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The Power of Putting

A

s career decisions go – it
was the first and best one
of all for enterprising
PGA Professional Stephen
Packer.
Embarking on becoming a
Certified Putting Instructor via
Frankly Golf was the spark for
the Dorset Country Club pro to
embrace the power of putting
– and a defining moment in his
professional life having since
gone on to take a wide-range of
courses to enhance his coaching.

and that has almost doubled my
income. It’s a simple formula but
you need that hour.
“I didn’t have to promote it
widely as I started giving putting
lessons and very soon word of
mouth was getting round.

“People were improving and
telling their friends and so
everyone was coming to see me.
That spread to the local area with
players aware of how they could
improve their putting and so
those who weren’t members of
The 25-year-old, who’s father is a the club were coming to speak
PGA Professional, has hailed the to me about improving their
course and is reaping the rewards putting. I never expected to
of how it has transformed his
spend three hours with a group
putting coaching and income.
of people who were prepared
to pay for that amount of time
“As a result of the course I now
on putting. It’s unbelievable and
only do a one hour putting
doing that really has really given
lesson, as I can’t cover what I
me confidence.”
want to cover in half an hour,

Click here to visit Stephen’s website
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