For the past fifteen years, David Leadbetter has been recognized as the number one golf teacher in the game. Initially gaining worldwide attention for his successful collaboration with six-time major winner Nick Faldo, Leadbetter now works with nearly 30 PGA and LPGA players including Nick Price, Ernie Els, Charles Howell III and Justin Rose, as well as teenage sensations Michelle Wie and Aree Song. His teaching empire has expanded to include books, videos, DVD's, magazines, television, and 24 golf academies sprinkled around the globe including one at The Fairmont Chateau Whistler Golf Course. While there is no typical day in Leadbetter's life, the dean of golf teachers has given Fairmont a peak into his unique day-to-day schedule.

'We live in a house on the golf course at Lake Nona, south of Orlando. It's a popular spot for golfers, Annika Sorenstam lives about a sand wedge away and Ernie Els is a neighbor. I get up early and somewhere between 6:00 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. I take our dogs out for a walk. They love to jump in the lake and chase the fish. We have a workout facility in the house and after the walk I spend about 45 minutes every morning doing a cardio workout - I never miss, I even get a workout in when I'm traveling - and three times a week I add light weights and a medicine ball. I've become a real health and workout nut. I concentrate on eating right and getting plenty of regular exercise. Because of my travel schedule - between the PGA and European Tours I go to about 18 tournaments a year, I also do about 40 corporate events annually and probably visit at least 12 of the academies each year - I need to stay in good shape, inside and out.

Most days, I meet up with the rest of the family at breakfast time. There is Kelly, my wife of 20 years and a former LPGA player, our 13-year-old daughter Hally who is crazy about horses (believe me, it's a much more expensive hobby than golf) and 11-year-old James, who wants to be a baseball player. Our oldest son Andy is attending the University of Nevada Las Vegas. (Yes, he is on the golf team and no I didn't teach him. I thought it would be better for both of us if one of our Academy instructors worked with him.)

My cell phone starts ringing by 8:00 a.m. and I spend the next two hours in my home office taking calls and meetings. Sometimes it's players looking for swing fixes. Every player has three or four tendencies they have to look out for. We talk about how the swing is feeling and relate it to what we've been working on. If things have really fallen apart, they'll come to see me at the academy in Orlando or I'll fly in to the next Tour stop and we'll figure things out.

Later in the morning, I'll head over to the academy and depending on the day, can be working on a video shoot or a magazine lesson for Golf Digest or something for the Golf Channel. My favorite thing though is to teach. I still have a natural inquisitiveness about the golf swing and love to help individuals reach their potential. It's always a challenge because golfers come in all shapes and sizes with unique swing motions.

I try to get home for dinner at a reasonable hour but occasionally I lose track of time, especially when I'm teaching.

I don't play much social golf, maybe a round a month but in the summer time when the sun is still high after dinner, James and I will sometimes go out and play a few holes before it gets dark. We had the chance to play more golf last summer when the whole family went to The Fairmont Chateau Whistler for the opening of the new academy. What a great destination. We went bear watching, kayaking and zip trekking. It's a vacation we will remember for a long time.