Michael Jacobs in his motion capture studio with Padraig Harrington
Michael Jacobs will help you see exactly how you move your body and the club during a swing—and you’ll get expert guidance from an instructor who has given more than 25,000 lessons and has mentored players on every major tour around the world. His current students have won major championships, professional and amateur tournaments and have broken personal scoring records while under his consultation.
Michael was voted by his peers as one of the 50 Best Teachers in America by Golf Digest, and he is also one of Golf Magazine’s Top 100 Teachers in America, a Golf Digest Best Young Teacher in America and Golf Digest Best Teacher in New York State. The PGA of America has recognized him as the 2012 Metropolitan Section PGA Teacher of the Year and the 2020 Professional Development Award winner for his contributions toward educating other golf professionals. Michael was also one of the keynote speakers at the 2017 PGA Teaching and Coaching Summit.
He is the only golf instructor to have designed his own research software, which measures the forces and torques at work in a golf swing. He is the author of the Elements of the Swing, Swing Tips You Should Forget, and his latest release, The Science of the Swing. Michael has also published several academic papers with Dr. Nesbit, and is working on a comprehensive history of the golf swing.
For the past 25 years, Michael Jacobs has been teaching golf at Rock Hill Golf Club in his home state of New York. Located 60 miles from New York City on Long Island, Rock Hill is an excellent venue for world class golf instruction. In 2013, Michael built his 3D research studio with the optical 3D motion capture that ultimately led to the development of Jacobs 3D.
Michael’s articles regularly appear in Golf Digest and Golf Magazine—including ground-breaking ones in field of golf biomechanics. With several features in both magazines and multiple premium video series for Golf Digest, Michael has reached a worldwide audience and changed the way that golf swings are analyzed based on his research with Dr. Nesbit. You can see some here.
Since the development of Jacobs 3D, many golf instructors have expressed interest in learning how to use its research to improve their teaching. Now, coaches from around the globe attend Jacobs 3D Seminars, Training Camps and Ambassador Immersions. The programs have produced a network of more than 50 worldwide Jacobs 3D Ambassadors to date. For more, click here.
