Meet Laura Tyler-Cook
Laura was introduced to golf at age 11. She fell in love with the game immediately, playing just about every day. She played on the boy’s high school golf team where she played at the # 1 position both her junior and senior year.
Laura received a golf scholarship to James Madison University, where she earned a BS degree in Health and Physical Education. After college, she had a desire to play professionally so she worked on her game for two years and then joined the Futures Golf Tour. During the 4 years she played on the tour, she also played in two US Women’s Opens.
After leaving the professional circuit, she soon realized that her passion was to help others learn how to play this great game. As Laura began to build her teaching resume, she mentored with Ted Sheftic learning the many facets of the swing. In 2007, she learned about Jim Hardy and wanted to learn more about the differences between one-plane and two-plane swings. Meeting Jim Hardy and the Plane Truth staff has taken her teaching skill to the next level! She is a member of the Plane Truth Institute and is a certified instructor. The Plane Truth has helped Laura to fix all types of swings much quicker than before her affiliation with Jim Hardy. She is constantly learning about the swing and finding ways to make it easier for her students to learn.
Laura is not a method teacher. She realizes that every student comes to the lesson tee with his or her own unique swing. She knows what to fix and what to leave alone. Ultimately, she will help each student learn to make a repeatable swing that will be correct at impact.
Laura brings 30 + years of experience to the lesson tee. Your experience on the lesson tee will be enjoyable. Her goal is for you to # “hit the next ball better “and enjoy the game more. She will give you drills that will be easy to practice and help to transfer the skills to the golf course.
Laura’s biggest passion is teaching kids to love the game of golf. In 2019 she started the US Kids Academy at Frosty Valley Resorts. The program grew from 12 junior golfers to over 125 in four years. Laura was recognized as a US Kids Top 50 Coach in 2019 and 2020. In 2021 she was awarded the highest honor from US Kids Golf being named a US Kids Top 50 Master Coach.
On August 2, 2022, Laura was named the Head Women’s Golf Coach at Bucknell University, where she looks forward to growing the game of golf at a different level.
