" He has made two Appearances on The Golf Channel Academy Live in 1999 and 2000 and has written articles for several major golf publications. Paul is also the author of "The Swing Machine and " The Body Swing" Paul is a firm believer that the body or core is the main driver of the golf swing. Contact Paul- http://paulwilsongolf.com/contact-us/ Website - http://paulwilsongolf.com/

  Director of LaBauve Golf at Westin Kierland Golf Club and Roaring Fork Golf Club Mike was first introduced to advance teaching techniques by Jack Lumpkin in 1981 in Pinehurst, NC. He worked as Jack's assistant and became a Director for the Golf Digest schools. He also assisted Hank Haney with the Pinehurst Golf Advantage Schools. Jim Hardy brought Mike to the Phoenix area in 1984 where he became a prominent teacher and player. He was awarded the Player of the Year for the Southwest Section of the PGA and Teacher of the Year numerous times. Since then he has elevated his teaching, helping players at all competitive levels. He is a former college golfer from LSU in Baton Rouge and is driven to see students play better golf. Accolades Class A Member of the PGA Instructor for the Golf Digest Schools 1990-2002 Top 50 Instructor for Golf Digest Mag Top 100 Instructor for Golf Magazine Southwest Section Teacher of the Year Southwest PGA Player of the Year Featured Speaker at National PGA Teaching & C

  This week our guest is Nick Tumminello fitness expert from Fort Lauderdale Florida. Nick is not a golfer but understands what it takes to train golfers to play their best. Here is a little bit about Nick. Nick’s hybrid approach to training allows him to leverage the tools, knowledge and skills of many disciplines and methods to help his clients and to educate other trainers how to deliver results. As early as his teenage years Nick knew that he wanted to be a trainer. His early influence came from his mother, growing up in a gym watching her prepare for bodybuilding competitions. She’ll tell you that “Nick grew up on iron and sweat.” As a way to connect Nick and his mother attended fitness events and conferences from the time he was 16 years old. Personal training is the only ‘real job’ nick’s ever known. But, his story isn’t common. Not being one to fall in line with the crowd Nick never attended college or got a degree. He graduated high school as an average student. He worked hard to accumulate a lot of

RICH HAS… 28+ years experience and is a certified adaptive golf instructor who works specifically with disabled golfers. On September 25 2000, he was in a life changing accident when he was ejected from a moving golf cart. Despite his injuries, he has made an amazing recovery and is now a scratchplayer. Today, he continues to share his passion for the game, coaching all levels of ability from touring professionals to disabled golfers.     RICH’S BACKGROUND HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE… ‘Growing the Game’ columnist Advises on www.golfisforeveryonemd.com Co-author of ‘Half Paralyzed, Twice Strong’ Set up a 5,000+ member ‘Golf Therapy’ facebook group Regular ‘Golf Therapy’ columnist for Charleston Golf News Contributes advice to numerous print and online magazines Certified adaptive golf instructor and mental performance coach.     Get Rich's Book on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Half-Paralyzed-Twice-Strong-OBrien/dp/1540732533/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1497879011&sr=1-1-fkmr0&keywor

Michael Napoleon | President and Founder mike@superspeedgolf.com Inspired by the belief that all golfers can achieve more enjoyment from the game by enhancing their performance, Michael is in constant search for the newest and best ways to help golfers improve. SuperSpeed Golf has come into existence out of many years of coaching expertise and looking for simple ways to help golfers increase power in the golf swing. Michael continues to coach in the Chicago area and across the US with his team at Catalyst Golf Performance. The SuperSpeed Experience Come spend a day with the team at SuperSpeed Golf! We’ll conduct a full diagnostic of everything that affects your swing speed and create a detailed and personalized action plan for you. During this program, we will look at the following areas of your game: Power specific swing mechanics Driver impact conditions and ball flight with the TrackMan Launch Monitor System 3D Biomechanics and energy transfer Optimizing the fit of your driver

Dayne Gingrich started as a tennis Pro and became a instructor. Here then found the mental game was helping his students better then standard instruction and realized he had tapped into something big. He now teaches the 1% mental mind set not just for tennis but golf and life. This is a episode you don't want to miss to take your game and life to the next level. This program can help you have a mindset like the world's greatest players in their hay day. Like Tiger Woods Jack and Arnie!   http://coachdayne.com/

Jeff Smith joins us in conversation on episode 133 of Breaking Par with Bernard Sheridan. Voted by Golf Digest best Teacher in State 2015 -2016 .Jeff is Director of Instruction - Otter Creek Golf Course - Columbus, IN and the host of Those Weekend Golf Guys Podcast. His academy is Plane and Simple Golf and has taught over 18,500 lesson hours since 1994 and was the lead instructor for the PGA's Growth of the Game Jr. Golf Clinic at the 2010 PGA Professional National Championship in French Lick, Indiana, and was the Jr. Clinic Chairman at the 2014 PGA Championship Junior & Veteran Golf Clinic in Louisville, KY. and was an instructor at the Jr. Golf Clinic at the 2015 Sr. PGA Championship in French Lick, Indiana. Jeff brings his insight into the game in this weeks interview. Contact Jeff -http://www.planeandsimplegolf.com/  

David Brelow joins us to discuss his program to help golfers and people in life be the best they can be with his Wire to Win program.  Wired to Win–is based on the simple wisdom of centuries old laws and truths with provable modern science of human performance. Why? Because It offers you the simplest path.  Simple. Accessible. Repeatable. It is a model that proves itself over and over again. It targets the truth with deadly accuracy and is a path that puts thee power so many of us “give away” back in your hands–where it always was! Why make it complicated?   David Breslow The Simplicity Coach Elevating One Life and Game at A Time www.davebreslow.com www.mentalgolfcoaching.com  

This weeks guest has been playing in Pro events for 40 years and has been teaching for 25 years. He is the Director of Instruction at Lakewood Country Club He is here to share his journey in this wonderful game and give insight on his take on the golf swing. He has been a member of Golf Top 50 and Golf Digest Top 100. Here are a few words from Wayne on the awards above directly from his website. "In all the time I have spent as a teaching professional not one person has ever specifically observed my teaching in order to see if I were qualified for any list or award. All of these so-called “honors” are bestowed upon instructors for no real reason whatsoever other than reputation, political connectedness, or association with high profile players, either from the celebrity ranks or the PGA Tour. As far as I’m concerned, as soon as an instructor stops teaching beginners he or she ceases to be qualified for any honors or awards. And stop to consider exactly who it is that is bestowing the honor of being a “top” t

Dan Connelly the developer of True Length technology club fitting joins us on episode 130 of Breaking Par with Bernard Sheridan. Dan spent 20 years employed as a high level Metrologist for General Motors in the Canadian Regional Engineering Centre in Oshawa ON. As a Precision Inspector, Dan operated CAD systems, coordinate measuring machines, and high level inspection tools on a daily basis. All part of holding the J.D. Powers “Best In Class” which has been awarded to General Motors on many occasions. I was proud to be a General Motors employee (now retired) and represent their complete line of quality cars and trucks from the quality side of Engineering. Dan’s Custom Golf Shop is a family owned business, based out of a small shop at our home in Hampton, Ontario. My wife Marianne keeps the flowers in full bloom and is available to take messages. Our 2 sons Jay and Eric helped build the new addition to the shop, allowing us to now have a ‘Fitting Studio.’ The Fitting Studio is fully stocked with 16 sets of l

Jason Sutton was the 2013 Carolinas section Teacher of the Year and a five time nominee for the Golf Magazine top 100 list. He has worked with The Dana Rader golf school and is now the director of instruction at Carmel Country Club. Jason shares his journey in golf and relates his experience working with his student to how it can apply to your game. Jason like to work on controlling the low point in the swing to improve his players. Contact Jason - http://www.carmelcountryclub.org/  

Bill's Philosophy My coaching provides a results based, common sense, long term solutions to even the most nagging issues. We will discover your ability to play better in an accelerated manner. I utilize a simple approach to allow players a consistent, repeatable swing and outstanding results. My teaching is results oriented and you will not be pushed into a cookie cutter, one size fits all approach. We will help you enjoy the emotions of hitting great shots and playing well. It has been my great fortune to have been personally trained by my good friend Jimmy Ballard. I will never tell you “You need to get worse before you get better.” http://billabramsgolf.com/contact/