The BACKtoGOLF Team

H.J. "Bud" Ferrante, PT, OCS (Board Certified Orthopaedic Clinical Specialist), is president and founder of BACKtoGOLF. Bud developed BACKtoGOLF in 1991 and it was the first program of its kind available on a national level for golf fitness, performance and rehabilitation. Bud has worked with many tour players, among them Tom Watson, Brad Faxon, Justin Leonard and Brandell Chamblee. Bud can be contacted via e-mail at back2golf@aol.com by phone at (831) 238-1991.

Mark L. Archambault, PT, PhD, CSCS*D is co-owner of BACKtoGOLF Performance & Fitness, Inc. in Santa Rosa, CA. He has 26 years of clinical experience as a physical therapist. He has lectured nationally and internationally on biomechanics of the golf swing, golf rehabilitation, golf fitness and sports biomechanics. He was a presenter at the World Scientific Congress of Golf V on “The Kinematic and Kinetic Analyses of the Modern and Stabilized-Spine Golf Swings.” He served as a consultant to the Chinese Olympic Committee for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. He has been an instructor for BACKtoGOLF since 1995.

Jay Platt, PT, ATC, is the Director of Marketing and Network Services. He is also an associate instructor for BACKtoGOLF and a member of the Advisory Board. Jay is the director of the BACKtoGOLF Performance Center in Austin, TX. Jay works with PGA/LPGA tour players, as well as recreational players, and provides golf fitness services to area golf schools.