Ahmad Bateman

PGA Golf Instructor

Deer Lake Golf Club

SWS Golf Academy

P:417-860-5982
E:ahmadbateman@pga.com

Personal Info

I have extensive teaching and playing experience, having given over 20,000 lessons in Asia and the U.S. and played full-time on the PGA, Web.com, Asian and Japan Tours for 15 years.

I specialize in helping serious, elite golfers get their games to the next level, but also enjoy helping students who are new to the game or  higher-handicap players improve and enjoy the game.  3 of my junior students in California made it to the PGA Tour!

I enjoyed a successful playing career by teaching myself the best ways to score and how to ‘maximize what I have’ and employ this philosophy to bring out the best in my students.  There is definitely a place for proper fundamentals and mechanics and we’ll make sure those are solid enough, but the real keys to maximizing your potential lie in the mental game, short game and solid course management.

If you happen to have ‘nerve’ (okay, yips) issues on the golf course, you’ve come to the right place.  I overcame a horrific case of them as a young Teaching Professional to go on to break all the putting records on the Web.com Tour!   (Stats at :    http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=20000830&id=YG8pAAAAIBAJ&sjid=588EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5422%2C6509255

If you are not in the Springfield area, I would be happy to help you with your game through chat and emailed video swing analysis.

Looking forward to help you get to the next level and enjoy this wonderful game!

Ahmad 🙂

Experience

  • Have taught over 20,000 lessons to students ranging from beginners to Tour Players.
  • Was the go-to ‘guru’ with my fellow Tour Players when they needed help
  • 3 of my junior students made it to the PGA Tour
  • Worked for the Sultan of Brunei for 7 years, working with many VIPs, tour players, top amateurs and juniors
  • Played on the Web.com Tour 1996-2006; 2-time Player-of-the-Month
  • Played on the Asian PGA Tour from 1994-2006 and the Japan PGA Senior Tour 2013-2014
  • Set the All-Time Professional mark for longest birdie/eagle streak (8 holes, 2006 Web.com Utah Classic
  • Broke all the putting records on the Web.com Tour in 2000
  • Won 1997 Web.com Carolina Classic, 1996 Southern California PGA Championship, 2012 Singapore Senior Open, 2014 Johor Straits (Malaysia) Senior Open (to qualify for Insperity Invitational on Champions Tour) and many mini-tour and club-pro events

Rates

$70 per 45-minute lesson;  Series of 6 lessons for $350

Emailed swing analysis:  $40

Chat/live online lesson and swing analysis:  $70 for 45 minutes

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