Martin Chuck
Martin Chuck
Martin Chuck | |
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Nationality | Canadian |
Alma mater | New Mexico State University |
Occupation | Golf coach, inventor |
Martin Chuck is a PGA professional golf coach and inventor best known for his innovation of golf training products highlighted by the Tour Striker.
Martin Chuck | |
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Nationality | Canadian |
Alma mater | New Mexico State University |
Occupation | Golf coach, inventor |
Career
Chuck developed his golf skills in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in the shadow of two Canadian legends, Moe Norman and George Knudson. Being from Canada, ice hockey was his first sporting interest before moving to golf and finding his passion both playing and teaching.
Chuck is a member of the Professional Golfers' Association of America and started the Tour Striker Golf Academy in the Spring of 2011.
With the Academy’s home base in Phoenix, Arizona, The Tour Striker Golf Academy has conducted schools in the US, Canada and UK.
Notable students include PGA Tour Winners Nick Taylor and Cameron Beckman.
Chuck served as PGA Director of Golf and General Manager of Tetherow Golf Club in Bend, Oregon after serving as the Director of Golf at the private, ArrowCreek Country Club in Reno, Nevada.
Prior to his experience at ArrowCreek, Chuck was the Director of Golf at Indian Ridge Country Club in Palm Desert, California, where he served as the host professional of the PGA Tour's Bob Hope Chrysler Classic in 1996.
Early in his career he gained experience at the National Golf Club of Canada, a facility that has been ranked as one of the top golf courses in Canada for over two decades.
Recognition
Chuck was a member of the Canadian PGA Tour from 1993-94 and also competed on the Nationwide Tour and various mini-tours during same period.
While in the Reno area, he was crowned as Sierra Nevada PGA Stroke Play Champion in 2006.
Background
Chuck earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from New Mexico State University, where he was a four-year letterman on the New Mexico State University Golf Team.