Teaching Methods


Playing golf is certainly more than chasing a little white ball around for 18 holes. A properly struck golf shot is a delight to the senses, sending a surge of pleasure through your body with pure vibration, a sound echoing power, as the ball hisses through the air, and as you see the ball soar in the intended direction, your heart will soar too!

Douglas Tyler is the director of instruction at the University of Idaho Golf Course. His teaching career started at the Clarkston Golf and Country Club in 1997 at which time he was enrolled as an apprentice in the PGA professional golf management program. He became an elected member of the PGA in November of 2002. During this time Doug honed his teaching skills under the tutelage of Tiger Woods' Golf coach, Hank Haney and Master Professional, Dawes Marlatt.

In February of 2005 Doug was recognized in Golf Magazine as one of the Top Instructors in the Pacific Northwest. In a relentless pursuit to glean teaching concepts and techniques from teaching legends, Doug studied with Jim Hardy, author of the best selling golf instructional book, The Plane Truth for Golfers. In January of 2007, Douglas reached another professional milestone, and received his Certification in Teaching from the PGA.

During this time Doug has literally given thousand of golf lessons at all skill levels and ages from beginning students to elite college players. Some students have been younger than seven and older than seventy. Doug has expanded his dedication to teaching by mentoring up and coming golf instructors through the Professional Golf Management Program offered at the University of Idaho.