About Golf Genie
"Golf Genie is a great way to reinforce your PGA pro's lessons on or off the course. I was excited to contribute to it and recommend it to my students."
Mel Sole, Ritson-Sole Golf School "Top Teacher in North America""One of Top 25 Golf Schools in America"
Golf Magazine
Golf Genie™ Products
Tee to Green Pocket Guide
On-Course Pro Golf Tips to Master Every Shot, Every Time Designed by top PGA instructors, the Tee to Green Pocket Guide provides easy to absorb golf instruction for every shot and swing fault you encounter on the course.
Practice Drills Pocket Guide
Practice Like the Pros and Rapidly Lower Your Score Golf Genie™ Practice Drills Pocket Guide provides PGA-proven practice drills and routines to help you accelerate your development and master all phases of your game.
Golf Genie Pro Mobile Apps
Play Your Best Golf at the Touch of a Button Available for Apple iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad and Blackberry Bold, Curve, Tour, Storm and Torch. Golf Genie Pro includes all the expert golf tips from the award winning Tee to Green Pocket Guide
Golf Genie Custom Editions
The Perfect Promotional Gift Golf Genie™ guides can be customized with your logo, messaging and content.
Master Every Shot, Every Time
Golf Genie™ is there for you when you need it most - while you actually play or practice the game.
Designed by top PGA instructors for on-course play and off-course preparation, Golf Genie™ provides easy-to-absorb golf instruction, tips, practice drills and routines to accelerate your development and rapidly lower your score.
Golf Genie™ has been selected by Golf Today Magazine as the "2010 Golf Product of the Year" and featured by USA Today, The Golf Channel and PGA.COM.
Golf Genie™ is the only golf instructional reference that provides the following benefits in one product:
- Simple, yet comprehensive PGA-tested instruction
- Conforms to USGA and R&A Rules of Golf for use during play
- Superior, easy to absorb graphics and text
- Easily portable and accessible - fits in the pocket
- High quality design and construction
- Innovative reference system
- Fantastic value!
Our Guiding Principles
At Golf Genie™, we not only love golf, but are also passionate about helping others learn, improve and enjoy the game. Eager to shorten the golf learning curve, we develop our products based on several important principles:
- Produce the highest quality and most credible golf instructional references ever developed at an affordable price.
- Provide superior visuals supported by simple and concise text that can be understood "at a glance."
- Organize our knowledge in highly logical and intuitive ways.
- Make our products portable and easily accessible how and when you want them.
Executive Team
Kristian Traylor Kristian is the founder and President of Golf Genie. An avid golfer, Kristian is a strong advocate of simplifying the game and making it more accessible to all levels of golfers.
Chris Keaney Chris is Golf Genie’s chief product architect. Chris is passionate about golf and helping others learn the game. Chris's work and research on effective learning styles forms the foundation of Golf Genie™ and its emphasis on high impact, easy to absorb visual instruction.
Karen Canavan Karen is a seasoned marketing and PR executive focused on brand awareness. She is an expert in interactive and direct marketing as well as branding and marketing communication.
Instructional Team
Mel Sole
Director of Instruction, Owner of the Ritson-Sole Golf Schools
Named a "Top Teacher in North America" by Golf Magazine, Mel formed the Phil Ritson – Mel Sole Golf School in 1991 with his long-time friend, mentor and coach, Phil Ritson, who coached Gary Player and Mel on the South Africa PGA Tour.
Since 1999, the Phil Ritson – Mel Sole golf school has consistently been ranked one of the "Top 25" golf schools in America by Golf Magazine, one of only 6 schools in the US to make the list every year.
Mel's diversified roster includes stars in professional sports, CEO's of major corporations, and many novice golfers of all ages. His golf instructional book, "Golf Step-by-Step," was published by Chrysalis Books in January, 2003 and sells worldwide.
Mel is a teaching editor with Golf Tips Magazine, Coastal Carolina Business Journal and Privilege Magazine in Toronto, Canada. His lessons have also appeared in Golf Digest, Golf Magazine and Golf Illustrated.
For more information on Mel and the Phil Ritson – Mel Sole Golf School, please visit www.ritson-sole.com.
Andrew George PGA Professional
Andrew George is widely recognized as one of the top teaching professionals in the United Kingdom. Andrew participated in the Challenge and Australian tours from 1988 to 1995. He is the winner of numerous pro-am tournaments and a qualifier for two Major championships – "The Open Championship" at Turnberry and "Royal St. George's." Andrew also is the winner of the European Club Professionals Championship and represented Great Britain and annual in the bi-annual PGA cup match.
Andrew George is widely recognized as one of the top teaching professionals in the United Kingdom. Andrew participated in the Challenge and Australian tours from 1988 to 1995. He is the winner of numerous pro-am tournaments and a qualifier for two Major championships – "The Open Championship" at Turnberry and "Royal St. George's." Andrew also is the winner of the European Club Professionals Championship and represented Great Britain and annual in the bi-annual PGA cup match.
David Olberding PGA Professional
David is the lead instructor with Phil Ritson, Mel Sole Georgia Golf School. The winner of numerous PGA Sectional events, David is recognized as a "Class A" PGA teaching professional with over 20 years of teaching experience. For more information about Dave and the Georgia Golf School, please visit www.ritson-sole.com/golf-schools/georgia/georgia-golf-instructors
David is the lead instructor with Phil Ritson, Mel Sole Georgia Golf School. The winner of numerous PGA Sectional events, David is recognized as a "Class A" PGA teaching professional with over 20 years of teaching experience. For more information about Dave and the Georgia Golf School, please visit www.ritson-sole.com/golf-schools/georgia/georgia-golf-instructors
Will Hutter PGA Professional
Will is the head club professional at Governors Towne Country Club in Acworth, Georgia and a Titleist Performance Institute Certified Fitness Professional. Prior to Governors Towne, Will was a former member of the teaching staff at Sea Island Golf Club, Sea Island, Georgia, rated number one in the world among the "World’s 50 Best Golf Hotels" by Golf Digest. At Sea Island, Will worked alongside Golf Digest "Top 100" instructors Jack Lumpkin, Todd Anderson and Gale Peterson. Will is a "Class A" PGA teaching professional with over 20 years of teaching experience.
Will is the head club professional at Governors Towne Country Club in Acworth, Georgia and a Titleist Performance Institute Certified Fitness Professional. Prior to Governors Towne, Will was a former member of the teaching staff at Sea Island Golf Club, Sea Island, Georgia, rated number one in the world among the "World’s 50 Best Golf Hotels" by Golf Digest. At Sea Island, Will worked alongside Golf Digest "Top 100" instructors Jack Lumpkin, Todd Anderson and Gale Peterson. Will is a "Class A" PGA teaching professional with over 20 years of teaching experience.
