Butch Harmon
Claude " Butch" Harmon, Jr. ( born August 28, 1943) is one of the most famous and successful American golf coach.
Life
His father, Claude Harmon was 1948 Masters Champion and also a golf instructor .. Harmon's brothers Craig and Bill are also golf instructor; his brother Dick, also a top pro, died 2006 at the age of 58
Career as a golfer
Between 1969 and 1971 Harmon was active on the PGA Tour. In 1971 he succeeded in B.C. Open the victory.
Work as a trainer
After the end of his career as an active golfer, he went to Morocco and became the personal coach of King Hassan II Already Harmon's father had taught them. In 1975 he returned to the U.S. and was golf coach at Crow Valley Club (Iowa). In the 1980s, he withdrew temporarily from the trainer profession and worked in the construction of golf courses. Known to the general public was Harmon in 1993 as coach of Tiger Woods at the start of his career. Harmon also worked together with a number of top players, including Major winner Greg Norman, Davis Love III, Fred Couples, Severiano Ballesteros, Mark Calcavecchia Darren Clarke and since 2007 with Phil Mickelson. Harmon operates the Butch Harmon School of Golf at Rio Secco Golf Club in Las Vegas ( Nevada).
In November 2013 elected him by a poll of the U.S. magazine Golf Digest his colleagues at the best golf teacher of the year. It was the seventh leading position in a row.