Golf Instruction

I don't have enough room in this publication to write the whole story of Joe Park, so I'll share bits and pieces. Joe didn't touch a golf club until he was in his mid-twenties. He didn't take his first step until he was four. He has no parents and no family. His family is his loyal group of golfers who seek his help at the Country Air Driving Range and Golf Center located just north of 1-94 on county road 17. I could tell in the fifteen minutes I spent with Joe that he has a special relationship with those who visit his golf facility. Joe was orphaned in Korea and eventually adopted. He left home when he was 16 and has been on his own since. He has since married and has two boys Bobby and Joey ages 6 and 8. They have been swinging at the golf ball since age 1! In his mid-twenties Joe was invited to play a 9 hole round of golf. He played two nine hole rounds and shot 110. Four months later he shot 79. But that wasn't good enough. He wanted to be a pro. He began looking outside the Twin Cities area and through persistence hooked up with a PGA Teaching Pro who helped pros make it through Q-School and who worked with some of the better players on the LPGA and PGA Tours. Initially he told Joe "No, you don't belong here". But Joe insisted he was ready, so the journey began. At 6:00 a.m. it was a grueling physical workout at Gold's Gym and then he would hit 2,000 balls a day. He was improving. He then had the fortune of working under one of the Top 10 Teaching Pros in the game today Mike Bender. Bender is a disciple of Mac O'Grady. After working with Mike Bender, Joe had some sound teaching principles in place and is busy putting those principles to work at Country Air. If you are serious about improving your game, Joe Park's Golf Academy is probably the finest in the Twin Cities. Joe recently took steps in establishing Country Air as an exclusive M.E.G.S.A. Certified Teaching Center. M.E.G.S.A. stands for Most Efficient Golf Swing Attainable. PGA Tour winner and Nationwide Tour Player of the Year Zach Johnson is just one of many M.E.G.S.A. success stories on Tour. The M.E.G.S.A. Perfect Practice Equipment is designed to give the golfer a perfect set up position every time plus groove a swing that stays on plane through feel and muscle memory.

But even beyond the technology, Joe Park's enthusiasm for the game of golf and for teaching the game right will insure that golfers in the east metro become better players. Visit with Joe and you will be convinced that 20 years of slicing or hooking the golf ball can be fixed with Joe's teaching methods. Please call for an appointment.

I wanted to drop you a line and let you know that I was able to pick up the memory stick containing the weaknesses of my swing... I cannot tell you how excited I am with this new tool. I am sure you have had other feed back but I wanted to tell you that this is something I have always wanted to come away with from a lesson!!!

Tom K.

In just five lessons over the course of a summer I was able to transform my golf game. Joe was able to help me drastically improve my driving, long irons, chipping, and putting. Joe is a patient, intelligent, and insightful instructor. I am very glad that I invested in golf lessons last summer.

Justin B.

I spent the whole winter working on what you showed me, and I pretty much hit just my irons during the winter. My iron shots were better then I have ever played in my life. Total confidence over every iron swing. The point is, I figured the lessons were going to make a difference. I had no idea it would make that much difference. Thanks for the help.

Jon T.

What a difference it made in my game. With future instruction I just might become a golfer and not just a golf companion to a foursome. My distance on all clubs has increased significantly. Driver is straight for the most part. Irons & fairway woods are straight too.
Thanks Joe! I' am a happy man.
THANK YOU,
ROGER B.

Just wanted to thank you for all the effort you've put into my golf swing and my short game. I started 2003 with a 20 handicap and by the end of 2003 I was at 8. My goal is to be a scratch player by the end of 2008 which is realistic with your help. I now realize its impossible to becoming a good player without instruction.

I thought by hitting thousands of balls I would naturally get better. All I managed to do was groove a lot of bad positions and thoughts. Hitting thousands of golf balls at the driving range without instruction was a waste of time. The only way to improve dramatically is to get lessons and not give up after the first one. With your extensive knowledge of the game, you can help make any golfer out there as good as they want to be. I don't have to worry anymore about how I will play today."

Randy M.
Handicap 3

Joe, I just wanted to thank you for your help in improving my game. I began golfing in the summer of 2004. I fell in love with the sport but my scores, like my technique, were terrible. I took a couple of lessons with you during the winter months, and what an improvement. My scores decreased by more than 15 strokes per round. I can't tell you how much more enjoyable the game has become. I recommend you to all of my friends. Thanks again."

Chuck K

Joe, After these first couple lessons I have been able to incorporate your changes into my routine and consistently hit the ball where I want to hit it. It is a phenomenal confidence boost to be able to address the ball and know how far I am going to hit it and where. I can't thank you enough.

- Mike Rolfs

Dear Joe,
At the Ripe young age of 60 and due to the urging of my children, I took up the game of Golf. Having no time to lose, I wanted to take some lessons and learn the proper technique before I developed bad habits. Needless to say, I needed a teacher. But Who?

It was while at your driving range one day that I asked you how I should hold my hands on the driver. To my surprise, you took about 20 minutes of your time helping me perfect my swing.

It was then that I knew that you really cared about helping people play better and consequently enjoy the game of Golf more! Immediately, I signed up for some lessons with you. It was the best thing I ever did.

While I am still a novice at Golf, I am not playing like one.

Thank You Joe,"
- Cal Holman

I was at the end of a long and frustrating golf season and considered saying the hell with golf. Something was wrong with my swing that I and others could not figure out. While hitting balls with a golfing friend, he mentioned that a guy named Joe knew an awful lot about the golf swing.

I decided to book one with Joe and it would maybe be the last one with golf lesson trail. Joe had me warm up hitting balls, and we talked a bit. He watched me hit about 10 minutes and then demonstrated how a golf club should work through the swing.

For the first time in 30 years, Joe has jump started my game and interest back to where I watch the ball flight, and wondered why I couldn't have done that 30 years ago.

Thanks Joe, now we can work on my short game.

Bob Bloom

"Joe,

New clubs were the best advice I've ever received in the sport! 30+ yards on every shot and they are so forgiving that I almost feel like I'm cheating.

Thanks a million,"
Rob Arnold

Hi Joe and Nicole:

I wanted to thank Joe for the awesome lesson on Wednesday. You improved my short game 150% in just one lesson. It was so fun there tonight by myself, I just got better and better as the night went on. I shot over the water, out of sand traps and onto the green. I can't thank you enough. Thanks also to Nicole - love your sweet personality.

Cindy Jahnke