John Darling
Professional
Golf Instructor
Member of PGA of America since 1973
Professional Highlights and Accomplishments
Background
q Golf Scholarship Texas Western College (now called UTEP) 1963-1967
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Developed competitive golf game
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Turned professional in 1968
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Club Professional from 1968 to 1986
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Pioneer in use of video for instruction 1976
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Chapter and Sectional officer in the Northern Texas Section
of PGA
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Developed a competitive golf game
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Became a member of the PGA Tour in 1979-1980. (At that time
any Class A member of the PGA of America could join and qualify on Mondays to gain tournament access to a PGA Tour event)
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Founded The Golf Center of Dallas 1986
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Full service indoor teaching and practice facility
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Twenty-two indoor hitting bays
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Practice putting green of 3200 square feet
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Practice sand trap
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Practice pitching greens
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Fully stocked golf shop
q Founding instructor at The Golf University in San Diego 1987
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Voted top Twenty-Five Golf Schools in America
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Head Instructor Golf Digest Golf Schools 2001 – 2004
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Released three instructional videos in 1998 and 1999 (20,000
plus in sales)
o John
Darling’s Inside Power Path
o John
Darling’s Short Game Secrets
o John
Darling's Window of Success
q Developed
the Impact Master Learning System 2004 – 2005
o Infomercial aired July 2005
o www.impactmaster.com
Instructional
Accomplishments
Teacher of the Year 2006
San Diego Chapter of the PGA
Southern
California Section of the PGA
q Tutored many accomplished junior golfers in Oklahoma, Texas and California
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Currently tutor nationally ranked Junior Boys and Girls
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Tutored many golf professionals with wins on the following
tours
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PGA Tour, Sr. PGA Tour, Ben Hogan Tour (now called the Nationwide
Tour)
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Asian Tour
o Various Mini-Tours
