PGA Professional Tom Patri discusses how to transform golfers with nice swings into competitive players

PGA Professional Tom Patri is president and founder of TP Golf Services in Naples, Fla. He works in conjunction with Fairway Fitness™ and The Health Club of Naples. Among Golf Magazine’s Top 100 Teachers in America, he’s a former Metropolitan PGA Teacher of the Year and Southwest Florida PGA Chapter Teacher of the Year. In his recent book, “The Six Spoke Approach to Golf,” Patri outlines his “1/3 Rule” as a blueprint for success in converting golfers with nice swings into competitive players:
. . Says Patri: “We’re truly missing the boat in teaching people how to play golf. We’re no longer teaching them to play the game; we’re teaching them to swing. We deal mainly with technique. Every instructor’s goal is to establish a fundamental structure that allows students
to make repeatable and powerful golf motions.
But we miss the boat on coaching.