Achievements:

PGA Master Professional (1990)
Instruction Editor, Golf Digest
Instruction Editor and Senior Advisor for The Golf Channel.
Has led over 50 national teaching workshops for the PGA
Featured speaker at all 5 National PGA Teaching Summits for Golf Magazine, 1990-1997
The "Eight Step Swing" was ranked by Sports Illustrated as one of the Top 13 instruction books of this century.
Instruction Writer for Golf Illustrated, 1985-1990
Qualified for 2 U.S. Open Championships
Contestant in the Masters (made cut)
College All-American, University of Houston
Winner Northwest Open
3 time Winner Pacific Northwest Amateur, Pacific Coast Amateur Champion
Winner of more than 50 Junior and Amateur Titles Winner, 1987 Westchester PGA Championship
Winner, 1989 National Skins Game Pro-Am Winner,
Winner Metropolitan PGA Pro-Pro Championship (2 times)
Winner Metropolitan Pro-Assistant Championship (2 times)
Runner-up Metropolitan PGA Championship 1993
Eight Lead Master Instructors who have worked under Jim have been named to America's Top 100
Trademarked X-Factor ® and Y-Factor ® for golf instruction

Professional Experience:

1975 - 1979 Teaching Professional Westchester CC
1979 - 1982 Head Professional, Sunningdale CC
1983 - 1987 Head Professional, Quaker Ridge GC
1987 - 1988 Director of Golf, Tamarisk CC, Rancho Mirage, CA
1988 - 1993 Director of Golf, Sleepy Hollow CC, Scarborough

Teaching Credentials/ Awards:

1998 PGA South Florida Section Teacher of the Year
1996 PGA South Florida Section Teacher of the Year
1994 PGA National Teacher of the Year
1986 Metropolitan PGA Teacher of the Year
1987 Metropolitan PGA Horton Smith Award
 
Author of Top Selling Instructional Books Dvds, and Videos:

The Building Block Approach
8-Step Swing 3rd Edition Book
The Slot Swing
The X-Factor II (DVD)
Golf Warm-Ups (DVD)
Ben Hogan, A Swing for a Lifetime (DVD)
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Improving Your Short Game
Golf School
The X-Factor Golf Swing
The X-Factor (Video)
The Eight Step Swing (Book - revised 2001)
The Eight Step Swing (Video)
The Eight Step Swing (DVD)
Golf Digest Ultimate Book of Drills
Golf Digest Book of Drills
20 Problems/20 Solutions (Video)
The Putters Pocket Companion
Wedge Game Pocket Companion
Swing Thoughts (Video)
The 10 Fundamentals of Modern Swing (Video)
Sam Snead, A Swing for a Lifetime (Video)
Swing Saver (CD-ROM)
The Final Check (3-Video Tape - Korea)
Golf Magazine
Sportware Golf (CD-ROM)