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To schedule a golf lesson with Ben Doyle, please write:
Ben Doyle, P.G.A ; G.S.E.D.
10140 Blue Larkspur Lane
Monterey, CA 93940
or email him at:
bendoylegolf@hotmail.com
I started caddying at age nine at Vancouver Golf Club in British Columbia,
Canada, under professional Don Sutherland from Royal Dornoch, Scotland - he gave
me his waggle and forward press. An unattached professional and member of the
club, Walter McAlpine gave me “Ben Hogan: Power Golf” and I would lay the book
on the ground and copy the pictures, and would like it when the wind blew the
pages open – it was just like a movie. When Ernie Tate, our next professional
arrived, I asked him if he would start a golf program at my high school. He
replied that he would if I would be his assistant.
I played college golf at Western Washington University in Bellingham,
Washington, and took my first assistant job under Frank Sadler who was on the
book jacket of Ben Hogan’s five lessons. After two years, Chuck Congdon –
“Mr.Golf Professional” of the Pacific Northwest Section – hired me and I became
the first professional to teach under him. Two and a half years later General
Truman asked Col. Speaks to hire me as their new civilian Professional/Manager
at Fort Lewis Golf Course. While at Fort Lewis I was the #1 purchaser of Ben
Hogan equipment, and consequently Ben Hogan called me and invited my wife and I
to come to Fort Worth as his guests for a week. It was the year President
Kennedy was shot. While at Fort Lewis I had the opportunity to design a new nine
holes to the existing eighteen.
After seven and a half years, George Howard hired me to be his Associate
Professional at Broadmoor Golf Club in Seattle. In 1968, while at Broadmoor, my
wife and I hosted 35 couples traveling to Sotogrande in Spain and Penina in
Portugal, where I met and worked with Henry Cotton. Henry knew the key to golf
is educated hands. He described educated hands. In 1969, Homer Kelley came to
see me for the first time. Homer explained educated hands. (see the forward in
“The Golfing Machine.”) While a member of the Pacific Northwest Section of the
PGA, I played on five Hudson Cup Professional teams.
Having qualified to play in the Bing Crosby tournament in 1961, I had discovered
the Monterey Peninsula and knew it would be a great community in which to teach golf.
So, in 1971 when I decided to become a full-time teacher, we moved to Monterey.
Teaching for two years at Laguna Seca Golf Club, I worked under professional
Harold Firstman, who played the part of Ben Hogan as a youngster in the film
“Follow the Sun”. In 1973 I moved across the hill to Ed Haber’s Carmel Valley
Golf Club, which later changed it’s name to The Golf Club at Quail Lodge when
purchased by the Peninsula Group in 1989.
As I mentioned in the forward of The Golfing Machine, I have always wanted
to share the book, and that is what I have been doing over the years. My
DVD's
and 6' x 10' Facts & Illusions Mat have been an outgrowth of Homer’s great work.
~ Ben Doyle
After the 1998 Teaching Summit in New Orleans, Brian Manzella G.S.E.M. & Ben put on a G.O.L.F. clinic |
British Golf Professionals Craig Halliwell G.S.E.M., John Dovey G.S.E.M., Allan Hendry G.S.E.M. & Scott Barber G.S.E.B., traveled to the U.S. to study with Ben
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Rick Cole G.S.E.D. & Tom Talbott G.S.E.M. bring a couple of students from Colorado to study G.O.L.F. with Ben
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BEN HAS BEEN A GUEST SPEAKER AT THE FOLLOWING EVENTS: | |
The 1st Teaching & Coaching Summit Dallas, TX | P.G.A. Business School, Albuquerque,NM, with Homer Kelley & Dr. Gary Wiren |
Pacific NW Section | Illinois P.G.A. |
Alberta Canada, P.G.A | British Columbia, Canada P.G.A. |
Ohio, P.G.A. | Southern California P.G.A. |
Nebraska P.G.A.
Better Golf through Technology Conferenece, M.I.T. |