Sean Foley (golf instructor)

Sean Foley
Foley in 2018.
Personal information
Born1974 (age 49–50)
Burlington, Ontario
Alma materTennessee State University
OccupationGolf instructor

Sean Foley (born 1974 in Burlington, Ontario) is a Canadian born golf instructor, who resides in Orlando, Florida and has coached Tiger Woods, Lydia Ko, Sean O'Hair,[1] Hunter Mahan, Stephen Ames, An Byeong-hun, Cameron Champ, Michael Kim, Erik van Rooyen, Sam Horsfield, Justin Rose and Lee Westwood, as well as other PGA Tour, LPGA Tour and LIV Golf professionals. [2] Foley also coached many players on PGA Tour Canada, including players such as Chris Baryla.[3] Foley began working with Tiger Woods during the summer of 2010.[4]

Foley was the head coach for the Canadian Junior Golf Association, taught at Core Golf Junior Academy at Orange County National, Winter Garden, Florida, and now operates Sean Foley Performance, a golf school for players of all abilities with locations in Orlando, Florida as well as St Simons Island, Georgia.

Foley graduated with an Arts degree from Tennessee State University, where he played on the varsity golf team. Foley did not aim for a professional golf playing career, but had set a goal in his mid-teens of becoming an instructor to top players, after watching David Leadbetter work with Nick Faldo on the range at the RBC Canadian Open at Glen Abbey Golf Course in the early 1990s.[5]

Foley left the Clublink Academy at Glen Abbey in Oakville, Ontario, and moved to Orlando, Florida in August 2006.[6]

Foley is represented by agent Chris Armstrong of the Wasserman Media Group.[7]

Foley is a member of the faculty of Revolution Golf, a company that markets golf instruction videos and related content.[8]

  1. ^ "The drive to succeed. Sean O'Hair and instructor Sean Foley build consistency". Golfweek. April 25, 2009. p. 35. Retrieved July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ What they said: Justin Rose Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine, The official site of the PGA Tour, March 7, 2010, retrieved July 11, 2010
  3. ^ PGA Tour Q-School final stage, final round, Golf Channel broadcast, December 6, 2010, interview with Baryla. Golf Channel broadcast, December 10, 2010
  4. ^ Tiger Woods misses PGA cut
  5. ^ Golf Digest, November 2010
  6. ^ Elling, Steve (March 10, 2010). "Swing coach builds tour following by going way past parallel". CBS Sports. Retrieved July 9, 2010.
  7. ^ "The Sean Foley Brand".
  8. ^ "Revolution Golf Launches THE FOLEY FACTOR: OPEN-MINDED GOLF Instruction Video Series".