Biography: Travis Fulton

text size

Travis Fulton: Weekly Blog
Instruction Article Archive:
Mailbag: Travis answers your questions
Bunker play: Long and lazy is the way to get up and down
Chipping: Hit down, then left
Full Swing: Sustain the down for better shots
Putting: The five lines at address

Travis Fulton is the Director of Education for all TOUR Academies nationwide. Fulton has been with the TOUR Academies since they opened their doors in 2001 and has led the design and execution of the instruction formats and training as well as playing a key role in the overall business plan.

Travis Fulton

Since college, Travis pursued his love for teaching the game beginning in the Northwest and around the country including stops in Arizona, New York, Boston and now Florida, where Fulton is also the Senior Head Instructor at the PGA TOUR Golf Academy at World Golf Village in St. Augustine, Fla.

Fulton is currently a contributing writer for Golf Illustrated, PGA TOUR Partners and PGATOUR.com and has been featured on golf radio shows including "PGA TOUR Radio -- Pure Golf" with Peter Kessler, "The Golf Guru" with Dennis Silvers and "Golf Talk Radio" with Chuck Evans. In addition, Fulton has been featured as a swing model in GOLF Magazine and in GOLF's Better By Saturday book series. Most recently Fulton was on the cover of "Golf Illustrated" in the April/May 2007 issue.

Over the years, Fulton has worked alongside and learned from numerous GOLF Magazine Top 100 Teachers including Scott Sackett, Todd Sones, Craig Shankland and Martin Hall.

These accomplishments and education have put Travis in a lead role with the TOUR Academy Brand where he has been a key figure in the overall performance and vision of the TOUR Academy brand.

Travis comes from Kellogg, Idaho, where he had a stellar playing career in high school as well as college. In 1998, Travis won the Pacific Northwest Athletic Conference and was a national competitor in the NAIA National Championships.