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James C. McLean (born May 18, 1950) is a leading American golf instructor.^[1][2] He is known for coining the phrase “X-Factor”, observing that the greater the differential between a player's hips and shoulders at the top of the swing, the more power the golfer can create.^[3][4] McLean is CEO of the Jim McLean Golf School, which operates from eight locations.

Amateur career[edit]

McLean was Washington State Junior Champion two times. McLean was an All-American at the University of Houston where he played for the golf team from 1969 to 1973. He had three college victories. He qualified for the U.S. Junior Amateur and the U.S. Amateur three times. His best result at the U.S. Amateur was fourth in 1971. McLean played in the 1972 Masters Tournament as an amateur, finishing tied for 43rd. He won the Pacific Coast Amateur in 1971 and was named first alternate to the U.S. Amateur World Cup team in 1972. McLean won 10 USGA medals for the U.S. Junior, U.S. Amateur, U.S. Open, and U.S. Senior Open.^[5]

Professional career[edit]

McLean was a touring professional golfer for two years. He qualified for ten national club professional events, won the Westchester PGA Championship in the PGA Met Section, and won the National Skins Game held in Palm Springs, California. His first club professional position was as an assistant at Westchester Country Club.^[6]

Teaching[edit]

In 1991, McLean became the Director of Golf at Doral Resort in Miami, Florida (now named Trump National Doral). McLean started to run golf schools in the winter at Doral. In 1993, he established The Jim McLean Golf School.^[7][8]He has taught Tom Kite, Cristie Kerr, Liselotte Neumann, Lexi Thompson, Keegan Bradley, and Gary Woodland, all of whom have won professional major championships.

In 2017, McLean announced the relocation of the headquarters to the Miami Biltmore Hotel.^[9][10] He has worked with Lucy Li, Lexi Thompson, Ben Crenshaw, Curtis Strange, Sergio García, and Gary Player among others.^[11][12]

He pioneered the use of video for golf instruction and was one of the first adopters of radar technology used in swing analysis tools like TrackMan.^[13] McLean's teaching philosophy is based on the individual and not on a specific method.^[14]

Books and videos[edit]

• The Eight Step Swing,ISBN0060958006.
• The Putter’s Pocket Companion,ISBN0060171898
• The Power Game Pocket Companion,ISBN0060958006
• Ben Hogan. The Golf Swing,ISBN0470876247
• The Wedge Game Pocket Companion,ISBN006270141X
• The Jim McLean Golf Digest Ultimate Drill Book,ISBN1592408451
• Golf Digest’s The Drill System for Better Golf, ISBN1416592571
• The X-Factor,ISBN0062701428
• The Slot Swing,ISBN0470444991
• Golf School,ISBN0385492871
• The 3 Scoring Clubs,ISBN1592401171
• The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the Short Game,ISBN0028638891
• The Jim McLean System: Your Swing Solution,ISBN1635763711
• The Ultimate Guide to Trackman Swing Analysis (With Adam Kolloff) (2015).
• 18 Ways to Become the Undisputed #1 Business in Your Category.

Recognition[edit]

McLean was inducted into the Pacific Northwest Golf Association Hall of Fame in 2003.^[15] He is a member of the Pacific Northwest Hall of Fame, the MET PGA Hall of Fame, the South Florida PGA Hall of Fame, the Miami Sports Hall of Fame, and the Long Island Hall of Fame. He has consistently been recognized as a leading golf teacher and was inducted into the World Teachers Hall of Fame.^[16]

McLean has won the following PGA Awards:

• 1986 Metropolitan Teacher of the Year
• 1987 Metropolitan Horton Smith Award.
• 1994 National PGA Teacher of the Year
• 1996 South Florida Teacher of the Year
• 1998 South Florida Teacher of the Year
• 2000 South Florida Junior Leader Award
• Golf Magazine: Top 100 Teachers in America
• Golf Digest: Ranked #3 Teacher in America for 20 years.

'The Golf Swing: Ben Hogan' video has won 6 awards (3 Aurora awards in 2000 and 3 Telly awards in 2001).

Sports Illustrated listed The Eight-Step Swing as one of the top golf books of the 20th Century.

Amateur wins[edit]

• 1969 Pacific Northwest Amateur
• 1971 Pacific Coast Amateur, Pacific Northwest Amateur
• 1972 Pacific Northwest Amateur

Professional wins[edit]

• 1970 Northwest Open (as an amateur)
• 1987 Westchester PGA Championship

References[edit]

1. ^'The Big 4: On demand'. Golf Digest. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
2. ^'The 50 Best Teachers In America - Golf Digest'. Golf Digest. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
3. ^'The Secret of the New X-Factor'. Golf Magazine.
4. ^'Fitness Friday: Is This X-Factor Good For You?'. Golf Digest.
5. ^'Jim Mclean Inducted to PNGS Hall of Fame'.
6. ^'McLean and Straub Tie For Westchester Golf Lead'. The New York Times. June 26, 1979. ISSN0362-4331. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
7. ^'The List: Top 25 Golf Schools in America'. Golf.com. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
8. ^'Best Golf Schools & Academies'. Golf Digest. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
9. ^'Golf News | The Golf Gazette'. Golf News | The Golf Gazette. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
10. ^'Jim McLean Golf School moving to the Biltmore in Coral Gables: Travel Weekly'. www.travelweekly.com. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
11. ^'Lucy Li Turns Back the Clock on U.S. Women's Open Field'.
12. ^Khurshudyan, Isabelle (July 23, 2014). 'How girls in their early teenage years can compete on the LPGA's biggest stages'. Washington Post.
13. ^'How PGA Tour players use the ground: Trends from BodiTrak - Scott Hamilton Golf Academy'. 12 May 2016.
14. ^'The master of swing: Interview with golf coach Jim McLean - Canadian Business - Your Source For Business News'. 20 November 2006.
15. ^'Hall of Fame - Pacific Northwest Golf Association'.
16. ^'The Best Teachers In Your State (2017-18)'. Golf Digest.

Jim Mclean Golf Books

Jon is a Master Instructor and the Director of Instruction for the Jim McLean Golf School at Miami Beach. Originally from central Pennsylvania, Jon attended the Pennsylvania State University and completed the PGA Golf Management Program. By the time he was 24, Jon had been trained by 3 Golf Digest Top 50 Instructors,

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3 Golf Magazine Top 100 Instructors, a Golf Digest Top 50 Club Fitter, and worked directly with 12 of the 40 Golf Digest Best Young Teachers. He has also worked at some of the country's premier golf resorts such as Reynolds Plantation and The French Lick Resort.

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Jon has also performed extensive research about the golf swing with a variety of 3D Motion Capture Systems such as Gears, Golf BioDynamics, and Qualisys. In addition to being a PGA Class A Professional, Jon is also a TrackMan Certified Instructor, TPI Certified Fitness Instructor, Swing Catalyst Certified Instructor, and a US Kids Certified Coach.

With regards to club fitting, Jon was trained by Golf Digest's only Top 50 Teacher and Club Fitter, James Leitz. That, combined with being a Certified Callaway Club Fitting Specialist and doing extensive club shaft testing on the Gears 3D system, makes him the perfect choice to check to see if you're playing clubs that fit your swing.

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Jon has experience teaching all levels of players and is especially passionate about coaching elite juniors. He has assisted Jim McLean with numerous lessons that include tour professionals such as Gary Woodland, Keegan Bradley, and Lexi Thompson.