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ORLANDO, Florida (October 28, 2008)-Sean Foley, Director of Instruction at the Core Golf Junior Academy in Orlando, Florida has reached agreements to coach PGA Tour players Hunter Mahan and Parker McLachlin.

"I am delighted to enter into coaching relationships with Hunter and Parker, both of whom are great young players with plenty of talent, smarts and heart, and they are terrific people too," said Foley, who also coaches PGA Tour players Stephen Ames and Sean O'Hair, the Nationwide Tour's Greg Owen, and LPGA Tour player Jessica Shepley.

Mahan, 26, is one of the tour's strong young players, having won the 2007 Travelers Championship for his first PGA Tour victory. One of the stars on the American team in the recent Ryder Cup, Mahan played brilliantly and with passion in going undefeated with a 2-0-3 record as a captain's pick in his first Ryder Cup.

In his 5th year on the PGA Tour, Mahan has notched five top-10 finishes so far this season and sits 29th on the money list with US$2.208 million in earnings. Mahan, winner of the 1999 U.S. Junior Amateur, was also one of Jack Nicklaus's captain's picks for the victorious American squad in the 2007 Presidents Cup. He lives in Plano, Texas.

In just his second year on the PGA Tour, McLachlin, 29, broke through this season for his first victory at the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open. The win is one of the three top-10 finishes to date this season among 17 cuts made by the resident of Scottsdale, Arizona. He sits at 78th on the money list with US$1.31 million. McLachlin played the Nationwide Tour for two years before earning his 2007 PGA Tour card at Q school.

A number of Foley's students have won championships this summer: in July, Danny King won his third Ontario PGA Championship, Jennifer Kirby and Nicole Vandermade finished 1-2 in the Ontario Junior Girls, and Vandermade won the Ontario Women's Amateur.

Foley is one of three PGA Tour coaches on the Core Golf Junior Academy team that includes Neale Smith, Performance Enhancement Consultant, and Dr. Craig Davies, Director of Fitness and Nutrition. Mahan works with both Smith and Davies.

The Core Golf Junior Academy offers education and comprehensive golf development in every facet of the game to high-school-age and post-graduate players dedicated to becoming elite players and responsible world citizens. Students of the Core Golf Junior Academy attend Windermere Preparatory School. 

The junior academy is part of the Core Golf Academy which provides high-quality instruction to all levels of players at three Greater Toronto Area facilities: Core Golf Downtown Academy in Toronto, The Academy at Piper's Heath Golf Club in Oakville  and the Core Golf Academy at Physiomed-Premier Fitness Oakville.

Nike Golf Canada is the official sponsor of the Core Golf Academy and supplies apparel, equipment, balls and footwear to Core Golf Academy instructors and to Core Golf Junior Academy students

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