Honest coaching, building your swing from the ground up
My swing starts with the same fundamentals every swing is built on: grip, stance, posture, and contact. If a drill doesn't work in my own bag, it doesn't make it into my lessons. I believe in training aids, lesson videos, and clear communication for feedback.
Back in 2014, I took lessons throughout my first season playing. Over the past year I've worked 1-on-1 with Reyhan Griffin, a golf coach and movement scientist. The methodology I teach is a Ground Up approach — using principles from the biomechanics philosophy taught by TPI (Titleist Performance Institute, founded by Dave Phillips and Dr. Greg Rose). I've refined it over years of studying Todd Graves's single-plane work and Joey D's golf-specific fitness training. Different teachers, same thread: build the swing around how YOUR body moves, not someone else's.
Twelve years coaching with The First Tee program, going back to 2014. Worked on the floor at PGA Tour Superstore doing hundreds of fittings — every brand, every kind of player. Attended the 2026 PGA Show in Orlando researching the latest products. Quality-test new equipment as it comes out. That's where the launch monitor work and equipment-fit conversations come from. Not theory. Actual reps.
A 20-minute fitting bay or a once-a-week group session only takes you so far. Grassroots Garage Golf takes the cap off — unhurried one-on-one time, real launch monitor data, and the same fitting knowledge from the floor, now aimed at one game: yours. No quota. No clock. No script. Just the work, done right, until the path forward is clear.
The fundamentals are the floor, not the ceiling. If the parts of your game work but the scores don't add up, we're not rebuilding your swing, we're sharpening it. That means dialing in launch and spin on the monitor, tightening your shot dispersion, owning both shot shapes on command, and gapping your wedges so you have a number for every yardage. We fit your equipment to the swing you actually own, build a pre-shot routine that holds up under pressure, and talk real course management — where to miss, when to attack, how to shoot your number when it counts. Players who are past the basics don't need more information; they need the right reps on what actually moves the scorecard.
Learning never stops. I study the pros when they stop in Charlotte — watching how the best speak, play, and manage a course. The best teachers are not always the best athletes; just be coachable.