Hank Haney developed his desire to teach while majoring in education at Tulsa
University, where he graduated in 1977. In the years since, Hank has
enthusiastically set out to be a great instructor of the golf swing. He has
steadily built a reputation as an instructor, not only to the club level
player, but also more than 200 Tour Pros from the PGA, LPGA, and European,
Japanese, and Asian tours including Tiger Woods and Mark O'Meara.
Hank began his career studying under well-known pros such as Jim Hardy and John
Jacobs. After working as either the Head Pro, Director of Instruction or
Director of Golf at several large golf operations (PGA West in La Quinta,
California, Stonebridge Golf and Country Club in Dallas, Texas, Sweetwater
Country Club in Houston, Texas, and Pinehurst Golf Schools in North Carolina),
Hank Haney opened his own golf instruction center in 1991. Hank Haney also
operates 4 teaching facilities in the Dallas, Texas area.
Hank Haney works with his students to develop an accurate plan to improve the
flight of their golf ball. By giving cause and effect analogies, coupled with
physical hands on examples, the student and instructor can create a
relationship that will produce positive results. The correct swing plane is the
basis of Hank's philosophy: to accommodate any golfer with the desire to
improve. Never is this more evident than in the events that Hank and his staff
have designed for corporate and private events.
The Hank Haney Golf Ranch, located in McKinney, Texas is a complete teaching
and practice facility. Hank and Pete Dye designed and built a 9-hole golf
course on land, which was once a horse ranch. In addition, the Ranch features a
video teaching center, covered hitting stalls, a 175-yard grass tee, and a
short game area with several approaches.
Hank is a member of the advisory staff for Golf Digest Magazine, where he has
been featured on the cover numerous times, and is on the Teaching Professional
Pro Panel. He is also on the advisory staff of the Acushnet Golf Company
(Titleist Golf Division), Adams Golf and the PGA National Teaching Committee.
He has written articles for numerous publications including Golf Digest, Golf
Illustrated Magazine and the Dallas Morning News. Hank has an instructional
video, "Golf for Winners," a collaboration with PGA tour member and top 10 all
time PGA TOUR money winner Mark O'Meara, which is sold in the U.S. , Canada,
Japan, and Australia. In 1986, 30 episodes of "Hank Haney's Special Golf
Lessons" aired on Japanese television. In 1999, Hank published his first book
entitled "The Only Golf Lesson You'll Ever Need."
Hank's peers honored him in 1993 when he was recognized as the National PGA
Teacher of the Year. He has received Teacher of the Year awards for the North
Texas Section of the PGA each year from 1989 to 1993.
