| Shay Smart, PGA Teaching Professional and Accredited HSPSE Instructor on his work in China |
| Wednesday, 04 March 2009 | |
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Here is a report from Shay Smart, an American PGA Teaching Professional, which went through our Accredited Instructors Course at Xili Golf Resort in Southern China in November 2008. He is Director of Golf at the Palm Island Golf Resort in the Guangdong Province.
I started working with Max Kellner formerly playing on the European PGA Tour. He has taken a 3 year break from golf due to a severe car accident and because of the accident he had to have his shoulder replaced.
So needless to say Max went through a lot but I have no doubts he is a stand-up-man. An incredible comeback and he deserves all the credit.
I did a lot of full swing work with Max and some putting. Since it was such a short time to be with him I could not expose him to everything but he needed a grip change (tended to have his right arm very long and straight and left arm really bent at address) and a putter fit to him as well, his current putter is a wrong fit for his stroke and body type.
We just worked on a few small things due to the fact he was just getting back into the swing of things and had to qualify for the Omega China Tour for 2 days. Check out the results on www.omegachinatour.com. He qualified with a 76-71 but got a little tired from all the walking (to be expected).
He will be moving to Palm Island in March from Xiamen to become our home touring professional so I will work with him more and more. He worked with Harold Swash for 2 years while he was playing on the European Tour, so he has been exposed to our method. This year he will play 8 China Tour Events and 10 Asian Tour Events.
Also I am opening the Golf Learning Center on March 14th as well as a Yes fitting area for putting. Really looking forward to this year as I will be traveling to some of the events with Max and some of my China Tour players as well.
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