ORLANDO, Fla. (March 24, 2017) – Accomplished player, teaching professional and high school golf coach Mark Polich, one of the elite coaches in Southern Arizona, is scheduled to appear as a guest instructor on Golf Channel’s Morning Drive March 29 and 30.
The popular daily morning show airs from 7-9 a.m. Eastern on Wednesday, and from 7-10 a.m. EST on Thursday.
Polich, owner and founder of Mark Polich Golf, a world-class indoor training facility in Tucson, Ariz., is one of the inaugural coaches in Golf Channel Academy (GCA), a dedicated network of teaching facilities. 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; Polich is making his second appearance on Morning Drive.
“I’m excited to be back on Morning Drive,” said Polich, whose Catalina Foothills High School girls varsity teams won 88 percent of their matches, nine regional championships and four state titles from 2000-2011. “It’s been a great experience to be a part of the Golf Channel Academy network of coaches and I look forward to sharing some of my best practice and playing strategies with the viewers at home.”
A native of Northern Minnesota, Polich won four club championships during the 12 years he was a member at Hazeltine National Golf Club-site of last year’s Ryder Cup Matches-and finished runner-up another four times. He was also runner-up in the 1992 Minnesota Mid-Am and a first alternate in the 1999 U.S. Amateur.
In addition to the four state titles, his teams also placed runner-up four times and won 100 consecutive matches against Southern Arizona teams from 2003-2010. Polich was recognized by the Southern Arizona media as Coach of the Year eight times in his 11-year varsity coaching career, during which time he coached 27 Southern Arizona First-Team All-Stars, 10 individual regional champs, and two individual state champions. Fourteen of his players went on to compete in college at the Division I, III, NAIA and Junior College levels.
Although he retired from his high school coaching duties in 2011, Polich continues to work with top junior golfers. Last May, one of his players shot 62 in the Tucson City Junior Championship-believed to be the lowest score ever posted by a high school girl in Southern Arizona. In recognition of his high school coaching success, Polich will was inducted into the Pima County Sports Hall of Fame last fall.
For more information about Mark Polich Golf, visit www.markpolichgolf.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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