Lessons Learned On & Off the Fairway
Famed golf instructor and global performance coach SEAN FOLEY offers motivational takeaways not only about becoming a better golfer, but also about becoming a better person. Having worked with some of the top golfers in the world, Sean shares lessons in overcoming insecurity, peak performance, and using acceptance to stay in the present moment.
Becoming a Winning Coach for Your Team & Company
Peak performance expert and world-renowned golf coach SEAN FOLEY has coached some of the biggest names in the history of the game of golf. In addition to peak athletes, Foley has coached celebrities, titans of industry, and shared his philosophy with entire teams. In this captivating talk, Foley shares his lessons for leaders, managers, and executives looking to motivate their teams to unparalleled results.
One of the biggest names in golf instruction, Sean Foley has coached three professional players to the number one ranking in the sport. Present clients include three-time PGA TOUR winner Cameron Champ, three-time DP World Tour winner, Sam Horsfield, Byeong Hun An, Michael Kim, and Michael Gligic (PGA TOUR) and sisters, Moriya and Ariya Jutanugarn (LPGA). Past clients also include most recently Lydia Ko, Danny Willett, Justin Rose, Hunter Mahan, Sean O’Hair, Lee Westwood, Si Woo Kim, Stephen Ames and arguably the greatest player of all time Tiger Woods.
Foley’s players have won a total of 56 professional events spanning many worldwide professional golf tours. These wins have included a major championship, an Olympic gold medal, the FedEx Cup Championship, many World Golf Championships, and two Player of the Year awards.
Born just outside of Toronto, Canada to a Scottish father and Guyanese mother, much of Foley’s boyhood was spent living in the cultural centers of Los Angeles, San Francisco, Vancouver, and Toronto. He is a graduate of Tennessee State University, where he played on the golf team and majored in political science and philosophy.
Sean knew at a young age that he wanted to coach golf. As he evolved as a teacher, he set his ambitions on working with the best players in the world. Sean has been the host of some of the most widely viewed content on NBC’s GolfPass. Having written countless instruction articles, Sean was the youngest coach ever to be included on the masthead at Golf Digest. He has been ranked in the top five greatest coaches for over a decade in Golf Digest’s annual rankings and was ranked the best instructor by PGA TOUR players twice. Sean has also been featured on the front cover of Golf Digest twice.
Sean’s core teaching philosophy is driven by a passion to help golfers evolve into the best players and people they can be. He incorporates biomechanics, leading technology, physiology, and an inside/out understanding of the human experience.
Foley has coached countless celebrities, titans of industry and world leaders from around the globe.
Sean currently lives in Windermere, Florida with his wife, Kate, and two sons, Quinn, and Kieran.