Fred Griffin

Griffin has served as the Director of the Grand Cypress Academy of Golf (formerly the Jack Nicklaus Academy of Golf) in Orlando, FL, since it opened in 1986. A Golf Magazine Top 100 Teacher, Griffin teamed with CompuSport International and Dr. Ralph Mann to create the first science-based curriculum program based on high-speed video and computer graphics in the golf instruction industry. The SwingModel video teaching system has become a staple of the Academy, which was recognized by Golf Magazine as one of its Top 25 Golf Schools in America.

Griffin’s and Mann’s research on the biomechanics of the swing spawned the golf instruction book, Swing Like a Pro, which became a model for the many swing sequence articles you see in magazines today. Griffin’s work has also been published in Golf Magazine, Golf Digest, and Golf Illustrated, and he has filmed several instruction tips for the Golf Channel.

A regular on Golf Digest’s Best in State list, Griffin has served on the National PGA Presidents Council and National PGA Teaching Committee and spoken at four PGA Teaching and Coaching Summits. His many other professional achievements include: North Florida PGA Section Teacher of the Year (1988), North Florida East Central Chapter Teacher of the Year (2009), and Golf Digest’s America’s 50 Greatest Teachers.

Among the many players who have taken lessons from Fred at Grand Cypress are Jack Nicklaus, Greg Norman, Payne Stewart, Seve Ballesteros, and Bernhard Langer.