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Rob Mottram, a registered physical therapist and certified athletic trainer, worked for 11 years as a rehab and fitness specialist for the PGA TOUR, Senior PGA TOUR and the LPGA (1987-89). He traveled with the TOUR players and the original Centinela Hospital’s fitness centers starting in 1987, and was chosen as the physical therapist for several Ryder Cup and President Cup competitions. As the former director of the program he was responsible for training new physical therapy and athletic training staff as they joined the PGA TOUR’s traveling fitness center program. Rob, a member of the Golf Writers Association of America, has co-authored two golf exercise books, WOMEN’S EXERCISE GUIDE

TO BETTER GOLF, and EXERCISE GUIDE TO BETTER GOLF. He is published in CLINICS IN SPORTS MEDICINE - Golf Injuries, and has written for over 10 years, health and fitness articles for such magazines as - GOLF Magazine, SENIOR GOLFER, ON TOUR, GOLF NEWS, Southern California Golf, DESERT GOLF, ARIZONA GOLFER, Golf Universe.com, PlayGolfNow.com and other golf industry publications. Rob has lectured at the 1991 First International Congress of Golf in St. Andrews, Scotland, and at the PGA of America’s 1995 Tommy Armour Teaching Summit in New Orleans. He has also been featured with celebrity teaching professional Dean Reinmuth on the Golf Channel discussing exercise and golf. Rob has also provided sports medicine services for the pros and celebrities at the desert’s local Ray Floyd’s Lexus Challenge, the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, Nabisco – Kraft Dinah Shore, and The Skin’s Game.

While working with the touring pros, Rob saw the need for pre-season fitness physicals to assess the golfers for potential early injuries. In the late 1980’s he developed the Centinela Hospital Fitness Institute’s Golf Performance Evaluation, given to professional and amateur golfers, to assess their level of fitness as it relates to their game. In 1987-88 Rob assisted Dr. Frank Jobe and Dr. Marilyn Pink with an indwelling wire EMG study of muscle activity during the golf swing at Centinela Hospital’s Biomechanics Laboratory. In the late 90’s he assisted physical therapist Bud Ferrante with his BACKtoGOLF seminars, teaching golf health and fitness to physical therapists around the country. Rob Mottram’s ten-year relationship with award winning PGA teaching professional and golf swing researcher Mike McTeigue enabled them to gather and analyze biomechanical swing data of over 100 TOUR professional golfers. From that initial research golf pros Jim McClean and Mr. McTeigue developed the first discussions of the X-Factor during the golf swing. Currently, Rob is involved with former U.S. Olympic biomechanist Phil Cheetham of Skill Technologies in a project to develop the next generation of high-tech motion analysis and biofeedback golf and sports training. The two have authored an award winning research article entitled, "Beyond the X-Factor," which placed second among 100 worldwide entries in Golf Magazine’s best golf science research of the year 2000.

Recognized as a specialist in designing golf exercise programs for golf, at the professional and amateur level, Rob is also educated in biomechanical computer and electromagnetic motion analysis of the golf swing. He is a certified (Paul) CHEK Golf Biomechanic and a Certified Golf Fitness Instructor (CGFI) from Advantage Golf, specializing in biomechanical analysis and performance training for golf.

Prior to his career in professional golf and fitness, Rob was co-owner of Northwestern Orthopedic and Sports Therapy in Everett, WA, where he worked with athletes of all ages and sports. Rob assisted the Seattle Seahawks football team with preseason conditioning and training. He was selected by the United States Olympic Committee to be part of the 1984 Olympic track and field training staff at the Los Angeles games. Rob Mottram holds a BA degree from the University of the Pacific, and a BS in physical therapy from California State University, Northridge and UCLA. Rob is a sincere student of the game of golf and carries a three handicap.