COACHING TOMORROW'S GREATS

From Mark Blackburn, 2020 PGA Coach & Teacher of the Year

Blackburn Golf is the culmination of over 25 years teaching and coaching high performance golf.

Our holistic teaching and coaching approach caters to clients of all ages and abilities. Students learn to develop golf skills which will yield lower scores and better golfers. Whether a beginner or Touring Professional, with precise instruction the golf of your dreams is attainable one stroke at a time!

The Blackburn Golf Academy is based at Greystone Golf & Country Club in Birmingham, Alabama. The Academy offers students a state of the art Performance center, access to championship courses, and practice facilities.

Our site serves as a directory of our services and will provide you with everything you need to know before booking a coaching session.

Our Philosophy

Our programing follows a holistic approach designed to foster high performance outcomes.

Students learn golf skills around their own physicality.  Identifying the golfer’s unique body - swing connection blueprint recipe and ingredients nurtures technical competency.  

Our goal is to move students through the progression of swing centric learning, to skill centric to ultimately score centric.

Supporting All Skills Levels

From Juniors

The academy culture is one of developing individual excellence and elite performance in all students regardless of skill level. Whether it’s a beginner member, aspiring junior or PGA Tour player our goal is for the individual to maximize their limitless potential and in so doing improve their golf performance.

Supporting All Skills Levels

To Tournament Professionals

The academy culture is one of developing individual excellence and elite performance in all students regardless of skill level. Whether it’s a beginner member, aspiring junior or PGA Tour player our goal is for the individual to maximize their limitless potential and in so doing improve their golf performance.

Supporting All Skills Levels

From Juniors

The academy culture is one of developing individual excellence and elite performance in all students regardless of skill level. Whether it’s a beginner member, aspiring junior or PGA Tour player our goal is for the individual to maximize their limitless potential and in so doing improve their golf performance.

To Tournament Professionals

The academy culture is one of developing individual excellence and elite performance in all students regardless of skill level. Whether it’s a beginner member, aspiring junior or PGA Tour player our goal is for the individual to maximize their limitless potential and in so doing improve their golf performance.

A good mentor or coach is some who is willing to listenm has knowledge and expertise and knows how to inspure and motivate their students. Mark Blackburn is a true coach. At TPI, we can always trust that our players will not only play better, but grow as students of the game with Mark on their team.
— Greg Rose, TPI Co-Founder
Mark Blackburn is a rising start in the golf instruction world. He is one of the best I have ever seen at diagnosing and implementing change. He is one of the Top 10 Teacher in the World. Everyone he works with from weekend warrior to Tour player gets better.
— Mike Adams, 2016 PGA National Teacher of the Year

Take Your Game to
the Next Level

Meet the Blackburn Golf Academy instructor team

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