| Starting in 2001, Butch Harmon was voted by his peers No. 1 on Golf Digest’s 50 Best Teachers in America for more than two decades. In a sport obsessed with records, it’s hard to imagine that one ever being broken.
Now, we’ve created a new recognition—The Legends of Golf Instruction—to honor Harmon and 20 other leading teachers who have been fixtures on our national instructor ranking since its inception.
The creation of the Legends list means that we have a new No. 1 on our 50 Best Teachers in America: Mark Blackburn. The 2020 PGA Teacher & Coach of the Year was voted to the top spot by more than 3,000 of his peers for his work helping players break through (Max Homa) and find success again (Justin Rose and Collin Morikawa).
Check out our new 2024-’25 list of the best teachers in America and our feature on Blackburn, where he reveals some of the teaching insights that propelled him to the top. |
