Golfers can learn to train like a Tour pro this season as Golf Fitness Academy presented by Titleist returns to The Golf Channel for its fifth season with a 10-show series helping golfers maximize performance through fitness.  Episodes will begin airing on Wednesday April 2 at 7:30 PM EST.

Hosts Dr. Greg Rose and Dave Phillips, cofounders of the Titleist Performance Institute, offer useful tips that directly relate to producing a better all-around golf game. 

Episode 1: We introduce one of America's top strength and conditioning coaches Mike Boyle and show you how to increase power in your game.

Episode 2: PGA Tour Player Ben Crane joins us on this episode to highlight his workout routine and show you simple techniques to help control back pain.

Episode 3: Denis McDade, the former coach of the Victorian Institute of Sport, and the guys from SNAG join us to discuss junior development for golf.  We will focus on ages 5-11 and show you techniques to help build tomorrows superstars.

Episode 4: PGA Tour Player Johnson Wagner and his trainer Randy Myers from the Sea Island Golf Resort join us to show you how to begin a workout program.

Episode 5: Dave and Greg will show you how to increase your mobility by using strength training.

Episode 6: PGA Tour Player Scott McCarron and his Physical Therapist Robert Duvall join us to talk about elbow injuries and returning to golf after an injury.

Episode 7: Dave and Greg will demonstrate a Total Body Workout for golf that will challenge even the most fit players.

Episode 8: PGA Tour Player Arron Oberholser and his training team from ARPwave will demonstrate his very unique form of conditioning.

Episode 9: Physical Therapist and Manual Therapy expert Jeff Banaszak joins us to discuss the power of manual therapy.  Jeff will demonstrate techniques that you can use at home to take advantage of this incredible form of training.

Episode 10: Stretching expert Roger Fredericks joins us to share with you his secrets to increasing you overall flexibility.

The Hosts
Dr. Greg Rose is a board certified Doctor of Chiropractic who also holds a degree in Engineering, helped pioneer the field of analyzing computerized 3-D motion and how the body works during the golf swing.  He specializes in strength and conditioning, manual therapy, rehabilitation, nutritional supplementation and therapeutic exercises as they relate to golf, and has worked with more than 500 professional and 3,000 amateur golfers to help them reach their peak performance.

Dave Phillips is a PGA Professional and consistently listed among GOLF Magazine's Top 100 Teachers.  Considered to be one of the world's premier instructors, Dave applies his expertise in computerized swing analysis and biomechanics to create a clear picture of what happens during the golf swing.  Born in England and raised in Africa and Australia, Dave has had the unique experience of playing with and instructing some of the game's greatest golfers worldwide.

Weekly Drawings
On this season of the Golf Fitness Academy presented by Titleist, viewers will also have the opportunity to enter weekly drawings for the chance to win many of the exercise machines and tools used on each show. 

Sweepstakes begins April 16. Check each show's details page for more information.

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