Professional Sketch: CAREY G. MUMFORD
For the past 27 years, as principal and founder of KeyGolf, Carey has directed his energies and expertise primarily toward helping with the development of the knowledge and skill of those who manage, teach and play the game of golf. With an extensive background in counseling, education and human services supported by clinical psychology, sociology, physiology and theology, he brings a broad base of understanding and skill to the game.
He served for 15 years on the faculty of the of the PGA of America, Advanced Education Program , has conducted more than 300 clinics for amateurs and professionals in 30 states and Canada, and has individually coached over 100 players on the PGA, LPGA, Seniors, Nike, TC Jordan, Hooters, Futures, and Mini Tours. Presently, he has coaching contact with students and player, via the internet in 15 countries.
He collaborates for teaching and coaching with a number of golf professionals nationwide and provides mental game resources for a half dozen golf schools. Currently, he is the Director of Game Enhancement for the Bird Golf Academy, based in Denver, CO. He has taught and coached in PGA Junior schools in Florida, Tennessee, North Carolina, California and Montana and college golf programs at Eastern Kentucky, Tennessee Tech, U. of Tennessee, Brevard Community College, West Point, Louisville, Vanderbilt, U. of South Florida and Miami, as well as working with individual coaches and players from other schools.
In a special issue on the mental game in 1990, Golf Magazine recognized him among the top dozen golf psychologists in the country, and Golf World Magazine devoted two pages to his second book (The Double Connexion) in the Pro-Report section of their June 19, 1992 issue. His work is also featured in the annual Guide for Junior Golf - "The Game for Life" - for the year 2000. His knowledge is extensively tapped in books by Michael Hebron ("The Art and Zen of Learning Golf") and Phil Ritson ("Golf Your Way"), both of whom are listed among the top 100 golf teachers in the country. Mumford's work is also the content of the fourth tape in the Ritson series called "The Encyclopedia of Golf." His work is also referenced in John Adrisani's 2002 book "Think Like Tiger."
His first two books, GOLF'S BEST KEPT SECRET and THE DOUBLE CONNEXION, describe the context of "playing the game within yourself" and the natural principles and processes essential to balance and integrate mental and manual skills with the automatic principle, so players can move naturally, and without hindrance, from the practice tee to the golf course.
He is a graduate of Wake Forest University and Colgate-Rochester Divinity School.