Movement First.
Every swing is built on how your body actually moves — your mobility, your physical readiness, your unique mechanics. Skip that step and you’re guessing.
About Movement 3 Golf
Where golf science meets your best game.
Rick Silva and Movement 3 Golf — built around one idea: data-driven coaching that respects how YOUR body actually moves.
The Story
Twenty years in. Still asking better questions.
Rick Silva is a Class A PGA Professional with more than twenty years coaching players at every level — from juniors and amateurs to PGA Tour and Korn Ferry players. Along the way he has been recognized by GOLF Magazine as a Top 100 Teacher in America for 2026–27, named a Golf Digest Best Teacher in Illinois for 2026–27, and nominated eight times for Illinois PGA Teacher of the Year.
He is also the author of “The Golfer’s Tools: A Practical Guide to Swing Science,” written with Michael Jacobs — a book that translates elite biomechanics into a framework any committed player can use.
Coaching shouldn’t ask you to fit the method. The method should fit you.
Movement 3 Golf is Rick’s elite instruction studio in Highland Park, IL — a facility inside DINX Social Club at 1931 Skokie Valley Rd, built around the same philosophy that has driven his coaching from day one: real measurement, individualized methodology, and coaching that adapts to the player, not the other way around.
The studio is open year-round and houses the technology stack used by the world’s best coaches — the same tools that train tour players, working for every M3G player regardless of level.
The Philosophy
Three principles. No exceptions.
Measure. Don’t Assume.
Eye-tests miss what matters. We measure ground forces, 3D body and club motion, ball flight, and impact — so every change has a reason and a number behind it.
Methodology, Not Method.
There is no one swing. The right swing is the one your body can repeat under pressure. We build it with you, around you.
Innovation. Precision. Passion. Quality.
Recognition
Recognized by the people who watch the people who teach.
The awards reflect peer recognition and player outcomes — not marketing. The recognitions below come from the publications, organizations, and players who know the work best.
GOLF Magazine
Top 100 Teachers in America 2026–27
Golf Digest
Best Teachers in Every State 2026–27 (Illinois)
Illinois PGA
Teacher of the Year Nominee — 8 times
Plugged In Golf · Matt Saternus
“Best golf lesson I’ve ever had.”
Golfweek · Jeff Rude
“Rick is a big player in a very small pond.”
Industry Advisor
Foresight Sports, GEARS Golf
Certified
Jacobs 3D, TPI, SAM PuttLab, TrackMan University
PGA
Class A Professional · 20+ Years
Published
Author, “The Golfer’s Tools: A Practical Guide to Swing Science”
Published Work
Published work.
In print.
Rick’s instruction and analysis appear regularly across the publications that set the standard in golf.
GOLF Magazine
GOLF Magazine’s 2026–27 Top 100 Teachers: Hall of Fame inductees
ReadGOLF Magazine
Viktor Hovland’s double-pump swing, explained
ReadGolf Digest
How Tiger Woods adapted to his body is a lesson for the rest of us
ReadGolf Digest
Best Teachers In Every State 2026–27
ReadPlugged In Golf
The Best Golf Lesson I’ve Ever Had
ReadPlugged In Golf
How I Gained Over 10 MPH of Club Speed in One Lesson
ReadInside the Studio
The same technology that trains tour players.
Movement 3 Golf is one of the most technologically advanced golf studios in the country. Built for real measurement and rigorous methodology, the studio puts every tool a world-class teaching pro could need — and the data they generate — to work for every M3G player, regardless of level.
GEARS Golf
Full-body 3D optical motion capture. Tour-level swing data, in your studio session.
TrackMan
Industry-standard ball flight and club delivery tracking.
Foresight GCQuad
Precision launch monitor for ball and club data on every shot.
Jacobs 3D
Forces, torques, and kinematics — the most advanced biomechanical model in golf.
SAM PuttLab
Ultrasound-based putting analysis used by tour players and elite coaches.
True Spec Clubfitting
Brand-independent fitting integrated into coaching.
Who Rick Coaches
From scratch golfers to tour players.
Rick coaches a deliberately wide range — from juniors and brand-new golfers to mid-amateurs chasing club championships to elite players competing on the PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour. The method scales. What changes between a 25-handicap and a tour player isn’t the philosophy — it’s the precision of the questions and the speed of the iterations.
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Tour & Korn Ferry Pros
6+ players coached at the highest level.
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Elite Mid-Ams
Multiple U.S. Mid-Am qualifiers.
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Club Champions & Aspiring Pros
Year-over-year improvement, documented.
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Adult Improvers
The largest M3G group. Measured progress, every visit.
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Juniors & Beginners
Built around how their bodies move now — and how they’ll grow.
Author
The Golfer’s Tools.
A Practical Guide to Swing Science.
Co-written with Michael Jacobs and built around the science Rick uses every day at Movement 3 Golf. The book translates 3D biomechanics into something every committed player can use — the same framework that shapes every M3G coaching session.
Next Step
Come see how it works.
The fastest way to understand the M3G method is to book a session and experience it. Or schedule a studio tour first — meet Rick, see the technology, and decide if it’s right for you.