Butch Harmon

Butch Harmon

Butch Harmon Jr. is an American golf instructor and former professional player. He is the son of 1948 Masters Tournament champion Claude Harmon Sr. Harmon was a PGA Tour player from 1970 to 1971. He became well known through his work with Greg Norman, beginning in the early 1990s.

About Butch Harmon in brief

Summary Butch HarmonButch Harmon Jr. is an American golf instructor and former professional player. He is the son of 1948 Masters Tournament champion Claude Harmon Sr. Harmon was a PGA Tour player from 1970 to 1971, with one win to his name on the Tour. He became well known through his work with Greg Norman, beginning in the early 1990s. Harmon is best known for having been Tiger Woods’s golf coach from 1993 to 2004. He has also worked with other major champions such as Ernie Els, Stewart Cink, Greg Norman and Davis Love III.

He runs the Butch Harmon School of Golf at the Rio Secco Golf Club in Las Vegas, Nevada. Before retiring from the tour in 2019, he coached Jimmy Walker, Dustin Johnson, Rickie Fowler, Gary Woodland, and Nick Watney. Harmon has also appeared in an episode of the TV show Pawn Stars in which he taught Chumlee to play golf along with Corey Harrison.