About
Coach Fruisen has 30 years of international coaching experience. Fred has coached in the U.S., China, Malaysia, Canada and New Zealand.
Before arriving in New Zealand in 2015, Fred was the Head Golf Coach at two U.S. universities for 18 years. His teams were fixtures in the top 20 polls.
Even farther back than that Fred played NCAA golf for four years and was named All-America in 1995.
His teams qualified for the National Championships 12 times in the NCAA and NAIA. Fruisen coached 20 All-America golfers that were named to 36 different All-America teams.
His teams also excelled in the classroom winning the Academic National Championship (awarded by the Golf Coaches Association of America to the team with the highest grade point average in the U.S.) in 2009 and 2011.
After arriving in New Zealand in 2015, Coach Fruisen became one of the most popular coaches at the prestigious Institute of Golf in New Zealand and also served for a time as a Golf Professional at the Royal Auckland and Grange Golf Club.
Coach Fruisen is also a Certified GolfPsych Instructor. GolfPsych is one of the top mental training programs used by more 300 PGA, LPGA, Champions Tour and European Tour Professionals.
Fred is also an avid Hickory golfer, playing with golf clubs from the 1930’s and pre- 1900’s. Fred has competed in tournaments in the U.S. and New Zealand and in 2001 he won the U.S. National Hickory Championship at the historic Oakhurst Links, in White Sulfur Springs, West Virginia and followed up that win by winning the U.S. National Hickory Match-Play Championship in 2002.
Fruisen has also won U.S. PGA regional events in Georgia and New York.
Over the years Coach Fruisen has studied, learned from and worked with some of the world’s top golf instructors and over the years has developed his personal teaching methods that have proven highly effective. Fruisen communicates with humor, analogy and metaphor in a clear and concise way that will have immediate results on your game.
His teaching will provide simplicity and clarity to the complicated game we all love.
Fred is now retired but still loves to help if asked.
Thank you for following.
Fred Fruisen, Timaru, New Zealand Golf Coach 
Nice-looking site, Coach. Very helpful, too.
The site is terrific. The information is nicely delivered and the post about the Pro position was eye opening. Can’t wait to adopt the move.
Thanks Craig. It was great running into you.
Thank you, Coach, for sharing such valuable information for the seasoned and young golfer alike. Your site is now our first reference for any trouble spot.
Boom.
Coach Rick, the site looks great, but the information is even better. I shared your site with Travis and he is going to share it with all his high school golf team members, and his coach.
Your lessons are clear and easy to understand also.
Russ Bryant
WIC Savannah,GA
Thanks for following. By the way, you ain’t got no game.
Loved the piece on Webb Simpson. What a great experience for the players. The Bubba story was priceless.
Craig
Dont knOw if you’ll remember me but 1996-1997 I played on the team and just wanted to let you know My career is golf… I am a senior designer for golf galaxy: a subsidy of dicks sporting goods. Being a lefty I get a bit of flak but I also got the first R11 lefty in the world. Why I write is for two things: one to thank you for the time you put into the program you built and now control rightfully and two I might be able to open an internship position but want to your opinion on this. It would be in Pittsburgh pa and I can provide documentation but next summer if you have someone I may have a spot.
Mike OBrien
Class of 1999
Congrats cousin on the latest chapter in serving as Skidmore Coach. Mom (Bev) told me about it today. She said she’s going to stop by after the wedding. Hope we get a chance to catch up soon. Congrats again
Adam
I am not sure where you are getting your info, but
great topic. I needs to spend some time learning
more or understanding more. Thanks for fantastic info I was looking for this information for
my mission.
Coach, I see you parents weekly at church. As an avid super senior golfer, I have found the mental aspect of golf is often worth more than any club in the bag. Good to see you’ve landed a great job in Saratoga Springs, NY. A colleague from my Stanford University days has retired from Cornell University where his son, Max Koehler, is one of the teams key players. Got to see him again when I visited Cornell on a college visit with my daughter and granddaughter. Presented him a nice golf shirt from Legacy Golf Links in Aberdeen, NC. Our granddaughter wasn’t thrilled with Cornell and chose Elon College, Greensboro, NC.
Hey Rick,
I always loved Dottie Pepper. thanks for the great interview! Hope the snow hasn’t been too much for you this year.
Love to the family.
Craig
Coach Fruisen truly lives and breathes coaching. He loves the game of golf and he loves the challenge of coaching. His knowledge of every facet of the game has improved my skills and abilities helping me to become a more complete player.
Whatever you are doing…keep doing it. My son came home in a great mindset yesterday. Everything that you have set up with around working on “process” and not focusing on score has immediately taken pressure off his shoulders. It shows that your experience is very valuable. He said you shared with him a real and tangible program around a game within the game and he is excited to put it to use. Thanks so much.
how can I contact you to find out about lessons for my son who is 8?
Fred
I had a great weekends golf after just two of your lessons! I can actually hit the ball straight now! Many thanks for your help,
Rod