PGA Tour Pros Check Swings With Jim McLean

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MIAMI (March 14, 2002) -- What do the pros do for a swing check-up while playing the South Florida tournaments on their way to the Masters?

They look up Jim McLean.

Considered one of the world's top golf instructors, Jim McLean and his #1 CNN-ranked teaching school have helped some of the best of the best.

This year, during the recent South Florida Swing, they included such pros as Hal Sutton, Jesper Parnevik, Carlos Franco, Bernhard Langer, Blair McAllister, Joey Sindelar (finished T 2nd at the 2002 Honda Classic), Per-Ulrik Johansson, Bradley Hughes and Robin Freeman. In all, more than 100 PGA Tour, LPGA and Senior Tour players -- including Brad Faxon, Jay Don Blake and Tom Kite -- have looked to Jim for help over the years.

And the help they get is not restricted to their swing.

"Jim has helped me with every part of my game, including putting, chipping, pitching, bunkers, the full swing, the mental game and management," says PGA Tour Pro Len Mattiace who recently won the 2002 Nissan Open. "During that time, I've worked with many of Jim's teachers, all of whom are top level instructors. There is simply no better place to train or work on your game than the McLean Golf School."

Jim also coaches two up-and-coming stars: James Vargas, the Golfweek-ranked #1 junior player, and just-turned-pro Buy.com player Erik Compton who recently played in the 2002 Genuity Championship and Bay Hill Invitational.

Even though Jim and his team of instructors work with some of the best pros on tour, the schools are designed for all golfers. From private lessons to six-day sessions, the Jim McLean Golf School incorporates high-tech instant video analysis with hands-on instruction geared to take strokes off the students' handicap, no matter what their level of play may be.

Jim McLean Golf Schools are located at the Doral Golf Resort and Spa (Miami, FL), PGA West and La Quinta Resort & Club (La Quinta, CA), Grand Traverse Resort and Spa (Traverse City, MI), Weston Hills Country Club (Weston, FL) and Mariners Point Links and Practice Center (Foster City, CA).