Ontario Canada — Steve Chapman, veteran player and golf teacher at Ontario’s RattleSnake Point Golf Club, joins the ranks of certified putting coaches with Geoff Mangum’s PuttingZone.com.
Working with Geoff Mangum and Bruce Howard of the PuttingZone Academy Canada at his course in Milton, Ontario, Steve underwent intensive training in “What to Teach for Putting Success” and “How to Teach and Market Putting Services for Professional Success”. Chapman joins an elite group of 38 golf coaches in 13 countries who have completed this PuttingZone Certification Program in the past three years, and the growth is accelerating.
PuttingZone Coaches are specialist teachers who go beyond conventional swing teaching to address this often-neglected half of the game by offering the best, most advanced putting instruction in golf. Ordinarily, putting instruction is limited to “stroke”. In contrast, PuttingZone instruction combines the top techniques for putting with recent neuroscience for targeting perception and stroke movement processes, in an instinctive, integrated system of all four putting skills – reading putts for target, aiming the putter and body at the target, stroking where the putter aims, and controlling distance and delivery speed. As part of a worldwide community of teachers and students focused on putting, PuttingZone Coaches both contribute to and benefit from the collective synergy and experience in this vibrant and energetic worldwide network. Golf instructors interested in becoming certified PuttingZone Coaches may receive the required training in exchange for sponsoring a PuttingZone Clinic at their facility in lieu of the training fee – a win-win deal for all concerned. For more information including a detailed description of the training and benefits, visit this PuttingZone webpage or contact Geoff Mangum at (336) 340-9079 or geoff@puttingzone.com.
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About Geoff Mangum and the PuttingZone:
Geoff Mangum is widely regarded as the most knowledgeable putting coach in the world and has spent twenty years studying and coaching putting to amateurs and professionals on all tours. The PuttingZone community includes seven international Acadamies and over 40 certified coaches in Canada, the United States, England, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and Indonesia. Mangum combines the best putting lore with modern neuroscience for human perception and movement in putting’s four skills — reading, aiming, stroking, and controlling distance. The result is a permanent and dramatic increase in putting competence and the added confidence that comes with real skill. His new book Optimal Putting: Brain Science, Instincts, and the Four Skills of Putting was recently debuted to rave reviews at the January 2008 PGA Merchandise Show. For more information, visit Geoff Mangum’s PuttingZone.com , 518 Woodlawn Avenue, Greensboro NC 27401, email him at geoff@puttingzone.com, or call him directly at (336) 340-9079.
About Steve Chapman:
Steve began his professional career in 1982. After playing on the Australian, Asian and Canadian Tour for 11 years, he began teaching in the Toronto area. His tour highlights include 25 top 10 finishes along with 5 Canadian Open appearances and 1 major appearance at the 1988 U.S Open. His career low score is 58, a Canadian Tour record he shares with the late Moe Norman. Steve is a Class “A” member of the Canadian P.G.A. and a certified Advanced “Swing Link” Fitness Instructor. He has served as a Senior Instructor for the Lionhead Golf Academy, Royal Golf Academy, ClubLink/Score/Cantel Golf Schools and Head Coach of the Tulsa University Men’s Golf Team. Steve has coached recent Nationwide tour winner Jim Rutledge and Peter Laws. Peter is the 2003 Ontario Amateur Champion and the 2003 Coupe d’Amerique Champion. As a PuttingZone Coach, Steve now offers putting specialist training at RattleSnake Point Golf Cluband as part of his coaching players on the Nationwide and Canadian professional tours. Steve may be contacted at:
5407 Regional Road 25
Milton, ON L9T 2X5 Canada
Phone: (905)878-6222
Email: schapman@clublink.ca.
Contact:
Geoff Mangum (336) 340-9079
