David F. Wright, Ph.D., PGA holds two doctorates.  His areas of specialization are in Research, the Psychology of Learning and Psychophysiology.  He was a member of the full time faculty of the University of Southern California School of Medicine for 4 years and he has been a member of the clinical faculty of the School of Medicine for over 25 years.  Dr Wright has been a golf teaching professional since 1982.  He is the author of 4 books on golf and numerous golf magazine and Professional Journal articles, videos and audio CDs.  Most recently he has appeared in books published by Sports Illustrated and Golf Magazine: The Best Putting Instruction Book Ever and he has contributed a chapter on Stance Width and Posture in a Sports Illustrated & Golf magazine book on "Driving the Ball With Power and Accuracy" due out in 2012.

Dr Wright conducted a three year golf research project in Dr. Frank Jobe’s Biomechanics Lab at Centinela Hospital in Los Angeles from 2004 thru 2007.   See the Research section of this site.

Dr Wright was also a Coach for University of Southern California Men’s and Women’s Golf Teams from 1999 through 2008.  During his tenure the teams combined to win 2 Team and 3 Individual NCAA National Championships, 7 Regional NCCA Championships and 2 PAC 10 Conference Championships.

He has received numerous accolades for excellence as a golf instructor, including:

• Golf Magazine Top 100 Instructor
• Golf Magazine Top 25 Golf School
• A Golf Digest Top Teacher
• He has been PGA Teacher of the year for Southern California  twice

Dr. Wright runs his Golf Schools at Arroyo Trabuco Golf Club in Mission Viejo, CA as well as at select national and international locations www.wrightbalance.com    He continues his research in a biomechanics lab at the front of the range at Arroyo Trabuco Golf Club.  He begins his golf schools and individual lessons in that lab. He is the founder and owner of www.gripsize.com