Anyone who teaches golf using a drill that involves hockey skates is certain to get my attention! The Director of the Richmond Hill Golf Learning Centre in Toronto, Shawn Clement, does just that, focusing primarily on momentum in the golf swing. Clement has been teaching and coaching golf since 1987, and is now on the top 25 list of CPGA Teachers in Canada as rated by Score Golf Magazine in September 2007.



Shawn authors an excellent website with links to insightful articles, dozens of his instruction videos on YouTube, and a "Watchdog Blog". Here you'll find great tips and instruction on all aspects of the game. His videos are very easy to follow, light-hearted, and packed with great instruction!

Interestingly, Shawn trains and plays from both the right and left side of the ball and carries a scratch handicap playing from either side. He has qualified and played events in several professional tours, such as the Canadian Tour and US Mini Tours, with a set of clubs consisting of seven right-hand and seven left-handed clubs in the same bag. This is the combination he used to qualify first in the 1999 CPGA Playing Ability Test in Montreal. This experience has been invaluable in teaching his students how to truly maximize their technique and potential on the golf course, whether they play right-handed or left-handed.

In addition to his personal coaching, Shawn also shares his expertise with a wider audience of golfers. Shawn has been a regular contributing instruction editor with Golf Tips Magazine since 2000. He has also contributed to numerous other publications, including Fairways and Score Golf Magazines, and is one of the first Canadian golf teaching professionals to appear on the Golf Channel’s "Academy Live" program.

Shawn has studied nutrition through the "Energy First" program for sustained focus during play, and fitness to make sure his students are in the right fitness program. He has worked with Sports Psychologist Bob Rotella and Peak Performance specialist Bob Palmer to help his students keep the right perspective and the right frame of mind. And of course Shawn has worked alongside some of the very best golf teachers, doctors, and neurologists, to make sure he has a full grasp of the proper fundamentals and teaching techniques available.

Plan to visit www.shawnclementgolf.com for some artful golf instruction.

As a sidenote, with a little help from the Artful Canuck and Artful Aussie (last post), my game is back down to my career low index of 3.3. I've shot rounds of 74 or below 6 times in the past 20 rounds! Yesterday, I shot 74 with 3 3-putts (missing 3 footers on the last 2 holes). The friend I played with noticed I was taking my putter back quickly and peeking after stroking the ball. After the round, I practiced slowing things down and keeping my head "Tiger-like" still. What a difference! That sub-70 round is coming!!

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