Who are America's best instructors as ranked by their peers? For one, the name Butch Harmon will surely ring a bell for any serious student wanting to greatly improve their golfing skills.

The news that Phil Mickelson picked Butch Harmon to continue his quest to track down Tiger Woods for the best player in the world position didn't come as a surprise to the country's best instructors. As a group, they have after all graded Harmon No.1 for the fourth straight time in Golf Digest's biennial survey of America's 50 Greatest Teachers.

Butch Harmon has been involved in the golf arena for over 36 years. His father, Claude Harmon, a renowned club and teaching professional and 1948 Masters Champion, introduced him to the game. Harmon followed in his father's footsteps by becoming an accomplished player on the PGA TOUR in the early 1970's. In 1971, his final year on the PGA TOUR, Harmon won the B.C. Open.

Currently, Harmon is the President of Butch Harmon School of Golf in Las Vegas, Nevada and he travels around the country playing in corporate and charity golf outings.

Harmon is a leading analyst for British Sky Broadcasting which covers the Masters, U.S. Open, PGA Championship and TOUR Championship. He was named the 1995 Sports Illustrated Teacher of the Year. Additionally Harmon has been a teaching instructor to several PGA TOUR pros, including Tiger Woods, Greg Norman, Davis Love III, Darren Clarke, Fred Couples, Adam Scott, Justin Leonard, and Mark Calcavecchia. Mr. Harmon's students have a combined of over 100 PGA, European PGA and Champions Tour victories while under his tutelage.