Steve Conrad

Steve Conrad has taught golf for over thirty years. His father was an avid golfer and Member at the country club where Steve started out as a golf caddy when he was eight years old. Steve started seriously playing at age 12 and quickly won several tournaments partnering with his dad and on his own. He coached his own college Team and was named Outstanding College Athlete in 1971. He amassed quite an Amateur playing record before becoming a golf professional. After college Steve became a high school instructor teaching Vocational / Cooperative education. He taught for many years and while there he was also the school's golf team Coach. Steve has been teaching golf exclusively now for ten years.

Steve has been a Golf Professional now for ten years, mostly teaching full time but also playing in tournaments too. He began teaching with the world renowned teacher Jimmy Ballard, and then five years ago began teaching with Natural Golf where he quickly became a highly respected member of the Instructional team and Educational team where he now recruits, trains, and certifies aspiring Teaching Professionals. While with Natural Golf Steve has been fortunate to watch and learn from the great Moe Norman, who Ben Hogan called "the best ball striker of all time", he also contributes to Natural Golf as a video instructor and model in instructional videos.

Steve is a passionate believer that: Golf is a game, and that we play games, and that games should be fun.

Visit Steve's website: wwww.CarolinaSmartSwing.com
 

John Walton

Like so many golfers who found such joy in the game of golf, John has spent many hours searching for the magic every swing of the club promises. This journey began over 30 years ago and has traveled across the U.S. and to many foreign countries. John is Certified in Golf Club Fitting, Repair and Assembly. He is a USGTF (United States Golf Teaching Federation) graduate. John is also a Certified Substitute Teacher for the Charleston County School District. Over the past six years, John has co-founded and participated in The Golfing Experience, a Junior Golf Mentoring Program designed to expose inner-city youth to the many life lessons and opportunities that Golf offers. John believes, “Golf stands heads and shoulders above all other sports in offering long term success, growth, and development to our most precious commodity, our Kids.”