Tony Griffin

I just wanted to take a moment and tell you about a great experience that I had with Tony recently in Sanford. I have been all over the place searching for the answer to my quest of getting down to a low single digit handicap player again. I have been to see Todd Graves and was somewhat familiar with the one plane Moe Norman type concept. I have also been to several teachers over the last 10 years including Bobby Clampett and Martin Chuck. Tony has a very good eye for the swing and easily can address a root cause rather than jumping on a quick fix for an effect. Obviously by not fixing the cause and only trying to fix the result you are only adding more compensations to the golf swing. Tony is excellent at finding what causes the problem in the first place. Being an excellent player himself it was refreshing to spend time with Tony knowing he has adopted and perfected these S4I adaptations to his own golf swing. He mixed an absolute perfect amount of hitting balls personally vs talking about the methodology. The most unique attribute was his ability to walk the walk. Being a single digit already I had a few little quirky shots in hazards like bunker areas that I wanted a better more reliable method to execute. He showed me after asked how to approach a downhill lie in a greenside bunker. Answer given, same set up and technique just let the follow through remain low near the ground and slope of lie but not make a high finish. He then hits a perfect shot. I then do exact same a few times over with no problem. He also did this after being asked about the modifications needed for a fairway bunker shot. This type of teaching was refreshing. This was not cookie cutter you have to swing like me stuff. Don’t get me wrong he absolutely had me hands high no clubface rotation return where you started but he let my swing meld with that and this was a great approach. I had a great time with Tony and feel his instruction will help me along my journey back to a 4 handicap or lower hopefully. You are very lucky to have him and anyone that is in the North Carolina area or traveling through would be lucky to spend a few hours with Tony. He’s not only great player on the plus side of the handicap he is a professional and a nice guy. Sincerely, Harry D.

Hi! This is Jack Tomkovick again. I am now 69 and the Setup 4 Impact swing still works! I was the leading money winner on the "Geezer" tour at my public course in North Carolina in 2019, and since turning 69 in August, I've shot 69 twice, 68 twice, and yes, 67 twice! The topper was a 4 hybrid into a par 5 from about 175 yds. The shot looked like a laser beam to the green. It hit and rolled 10 INCHES from the cup for a kick in eagle, and a big skin! Thanks again to my buddy and Master teacher Tony Griffin for allowing me to learn this swing! peace.

Kirk, Here's part of my email to Tony earlier this week: "Learned about Moe Norman a week before Bryson won the US Open. Started working on Single Plane Swing during the weekend Bryson won the US Open. I'm 65 and thought losing distance was a fact of life after reaching my 60s (currently 65) until experiencing some good Single Plane Swing results. Even applied Single Plane setup to pitches with good results. My best rounds so far were 75 about 20+ years ago and I'm probably upper 80s right now. Found Kirk's YouTube videos last night and happy to learn there is a Single Plane instructor in North Carolina". Had instruction from Tony at Sanford yesterday. Wow, Tony showed me things I've been searching for since starting golf over 50 years ago. I told Tony before the session I suspected I was uncocking too soon during the down swing losing power. Tony moved me from a finger to your style grip immediately. We worked on drills and he videoed my short iron and driver swings. I hit my driver OK, but know I have it in me to hit longer more accurate iron/wood shots. At the end of the session (not videoed) my driver carry distance was at least 230 to 240 yards on a few of my final shots. I used to give aerobatic flight training, so it was a bonus and made so much more sense to me when Tony later emailed videos of my swing also with his & my swings side by side with commentary and color markups during slow motion/full speed swings. Worth every penny for the instruction! Tony pinpointed my problem areas and now I have a clear understanding of how to improve my swing. It was dark when I returned home yesterday and raining here today, but can't wait to to get to the practice range today when the rain stops. Something else, I keep a PRGR Black Launch Monitor HS-120A in my golf bag. I put it behind Tony when he demonstrated a few driver shots. When I see a 66 year old Super Senior like Tony with clubhead speeds at 107 to 108 MPH with carry over 260 yards and total distance over 280 yards with great accuracy, I'm impressed since I've seen the world's best at Augusta and the PGA championship! To be continued! Thanks, B.Wilson S, NC