ORLANDO, Fla. (Feb. 8, 2016) – Celebrated Santa Barbara-area golf coach Don Parsons, one of Golf Digest magazine’s best teachers in the state of California as voted by his peers, is scheduled to appear as a guest instructor on Golf Channel’s Morning Drive February 9 and 10.
The popular daily morning show airs from 7-9 a.m. ET.
Parsons, the owner of Don Parsons Golf Instruction at Twin Lakes Golf Course in Goleta, Calif., is one of the inaugural coaches in Golf Channel Academy (GCA), a dedicated network of teaching facilities operating with the active support of Golf Channel, the game’s leading global multimedia and golf entertainment source.
Select Golf Channel Academy coaches are being invited to appear on the network’s news and instruction shows, including The Golf Fix and School of Golf; Parsons is making his first appearance on Morning Drive.
“I’m excited to be appearing on Morning Drive,” said Parsons, the 2003 Southern California PGA Teacher of the Year and two-time Southern California Northern Chapter PGA Club Fitter of the Year (2011-13). “It’s an honor to be a part of such a great group of coaches and I look forward to sharing some of my knowledge with the viewers of Morning Drive.”
An accomplished player, Parsons was a first-team All Big West Conference selection in 1989 for the Gauchos of UC Santa Barbara, and was recognized as the school’s Athlete of the Decade for the 1980s. While at UC Santa Barbara, he won the prestigious California Amateur Championship at Pebble Beach Golf Links, the host site of this weekend’s AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
As a Golf Channel Academy coach, Parsons continues to teach the way he knows best. The underlying philosophy of Golf Channel Academy is that the best golf “teaching” is done through “coaching” – that is, an on-going relationship between player and teacher devoted to long-lasting improvement.
For more information about Don Parsons Golf Instruction, visit www.donparsonsgolf.com.
For more about Golf Channel Academy, including a full listing of all its current locations and coaches, go to www.golfchannelacademy.com.
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