Greg Ortman, Ph.D., PGA, Holistic GolfologistTM and PGA Life Member, has served the golf industry as a player, educator, and coach over four decades.  After multiple Rockwood High School amateur golf victories in the 1970’s, he proceeded to accomplish a successful 4-year collegiate playing career with the Slippery Rock University Golf Team. Playing with the team, Greg contributed a second-place finish in the NCAA Golf Championship in 1979. He turned professional and successfully competed on various professional golf tours during the 1980’s.  A near-miss to qualify for the 1988 US Open sent him in the direction of teaching and coaching. In 1990 he became the Director of Golf Instruction at world-renown Woodlands Golf Academy at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort where his research into mind-body networking established himself nationally recognized and innovative golf instructor.  

In 1994, Greg took over for a very well known world-renown golf instructor at the 72-hole Grenelefe Resort in Florida.  At Grenelefe, he taught several recognizable PGA Tour professionals including Wally Armstrong. Greg demonstrated his ability to communicate the golf swing while performing in golf learning videos and info-mercials with Wally, Level Best and MatchStix Golf in the 1990’s. Greg continues to teach, play, coach, and perform golf demonstrations promoting GOLFOLOGY, his unique golf-learning concept throughout the Tri-State PGA.

The Tri-State PGA Teacher of the Year and PGA Teacher of the Year nominee is also an 8-time nominee for Golf Magazine’s exclusive Top 100 Teachers. During his professional career he performed in golf info-mercials, clinics, school teaching thousands of students from beginners to PGA Professionals. During his competitive playing career, he won fifteen (15) professional golf tournaments, established six (6) course records, and carded nine (9) hole-in-ones.   

The author of Golfology Illustrated (5rd edition 2025) earned his Ph.D. in Holistic Health in 2012. His dissertation, “The Integral Golfer”, received admiring reviews from faculty professors for its insight into mind-body networking using golf as a practical medium.  His revolutionary concept to golf learning by replacing “common sense” misconceptions with intuitive “golf sense” concepts is creating a positive paradigm shift to all who attend to his seminars, clinics, workshops, and lessons.

He is now the President, CEO and inventor of SAG Putters Inc, a revolutionary component putter technology.   

He teaches his innovative 5-H Golf Learning Method and performs SAG putter technology research at the Swing Lab @ LFM in LaVale, MD, Rocky Gap Resort, Cumberland Country Club and The Highlands at Seven Springs Resort located in the scenic Laurel Highlands of PA. 

You can email Greg at:  Holistic.Golfologist@gmail.com                      Or visit his website at: www.golfologyonline.com