PHOENIX (January 22, 2013) \u2013 <\/b>Stan Utley, a renowned short-game instructor and author, has contracted with PING to represent the club maker in various capacities, beginning with an appearance in PING\u2019s exclusive custom-fitting area at this week\u2019s PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, Fla.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve known Stan since his college days at the University of Missouri,\u201d said John A. Solheim, PING Chairman & CEO. \u201cHe played and won with PING\u00ae<\/sup> equipment on tour and we\u2019ve since watched him evolve into one of the most trusted short-game instructors in golf. We\u2019re excited to have Stan back as part of the PING family as we share the same goals. We both want to help golfers play better and enjoy the game more. He\u2019ll be a great asset to PING in a number of ways.\u201d<\/p>\n Utley, who teaches out of Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz., played PING equipment during his years competing on the PGA Tour. In the time since, he\u2019s been coaching tour players, conducting short-game clinics worldwide, giving private lessons and entertaining corporate clients. He\u2019s also on the instruction staff at Golf Digest magazine.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve had great admiration for PING clubs ever since I played my first set in college,\u201d Utley said. \u201cIn particular, PING\u2019s fitting systems are the most thorough and precise in golf. As an instructor, it makes my job much easier because students improve faster when they\u2019re properly fitted for their clubs. Their advancements in putter fitting with the iPING\u00ae<\/sup> putting app and adjustable-length putters not only improve performance, but they open tremendous opportunities from a teaching and practice perspective. That\u2019s especially exciting for me because helping golfers improve their putting is one of my passions.\u201d<\/p>\n Utley, 51, was a two-time All-American at the University of Missouri and turned professional in 1984. He won the PGA Tour\u2019s 1989 Chattanooga Classic, and three times on what is today the Web.com Tour. He still holds the PGA Tour record for fewest putts in nine holes with six at the 2002 Air Canada Championship. Utley is the author of four instructional books, \u201cThe Art of Putting,\u201d \u201cThe Art of the Short Game,\u201d \u201cThe Art of Scoring\u201d and \u201cThe Art of the Swing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" PHOENIX (January 22, 2013) \u2013 Stan Utley, a renowned short-game instructor and author, has contracted with PING to represent the club maker in various capacities, beginning with an appearance in PING\u2019s exclusive custom-fitting area at this week\u2019s PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, Fla.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[22,537,346,536,539,535,538,495],"class_list":["post-6217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mo-golf","tag-buffalogolfer","tag-chipping","tag-ping","tag-putting","tag-short-game","tag-stan-utley","tag-wedge","tag-western-new-york-golf"],"yoast_head":"\n