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Rick Sellers
PGA Member Since 1982
The Links Golf Academy
2004 Illinois PGA Teacher of The Year
Golf Magazines Top Instructors in The Midwest
Golf Digest Top Instructors in Illinois.
ENDORSEMENTS
"I would recommend Rick to any level of golfer from a Tour player to a high handicapper."
- Peter Jacobsen, Champions Tour
"I can’t recommend anyone more strongly than Rick. He helped me accomplish my dream of playing the PGA Tour."
- D. A. Points, PGA Tour and Nationwide Tour
"Through his outstanding work with golfers of all levels, but in particular, players of the highest level, Rick has
demonstrated a thorough understanding of not just the golf swing but the entire game and how to play it."
- Jim Hardy, Top 50 Golf Instructor Golf Digest
"In the times I have both taught with and observed Rick teach, he possesses the unique quality of quickly
diagnosing impact and provides an immediate solution the student can understand and execute."
- Stan Utley, Top 50 Golf Instructor Golf Digest
Rick Seller has been a PGA Golf Professional for over 25 years. A Quincy, IL. Native, Rick played on the
University of Missouri golf team which led him to a carrer in professional golf. Early in his professional career,
Rick played on the Florida Mini-tours until he began instructing full time.
Over the years, Rick has given literally thousands of golf lessons to
golfers of all abilities, from beginners, to high school and collegiate
golfers to PGA and Champions Tour players. In 2004 , Rick was
named the Illinois PGA Teacher of the Year, the state’s highest
teaching award. He has also been named to Golf Magazines Top
Instructors in the Midwest and named by Golf Digest Magazine as on
of its Top Instructors in Illinois.
Rick credits his success primarily to the mentoring of four individuals.
One of the strongest influences in Rick’s professional career has been
his friendship with PGA and Champions Tour winner Peter Jacobsen.
The strongest influence in Rick’s teaching has been Jim Hardy. Jim introduced Rick to the concept and practice
of the one plane and two plane golf swings, which Rick integrates into the swings of his students, daily. One of
the games most sought after short game instructors Stan Utley, has helped Rick develop his short game
instruction program. Lastly, Chuck Hogan, one of the most successful sports performance coaches in golf,
helped Rick develop a unique approach and understanding to the game by introducing him to the mental side of
sports performance. Together, each of these individuals have helped Rick mold his teaching philosophies into a
straight forward easy to understand and implement instructional system.
Rick is also the teacher and coach to PGA and Nationwide Tour player D.A. Points. D.A. credits Rick with,
"helping me achieve my dreams of playing on the PGA Tour."
Rick is also very proud of his longtime association with golfers on the University High School Boys & Girls
Golf Teams. University High, in Normal, IL has been a dominate force in IHSA Boys & Girls golf since 2000.
In 2007 the boys team won their 5th consecutive IHSA Championship, while the Girls collected their 3rd
consecutive title.
Today, Rick works with students from around the country. Rick provides individual, group, and corporate golf
instruction programs and is also a frequent guest speaker for many professional and civic organizations.
Rick not only teaches at The Links Bloomington, IL, but he also splits his time during the winter months the
Westin Kierland Resort in Scottsdale, AZ.
For Questions or to contact Rick Sellers:
Phone: (309) 825-2000
Email: ricksellersgolf@yahoo.com
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