…has served the golf industry as an author, innovator, player, educator, and coach for nearly four decades. After a successful 4-year collegiate playing career as the co-captain of the 1979 NCAA Runner-Up Collegiate Golf Champions, he turned professional and successfully competed on various PGA professional golf tours during the 1980s.
A one-shot near-miss to compete in the 1988 US Open sent him in the direction of teaching and coaching. In 1990, he became the Director of Golf Instruction at the world-renowned Woodlands Golf Academy at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, where his research into mind-body networking established him as a nationally recognized and innovative golf instructor.
In 1994, Greg took over for world-renowned golf instructor David Leadbetter at the 72-hole Grenelefe Resort in Florida. At Grenelefe, he taught several PGA Tour professionals, including Wally Armstrong, Glenn Gnatick, and Grant Waite. Greg’s ability to communicate the golf swing was recognized by world-renowned golf innovator Wally Armstrong. Consequently, Greg was invited to partner and create the successful Wally Armstrong-Greg Ortman Golf Academies throughout Florida in the 1990s. The team was one of the original innovators for promoting golf training videos in the US during that time. Greg continues to teach, play, coach, and lecture primarily in PGA Sections along the East Coast.
Greg’s professional accomplishments include:
- Tri-State PGA Teacher of the Year
- PGA Teacher of the Year nominee
- 8-time nominee selection to Golf Magazine’s exclusive Top 100 Teachers
- 18 tournament wins
- 6 competitive course records
- 9 hole-in-ones
Greg also performs as the main talent in YouTube videos, infomercials, clinics, and schools, teaching thousands of students from beginners to PGA Professionals.
Most recently, in 2024, Greg became the Founding President of Space-Age Golf LLC. Space-Age Golf is a golf technology company producing and marketing Greg’s industry innovations, such as his patent-pending putter technologies.
The author of the book Golfology (4th edition, 2022), Greg earned his Ph.D. in Holistic Health in 2012. His dissertation, The Holistic Golfer, received admiring reviews from faculty professors for its insight into mind-body networking using golf as a practical medium. His revolutionary concept of golf learning replaces “common sense” misconceptions with intuitive “golf sense” concepts, creating a positive paradigm shift for all who attend his seminars, clinics, workshops, and lessons.
He teaches his innovative Golfology approach primarily at the Swing Lab (LaVale, MD), Cumberland CC and Rocky Gap Resort (Cumberland, MD), and Seven Springs Resort and Hidden Valley Resort (Laurel Highlands, PA).
You can text or phone Greg at 814-442-7372 or Holistic.Golfologist@gmail.com
