The 54 GOLF programs embody a comprehensive approach and framework for achieving your dreams and goals in golf. We call this your VISION54 -- discovering your potential in golf and your ability to further develop as a human being by playing the game.

The belief that the physical, technical, mental, emotional, social and spirit of the game elements of golf must come together in balance is at the very heart of the 54 GOLF programs -- a focus that has profoundly changed the game for so many players. This highly effective and successful path to achieving peak performance and maximized development is underpinned by the core VISION54 beliefs that:

  • Each individual has unlimited human potential.
  • Every golfer has his or her unique fingerprint of a golf swing.
  • Golf performance is, in essence, about getting the ball in the hole in as few strokes as possible.
  • Playing the game should be fulfilling and fun.

VISION54 knows that traditional golf instruction alone can make the game overly complicated for many golfers -- often becoming the very obstacle to the remedy it proposes to deliver. By embracing the unique and unlimited potential of each individual player, and by applying integrated coaching principles, VISION54’s unique learning experience has produced enduring results for Tour professionals, competitive amateurs, recreational golfers, teaching professionals, and coaches alike.

The 54 GOLF programs use unique, ground-breaking methods to examine golf’s six elements: Physical, Technical, Mental, Emotional, Social and the Spirit of the Game. All six of them influence how you play and score. All of them need to be evaluated and developed if you want to realize your potential and score lower. If any of these areas are not in your field of awareness, then your potential is compromised.



Every Shot Must Have a Purpose * 0 * 18

This three-day program is based on the concepts and learning from the best-selling book, EVERY SHOT MUST HAVE A PURPOSE. In this highly popular program, you will experience a profound shift in how you experience your game and its development. Every day will have a mixture or practice, presentations and on course assignments with VISION54 Complete Game Coaches.

One of the Every Shot Must Have A Purpose program is for players with a handicap of 18 or lower, including playing professionals, teaching pros and coaches. The other Every Shot Must Have A Purpose program is for players with a handicap of 36 or lower.

By employing the VISION54 principles, you will learn tools to perform better on the golf course and to manage yourself while playing. If you want to move from just thinking about your swing to taking that swing to the golf course and playing the game, then this is the program for you. The concepts of the book Every Shot Must Have A Purpose will come alive in the program. You'll discover the game-changing benefits of Think Box/Play box, decision making, playing focus, emotional management, changing your state and how to evaluate your game.

Our goal is for you to become a player of the game not just a student of the swing.

In this program, you will learn to:

  • Take your game from the driving range to the golf course.
  • Develop a swing that shows up and holds up on the golf course.
  • Improve your thinking on the golf course.
  • Better control your emotions under pressure.
  • Integrate the physical, technical, mental, emotional, social and spirit of the game elements of golf.
  • On course assignments and practice




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The Game Before The Game * 0 * 30

This three day program will help golfers discover how practicing golf can and should be productive, fulfilling and fun. The Game Before The Game program removes the mystery golfers too often face as to why hours spent on the range don’t necessarily mean better play on the course, and can actually be counter-productive. This program will also introduce tools to increase your awareness of yourself, the club, the game, the shots, and the course. With increased awareness you are better equipped to coach yourself with all of the elements of the game.


To play great golf you need access to a lot of abilities. To play your best golf you need a balance of all these abilities. This balance is never static and it’s different for everyone. What is it for you? What tools do you need to coach yourself? Our goal is for you to learn to be your own best coach. With awareness and balance you are able to do so when you need it most. 
Awareness is being awake and present to the moment. Once we can identify and understand what this quality of awareness is, we have the key to self-mastery of golf and life. Awareness is the key to being self-directed, centered, and free in our golf games. How can we play more attentively, mindfully, and centered?



Subjects that will be covered:

  • How to make practice transfer to better play on the course
  • Learn the difference between warm-up, maintenance, future and performance practice
  • Awareness and balance exercises for your swing
  • Awareness of your emotional management
  • Balance of left and right brain activities
  • How to be more “in the moment”
  • Awareness of your own beliefs about yourself & the game, & what you can do about it
  • Awareness of your golf personality, DISC
  • Knowing your visual, auditory and kinesthetic balance
  • Knowing how to find your trust
  • On course assignments and practice





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Every Shot Must Have a Purpose * 19 * 36

Build Your Game is a unique three-day program for experienced golfers, as well as players of higher handicaps up to 36, who want to fine tune and improve their games. Designed specifically to deliver a base level of competence in the VISION54 principles, you will be coached with an integrated approach to the fundamentals of learning the game. Build Your Game makes the game of golf easy, enjoyable and fun to learn. The benefit to you will be greater proficiency and a potential for as much improvement as you desire.

You will learn the how and the what of golf, which includes your pre-swing and full swing mechanics, different shots for getting the ball in the hole, and the essential mental and emotional skills that are fundamental to playing the game of golf. Each day of the program includes an on-course playing exercise, during which you’ll receive coaching by one of our VISION54 coaches.

Build Your Game is based on the successful developmental model of learning called Games for Understanding. Specifically, this model suggests that the most efficient and appropriate way to learn a sport or game is for the learning or skill acquisition to have context. Simply put, you learn the game by playing the game, and you develop appropriate skills in context based on how and what you need to get the ball in the hole. Skill learning is part of the process of becoming self-aware and a game-like experience provides the stimulus to learn the skills.

Since each individual’s swing is a function of their unique physical and mental and emotional characteristics, you will learn and create a swing that is fundamentally sound and efficient and personally fit for you.

We want you to play golf at a level which is enjoyable and satisfying for YOU!

VISION54 principles that will be covered:

  • Think Box / Play Box
  • Why cross training is essential to your progress
  • Golf is a target game
  • The target creates your form
  • Functional pre-swing basics
  • Aim and align… you are swinging to a target
  • How and what to practice
  • The emotional roller coaster
  • Getting the ball in the hole… chip, pitch, bunker, putt basics
  • On course practice and experiences



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One-to-One Coaching Sessions

VISION54 One-to-One Coaching Sessions provide a unique and invaluable opportunity for individual VISION54 coaching experiences with either Lynn Marriott or Pia Nilsson. One-to-One sessions also are available with other VISION54 Complete Came Coaches.

Marriott and Nilsson, co-creators of the VISION54 approach, are both internationally renowned experts on the mechanics of the golf swing. However, what makes Marriott and Nilsson stand apart as Complete Game Coaches is their inherent VISION54 belief that the technical side of the game is just one of six essential elements in golf that must be integrated to allow for peak performance. The belief that the physical, technical, mental, emotional, social and spirit of the game elements of golf must come together in balance is at the very heart of the VISION54 coaching focus that has profoundly changed the game for so many players.

Both Marriott and Nilsson are both featured among the top-50 lists for Golf Digest best teachers, and are listed in GOLF Magazine’s Top 100 Teachers. All VISION54 Complete Game Coaches are comprehensively qualified in the VISION54 coaching principles.

One-to-One Sessions will be tailored to each player’s goals and will be designed based on how much time has been reserved. One-to-One will be held at The Legacy Resort in Phoenix, Arizona, and sessions can be booked by the hour.




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54 GOLF for Juniors

Based on the core VISION54 coaching principles, this new two-day program is designed for junior golfers aged 12-18.




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Testimonials

"Lynn and Pia have gotten a head start on golf's final frontier. They get past the swing minutiae and help their players play better golf. They are the best!"

--Chuck Cook, Golf Digest top-50 teacher


“I can think of no better source than Pia and Lynn when it comes to preparation to play the game of golf. Their knowledge and experience certainly qualify them as leaders in their field”

--Dana Garmany, Chairman and CEO Troon Golf



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