Career Highlights:
For over 25 years this great game of golf has played a starring role in Michael’s personal and professional life. Here are just a few of the milestones along the way:
- Host of the hit TV Show “The Golf Fix” on the Golf Channel (Live on Mondays at 7 p.m. ET) now going into its 4th season
- Head Professional at Sunningdale Country Club in Scarsdale, NY from 2001 – Current
- In October 2011, his second instructional book The 3-Degree Putting Solution was released through Penguin Group.
- Finalist for the PGA of America Teacher of the Year in 2011, 2010, and 2009
- Voted into the Top 50 Instructors in America by Golf Digest ranking 23rd on this exclusive list in 2011.
- 2009 Metropolitan PGA Teacher of the Year
- In May of 2008, his first instructional book was released through Simon and Schuster/Atria Books.
- Number 2 teacher in the state of New York as ranked by GOLF DIGEST in 2011
- 2006 and 2007 Metropolitan PGA Horton Smith Award Winner
- Randolph-Macon College Hall of Fame Class of 2004
- GOLF MAGAZINE Top 100 Instructor since 2003
- Head Professional at Birchwood Country Club from 1996 – 2001
- 2000 Metropolitan PGA Teacher of the Year
- Worked as an Assistant to Darrell Kestner at Deepdale Golf Club from 1992 – 1995
- Played in the 1994 Greater Hartford Open on the PGA Tour
- Assistant Golf Professional at Augusta National Golf Club from 1990 – 1992
- Played a number of events on the Ben Hogan Tour (now Nationwide) in 1991
- Graduated from Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia in 1985
Television Experience:
Michael has been affiliated with The Golf Channel since 1999. He has appeared numerous times on Golf Academy Live as both a guest Instructor as well as a host. He has appeared on golf talk live, viewers forum, and Golf Central. Michael has done numerous instructional tips for CBS Sports, Turner Sports, and Cablevision. He also worked as an on course commentator for the Golf Channel’s coverage of the Nationwide Tour and the PGA Tour.
Michael is now the host of the Golf Channel’s Monday night live show called The Golf Fix.
Get schooled every Monday night by Golf Channel’s Michael Breed, a top 100 golf instructor, as he dishes out fast-paced, in-your-face instruction answering your toughest golf questions, LIVE every Monday night. Breed reviews the best and worst shots from the weekend’s tournament, giving you tips on how to play the shots the next time you hit the links. LIVE during the show Breed gives straight answers to viewer emails and expertly coaches live callers, making it easy to fix your game. Tune in to the new season every Monday LIVE at 7 p.m ET.
Published Writings:
The 3-Degree Putting Solution:
Acclaimed instructor Michael Breed resurrects the crucial lessons of negative loft-3 degrees of it, to be precise-and shows how it can revolutionize any player’s short game.
Drawn from years of self-funded technical research, The 3-Degree Putting Solution presents the key to fixing putting woes once and for all. The secret is to change the loft on the putter face from 4 degrees of positive loft (as conventional wisdom dictates) to a negative loft of 3 degrees. The result? Backspin is greatly reduced, ensuring a more consistent speed and a “truer” roll. And by leaning the putter shaft forward, golfers can all but eliminate the ball’s pesky air jump immediately after impact.
Shrinking the chance of error on each putt, Breed has perfected the 3-Degree technique to incorporate optimal grip, posture, and alignment, as well as intuitive skills such as mental conditioning and how to read the green. This breakthrough guide offers practice drills with dozens of photographs and illustrations, making the 3-Degree technique a powerful lesson in shaving crucial points off your score. Giving readers access to the proven wisdom of a world-class instructor, The 3-Degree Putting Solution is sure to spark new dialogues on how to putt like a pro.
The Picture-Perfect Golf Swing
The first-ever complete guide to using a digital video camera to develop the perfect golf swing, on your own. Michael Breed has long used video analysis to correct the swings of his students. At the core of Breed’s teaching approach is the idea that seeing is believing: when you actually see the flaws of your swing, you can truly understand what you are doing wrong, and you can fix the problem more quickly and effectively. Buy it Now.
Michael has been a frequent contributor to GOLF MAGAZINE and Sports Illustrated. He has also written instructional columns for the Met Golfer, Met PGA Magazine, Greenwich Time, New York Post, and the Connecticut Post.
