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Dan “DMAC” McCarthy, PGA · Director of Instruction, Grande Oaks

It’s not about the paint on the race car.

Don’t fix what looks wrong. Fix what is wrong.

Coach to a U.S. Amateur champion and PGA Tour players.

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Dan McCarthy, PGA, at Grande Oaks Golf Club
Dan McCarthy, PGADAVIE · FL
TEACHER OF THE YEAR SFPGA · SOUTHERN CHAPTER ★ ★ 4× ’09 · ’10 · ’19 · ’21 YOUTH PLAYER DEVELOPMENT SOUTH FLORIDA PGA ★ ★ 2026 SECTION AWARD
4×
Teacher of the Year
2009 · 2010 · 2019 · 2021
50
Lessons a week
A full book
17
Years at Grande Oaks
Director of Instruction
2026
Youth Player Development
Section award
The method

Fix the engine. Leave the paint.

Jim Furyk’s swing breaks the textbook. He won a U.S. Open and shot 58. Nobody rebuilt him.

“We’re not painting the race car. We’re fixing the engine. Right?”

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What looks wrong
  • The loop at the top
  • The odd grip
  • The swing on video
What is wrong
  • Proximity from 150
  • Spin loft
  • Severity of the miss
The record

Who he coaches.

2020
Tyler Strafaci
U.S. Amateur champion, Bandon Dunes
Amateur
2026
Sohan Patel
U.S. Junior Amateur co-medalist · Vanderbilt
NCAA D1
Pro
A.J. Crouch
PGA Tour Latinoamérica card
Professional
College
Valentina Guertin
University of Oklahoma
NCAA D1
DMAC with Tyler Strafaci and the U.S. Amateur trophy
U.S. Amateur champSTRAFACI · BANDON DUNES 2020
DMAC with A.J. Crouch after PGA Tour Latinoamérica Q-School
Card earnedCROUCH · Q-SCHOOL 2020
Caddie bib reading McCarthy at The Northern Trust
On the bagTHE NORTHERN TRUST · 2019
U.S. Amateur sign at Oakmont
Back at the AmateurOAKMONT · 2021
DMAC with two players at TPC Sawgrass
Tour weekTPC SAWGRASS · 2019

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The five pillars
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  2. Driving
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