Experiencing a Tour Striker Golf School

During my initial work visit to Arizona, as a PGA Associate I was fortunate to have the opportunity to visit Martin Chuck and the Tour Striker Academy. I shadowed him and his team during one of their golf schools at Raven Golf Club in Phoenix. Martin has long been seen as one of the top instructors in the world, and a leader in online golf lessons and training aid design. Many of his Tour Striker products and golf training aids have been massively successful, including his most recent training aid, the PlaneMate.

Special Guest – Chris Como

Watching Martin work was an absolute treat. You can tell he never stops learning, he’s always looking for the next best thing. He’s also extremely attentive and focused on every detail. During the first part of the day, I was surprised to also see Golf Channel crews show up.

This was totally unexpected and not something Martin mentioned to me in advance. Lo and behold, Chris Como appeared and began filming an episode of his show ‘Swing Expedition’. Watching that live (and again post production) was very cool as you can imagine!

PGA Tour Pedigree

Between the morning and afternoon sessions, the group of students, the Tour Striker team of coaches, and I all had lunch together and I was able to ask Martin Chuck some more questions about his career and background. I asked him if he was teaching any PGA Tour players at the moment which he responded by saying that he had coached several in the past, but that he dedicates more time now to his golf schools and golf academy.

He said for a time he worked with Nick Taylor, a fellow Canadian PGA Tour player. What’s funny is that the same day we were having this conversation we looked up at the TV and saw Nick Taylor was leading after the first round of the AT&T Pro-Am at Pebble Beach. Sure enough, he went on to win that week!