Ron Gring

Director of Golf Performance Improvement Programs at Terravita Golf & Country Club in Scottsdale

Creator of Terravita's Total Game Improvement Fundamentals program, combining measurement, technology and individualized coaching

Volunteer assistant coach for Valparaiso University men's golf since 2014

Played the American mini-tours, Asian Tour and South American Golf Tour after turning professional in 1979

GOLF Magazine Top 100 Teacher from 2003 through 2022; Lifetime Achievement honoree after more than two decades of recognition

Golf Digest Best in State teacher in Alabama and Arizona every year since 2001

PGA member for more than 35 years; Dixie Section PGA Teacher of the Year in 1991, 1996 and 2003, plus Player of the Year honors

TPI Certification Instructor; Level 3 Golf, Level 3 Fitness and Level 2 Junior

Golfing Machine G.S.E.D.; training with SuperSpeed, Vision54, MORAD, ADM and leading coaching systems

Presenter at the TPI Summit and on the PGA Show / Golf Fitness Association of America stage

Missed a PGA Tour card by one shot at the 1981Qualifying Tournament—the same Q-School that launched Fred Couples and Mark O'Meara

Years later, a scene in Tin Cup echoed his Q-School story so closely that he still jokes, “That didn't happen to Kevin Costner. It happened to me.”

Met his wife, Yvette, through the Titleist Performance Institute community

His first unforgettable golf milestone was shooting even par as a young player

Torn Labrum

Broken Left Shoulder Blade

Dislocated Right Ankle