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Suttie Offers Free Tips at the Naples Daily News Website

If you can't get enough of Doc's game improvement ideas, make sure to visit Naples Daily News website by clicking here for more from Doc in his bi-weekly tips. Doc has also included additional photographs and drills not on the newspaper website here. These popular tips have been running in the newspaper for some time and now are available at the newspaper's website in the Sports section. The site includes an archive of Doc's past tips that you can review anytime.

Doc Moves Up in New Golf Digest Top 50 Greatest Teacher Rankings

Lemont, IL, July 7, 2009 – The golf industry's most exclusive list of top teaching talent has been issued today by Golf Digest Magazine as it unveils its biennial list of America's 50 Greatest Teachers for 2009-10 in its August issue. Among those named to the new list is Dr. Jim Suttie, owner of The Jim Suttie Golf Academy located at Cog Hill G. & C.C. in Lemont, IL and at TwinEagles C.C. in Naples, FL. Dr. Suttie has been on the Golf Digest list since its inception in 2000 and moves up from No. 18 to a tie at No. 15 on the new list.
"This is a special honor for me because it means your peers respect your work as a teacher," said Dr. Suttie. "I've been a teacher and coach for four decades and I can say that being recognized among the Top 15 instructors out of the many thousands who teach this great game means a tremendous amount to me. There is nothing I enjoy more than helping a golfer improve."
Since the first survey in 2000, Golf Digest has used peer voting on the state and national level to build the Best Teacher lists. This year's list was selected by more than 1,000 teachers from all 50 states who filled out an online ballot. There are more than 30,000 golf professionals in the United States who were eligible for consideration.

Roberts Rules Again

AUGUST 30, 2009, SNOQUALMIE, Wash. – Second-round co-leader – and long-time student of Jim Suttie – Loren Roberts birdied the final two holes to steal the Boeing Classic title Sunday and keep Mark O'Meara winless on the Champions Tour.
    Roberts shot a 7-under 65 in the final round and set a new tournament record at 18 under. He won earlier this season at the ACE Group Classic and the Senior British Open last month.
    His third shot on the 18th, from about 50 yards, bounced in the fringe, checked up and gently trickled behind the hole while O'Meara was on the driving range prepping for a potential playoff.
    Roberts prove once again that he is one of the greatest putters in the game as he used just 23 putts in his round and only nine on the closing nine holes! Everyone at the Jim Suttie Golf Academy congratulates Loren on another outstanding season.

Lamely Wins Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational

AUGUST 2, 2009, COLUMBUS, Ohio. -- Derek Lamely, who played for Dr. Jim Suttie's team at Florida Gulf Coast University and has worked with Jim on his game for nearly a decade, rolled in a three-foot par putt on the second playoff hole Sunday to defeat Oklahoma State standout Rickie Fowler and win the Nationwide Children's Hospital Invitational in Columbus, Ohio.
Lamely posted a 6-under-par 65 during the final round at the Ohio State University Scarlet Course and finished at 11-under 273.
"My goal is still the same," said Lamely, who collected $139,500 to jump from No. 135 to No. 12 on the money list and in position to earn a card to play on the 2010 PGA Tour. "The goal still is to get on the big Tour. It's the same goal I've had forever. I just helped myself significantly today."

Roberts Wins Senior British Open - Again!

SUNNINGDALE, England -- Loren Roberts, longtime student of Jim Suttie, won the 2009 Senior British Open, beating Mark McNulty on the third hole of a sudden death playoff. He also won in 2006. This win was his 10th on the Senior PGA Tour.
    Fred Funk also took part in the playoff, but was eliminated on the first extra hole when he could only make par as Roberts and McNulty birdied.
    The remaining pair parred the second playoff hole before Roberts clinched victory with another par at the next.
    Roberts, who won in 2006 at Turnberry, and Funk each shot a 67 in the final round. McNulty shot 64. The victory earned him a spot in next year's British Open at St. Andrews.
    "I'm looking forward to it already. It will be an honor to play there," Roberts said.
    Everyone at the Jim Suttie Golf Academy congratulates Loren on his most recent major victory!

Doc's Research Featured in Golf Digest

One of the major articles in the July 2009 Golf Digest is Why You Miss Greens, Our 2-Step Strategy. The article has been in the works for nearly two years and required months of research by Dr. Suttie with assistance from the researchers at TrackMan – a world-class piece of data collection technology that Doc has available everyday at his academy. (Give him a call to find out how you can have your swing analyzed on TrackMan, too.)

The article details the fact that most golfers simply can't control the distances they hit their approach shots and that the reasons for this are a combination of swing issues and equipment that only makes the situation worse. Something that Doc has known for decades that separates each level of player from the one below it, is the ability to create better distance control throughout the bag.

In the article, Doc offers up a variety of drills that will help you make more solid contact, which is a big part of the problem. The equipment gurus at Golf Digest also weigh in with equipment tips that can help improve your results from that side of the equation too.

Second Win in Two Weeks for Suttie Tour Players

PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico -- For the second week in a row, Dr. Jim Suttie had one of his students win on Tour. Last week it was Loren Roberts on the Champions Tour and this week it was Mark Wilson on the PGA Tour.
    Wilson took over the lead of the Mayakoba Golf Classic for good with two early birdies Sunday, and hung on to earn his second career PGA TOUR victory.
    The co-leader after the second and third rounds, Wilson shot a 68 to win by two strokes over J.J. Henry.
    Wilson has been a student of Suttie's for years. The win was worth $630,000.

Suttie Among Emeritus Members on 2009 Top 100 Teacher List

NEW YORK, JANUARY 15, 2009—GOLF MAGAZINE, the world’s most widely-read golf publication, recently added eight new instructors to its Top 100 Teachers list for 2009-2010, published in the magazine’s new February issue. The magazine also published its list of 16 Emeritus Members of the Top 100 Teachers including Dr. Jim Suttie of Cog Hill G.&C.C. in Lemont, IL and TwinEagles C.C. in Naples, FL making them permanent members of the prestigious Top 100 Teachers list.
Suttie was also named the PGA of America’s National Teacher of the Year in 2000 and also is among Golf Digest’s Top 20 Greatest Instructors in America.
The final decision to include a teacher among the Top 100 is made by GOLF MAGAZINE’s instruction editors based upon a combination of 10 criteria including: swing knowledge, communications skills, innovative teaching ideas, flexibility in teaching different learning types, proven success, willingness to share knowledge with peers, longevity, success with well-known golfers, number of nominations/recommendations and industry awards.

Suttie Joins Adams Golf Professional Staff

    Dr. Jim Suttie has joined the Professional Staff for Adams Golf, maker of some of the world's most innovative golf club designs that have won tournaments on all the major tours.
    "Adams Golf has been an innovator in the industry for more than 20 years and I'm excited to be a part of Adams going forward," says Suttie. "I have always thought that Adams makes great products and I'm looking forward to using their equipment and helping the company grow."
    Founded in 1987, Adams Golf, Inc. designs premium quality, technologically innovative golf clubs. In the late 1990s a low profile, low center of gravity and upside-down head design, known as the Tight Lies Fairway Wood, created a phenomenon.
    Today, Adams Golf leads the industry in hybrid and hybrid iron set technology. The Idea Hybrid Iron Sets appeal to all types of players. Additionally, Idea hybrids have taken over the leadership position on the PGA, Champions and Nationwide Tours these past few years – which includes claiming the #1 hybrid played at all four major championships in 2008.

Golf Digest says Suttie No. 1 in Illinois, Top 20 in America

Digest Publishes Industry's Most Exclusive Ranking and the Only Ranking Voted on by the Teachers

Lemont, IL, July 9, 2007 – The golf industry's most exclusive list of top teaching talent has been issued today by Golf Digest Magazine as it unveils its biennial list of America's 50 Greatest Teachers for 2007-08 in its August issue. Among those named to the new list is Dr. Jim Suttie, owner of The Jim Suttie Golf Academies located at Cog Hill G. & C.C. in Lemont, IL and at Twin Eagles C.C. in Naples, FL. Dr. Suttie has been on the Golf Digest list since its inception in 2000 and is ranked at No. 18 on the new list. Suttie also is ranked as the top teacher in Illinois.
    Since the first survey in 2000, Golf Digest has used peer voting on the state and national level to build the Best Teacher lists. This year's list was selected by the nearly 1,000 teachers from all 50 states who filled out an online ballot. There are more than 28,000 golf professionals in the United States who were eligible for consideration.
    "This is a special honor for me because it means your peers respect your work as a teacher," said Dr. Suttie. "I've been a teacher and coach for four decades and I can say that being recognized among the Top 20 instructors out of the many thousands who teach this great game means a tremendous amount to me."
    The entire list is available at: Golf Digest 50 Greatest Teachers

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