Timm Golf Academy, Centennial

Good putters follow a routine. For Rick Timm, it starts with a series of smooth practice strokes that adopt the rhythm of a clock pendulum. Then, he steps up into his stance, stares down the shot, and, seconds later, the ball trails into the hole.

As a PGA Teaching Professional, Rick feels that the discipline, focus, habit-building, and patience needed on the links make golf an ideal way to enrich adults and youngsters and put lazy pets to work as caddies. Lessons play out at the Commonground Golf Course across a heated, covered driving range, grass tees, upgraded mats, and sand practice bunkers.