Chuck's Approach?
KEEP THINGS SIMPLE.
I focus on the fundamentals that the greatest golfers of all time use...
...not necessarily what they say they do but rather what they actually do.
My goal is to communicate clearly and back up every claim
about swing fundamentals with video and photos of the greatest golfers.
These models and visual props I've developed over the years help the golfer
better understand my teaching claims in action and picture.
With 35 years of professional teaching experience, I believe that I am able to help most golfers play better; I know how to get a golfer focused on the simplest, crucial fundamentals and help them "say yes" to just 2 or 3 things at a time. Helping golfers improve and achieve is my biggest priority. Seeing my clients be successful at the local, state, college and professional levels is very rewarding not just for the golfer, but for me as well!
WHAT CHUCK'S STUDENTS ARE SAYING:
DREW WRIGHTSON, Baylor University
"When I was younger, I was a multi-sport athlete. I played basketball, baseball, football, golf and any other sport I could get my hands on. Eventually, it came down to baseball and golf. Ultimately, I picked golf and Chuck Helms is a large reason why that decision was made. He always took the time to help me with anything I needed. I looked forward to lessons with Chuck because he made golf fun. He made the process of getting better EXCITING. He is someone I will always respect and admire. He is a fantastic coach, but more importantly, a great man and someone who I am proud to call my friend. I would not be where I am today without the help of Chuck Helms."
DREW'S CREDENTIALS:
COLLEGE
-Baylor University Golf Team (Junior Pre-Med Health Science Studies Major, with a 3.98 GPA)
-2023 CSC Academic All-District Team
-Competed in 57 rounds across19 tournaments in first two seasons with the
Baylor Bears
-National Rankings: Ended the season 2022-23 season at No. 202 (Golfstat) and
No. 258 (Golfweek) in National Collegiate Individual Rankings.
-Picked up 2023 Big 12 All-Tournament Team honors with a tie for sixth at Prairie
Dunes ... Wrightson’s second-round 65 at Prairie Dunes tied the lowest Big 12
Championship score in program history.
-Drew’s 2-over 282 in 2023 is the second-best 72-hole Big 12
Championship score in program history.
-Shot two rounds under par in his NCAA postseason debut at the Morgan Hill
NCAA Regional including a final-round bogey-free 69 enroute to a tie for 41 st .
-Drew notched a Top 5 with rounds of 69-70-75 at The Prestige.
-2023 US Amateur Qualifier, Sand Creek Country Club (Qualified: 68-68)
-2023 US Amateur, Cherry Hills, Colorado (T-38 Stroke Play 70-72) qualified for
Match Play…top 64 of 312 golfers.
-2 nd Place in 2022 Indiana Amateur (54 Holes…Score 216)
HIGH SCHOOL & JUNIOR
-Won the Dye Junior Invitational at Crooked Stick Golf Club by six strokes, in June
of 2021…Improving each round shooting 73-70-68 to run away with the event.
-Number-one-ranked Junior Golfer in the state of Indiana and ranked in the top-30
for the class of 2021.
-Tied-6 In 2021 Indiana PGA Indianapolis Open (36 Holes…Score 142)
-3 rd in 2019 IHSAA State Finals Tournament as Sophomore (36 Holes…Score 143)
-2019 Individual IHSAA Sectional Champion (18 Holes…Score 70)
-13-time Golfweek Junior Tour Champion…Inducted into the Golfweek Junior Tour Hall of Fame
-Ten top-10’s in AJGA career
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SAM HARMON, Maple Creek Golf & Country Club
“When I first met Chuck, I had just joined Maple Creek Golf & Country Club and was looking to play golf as much as possible. I quickly realized how difficult the course could be and that the five-year hiatus from high school golf was going to require professional help to become consistent.
I asked Chuck for some lessons not thinking this would be the start of something special and much more than just a few lessons. I would consider Chuck much more than a swing coach, a friend. He has helped me develop strategies to tackle golf courses and challenging pins, but also take on challenges off the golf course in so many ways.
He has taken a weekend 8 handicapper to a +2 handicap with two Club Championships with some lofty amateur aspirations. I trust him with every aspect of my game, and I would suggest anyone looking to improve should do the same. Friendship and memories being the best added-bonus I could get!"
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SAM'S CREDENTIALS:
Maple Creek Golf & Country Club
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2022 & 2023 Club Champion
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2022 & 2023 Player of the Year
JOEY'S CREDENTIALS:
Current
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Professional Golfer, turned pro in May 2023
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US Open Local Qualifier Low Medalist, 2023
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US Open Sectional Qualifier, finished under par.
College
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Ball State University
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Graduation 2022, Accelerated Master’s Program 2023
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3x All-MAC and Academic All-MAC
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MAC Freshman of the Year, 2019
High School – Zionsville High School
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3x All-State in high school golf for Zionsville High School
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3x All-Tournament team at IHSAA State Finals
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2018 IHSAA State Finals, 3rd Place
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1 shot from Championship Playoff
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“I still remember the first time that Chuck and I ever met together and had a lesson. That day was March 26, 2012. I was this wiry 12-year-old that Chuck was being paid to deal with. In the time that we’ve worked together, he has helped me grow from this kid to a man with aspirations of making my communities better.
He has taught me so many things about golf and life that has allowed me to grow as a golfer and as a man. I have been able to accomplish so many great things in golf and Chuck has been an instrumental component for all of it. As I’ve grown, I’ve realized that the more effort I have put into my time with Chuck, the more I get out of it. We have an incredible working relationship and an even better friendship, and I cannot wait to see it continue to blossom as I enter my professional golf career!”
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