Jim McLean
Director of Golf Instruction
“I am very excited to be associated with Professional Golfers Career College. I have hired PGCC graduates, and they are well-trained and have done well in my golf schools. There is no better place to start a career in golf than PGCC.”
Mr. Jim McLean, one of the world’s most recognized golf instructors, has helped develop PGCC’s comprehensive golf instruction program. Mr. McLean gives a golf clinic once a year at each of PGCC’s campuses and continually works with our golf faculty on teaching methods.
Mr. McLean is a graduate of the University of Houston, where he was a college All-American. His playing achievements include qualifying for the U.S. Junior, the U.S. Amateur (4 times), the U.S. Open (2 times), and the U.S. Senior Open. He also made the cut at The Masters when he was just 21 years old.
He is probably best known for his research on the golf swing, and his work on the ‘X Factor,’ which describes in detail, body motions, body angles, and body positions. Mr. McLean’s ‘Eight Step’ video is the all-time best selling video on The Golf Channel, and the all-time #1 golf DVD in America. His ‘Eight Step Swing’ book was ranked by Sports Illustrated as one of the top golf instruction books of the 20th century. The Eight Step book is used in our ‘Methods of Teaching’ class, and serves as our instructional manual.
Mr. McLean is the author of the following top-selling instructional books, video, and CD-ROM’s:
- The Eight Step Swing (book)
- The X-Factor Golf Swing (book)
- Golf Digest Book of Drills (book)
- 10 Fundamentals of the Modern Swing (video)
- Sam Snead, A Swing for a Lifetime (video)
- The Golf Swing – Ben Hogan (video)
- The X-Factor (video)
- The Eight Step Swing (video)
- 20 Problems/20 Solutions (video)
- Swing Thoughts (video)
- The Putter’s Pocket Companion (book)
- Wedge Game Pocket Companion (book)
- Sportware Golf (CD-ROM)
- The Final Check (video-Korea)
- The Final Check (book-Korea)
Mr. McLean is also the owner of the Jim McLean Golf Schools at Doral Resort & Spa in Miami, Florida; PGA West in La Quinta, California; La Quinta Resort in La Quinta, California; La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California; and Grand Traverse Resort in Williamsburg, Michigan.
His professional achievements include: National PGA Teaching Committee member, National PGA Education Committee, National PGA Awards Committee, and PGA Master Professional. Jim is an Instruction Editor for Golf Digest, and the Instruction Editor and Advisor for The Golf Channel (where he appears regularly) since its inception in 1995.
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Jim McLean Assisting Student
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