Mike Skimson
NAME : Mike Skimson
CPGA DESIGNATION : Apprentice Professional (Teaching)
LOCATION : The Golf Performance Center @ Whistle Bear – Cambridge, On
EXPERIENCE :
- 13 Years Teaching (NCCP Level 1)
- 6 years as the Ontario Assistant Tournament Director for the Maple Leaf Junior Tour
PHILOSOPHY : To provide sound swing fundamentals through proper motion and understanding – less is more
BACKGROUND : Humber College PGM Program
CAREER PATH :
- Dundee Country Club 1997 – 1999 (Assistant)
- Galt Country Club 2000-2006 (Assistant)
- GPC @ Whistle Bear 2007-Present (Teaching)
MENTORS : Dave Smallwood, Danny Maue, Michael Turner, Rob Strahan, Jamie Allen
PLAYING HISTORY : Successful player locally in Zone 3 Area Tour Events, first real break-through on a provincial scale in 2009 OPGA Spring Open at Galt Country Club.
FUTURE : I see myself teaching and continuing to help develop Junior Players to compete at the highest level. I plan to remain with the Maple Leaf Junior Tour for many years to help give back to the greatest game but to also help this game grow in Ontario and Canada.
FAVOURITE ONTARIO GOLF COURSE : The Georgian Bay Club, Muskoka Bay
FAVOURITE GOLF TRAVEL DESTINATION : Monterrey Peninsula
ULTIMATE FOURSOME : Michael Turner, Mike Roberts, Chris Wehrle and I – never had more fun on the course then with these guys
MOST MEMORABLE ROUND OF GOLF : First Win – 1998 Dundee Men’s Pro Am. I had not really participated in many competitions as a junior but loved the game. You could say that I was a bit of a late bloomer. After helping to organize the tournament into the early parts of the day of, I was physically drained and not really interested in playing. Funny how sometimes when we are tired we play our best. I shot a 4 under par round of 68 to win by one stroke and win for the first time.
ADVICE YOU’VE RECEIVED : The harder you work, the greater the payoff.
ADVICE YOU’D GIVE : Find your weaknesses and make them your strengths.
THE GOLF SWING IS … unique, individual, joyful and heartbreaking all at the same time.
