LBG Academy at Las Vegas Paiute Golf Resort / Las Vegas, Nevada / May 4-6 , 2007
Lynn Blake Golf Academy At Las Vegas Paiute Golf Resort
Las Vegas Paiute Golf Resort
Las Vegas, Nevada
May 4-6, 2007
The Program
The Academy features comprehensive training in the principles and procedures of Homer Kelley's landmark text, The Golfing Machine®. In an intense three-day training regimen, you will be led step-by-step to the most effective, efficient golf stroke you are capable of producing at this time. We will begin with understanding the three Core Concepts and proceed to build your stroke in three stages: Basic Motion, Acquired Motion and Total Motion. In addition to the Full Stroke, you will learn Short Game Basics and specialty shots that will dramatically enhance your ability to score. You will receive a personalized Video Analysis on CD that will highlight those areas that need work. Finally, you will be given a program to implement on your own for continuous progress and a lifetime of better golf.
Fee and Payment Instructions
The tuition fee is $1,595 and includes all instruction, materials, facility fees and lunch each day. Students are responsible for their own transportation and lodging. Payment is due immediately upon registration and may be made by either personal check or Paypal. Checks should be made payable to Lynn Blake Golf and mailed to 539 Gramercy Drive, Marietta, Georgia 30068. All fees paid are fully-refundable prior to April 13th and non-refundable thereafter. Please direct any questions by email to lynn@lynnblakegolf.com or by telephone to 770-527-3841.
Facilities
Our host is Las Vegas Paiute Golf Resortwww.lvpaiutegolf.com/video.html
one of Nevada's finest golf complexes and winner of many prestigious awards. Located just 30 minutes northwest of downtown Las Vegas and its fabulous Strip, Paiute features a comprehensive practice facility and three Pete Dye championship golf courses ranked among Nevada's Best. With a combination of perfect turf and high quality practice balls, there is no better place to get our work done. http://www.lvpaiutegolf.com/index.html
Lodging
The official Academy hotel is the nearby Santa Fe Station Casino. http://santafe.stationcasinos.com/te...g1.aspx?p=5ewH Through Paiute, we have arranged substantially discounted room rates. To receive this discount, reservations must be made through our special contact:
9 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. The Golfing Machine®/ Core Concepts
The Line of Compression
The Star System and The Triad
Three Zones and Twelve Sections
Inclined Plane / Geometry of the Circle and Delivery Lines
Pivot Swing Center Tripod
Delivery Path and Aiming Point
Angular Motion / Power Package Concepts
The Flying Wedges (Structure and Extensor Action)
The Flail
Endless Belt Effect
Hitting (Drive Out) Vs. Swinging (Throw Out)
Hinge Action / Clubface Motions and Feels
Rhythm
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 – 5:00 p.m. Basic Motion Curriculum
Grip
Basic Motion Drills
Address Alignments – Tripod, Flying Wedges, Extensor Action
Address Routine
Body Power: Momentum Transfer vs. Launching Pad
Basic Motion / One Accumulator -- Chipping
Clubhead Lag
Three Hinge Actions
Loading Action and Release – Hitting vs. Swinging
Acquired Motion / Three Accumulators – Pitching
Optional Twilight Golf
6:00 p.m. Dinner with Professional Staff
Saturday, May 5th
8 a.m. –12:00 p.m. Acquired Motion
Chipping and Pitching
Specialty Pitches – Cut & Lob
Bunker Play
Putting
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 – 5:00 p.m. Total Motion
Short Irons
Mid Irons
Fairway Woods and Driver
Optional Twilight Golf
6:00 p.m. Dinner with Professional Staff
Sunday, May 6th
8 a.m. –12:00 p.m. Total Motion / Individual Video Analysis
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 – 4:00 p.m. Total Motion & Special Interests
Optional Twilight Golf
Professional Staff
LYNN BLAKE, GSED
Director of Instruction
In the summer of 1980, Lynn was an avid amateur golfer who had hit the wall in his study of The Golfing Machine®. His only recourse was to telephone the author, Homer Kelley. Thus began the student-teacher relationship that was to last until Mr. Kelley's death in February 1983.
More calls followed over the next 18 months, with Homer patiently explaining the science and principles behind his great work, and Lynn eagerly absorbing his lessons. The instruction reached its pinnacle in January 1982 when Homer invited Lynn to attend his weeklong Golf Stroke Engineering Master Class. The invitation was extended to a select group of only five -- one each from the North, South, East, West and Midwest. It was to be the second of only three Master classes Mr. Kelley lived to conduct, and Lynn was one of only twelve to graduate from those classes.
In the 32 months following his Master Instructor designation -- and while continuing his financial business -- Lynn conducted more than forty golf schools in six states. He personally taught more than 600 students and several thousand more in promotional seminars. He also individually trained 28 PGA professionals in the same system Homer taught him. In October 1984, though his golf business was successful by any definition, he returned full-time to his financial world. Twenty years later, Lynn has returned as an authoritative voice and has been awarded the designation Golf Stroke Engineering Doctor (GSED). Other than the writing of Homer Kelley himself, his body of work since January 10, 2004, is unprecedented in the history of The Golfing Machine®.
In April 2004, Lynn conducted his inaugural 'comeback' school for both professionals and amateurs at the PGA TOUR Academy in St. Augustine, Florida. Over the next eighteen months, ten more sold-out schools followed at major resort and private club locations in seven states from coast-to-coast and also in Germany for members of both the German and British PGA. In addition, he has taught numerous Private Workshops for an international clientele including several of the nation's most respected PGA teaching professionals. In January 2006 he was the Lead Instructor teaching 28 PGA professionals at the two-day regional conference of custom clubmaker Henry-Griffitts. In March 2006 he was featured as a main platform speaker for a four-hour presentation to more than 500 professionals of the Swedish PGA. In August 2006 he returned to Germany for an encore presentation, and in December 2006 he was the lead instructor for 15 PGA professionals at Hombre Golf Club in Panama City Beach, Florida.
Lynn holds 2007 PGA TOUR Player Instructor credentials and has been seen at such venues as the 2005 Buick Open (Flint, Michigan), where he worked for three days with Brian Watts, a thirteen-time winner on the Japanese Tour and runner-up in the 1998 British Open; the 2006 BellSouth Golf Classic (Atlanta, Georgia) working with Brian Gay, ranked 12th in 2006 PGA TOUR Scoring Average (Actual) and a perennial leader in Putting and Scrambling; and the 2006 Barclays Classic (Rye, New York), where he conducted the Barclays Classic Golf Academy for Barclays private clients during all four days of the tournament. On the Nationwide Tour, he is working with John Riegger and Jay Williamson. He also teaches Meghna Bal, 2007 All India Ladies Amateur Champion, and Sean Elliot, 2006 New Jersey Junior Champion.
Of his recent accomplishments, he is most proud of LynnBlakeGolf.com, a website he feels is destined to revolutionize the world of conventional golf instruction. In association with Michael Clark and Michael Lance -- first students, then friends and now Site Administrators -- he launched the website in January 2005. With extensive archives and a growing Video Gallery, it now boasts more than 3,900 Registered Members who have contributed more than 36,000 posts to its Forums. Lynn is a prolific writer for the site, logging more than 4,800 posts since its founding.
TED FORT, PGA, GSEB
LBG Senior Instructor
Ted Fort, was elected to membership in the PGA of America in June 1996. That same year, he was named the Georgia PGA Assistant Professional of the Year. In 2006, Ted was named Georgia PGA Teacher of the Year. He is a featured Instructor in the series A Lesson Learned on pga.com, the official website of the PGA of America.
Underlying his teaching philosophy is the bedrock foundation of Homer Kelley’s landmark work, The Golfing Machine. He earned the designation Golf Stroke Engineering Bachelor (GSEB) in February 2004. Says Ted, “I owe my understanding of The Golfing Machine to Lynn Blake, a personal pupil of Mr. Kelley who has studied the work for more than 25 years. I sought Lynn as a mentor, and he welcomed me as his student. Over time, we have formed a bond of mutual respect that has become extremely strong.”
Ted presently teaches Lori West, an 18-year veteran of the LPGA Tour. Her first victory came in 2002 on the Women's Senior Golf Tour shortly after they began working together. Lori followed that performance with a second victory in 2003 and five Top Ten finishes. Ted also teaches Brian Nash, the 2000 National Long Drive Champion. Brian, a Pinnacle Long Drive Team Member, recently established his ‘personal best’ with a launch of 445 yards.
On the lesson tee with students of all abilities or on the lecture platform presenting to his peers, Ted Fort serves his fellow man each day. Teaching golf is his life, and his expertise and passion for that calling is evident to all.
JEFF HULL, PGA, GSEB
LBG Senior Instructor
Jeff Hull is an accomplished player, teacher and clubfitter. His teaching is based on a geometrically-correct golf swing; namely, that is circular in motion, with impact being a downward strike through the ball to the lowest point of the swing arc. Cornerstones of his teaching are that the hands should be well ahead of the clubhead prior to impact; that the left wrist must still be flat at a point past impact; and that the player must be able to swing in balance while maintaining the correct upper body tilt.
Jeff strongly believes that Equipment Affects Motion®. Length and lie angle alone will dramatically affect a player’s posture and their ability to create the above-mentioned alignments. Club weight and shaft flex are extremely useful in creating the proper pivot and balance. Jeff has had great success creating a balanced motion that is geometrically correct by utilizing the proper club components. A player using improperly-fitted clubs will be forced to make compensations in their swing. All players, regardless of ability, should have their equipment properly fit.
Jeff's many professional accomplishments include:
Georgia Section PGA Champion – 2004
Georgia Section PGA Lake Oconee Classic Champion - 2004
PGA of America Winter Series Stroke Play Championship -- 2007 / 3rd
7-Time PGA Club Professional Championship Regional Participant
National Club Professional Championship – 2005 Participant
Consistently Ranked Among Top 10 Pros in Georgia Section PGA
All-American Golfer & Academic All-American at Univ. of S. Carolina
Henry-Griffitts Advisory Staff Member (Teacher Since 1993)
I've played the "Wolf" course at Paiute many times. It has become one of my favorite courses and facilities. Simply looking at this course from the Tee boxes is worth the trip. Besides, it's Vegas.
Yoda and Ted never fail to amaze me. The best of the best. This will be my third seminar and I'm very much looking forward to it.
I promise this time to let Lynn and Ted do most of the talking.
I've played the "Wolf" course at Paiute many times. It has become one of my favorite courses and facilities. Simply looking at this course from the Tee boxes is worth the trip. Besides, it's Vegas.
Yoda and Ted never fail to amaze me. The best of the best. This will be my third seminar and I'm very much looking forward to it.
Great, Daryl. We'll see you there!
Our official Academy hotel is the Santa Fe Station Casino located close to Paiute. http://santafe.stationcasinos.com/te..._img1.aspx?p=5. After all, this is a golf trip! But we're also working on special rates at The Venetian for those diehards who can't resist "The Strip" experience.
Everyone:
Besides a little "breeze", the Lynn Blake conducted clinic at the Paiute Resort was awesome! How can someone learn soooo much in such little time? I thought I had a pretty solid understanding of the golf swing dynamics...until Lynn Blake showed up! Hats off to Robert, Daryl, Rick and Lynn for making the whole experience enjoyable. I look forward to the next time I can pick the brain of the golf swing guru YODA.
Here's to FLW, BRW and flying wedges!!!
Pat O'Hara
PGA Member and General Manager
Las Vegas Paiute Golf Resort
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"Practice mechanics into a feel, play a feel into computer dependability."
I owe you a debt of gratitude and I cannot thank you enough. You only needed four hours to help me make fundamental corrections which allowed me to post a 38 (we only had time for nine holes) that afternoon. One under par after 2 and that remained until the 8th. As though that wasn’t enough, I shot 38 three days later at the end of the clinic on another course and only my second 9 out. The 20mph breeze didn’t bother me too much. Not bad for a 9 handicap. Not a 9 anymore.
The school was amazing and the curriculum much more in depth than I had expected. This was my third clinic and the participants were wonderful as always and it’s so much fun to see their improvement.
I am very delighted having attended this clinic. I know what needs to be done. I know what to practice and how to practice it. I’ve been searching for those answers nearly thirty years. I know it’s in the yellow book, I’ve read it one hundred times. I’m going to memorize this book. More knowledge, better execution, lower scores.
This clinic has opened my eyes and allowed me to grasp component variations that I have not understood. Your guidance in helping me execute key concepts taught me more than I neither would nor could have ever learned on my own. You are a remarkable man and teacher.
Thank you for your patience, efforts and especially your understanding that Homer Kelley got it right. One doesn’t truly understand until he can execute. I am truly thankful for all of your help. I don’t know of anyone else that could have done this for me.
The tuition fee is $1,595 and includes all instruction, materials, facility fees and lunch each day. Students are responsible for their own transportation and lodging. Payment is due immediately upon registration and may be made by either personal check or 
Our host is Las Vegas Paiute Golf Resort 
JEFF HULL, PGA, GSEB
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