Jim Flick, one of golf’s most respected, loved, and influential instructors, died on November 5th of pancreatic cancer. He was 82 years old.<\/p>\n
Flick was a competitive golfer in his youth, and was Arnold Palmer’s roommate at Wake Forest in the early 1950s. After a brief try on the professional tour, Flick turned to teaching.<\/p>\n
In his career he taught at the Golf Digest Schools, teaming with Bob Toski and co-authoring two books with Toski, How to Become a Complete Golfer<\/i>, and How to Feel a Real Golf Swing<\/i>. Flick’s book On Golf<\/i> is a best-seller.<\/p>\n
Later, Flick teamed with Jack Nicklaus to run the Nicklaus-Flick golf schools. <\/p>\n
In addition to teaching amateur golfers, Flick was instrumental in turning Tom Lehman from a journeyman on the mini-tours to a major champion.<\/p>\n
Flick’s conception of golf was to put away science and play more by feel. This video<\/a> shows that teaching in action.<\/p>\n Fick was honored by Golf World magazine as one of the top ten golf teachers of the 20th century.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jim Flick, one of golf’s most respected, loved, and influential instructors, died on November 5th of pancreatic cancer. He was 82 years old. Flick was a competitive golfer in his youth, and was Arnold Palmer’s roommate at Wake Forest in the early 1950s. After a brief try on the professional tour, Flick turned to teaching. … Continue reading Jim Flick (1930-2012)<\/span>