Marty Foster

Great teacher! Creates a personal approach based on your strengths and weaknesses. Saw and felt the improvement in my swing immediately. Working with Marty was easy and fun, would strongly suggest for anyone trying to take some stokes off their game!

I’ve been taking lessons from Marty for 25+ years. I am a single digit HDCP and I need a tune up now and again. Even if we mostly just talk about my swing, I am learning something new every time. I highly recommend spending some time with Marty!

If you are looking for a quality golf instructor look no further. Marty is both extremely knowledgable about the golf swing and has a fantastic ability to communicate it so that you learn the proper technique. I’ve know Marty for 10 years and have taken many lessons from him. As a low handicap golfer, he has helped me work out problems in my swing and helped me be a more consistent golfer. What I like most is that Marty gives playing lessons so that you take the techniques you learn on the range and implement them on the course. Most teaching pros don’t do that. Thanks to Marty I’ve been able to drop from a 12.8 index to a 2.0. Words can not express how much I appreciate his golf wisdom and help.

Marty is an amazing golf pro! He works through your swing patiently and gives you settle tips to greatly improve your drives and fairway shots. He also gives you great insight on your short game and puts. Importantly, he is really fun to play with and his enthusiasm is infectious. I recommend him for anyone at any age or any level without hesitation!

Marty has been «patiently» helping me enjoy my golf. Last year when I was ready to quit his teaching skills got me to keep trying and it worked. He understands what makes each individual golfer tick and focuses on those attributes. I enjoy the interaction with him and the way he simplifies golf to basic understandings and by his own example of the swing and hitting techniques. His methods put no pressure on you and his lay-​back style makes me feel so comfortable. If you want to improve or just enjoy golf again he is the man.

I have been golfing for 15 years and currently have a 13 handicap. I have taken many lessons, mostly on the driving range — but have had an on course playing lesson and have also had videotaped analysis. While visited my girlfriend Sarah over the Thanksgiving holiday, she surprised me with an 18 hole playing lesson as an early Christmas present. The teacher was Marty Foster out of the East Bay, but he came to Marin as part of the deal. We played 18 holes at San Geronimo. Of all the lessons I have ever had, Marty’s was by far the best and here’s why. He’s a great guy, easy to communicate with. He explains what he teaches PERFECTLY! Very easy to GET and apply instantly. He doesn’t overload you with dozens of intricate swing thoughts that confuse you. Instead, he gives you very simple, easy to understand ideas that are easy to implement, immediately. He improved my driving consistency by clearly showing me what I was doing when I got it right and what I was not doing when I got it wrong. His tips for my short game were brilliantly simplistic and have made a drastic change in how much better I can control the distance and direction of chips and shorter approach shots. This is how golf should be taught!!! Thank you so much Marty! I bragged about you on my radio show on KEGX-​FM up in Washington when I got back home.
Frank Jackson
Tri-​Cities, Washington

My 7 year old son has taken lessons from Marty, on and off over the past year, and has improved a lot. Marty is great with kids. He’s very easy to understand, keeps it fun, but still challenging. Marty also offers lessons on the course (9 holes). We did this last weekend and it was great. You learn so much when training in a real world environment.

I found Marty’s instruction to be really good. He has a very relaxed style of teaching, is very knowledgable and has helped my game no end. I’ve managed to drop 15 strokes since starting with him 9 months ago. I’d recommend him to golfers of all levels.

«Marty has taken my game to a whole new level. I started lessons with a goal to shoot under 90. Within six months I was scoring rounds under 80. »