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Todd began his golf career in 1981. After working as a club professional for 15 years culminating with the position of Director of Golf at the prestigious Conway Farms Golf Club in Lake forest Illinois, he decided to completely turn his attention to coaching golf, opening Impact Golf in 1997. Todd gathered his experience over the last 40 years working with thousands of people of all types giving over 60,000 private lessons in his career.<\/p>\n

When asked who Todd likes to work with, he would answer \u201canyone that really wants to get better and is willing to do their part\u201d. Joe Durant, Scott McCarron, Robert Gamez, Shaun Micheel, Jay Williamson, 1996 Men\u2019s U.S. Open Champion Steve Jones , Paul Goydos, Chip Beck, Stephanie Louden, and 2003 U.S. Women\u201ds Open Champion, Hilary Lunke are just some of the PGA\/LPGA professionals who have been coached by Todd.<\/p>\n

Todd founded the Impact Golf School at White Deer Run in 1997 with the goal of becoming the most comprehensive instruction program in the country. In 2016 Impact Golf was given the \u201cEditors Choice Award\u201d for best school by Golf Digest.<\/p>\n

Todd has been voted one of the Top 100 Golf Instructors in America by Golf Magazine since it\u2019s inception 1996 and has remained on that list consecutively for 26 years, as well as one of the 50 Greatest Teachers in America by Golf Digest. He has twice been named Teacher of the Year and been given the Horton Smith award three times in the Illinois PGA, and was awarded the National PGA Horton Smith Award in 2019.<\/p>\n

Todd has published over 100 articles in major publications, such as Golf Digest and Golf Magazine. Todd has also published 3 successful books; \u201cLights Out Putting\u201d , \u201cSaving Par\u201d, \u201cThe Scoring Zone\u201d and his latest book \u201cIn The Zone\u201d.\u00a0 Todd developed \u201cThe Scoring Zone\u201d short game system that has helped thousands of people to significantly lower their average score.<\/p>\n

Todd has also developed and patented the \u201cTri-Fit\u201d system for custom fitting putters, which has helped players of levels and gender substantially improve their putting skills by fitting them for a putter once he has taught them the proper set-up.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Private Lesson with Todd<\/strong><\/p>\n