Helen A. Kurtin, co-founder of Golf Body Performance Center is a member of the PGA of America and The LPGA. She has established herself as one of the top golf instructors in the Midwest and has been named a 2001 Golf For Women Magazine Top 50 Teachers in the US and Canada, 2007 LPGA Midwest Section “Teacher of the Year” as well as a nominee for the 2010 PGA Gateway Section “Teacher of the Year”. Her many advanced certifications include, Titleist Performance Institute Certified Level 3 Golf Fitness Instructor, AG Master Golf Fitness Instructor, TPI Certified Junior, Level 2 and Certified GolfPsych Instructor.
Helen has competed on the professional level since 1993 including the Women’s Gateway Tour in Texas, the Gateway PGA Section tournaments, and LPGA Sectional and National Tournaments.
With 18 years of teaching experience, Helen is passionate about working with golfers of all levels. Many of her students are successful area amateurs, collegiate players, Plantations, AJGA, FCWT and Gateway Junior PGA Tournament Players and award winners as well as 15 college golf scholarship recipients.
She believes that there is not one way to build a consistent swing motion that will hold up under pressure instead there are many swing “characteristics” and one correct Kinematic Sequence. Those swing characteristics have to “match” or complement each other in order to produce good, solid, consistent contact, a correct Kinematic Sequence and desired ball flight.
Helen also holds a degree from Texas Tech University, a first degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and enjoys running, and fitness training. People she admires are The Dalhai Lama, Maya Angelou, Dr. Wayne Dyer, Annika Sorenstam and Lorena Ochoa.
- Graduate of Texas Tech University, 1986
- PGA and LPGA Member
- 2010 Golf Digest Top 50 Greatest Women Teachers Nominee
- 2010 Gateway PGA Teacher of the Year Nominee
- 2007 LPGA Midwest Section “Teacher of the Year”
- 2001 Golf For Women Magazine “Top 50 Teacher” in the US and Canada
- Titleist Performance Institute (TPI) Certified Golf Fitness Instructor, Level 3
- Titleist Performance Institute (TPI)Certified Junior Instructor, Level 2
- AG Master Golf Fitness Instructor
- Certified GOLFPSYCH Instructor
- Member of the 2000 Gateway Women’s Golf Tour, Texas
- First Degree Black Belt, Tae Kwon Do
- 18 years of teaching experience
