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Butch Harmon Las Vegas Instructor
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Butch Harmon Las Vegas Instructor
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Butch Harmon Las Vegas Instructor
Buth's Quick Facts
| Born: |
28 August 1943 |
| Residence: |
Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Current and Past Students |
Phil Mickleson, Ernie Els, Adam Scott, Stewart Cink, Nick Watney, Fred Couples, Natalie Gulbis, Jose Maria Olazabal, Darren Clarke, Tiger Woods, Greg Norman, Davis Love III, Justin Leonard |
| Current and Past Business History: |
President of the Butch Harmon School of Golf, Henderson Nevada; Director of Golf at Lochinvar Golf Club, Houston, Texas; Director of Golf at Bayou Golf Club, Texas City, Texas; Head Golf Professional at Crow Valley Country Club, Bettendorf, Iowa; Teaching Professional at Royal Dar Es Salam, Rabat, Morocco; Personal Golf Instructor to King Hassan II, Rabat Morocco; Played on the PGA Tour from 1969-1971 |
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Butch Harmon's Biography
Claude “Butch” Harmon Jr is a golfing legend, and is widely regarded as the best golf coach in the world. He has been involved in the golf arena for over 36 years, bring introduced to the game by his father, Claude Harmon, who was himself a renowned club and teaching professional, and 1948 Masters Champion.
Butch Harmon followed in his father's footsteps by becoming an accomplished player on the PGA TOUR in the early 1970's, and in 1971, his final year on the PGA TOUR, Harmon won the BC Open.
Today, Harmon is the President of Butch Harmon School of Golf in Las Vegas, Nevada, and he travels around the country playing in corporate and charity golf outings. He is also a leading analyst for British Sky Broadcasting which covers the Masters, US Open, PGA Championship and TOUR Championship. He was named the 1995 Sports Illustrated Teacher of the Year. Additionally Harmon has been a teaching instructor to several PGA TOUR pros, including Tiger Woods, Greg Norman, Davis Love III, Darren Clarke, Fred Couples, Adam Scott, Justin Leonard, and Mark Calcavecchia.
His students have combined for over 100 PGA, European PGA and Champions Tour victories while under his tutelage. |
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