Martin's Instruction Gains National Recognition

The reputation of the Martin Green Golf Academy continues to grow, not only through the successes of Green’s famous students, but from the many students who continue to show improvement long after leaving the school.

Recently, the Martin Green Golf Academy was voted as one of the TOP UP & COMING golf schools in the Annual GOLF Magazine TOP 25 GOLF SCHOOLS issue. It stated “...that the Martin Green Golf Academy was one of the few schools that, while relatively new, has generated a solid reputation and certainly deserves a closer look if you are considering attending a golf school...”

GOLF & TRAVEL Magazine named it one of the country’s top schools and said for pure ball striking break throughs there is no better school. The PLAYERS JOURNAL cited the Academy for its “Quality of Instruction” and “Overall Student Improvement” and ranked it one of the TOP TWO schools in the country.

Green has a solid professional background, coming to America in 1996 from Europe where he played the European PGA TOUR for many years. His philosophies are somewhat different from most of todays’ instructors in that he teaches a pushing of the clubhead through the ball rather than the traditional thought of pulling the clubhead through. He teaches function rather than aesthetics and believes that the hands are the source of control during the swing, not the big muscle of the back, which so many modern teachers are preaching.

One of Henry-Griffitts' most successful clubfitters, Martin Green, is swiftly turning the Martin Green Golf Academy into one of the region's most respected centers of golf instruction. Green's teaching philosophy dovetails neatly with the basic HG principle of promoting balance in the golf swing. "We talk a lot about maintaining a stable base," says Green. "But we emphasize that doesn't mean a still or static base. In other words, your feet and legs aren't motionless, but throughout the swing the necessary power to create solid shots is always provided by the base." Among Green's other fundamental concepts are "establishing momentum for the clubhead and retaining that momentum as the clubhead squares to the target line. It's hard to trust a swing in which the player is coming toward the ball without momentum and needing to fire his wrist and hands to create power".

“People who come here really improve” said Mark Cowart, Director of Marketing for the Martin Green Golf Academy. Because Martin’s instruction is drill based, you can’t move from one drill to the next until you’ve mastered the previous one.”

Green says the number of women attending schools has increased significantly over the past two years and he has noticed differences in learning styles between genders. “In our profession, if you have the right information and teaching tools, you can sometimes achieve amazingly swift progress. That’s a great feeling for teacher and student.”