PGA ProFile: Danny King

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Danny King

NAME : Danny King


CPGA DESIGNATION : Head Teaching Professional


LOCATION : The Performance Academy at Magna – Aurora, On


EXPERIENCE :


  • Class A Head Teaching Professional with 16 years experience including the Magna Academy Performance Tee, The National Golf Club , Devils Pulpit and the Castlemore Academy
  • Currently working with The Kevin Honsberger Golf Institute developing programs for golf specific body awareness, strength training and nutrition
  • Trained under Dr. Rose of the Titelist Performance Institute

PHILOSOPHY : Teaching the game of golf should be a fun, interactive learning experience for all levels of players keeping the philosophy of  ‘teaching golf should be kept very simple not confusing to all students of the game, focusing on swinging the club to a target with great balance of body and mind’.


BACKGROUND :


  • CPGA class A
  • University of Guelph
  • New Mexico State University
  • Humber College

MENTOR : Ben Kern, George Knudson, Mac O’Grady


CAREER PATH : Junior program at 13 years of age National GC under the tutelage of Canadian legends George Knudson and Ben Kern, Devils Pulpit, Canadian Tour, Castlemore Academy, Academy Performance Tee at Magna


HISTORY AS A PLAYER :


  • 2006, 2007 Canadian PGA Championship
  • 2005, 2006, 2008, Ontario PGA Champion
  • 2005 Ontario PGA Match Play
  • Order of Merit 2005, 2006, 2008
  • Hunt Trophy winner 2005, 2007, 2008
  • 2005 Frogs Breath Open
  • 2004 Ontario PGA Champion
  • 2004 Great Lakes Tour Champion Royal Ashburn
  • 2004 Great Lakes Tour Victoria Park
  • 2003 Summer PGA Champion
  • 2003, 2009 Great Lakes Tour Championship– Moe Norman Cup
  • 2003 Great Lakes Tour –Victoria Park
  • 2002 Great Lakes Tour- Victoria Park
  • 2002 Great Lakes Tour- Lion Head
  • 2002, 2005,2006,2008,2009 Titelist Cup Member
  • 2000 Western PGA Assistants
  • 1996-1998 Canadian Tour Member
  • 7 Competitive course records around the world

FUTURE : Continue to grow the game of golf and develop a world-class facility that will lead the industry in the growth of the game by improving golf mechanics, body awareness, mind coaching and nutrition.
Making daily goals to make a difference in the world by communicating the passion I have for the game which, in turn, will lead me to a position beside the world’s best players and coaches in years to come.
Simple abundance is the secret to life !


FAVOURITE ONTARIO GOLF COURSE : Hamilton Golf Club


FAVOURITE GOLF TRAVEL DESTINATION : Bermuda / Dominican


ULTIMATE FOURSOME : Bobby Jones, Frank Sinatra, Francis Ouimet, Danny King


MOST MEMORABLE ROUND OF GOLF : Winning the National Golf Club Professional Tournament beside the late Ben Kern , one of my first wins as a professional, matching the course record 67 set by Lee Trevino at the Canadian PGA Championship in 1976. A smile is worth a thousand words !


ADVICE YOU’VE RECEIVED : “Nobody cares if you shot 75, actually they hope you shoot 80 “


ADVICE YOU’D GIVE : “If you have a passion to play the game don’t ever give up on your dream”


THE GOLF SWING IS … A simple motion of the body reacting to target with balance and peace of mind


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