But he continued to find success in the club pro ranks, being named Florida Player of the Year in 1978, and North Florida Teacher of the Year in 1992. All the while, David was growing up and growing into golf, and for the most part, overseeing his own technique. Dad helped, but never formally. If he wasn't hitting it so good, we'd go take a look. If he was working on his chipping, I'd suggest trying this shot or that shot.
Kids learn by watching and mimicking.
There were a lot of good players at Timuquana, and they'd ask him to play all the time. He learned how different players played. He'd see three or four 1-handicappers shoot 71, but they'd all do it different ways. One guy hit it long, one guy didn't and so forth. All of a sudden you see all parts of the game, and he was pretty smart about it.