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Mike Fay Guest Speaker At The 2016 PGA Merchandise Show

by Mike Fay | Media Appearances, Special Events

Mike was honored to speak as part of a PGA Forum Panel with Todd Firestone and Annika Sorenstam at the 2016 PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, Florida on January 27th, 2016. The PGA of America’s Director of Digital Strategy Joni Lockridge moderated the event. Some of the topics discussed where the value of social media and it’s use in golf instruction and growing your business, trends in the area, how to track performance, and the future of social media as it relates to golf. Last year’s PGA National Teacher of the Year Michael Breed opens the discussion. Here is the entire presentation.

Body Weaknesses & Swing Faults

Body Weakness & Swing Faults The topic of my latest blog is something that has caught my interest for a while now. As a coach, I see a lot of swing faults that are caused by the golfer’s body inability to move in a...

Should You Try To Keep Your Head Down?

Should You Try To Keep Your Head Down? Walk up and down any driving range and you will at some point hear those famous words, "Keep Your Head Down". Unfortunately, that advice has never worked. Golf could be...

How To Stop The Flippers!

How To Stop The Flippers One common problem I often see when I coach the short game is something I call the "flippers". As I often say, Flipper lives at Sea World, not on the golf course. The flippers is a...

How To Build A Wedge Range

How To Build A Wedge Range Want to score better? Of course you do! The Wedge Range at Boyne Mountain Resort opened this past July to rave reviews! A place to help you with your game from 100 yards and in! In...

Working On Your Golf Takeaway With A Pen | Virtual Coach

In this Virtual Coach session Mike shows how using a pen can help you control an open club face. Please leave your comments below!With over 25 years of teaching experience, it's easy to see why Mike has become a leader...

Get Your Knuckles Down….

Get Your Knuckles Down One common problem I see with beginning golfers is topping golf shots. Here’s why…. When a golf ball is topped one of three things happened: You have come out of your posture through the...

Soft Spot

Earlier this week, I asked Mike what he thought would be a good topic to write about when it comes to the mental side of the game. He threw out the notion of #17 at Sawgrass which allows for insight into the mental...

Prepared

What makes the tour pro’s great? Anyone... Anyone... I’m sure if you tried to answer and someone was nearby to actually hear you, you’d answer with a list of attributes. The one attribute that I am interested in is...

Recovery

Recovery This post is on a golf fitness topic that is often overlooked by golfers as not being very important to playing better golf. Today I will be talking about recovery and how it relates specifically to golfers...

Chip The Ball Better

Chip The Ball Better In this video from the Mike Fay Golf Channel, Mike explains what good players with excellent short games do when they chip the golf ball. This is what a chip shot looks like and feels like....

The Head Controls The Spine In Golf

The Head Controls The Spine In GolfThe head plays a big role in what the body does in the golf swing. Moving the head too much in the wrong direction can cause many problems. In this video, Mike works on limiting the...

Hitting Approach Shots Over Hazards

Hitting Approach Shots Over Hazards Are you the person that has the "special" ball that you put into play when you are faced with an approach shot over a hazard like water? Well, say goodbye to those old balls...

Play Faster Golf

Play Faster Golf A movement across America in the last several years has been finding ways to play faster golf. One of the main reasons why golf has been on the decline lately is because people don't feel they...

Results?

So, I’ve had some time for this to sink in and I still don’t understand it. I’ve tried to see it from other perspectives but simply cannot. Thinking he might be not aware of the situation isn’t going to work. ...

Staying Centered

Staying Centered Staying centered is very important to your golf swing. Moving too much laterally can cause a multitude of problems. First off, moving your swing center causes the bottom of your swing to be...

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Golf In The Life of…. An Interview With Mike Fay

by Mike Fay | Media Appearances

Here are links below to Mike’s interview with Cordie Walker from Golf In The Life Of. This program features the very best instructors and how they coach, market, and run their programs. “Learn The Traits of the Most Successful Instructors”
Thank you Cordie for the opportunity.

The program is broken down into three parts. Please click the links below.

Part 1: Mike Fay: U.S. Kids Golf Top 50 Kids Teacher (His Story)

Part 2: Mike Fay: Put Yourself Out There

Part 3: Mike Fay: Growing Junior Golf