If watching the Bryon Nelson gets your golf juices flowing but you need a little help, then you're in luck.
Golf Digest named Amy Fox as one of America's top 50 female golf instructors in America, and you can find her right here in the heart of Arlington. She was the ONLY instructor listed from the DFW area, and one of four instructors listed from the state of Texas. You can find her at the Tierra Verde Golf Club where she has been for ten years.
Amy's love for golf started at a young age when she picked up her dad's clubs and would challenge herself to hit the little white ball, " I stand out there and hit balls left handed, and was like 'Dad, I'm not left handed. I need some right handed clubs," Amy said. "He'd be like 'Oh keep hitting them you won't keep playing."
Little did he know his daughter would play all the way up to her college career. Amy got a scholorship to SMU to play golf and attempted to play in the LPGA but decided she would stick to something she was better at, "I was the kid growing up that always tried to help people with their swing or always worked on my own," she said. "I mean I could play but I knew I was going to be a better teacher than player."
A hunch that has proven to be right by her impressive list of accolades. She is a four-time LPGA T&CP Central Section Teacher of the Year (1996, 1999, 2003, 2008) and in 1999 was named LPGA National Teacher of the Year. Amy has also made Golf Magazine and Golf For Women Magazine'slists of top female instructors.
But just because she's an award winning coach, doesn't mean she only takes on award winning students, "I teach such a wide range of players," she said. "I am not the person that only teaches good players. I like teaching a beginner who's never picked up a club, as well as a tour player."
Men even come to Amy for her golf expertise, "There's some guys you know that are hesitant to taking lessons from a woman, but I've been told several times that I am so much more patient than a male instructor."
Her patience and simple instruction is what makes Amy one of the best, "She tells me drills that I can work on at my house that really help me," said nine-year-old golf student, Michael Collins."
"I don't try to do to much at one time," said Amy. "I try to work on one or two things at a time, until they get it. If they come back the next week and still don't have it, guess what? we're working on it again."
Her players come back to Amy for more than just golf instruction, "They know I really care about them as a person first and then their golf game second, said Amy. "So it's a very rewarding career."
Golf Digest named Amy Fox as one of America's top 50 female golf instructors in America, and you can find her right here in the heart of Arlington. She was the ONLY instructor listed from the DFW area, and one of four instructors listed from the state of Texas. You can find her at the Tierra Verde Golf Club where she has been for ten years.
Amy's love for golf started at a young age when she picked up her dad's clubs and would challenge herself to hit the little white ball, " I stand out there and hit balls left handed, and was like 'Dad, I'm not left handed. I need some right handed clubs," Amy said. "He'd be like 'Oh keep hitting them you won't keep playing."
Little did he know his daughter would play all the way up to her college career. Amy got a scholorship to SMU to play golf and attempted to play in the LPGA but decided she would stick to something she was better at, "I was the kid growing up that always tried to help people with their swing or always worked on my own," she said. "I mean I could play but I knew I was going to be a better teacher than player."
A hunch that has proven to be right by her impressive list of accolades. She is a four-time LPGA T&CP Central Section Teacher of the Year (1996, 1999, 2003, 2008) and in 1999 was named LPGA National Teacher of the Year. Amy has also made Golf Magazine and Golf For Women Magazine'slists of top female instructors.
But just because she's an award winning coach, doesn't mean she only takes on award winning students, "I teach such a wide range of players," she said. "I am not the person that only teaches good players. I like teaching a beginner who's never picked up a club, as well as a tour player."
Men even come to Amy for her golf expertise, "There's some guys you know that are hesitant to taking lessons from a woman, but I've been told several times that I am so much more patient than a male instructor."
Her patience and simple instruction is what makes Amy one of the best, "She tells me drills that I can work on at my house that really help me," said nine-year-old golf student, Michael Collins."
"I don't try to do to much at one time," said Amy. "I try to work on one or two things at a time, until they get it. If they come back the next week and still don't have it, guess what? we're working on it again."
Her players come back to Amy for more than just golf instruction, "They know I really care about them as a person first and then their golf game second, said Amy. "So it's a very rewarding career."
