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James McLean (born May 18, 1950) is an American golf instructor and owner of the world’s number one golf schools. He was a former professional player and was the Director of Instruction at top golf clubs in the United States. He is the owner of Jim McLean Golf Schools, LTD., which includes locations at: Doral Golf Resort & Spa, Jim McLean Golf Center Texas, Miami Beach Golf Club, Liberty National, Red Ledges, Mayakoba, and Golf Santander.

Early Life James (Jim) Craig McLean was born in Seattle, Washington. His father worked as an engineer for Boeng and was a scratch golfer. McLean schooled under one-time Winged Foot aide, Al Mengert at Takoma Country Club on his way toward becoming one of the country’s premier amateurs.

McLean received a 4-year scholarship to the University of Houston, where he graduated with a B.A. in Economics. He had the low scoring average on the team his senior year and was an All-American. He played on teams that included John Mahaffrey (PGA Champion), Bruce Lietzke (U.S. Senior Open Champion), Fuzzy Zoeller (U.S. Open Champion and Masters Champion), Tom Jenkins, Keith Fergus, Bobby Wadkins, Bruce Ashworth, and Bobby Walzel. Jim played under legendary coach Dave Williams (teams won 16 NCAA Championships).

Tour and club professional

Jim qualified for all the major USGA events: the U.S. Junior, the U.S. Amateur (4), the U.S. Open (2), and the U.S. Senior Open over a 35 year span. Jim has won over 50 junior and amateur events including the Washington State Junior two times.

McLean made the cut at the Masters and won the Northwest Open as a professional. During his amateur career, he won the Pacific Northwest Amateur three times and won the Pacific Coast Am at Olympic in San Francisco. He was also a runner up in the Metropolitan PGA and won the Westchester PGA. He played with amateur partner George Zahringer and won the National Skins Game at PGA West.

Jim McLean has been the director of golf at 4 top private clubs in America: Sunningdale, Quaker Ridge, Tamarisk CC in Ranch Mirage, CA and Sleepy Hollow CC in New York. He was also the director of golf at the Doral Resort in Miami, Florida, and now headquarters his golf schools out of Trump National Doral. Jim has 10 golf school locations worldwide.

As a player, Jim is in the Pacific Northwest Hall of Fame. He won over 50 junior and amateur events including the Pacific Coast Amateur (held at Olympic CC in SF), the 4 States Amateur (held in Texarkana), the Northwest Amateur (3 times), and the Northwest Open. He qualified for two U.S. Opens, finished 4th in the U.S. Amateur, was the first alternate to the U.S. World Cup, and was an All American at the University of Houston where he won 3 college events. Jim played on teams with Bill Rogers, Fuzzy Zoeller, John Mahaffey, Bruce Lietzke, Keith Fergus, and Bobby Wadkins. Houston won the NCAA two of the four years Jim was at Houston and finished second the other two years. He qualified for 10 National Club Pro events, won the Westchester PGA in the Met Section, and won the National Skins Game held in Palm Springs, California ($61k). Jim also qualified for the U.S. Junior Amateur, U.S. Open and U.S. Senior Open. Jim also made the cut at The Masters.

As an Instructor Jim has worked extensively (at all of his facilities) with seven junior golfers (Cristie Kerr, Eric Compton, Tyler Leon, James Vargas, Liz Janangelo, Webb Simpson, Jon Curran) since 1996 that have reached the number one rating in America. The Jim McLean Golf Schools have produced a huge number of top juniors who have received college scholarships. The Weston Hills Golf Academy has over 350 juniors in its junior program.

Of the many Jim McLean trained instructors there are ten Masters Instructors who have worked under Jim that have been named to America’s “Top 100 Instructors” list and twenty-two on The Golf Digest top teacher list in their state. More than a dozen former McLean teachers have gone on to be Head Professionals at various well known clubs around the nation.

Jim McLean has worked extensively with many top teachers including Carl Welty, Jimmy Ballard, Art Bell, Jackie Burke, Bill Collins, Harry Cooper, Gardner Dickinson, Ben Doyle, Jack Grout, Claude Harmon, Craig Harmon, Dick Harmon, Carl Lohren, Al Mengert, Joe Nichols, Johnny Revolta, Paul Runyan, Bob Toski, Ken Venturi, Bob Watson, Gary Wiren, Vinny Grillo, Harry Umbinetti, Homer Kelly, Butch Harmon, Manuel De La Torre, and Ben Doyle.

Jim has worked for 35 years on golf research with Carl Welty (arguably the top golf researcher in the world).

Jim also worked with Dr. Robert Neal, consultant to the Australian Institute of Sport Golf Program, who has his PhD in Biomechanics from the University of Queensland, Australia. Dr. Neal’s specialty is Golf Biomechanics.

Jim has also developed a huge number of great young teachers, who themselves have developed many tremendous young players. Jim has trained his system to over 100 professionals at Doral who are now directors of golf, or directors of instruction at top private clubs.

Hall of Fame Wins Jim is a member of 6 Halls of Fame…he’s in the Pacific Northwest Hall of Fame for his record as a player. Jim is in the MET PGA Hall of Fame, the South Florida PGA Hall of Fame, the Miami Sports Hall of Fame, Long Island Hall of Fame, and was recently inducted into “The World Teachers Hall of Fame”.

Other Accomplishments Jim is an Instruction Editor for Golf Digest (since 1997) and instruction Editor and Advisor for The Golf Channel since its’ inception in 1995. He was Master Instructor for Golf Magazine from 1990-1997 and was an Instruction Writer for Golf Illustrated from 1985-1990. He has appeared on the cover of national magazines a dozen times.

He has a weekly show on Sirius XM PGA Tour Radio, and will again be appearing on The Golf Channel’s “Golf Academy Live”. Jim was one of the original teachers on The Golf Channel staff and did weekly shows for 10 years.

Course Architect Jim was in charge of and oversaw the 1999 re-design and restoration project of the Blue Monster golf course at Doral. Over 120 bunkers, plus several greens were totally changed and 160 yards were added to the course. In 2009, Jim did a complete re-design of the Silver Course at Doral, which was named as the Jim McLean Signature Course, now known as the Silver Fox.

Personal Life Both of Jim’s sons received 4 year scholarships to major universities; Matt to Wake Forest, and Jon to Oklahoma State. Jon lived with Rickie Fowler and Kevin Tway and played on a team that included Morgan Hoffman and Peter Uhilein. Jon was ranked as high as #6 in amateur golf. As a junior, he was a first team AJGA All-American. Matt teaches at the Fisher Island Golf Club in the Met Section, and is ranked as one of the top “40 Teachers under 40”. He played on teams with Bill Haas and Webb Simpson.

Books and DVDS

•	The Eight Step Swing 3rd Edition •	Golf Warm-Ups Video (2002) •	The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the Short Game •	The Golf Swing: Ben Hogan (Video) •	The X-Factor Golf Swing •	The Eight Step Swing (DVD) •	Sportware Golf (CD-ROM) •	Golf Digest Book of Drills •	Swing Thoughts (Video) •	The Putters Pocket Companion •	Wedge Game Pocket Companion •	The Eight Step Swing (CD-ROM) •	The 10 Fundamentals of Modern Swing (Video) •	Swing Saver (CD-ROM) •	Sam Snead, A Swing for a Lifetime (Video) •	Golf Magazine •	Golf Digest’s Ultimate Book of Drills •	X-Factor II DVD •	The 3 Scoring Clubs •	Power Drills DVD •	Powerline •	The Building Block Approach •	The Slot Swing Book •	Golf School •	The Final Check Book 3-Video Tape (Korea) •	Twenty Problems/Twenty Solutions (Video) •	Best of Academy Live Vol. 1

List of Jim’s Students •	Dana Quigley •	Brad Faxon •	Lenny Mattiace •	Cristie Kerr •	Gary Player •	Hal Sutton •	Tom Kite •	James McLean •	Blaine McCallister •	Liselotte Neuman •	Jane Geddes •	Sergio Garcia •	Curtis Strange •	Ben Crenshaw •	Peter Jacobsen •	Jim Dent •	Dale Douglass •	Bernhard Langer •	Jerry Pate •	Steve Elkington •	Eric Compton •	Gary Woodland •	Cristie Kerr •	Keegan Bradley •	Lucy Li •	Vaughn Taylor •	Al Geiberger •	Lenny Clements •	Laurie Merten •	Lexi Thompson

Club Professional Experience

•	Director of Golf at five top clubs in America •	Sunningdale GC (Scarsdale, NY) 1978-1982 •	Quaker Ridge GC (Scarsdale, NY) 1982-1987 •	Tamarisk CC (Rnacho Mirage, CA) 1987-1989 •	Sleepy Hollow (Scarborough on the Hudson, NY) 1988-1993 •	Doral Golf Resort and Spa (Miami, FL) 1991-1994

Special Awards and Events •	Metropolitan Horton Smith Award •	Metropolitan Teacher of the Year •	South Florida Teacher of the Year (2 times) •	South Florida Junior Golf Leader •	National PGA Teacher of the Year (1994) •	Co-Chairman, U.S. Teaching and Coaching Summit (1992-San Francisco) •	Speaker at 6 U.S. Teaching and Coaching Summits •	Speaker at 4 European Teaching and Coaching Summits •	Conducted Three-Day National Seminars for Thailand, Australia, New Zealand •	Speaker at Education Seminars at over 20 different PGA Sections •	Conducted over 30 National Teaching and Playing Workshops for the PGA of America •	National Awards Committee for the PGA •	National Teaching Committee for the PGA

Research and Original Ideas Jim’s “Eight Step Swing” book was ranked by Sports Illustrated as one of the top golf instruction books of the 20th century (ranked #11).

“The Golf Swing: Ben Hogan” video has won 6 major awards (3 Aurora awards in 2000 and 3 Telly awards in 2001)-the most of any golf video in history.

•	The X Factor, an in-depth study of body positioning, body angles, and power moves (1992) •	Body Compression, the power move downward of the head and chest (2004) •	The 1-10 Grip Scale (1998) •	X-Factor II DVD: Coming out of the ground hips rise •	Conceived first playing lesson with the pros on the Golf Channel •	(Divide by 2) (3 Lane Highway) •	25% Theory: Centerpiece of my schools •	Top drills fir Hooking/Slicing/Etc. The Golf Digest Book of Drills •	Elimination Theory: Practicing at home. If you’re not hitting well, take away the range •	True Fundamentals of Top Ballstrikers •	The Anti-Fundamentals •	Home Cameras: How to Film at Home and Self Critique •	Swing Left to Swing Right (1989) •	The McLean 3 Rules of Improvement (1991) •	The Eight Step Swing, breaking the golf swing down to key positions. Although swing positions have been taught for decades, the 8 steps use an entirely new idea of “parameters” or “corridors.” It is not about exact positions or a single method. There are “ranges” among top ball strikers. •	The Death Moves in Golf Swings •	The two swing camps: “Arms & Hands Dominate” vs “Big Muscle Swing”