One of the World’s Top Golf Training Facilities Will Host its Grand Opening on Saturday, December 1st
Lake Mary, Fla. (November 28, 2012) – Mike Bender, ranked as one of the Top Five Best Teachers in America by Golf Digest Magazine, announces the grand opening of the Mike Bender Golf Academy’s new world headquarters at Magnolia Plantation Golf Club in Lake Mary, Fla. on Saturday, December 1st from 10am to 4pm.
The new academy facilities include a one-of-a-kind 5,000 square-foot building with an all-weather teaching and club-fitting bay, a state-of-the-art putting studio, a fully-equipped fitness room staffed by an on-site trainer, club repair facilities, private video rooms where teachers and students can review swing video from their lessons, a player lounge with kitchen facilities, bathrooms with full shower facilities and academy offices.
Additional practice facilities include a 150-foot long putting green designed by Mike Bender, a chipping green with two sand bunkers and undulating fairway, Bender’s world-famous Wedge Range for pitching practice, two TrackMan shot-analyzer computers, a SAM PuttLab, the world’s largest MEGSA Perfect Practice Equipment training facility, uneven lies practice station, mirrors, practice walls, plane board, stretch cage and, of course, a full-size grass practice tee.
The grand opening will be a special celebration for Lake Mary and the Orlando golf community of which Bender has been a part of for more than 25 years since his days competing on the PGA Tour. The grand opening will include free clinics including an appearance by special guest two-time U.S. Open Champion Lee Janzen, nearly $5,000 in prize drawings including a grand prize of a set of Nike golf clubs, free food and beverages, tours of the new facilities, contests and special one-day only discounts.
“To be able to build one of the best golf training facilities right here where our academy has been embraced by the community over the past 20-plus years is a dream come true for me,” said Bender. “This facility has been carefully designed to help every level of golfer maximize their improvement in every facet of the game. I couldn’t be more pleased with what we’ve been able to create.”
In particular, the new facilities have been designed to provide the best training environment possible for the Mike Bender Elite Golf Academy, a new boarding program run in conjunction with Lake Mary Preparatory School. This program includes 20 hours a week of training during the school year personally supervised by Mike Bender who is with the program participants nearly every day. The program is limited to two-dozen competitive high school-aged golfers from around the world.
As Bender has achieved worldwide recognition as a teacher who gets students to make significant improvement in their games, golf’s top players have sought out his advice. Zach Johnson, 2007 Masters Champion and six-time winner on the PGA Tour, has trained with Mike since Johnson was launching his professional career on the mini-tours more than a decade ago. LPGA four-time tournament winner Seon Hwa Lee also has worked with Mike for many years along with Chella Choi. More recently, PGA Tour veterans, including Jonathan Byrd and two-time U.S. Open champion Lee Janzen, have put their faith in Mike. All told, Bender has helped more than two dozen PGA, Champions and LPGA Tour professionals with their games.
Now the techniques and equipment he has used with the best players in the world is available to the public who, for the first time, may become members of the Mike Bender Golf Academy.
For more information on the Mike Bender Golf Academy’s instruction programs and academy memberships visit www.mikebender.com or call 407-321-0444.
Contact:
Lorin Anderson
203-219-2241 cellular
loringolf@mac.com
Karen Moraghan
908-876-5100
kmoraghan@hunter-pr.com
