Jim McLean Professional Golfer Director of Golf at five top clubs in America Author of top selling instructional books, videos, CD-Rom's and DVDs

Jim McLean, PGA Professional, Author, and Teacher is the owner of the Jim McLean Golf Schools which include: Doral Golf Resort & Spa in Miami, Florida, The Jim McLean Learning Center at Waterchase in Ft. Worth, Texas, PGA WEST in La Quinta, California, La Quinta Resort in La Quinta, California, and Grand Traverse Resort in Traverse City, Michigan. Jim also has a golf academy in Weston Hills in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, The Wigwam in Phoenix, Arizona, Santander Resort, Madrid, Spain, and Niagara Falls and Calgary in Canada.

Club Professional Experience:

Director of Golf at five top clubs in America
Sunningdale GC (Scarsdale, NY) 1978-1982
Quaker Ridge GC (Scarsdale, NY) 1982-1987
Tamarisk CC (Rancho Mirage, CA) 1987-1989
Sleepy Hollow (Scarborough on the Hudson, NY) 1988-1993
Doral Golf Resort and Spa (Miami, FL) 1991-1994

Special Awards and Events:

Metropolitan Horton Smith Award
Metropolitan Teacher of the Year
South Florida Teacher of the Year (2 times)
South Florida Junior Golf Leader
National PGA Teacher of the Year (1994)
Co-Chairman, US Teaching and Coaching Summit (1992-San Francisco)
Speaker at 6 US Teaching and Coaching Summits
Speaker at 4 European Teaching and Coaching Summits
Conducted Three-Day National Seminars for Thailand, Australia, New Zealand
Speaker at Education Seminars at over 20 different PGA Sections
Conducted over 30 National Teaching and Playing Workshops for the PGA of America
National Education Committee for the PGA
National Awards Committee for the PGA
National Teaching Committee for the PGA

Jim is the author of the following top selling instructional books, videos, CD-Rom's and DVDs:
The Eight Step Swing (revised 2001) Golf Warm-Ups (video) 2002
The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Short Game The Golf Swing: Ben Hogan (Video)
Golf School The X-Factor (Video)
The X-Factor Golf Swing The Eight Step Swing (Video)
The Eight Step Swing 20 Problems/20 Solutions (Video)
Golf Digest Book of Drills Sportware Golf (CD-ROM)
The Putters Pocket Companion Swing Thoughts (Video)
Wedge Game Pocket Companion The Eight Step Swing (CD-ROM)
The 10 Fundamentals of Modern Swing (Video) Swing Saver (CD-ROM)
Sam Snead, A Swing for a Lifetime (Video) The Final Check (3-Video Tape - Korea)
The Final Check Book (Korea) Golf Digest's Ultimate Book of Drills
X Factor II DVD The 3 Scoring Clubs
Power Drills DVD Best of Academy Live Vol. 1

Research and Original Ideas:
The X Factor, an in-depth study of body positioning, body angles and power moves (1992)
Body Compression, the power move downward of the head and chest (2004)
The 1-10 Grip Scale (1988)
X Factor II DVD: Coming out of the ground hips rise
Conceived first playing lesson with the pros on the Golf Channel
(Divide by 2) ( 3 Lane Highway)
25% Theory: Centerpiece of my schools
Top drills for Hooking/Slicing/Etc. The Golf Digest Book of Drills
Elimination Theory: Practicing at home. If your not hitting well, take away the range.
True Fundamentals of Top Ballstrikers
The Anti-Fundamentals
Home Cameras: How to Film at Home and Self Critique
Swing Left to Swing Right (1989)
The McLean 3 Rules of Improvement (1991)

The Eight Step Swing, breaking the golf swing down to key positions. Although swing positions have been taught for decades, the 8 steps use an entirely new idea of "parameters" or "corridors" It is not about exact positions or a single method. There are "ranges" among top ball strikers.

The Death Moves in Golf Swings

The two swing camps: "Arms & Hands Dominate" vs "Big Muscle Swing"

Jim is probably best known for his research on the golf swing and his work on The X Factor, which describes in detail, body motions, body angles and body positions. The Eight Step video is the all time best selling video on The Golf Channel and the all time #1 golf DVD in America.

Jim's "Eight Step Swing" book was ranked by Sports Illustrated as one of the top golf instruction books of the 20th century (ranked #11).

"The Golf Swing: Ben Hogan" video has won 6 major awards (3 Aurora awards in 2000 and 3 Telly awards in 2001) - the most of any golf video in history.

Playing Achievements:

Jim qualified for all the major USGA events: the US Junior, the US Amateur (4), the US Open (2) and the US Senior Open over a 35 year span.

Jim made the cut at The Masters. Won the Northwest Open. Won the Pacific Northwest Amateur three times. Won the Pacific Coast Am at Olympic in San Francisco. Won the Westchester PGA. Runner-up in the Metropolitan PGA. Won the National Skins Game at PGA WEST with amateur partner George Zahringer ($51,000) which was seen on ESPN. Qualified for ten National Club Pro Championships. Won the Metropolitan Pro-Pro Championship two times. Shot "27" for nine holes in a tournament and "63" to set the course record. At one time he had the course record on three of the golf courses at Doral. Jim has won over 50 junior and amateur events including the Washington State Junior two times.

Jim played 203 holes in one day for Charity. He had best round of the day "66" on the Red Course at Doral.

Jim received a 4 year full scholarship to the University of Houston. He had the low scoring average on the team his senior year. He was an All American. He played on teams that included John Mahaffey (PGA Champion), Bruce Lietzke (US Senior Open Champion), Bill Rogers (British Open Champion ranked #1 in the world in 1981), Fuzzy Zoeller (US Open Champion and Masters Champion), Tom Jenkins, Keith Fergus, Bobby Wadkins, Bruce Ashworth, and Bobby Walzel. Jim played under legendary coach Dave Williams (teams won 16 NCAA Championships).

Jim was inducted in to the Pacific Northwest Hall of Fame in 2003.

Jim is an Instruction Editor for Golf Digest (since 1997) and instruction Editor and Advisor for The Golf Channel since its' inception in 1995. Jim appears regularly on The Golf Channel Academy. He was Master Instructor for Golf Magazine from 1990 - 1997 and was an Instruction Writer for Golf Illustrated from 1985 - 1990. He has appeared on the cover of national magazines a dozen times.

The Jim McLean Future Collegians World Tour conducts junior events all across America. There are over 60 national events scheduled and sold out every year. It is currently the second largest junior tour in America.

Jim was in charge of and over saw the 1999 re-design and restoration project for The Blue Monster golf course at Doral. Over 120 bunkers, plus several greens, were totally changed and 160 yards were added to the course. Doral is ranked as one of the very top courses in the State of Florida.

Jim has taught more than 100 PGA Tour, LPGA and Senior PGA Tour players at McLean facilities including: Dana Quigley, Hal Sutton, Jane Geddes, Jim Dent, Brad Faxon, Tom Kite, Sergio Garcia, Dale Douglass, Lenny Mattiace, James McLean, Curtis Strange, Bernhard Langer, Cristie Kerr, Blaine McCallister, Ben Crenshaw, Jerry Pate, Gary Player, Liselotte Neuman, Peter Jacobsen and Steve Elkington.

He has worked with George Zahringer since 1975 (2003 Walker Cup selection). George was the winner of the 2002 US Mid Am, runner up in 2001, and dominant player in the Met Area for over 20 years.

Jim worked with Kenny Bakst, 1997 US Mid Am Champion. Kenny also qualified for The Masters.

Jim has worked extensively (at his facilities) with seven junior golfers (Cristie Kerr, Eric Compton, Tyler Leon, James Vargas, Liz Janangelo, Webb Simpson, Jon Curran) since 1996 that have reached the number one rating in America. The Jim McLean Golf Schools have produced a huge number of top juniors who have received college scholarships. The Weston Hills Golf Academy has over 350 juniors in its junior program.

Of the many Jim McLean trained instructors there are ten Master Instructors who have worked under Jim that have been named to America's "Top 100 Instructors" list and twenty-two on The Golf Digest top teacher list in their state. More than a dozen former McLean teachers have gone on to be Head Professionals at various well known clubs around the nation.

Jim McLean has worked extensively with many top teachers including Carl Welty, Jimmy Ballard, Art Bell, Jackie Burke, Bill Collins, Harry Cooper, Gardner Dickinson, Ben Doyle, Jack Grout, Claude Harmon, Craig Harmon, Dick Harmon, Carl Lohren, Al Mengert, Joe Nichols, Johnny Revolta, Paul Runyan, Bob Toski, Ken Venturi, Bob Watson, Gary Wiren, Vinny Grillo, Harry Umbinetti, Homer Kelly, Butch Harmon, Manuel De La Torre and Ben Doyle.

Jim has worked for 35 years on golf research with Carl Welty (arguably the top golf researcher in the world).

Jim also works with Dr. Robert Neal, consultant to the Australian Institute of Sport Golf Program, who has his PhD in Biomechanics from the University of Queensland, Australia. Dr. Neal's specialty is Golf Biomechanics and he works exclusively with Jim McLean Golf Schools.

1973 graduate University of Houston, B.A. Economics.