Here's one of the most frequent questions I get from you. 'Surge, is there someone in (pick a city, pick a country) who I can go to for the Peak Performance Golf Swing?' As a teacher, one of my greatest dreams has been to be able to say, 'Sure, go see Joe or Joan (at such and such a golf course).' If you'll continue to be patient with me, I'll have an answer I think you're going to like.
Since PeakPerformanceGolfSwing.com went up, I have also had dozens of really fantastic golf pros wanting to become certified PPGS instructors. You're about to get your wish. But it does take time and I appreciate your patience.
I want to give you a little background about the PPGS. While I've been studying and developing the PPGS for decades, the rest of the golf world has been going in a different direction. Or, if you want to look at it another way ' I've been going a different direction that the golf word when it comes to instruction. And for the many professionals I have taught over the years, it is hard to be out there on your own, teaching a method to swing the golf club that does not conform with what everyone (anyone) else is teaching, writing about and doing. I did not have the network of support I have now. That network is now established, thanks to you.
I don't want to get into the 'I'm right and you're wrong' contest. Nobody 'wins' that sort of thing. For all my professional life my teaching has been based on results. I can't tell you how much your comments have meant to me, your challenges, your questions, the golf community YOU have built.
So here's what we've been working on. In the next few weeks, we will be launching our teacher certification program (heads up, pros). We will have both 'on site' (to be announced) locations for golf professionals to come for training (16 PGA education credits) and a new, never before attempted, on-line certification program, which I think will be fantastic.
What will all this mean to you? We'll still be having golf schools, where I'll be there. And I'll still have a few private lessons available. But in 6 months, we'll have a world-wide roster of certified PPGS instructors for you to call on. They will also be adding to our blog and articles and share experiences that will help everybody. It will kind of be like 'Peak Performance Golf Swing U.'
We'll get into that a little later. In the mean time, any golf instructor who would like to go on our growing list of candidates for certification, let me know via the blog or the IC forum.
The Surge!