Las Vegas, Nevada (October 19, 2011)–The Golf Digest November 2011 issue will feature the Top 50 Golf Teachers in America. Heading the list yet again is Las Vegas Golf Region resident Butch Harmon. This marks the 12th-straight year Harmon has earned the honor. The poll is conducted with 1,500 of Harmon's peers. Harmon operates the Butch Harmon School of Golf at Las Vegas' Rio Secco Golf Club. –By Brian Hurlburt.
Harmon works with the game of golf's biggest stars. That list includes Phil Mickelson, Nick Watney, Natalie Gulbis, and Dustin Johnson among others. Watney is a fellow Las Vegas Golf Region resident who led the FedEx Cup points list for much of the 2011 PGA Tour season. For more than a decade, he has been named the best golf instructor in America.
"I began working with Butch through a friend, Sam Reeves, who I met in Fresno where I went to college," Watney has said about Harmon in previous interviews. "… I really honestly believe that he's the best teacher in the world. And I think his track record shows that is the case. So I'm very, very lucky to work with him." Click now to view the official website of the Butch Harmon School of Golf in Las Vegas. The Harmon School is located at Rio Secco but also works out of Cascata, one of the world's best golf courses.
The cool thing about Harmon is that he and his staff at the School teach the same secrets to everyday golfers as they do to the world's best players. Harmon and his staff of professionals are winding down their 2011 teaching sessions but there is still time to register–or wait until 2012 when their schools are announced. Custom schools are also available. You can call 888-867-3226, option 2 for details or email the school directly at info@butchharmon.com.
About Rio Secco Golf Club, a Las Vegas resort golf course: "Gracefully draped across 240 acres in the foothills of the Black Mountain Range and located 15 miles from the Las Vegas Strip, Rio Secco Golf Club is renowned for its world-class golf experience and acclaimed Butch Harmon School of Golf. The 7,318-yard, par 72 course was named in USA Today newspaper among the “Top Ten Golf Destinations in the World.” Offering instruction for newcomers and professionals alike, The Butch Harmon School of Golf is famed for working with such talents as Tiger Woods, Greg Norman, Ernie Els, Phil Mickelson, Stewart Cink, Dustin Johnson and Natalie Gulbis. Located in Henderson, Nevada, Rio Secco is a Caesars Entertainment golf destination."