LBG Academy at Falcon's Fire Golf Club / Kissimmee, Florida / March 16-18, 2007
Lynn Blake Golf Academy At Falcon's Fire
Falcon's Fire Golf Club
Kissimmee, Florida
March 16-18, 2007
The Program
The Academy features comprehensive training in the principles and procedures of Homer Kelley's landmark text, The Golfing Machine®. In an intense three-day training regimen, you will be led step-by-step to the most effective, efficient golf stroke you are capable of producing at this time. We will begin with understanding the three Core Concepts and proceed to build your stroke in three stages: Basic Motion, Acquired Motion and Total Motion. In addition to the Full Stroke, you will learn Short Game Basics and specialty shots that will dramatically enhance your ability to score. Two PGA TOUR professionals will conduct Private Clinics that will let you get 'up close and personal' with true talents of the game. You will receive a personalized Video Analysis on CD that will highlight those areas that need work. Finally, you will be given a program to implement on your own for continuous progress and a lifetime of better golf.
Fee and Payment Instructions
The tuition fee is $1,595 and includes all instruction, materials, facility fees and lunch each day. Students are responsible for their own transportation and lodging. Payment is due immediately upon registration and may be made by either personal check or Paypal. Checks should be made payable to Lynn Blake Golf and mailed to 539 Gramercy Drive, Marietta, Georgia 30068. All fees paid are fully-refundable prior to March 1st and non-refundable thereafter. Please direct any questions by email to lynn@lynnblakegolf.com or by telephone to 770-527-3841.
Facilities
Our venue is Falcon's Fire Golf Club, one of Florida's finest golf complexes www.falconsfire.com and winner of many prestigious awards. Located just outside Orlando in Kissimmee and minutes from Walt Disney World, Falcon's Fire features a comprehensive practice facility and a golf course ranked among Florida's Best. With a combination of perfect turf and high quality practice balls, there is no better place to get our work done.
Lodging
We have reserved a block of rooms at the Palms Hotel and Villas located at 3100 Parkway Blvd, Kissimmee, Florida 34747. http://www.thepalmshotelandvillas.com/ Two types of rooms are available: 1-bedroom standard room ($79 / normally $89) and 1-bedroom standard suite that includes a small living area ($89 / normally $99-$109). These rates do not include local taxes of 13%. To qualify for these preferred rates, you must identify yourself as being with Lynn Blake Golf (Event #1195) at the time you reserve the room. Rates cannot be changed at time of check-in or check-out. To reserve your room, call 800-255-4543. Students are welcome to make their own alternative arrangements.
Travel Directions
Students traveling by air should fly into Orlando International Airport (MCO) and arrive the evening of the 15th.
9 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. The Golfing Machine®/ Core Concepts
The Line of Compression
The Star System and The Triad
Three Zones and Twelve Sections
Inclined Plane / Geometry of the Circle and Delivery Lines
Pivot Swing Center Tripod
Delivery Path and Aiming Point
Angular Motion / Power Package Concepts
The Flying Wedges (Structure and Extensor Action)
The Flail
Endless Belt Effect
Hitting (Drive Out) Vs. Swinging (Throw Out)
Hinge Action / Clubface Motions and Feels
Rhythm
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 – 5:00 p.m. Basic Motion Curriculum
Grip
Basic Motion Drills
Address Alignments – Tripod, Flying Wedges, Extensor Action
Address Routine
Body Power: Momentum Transfer vs. Launching Pad
Basic Motion / One Accumulator -- Chipping
Clubhead Lag
Three Hinge Actions
Loading Action and Release – Hitting vs. Swinging
Acquired Motion / Three Accumulators – Pitching
PGA TOUR Professional Clinic
Optional Twilight Golf
6:00 p.m. Dinner with Professional Staff
Saturday, March 17th
8 a.m. –12:00 p.m. Acquired Motion
Chipping and Pitching
Specialty Pitches – Cut & Lob
Bunker Play
Putting
PGA TOUR Professional Clinic
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 – 5:00 p.m. Total Motion
Short Irons
Mid Irons
Fairway Woods and Driver
PGA TOUR Professional Clinic
Optional Twilight Golf
6:00 p.m. Dinner with Professional Staff
Sunday, March 18th
8 a.m. –12:00 p.m. Total Motion / Individual Video Analysis
PGA TOUR Professional Clinic / Course Management and Shotmaking
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 – 4:00 p.m. Total Motion & Special Interests
Optional Twilight Golf
Professional Staff
LYNN BLAKE, GSED
Director of Instruction
In the summer of 1980, Lynn was an avid amateur golfer who had hit the wall in his study of The Golfing Machine®. His only recourse was to telephone the author, Homer Kelley. Thus began the student-teacher relationship that was to last until Mr. Kelley's death in February 1983.
More calls followed over the next 18 months, with Homer patiently explaining the science and principles behind his great work, and Lynn eagerly absorbing his lessons. The instruction reached its pinnacle in January 1982 when Homer invited Lynn to attend his weeklong Golf Stroke Engineering Master Class. The invitation was extended to a select group of only five -- one each from the North, South, East, West and Midwest. It was to be the last of only three Master classes Mr. Kelley lived to conduct, and Lynn was one of only twelve to graduate from those classes.
In the 32 months following his Master Instructor designation -- and while continuing his financial business -- Lynn conducted more than forty golf schools in six states. He personally taught more than 600 students and several thousand more in promotional seminars. He also individually trained 28 PGA professionals in the same system Homer taught him. In October 1984, though his golf business was successful by any definition, he returned full-time to his financial world. Twenty years later, Lynn has returned as an authoritative voice and has been awarded the designation Golf Stroke Engineering Doctor (GSED). Other than the writing of Homer Kelley himself, his body of work since January 10, 2004, is unprecedented in the history of The Golfing Machine®.
In April 2004, Lynn conducted his inaugural 'comeback' school for both professionals and amateurs at the PGA TOUR Academy in St. Augustine, Florida. Over the next eighteen months, ten more sold-out schools followed at major resort and private club locations in seven states from coast-to-coast and also in Germany for members of both the German and British PGA. In addition, he has taught numerous Private Academies for an international clientele including a number of the nation's most respected PGA teaching professionals. In January 2006 he was the Lead Instructor teaching 28 PGA professionals at the two-day regional conference of custom clubmaker Henry-Griffitts. In March 2006 he was featured as a main platform speaker for a four-hour presentation to more than 500 professionals of the Swedish PGA. In August 2006 he returned to Germany for an encore presentation, and in December 2006 he was the lead instructor for 15 PGA professionals at Hombre Golf Club in Panama City Beach, Florida.
Lynn holds 2007 PGA TOUR Player Instructor credentials and has been seen at such venues as the 2005 Buick Open (Flint, Michigan), where he worked for three days with Brian Watts, a thirteen-time winner on the Japanese Tour and runner-up at St. Andrews in the 1998 British Open; the 2006 BellSouth Golf Classic (Atlanta, Georgia) working with Brian Gay, ranked 12th in 2006 PGA TOUR Scoring Average (Actual) and a perennial leader in Putting and Scrambling; and the 2006 Barclays Classic (Rye, New York), where he conducted the Barclays Classic Golf Academy for Barclays private clients during all four days of the tournament. On the Nationwide Tour, he is working with John Riegger and Jay Williamson. He also teaches Meghna Bal, 2007 All India Ladies Amateur Champion, and Sean Elliot, 2006 New Jersey Junior Champion.
In August 2007, Lynn Blake Golf, LLC, will conduct the Barclays Classic Golf Academy at the Barclays Classic, Westchester Country Club, NY, the first of the historic Fedex Cup Series playoff events. Simultaneously, the company will conduct for the PGA TOUR the LBG Golf Academy presented by Gillette exclusively for the sponsors of the Barclays Classic at Hospitality Village.
Of his recent accomplishments, he is most proud of LynnBlakeGolf.com, a website he feels is destined to revolutionize the world of conventional golf instruction. In association with Michael Clark and Michael Lance -- first students, then friends and now Site Administrators -- he launched the website in January 2005. With extensive archives and a growing Video Gallery, it now boasts more than 3,900 Registered Members who have contributed more than 36,000 posts to its Forums. Lynn is a prolific writer for the site, logging more than 4,800 posts since its founding.
TED FORT, PGA, GSEB
LBG Senior Instructor
Ted Fort, was elected to membership in the PGA of America in June 1996. That same year, he was named the Georgia PGA Assistant Professional of the Year. In 2006, Ted was named Georgia PGA Teacher of the Year. He is a featured Instructor in the series A Lesson Learned on pga.com, the official website of the PGA of America.
Underlying his teaching philosophy is the bedrock foundation of Homer Kelley’s landmark work, The Golfing Machine. He earned the designation Golf Stroke Engineering Bachelor (GSEB) in February 2004. Says Ted, “I owe my understanding of The Golfing Machine to Lynn Blake, a personal pupil of Mr. Kelley who has studied the work for more than 25 years. I sought Lynn as a mentor, and he welcomed me as his student. Over time, we have formed a bond of mutual respect that has become extremely strong.”
Ted presently teaches Lori West, an 18-year veteran of the LPGA Tour. Her first victory came in 2002 on the Women's Senior Golf Tour shortly after they began working together. Lori followed that performance with a second victory in 2003 and five Top Ten finishes. Ted also teaches Brian Nash, the 2000 National Long Drive Champion. Brian, a Pinnacle Long Drive Team Member, recently established his ‘personal best’ with a launch of 445 yards.
On the lesson tee with students of all abilities or on the lecture platform presenting to his peers, Ted Fort serves his fellow man each day. Teaching golf is his life, and his expertise and passion for that calling is evident to all.
JEFF HULL, PGA, GSEB
LBG Senior Instructor
Jeff Hull is an accomplished player, teacher and clubfitter. His teaching is based on a geometrically-correct golf swing; namely, that is circular in motion, with impact being a downward strike through the ball to the lowest point of the swing arc. Cornerstones of his teaching are that the hands should be well ahead of the clubhead prior to impact; that the left wrist must still be flat at a point past impact; and that the player must be able to swing in balance while maintaining the correct upper body tilt.
Jeff strongly believes that Equipment Affects Motion®. Length and lie angle alone will dramatically affect a player’s posture and their ability to create the above-mentioned alignments. Club weight and shaft flex are extremely useful in creating the proper pivot and balance. Jeff has had great success creating a balanced motion that is geometrically correct by utilizing the proper club components. A player using improperly-fitted clubs will be forced to make compensations in their swing. All players, regardless of ability, should have their equipment properly fit.
Jeff's many professional accomplishments include:
Georgia Section PGA Champion – 2004
Georgia Section PGA Lake Oconee Classic Champion - 2004
PGA of America Winter Series Stroke Play Championship -- 2007 / 3rd
7-Time PGA Club Professional Championship Regional Participant
National Club Professional Championship – 2005 Participant
Consistently Ranked Among Top 10 Pros in Georgia Section PGA
All-American Golfer & Academic All-American at Univ. of S. Carolina
Henry-Griffitts Advisory Staff Member (Teacher Since 1993)
JOHN RIEGGER, PGA TOUR
John Riegger, PGA Touring Professional, will be joining our staff at Falcon's Fire. John first qualified for the PGA TOUR via Q-School in 1986 and has since made 52 cuts in 86 events. His record includes two 2nds, three 3rds, twelve Top 10s and 23 Top 25s. Hampered by shoulder and rib injuries sustained in 2003, he played the 2004-2006 seasons on a Major Medical Extension. In 2006, he made five cuts in 20 starts and earned $230,765. He opened his season with the Sony Open in Hawaii where he shot 72-71-68-66=277, finished T-24 and earned $40,363. Later in the year he finished T-5 at the John Deere Classic, earning $152,000 on rounds of 67-69-69-64=269. His 7-under-par final round 64 was the low of the day. John was unable to retain his PGA TOUR Medical extension in 2007, but his career record gives him fully-exempt status on the Nationwide Tour. Injury-free for the first time in four years, he is committed to a heavy playing schedule and a return to the PGA TOUR in 2008. Read more about John at http://www.pgatour.com/players/00/20/02/.
BRIAN GAY, PGA TOUR
Brian Gay, PGA Touring Professional, will make a special guest appearance at our Academy. This fortuitous event is occuring because he is in Orlando for the week playing the PGA TOUR's Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill. Brian has played the TOUR for eight years and enjoys Exempt status for 2007. He began working with Lynn Blake in February 2006 and subsequently moved from 112th in Scoring Average (Actual) in 2005 to 12th in 2006. He made 22 cuts in 31 starts, finished in the top 25 ten times and earned $1,037,000. He also scored the 2006 season's first double eagle, using driver, 5-iron on the par-5, 503-yard first hole at Riviera CC during the Nissan's second round. Read more about Brian at http://www.pgatour.com/players/01/98...dia-guide.html.
Geez, if I could pry my wife's hands off our income tax refund check, I would be there in a minute. If any of you guys are wavering, stop thinking and just do it!
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"Hi, I'm Troy McClure and you might remember me from such films as 'The Greatest Story Ever Hula-ed' and 'They Came to Burgle Carnegie Hall.'"
Our limit is 12 students for three Staff Instructors. Our PGA TOUR Special Invitees are not included as Staff for determining this 4:1 ratio.
I will add a 4th LBG-trained instructor if necessary (to a maximum of 16 students).
You will never forget this experience. I'm the LAST guy you have to explain the value of a grand and a half to, but the cost of these workshops have remained about the same since Lynn started to do them three years ago. Today they are loaded with even more talented instructors. This is more than a workshop- these go beyond mere golf. Okay, I'm Homer's Homer. I'm a Blake Buddy, Friend of Fort's, Hull's Hombre (okay we never met) but you get the point. Throw in two LBG/TGM tour guys- Gay and Reigger, a steak dinner, some martinis and the Geometry of the Circle and man- who needs Vegas !
I hereby offer a 20 percent tuition discount for any student who must cross an ocean -- any ocean -- to get to us!
Now that is sorely tempting my friend. As you know I would be the first person to recommend this once in a lifetime chance. How many other golf workshops are you going to get Yoda, Ted, Jeff, Brian and John all together in the one place.
Now that is sorely tempting my friend. As you know I would be the first person to recommend this once in a lifetime chance. How many other golf workshops are you going to get Yoda, Ted, Jeff, Brian and John all together in the one place.
Alex,
I know that two trips stateside in a space of four months is a tough nut to crack, but we would love to see you there.
Falcon's Fire Golf Club
Fee and Payment Instructions
Facilities
JEFF HULL, PGA, GSEB
JOHN RIEGGER, PGA TOUR
BRIAN GAY, PGA TOUR
Hybrid Mode
