Undercover Tour Pro - What's Fair Pay For A Teacher?

When an old 5-wood isn’t enough.

- Max Adler

A TEACHING PRO at a country club takes the day off and drives two hours each way to work with a player at a tour event. For the teacher, it’s a welcome break from his daily lesson book and exciting to handle an athlete who is uncannily capable of following physical instruction, to say nothing of the thrill of being in the high-stakes theater of the PGA Tour. Now, this teacher and player are acquaintances, but there’s nothing official about their relationship. The player might’ve just as easily asked his caddie or the next guy down the range to have a look at his swing. But he didn’t. He called this particular teacher, who came running.

Who’s to say what the actual value of the lesson was, but the player did go on to win about $700,000 in his next three tournaments.

How much compensation does the teacher deserve? I have no idea if the player hit it well or just chipped and putted lights-out. It’s possible the player completely disregarded what the teacher said. All I know is, this player gave the teacher a 5-wood. His old 5-wood that he didn’t want anymore.