Richard's love of golf and competition started when his father introduced him to the game at 8 years old. His start of competitive golf started at 10 years old and led him to become a top junior in the country and a golf scholarship to the University of North Carolina Golf Team. After many years of playing on the Nike Tour and other numerous mini tours, a injury led him to start his journey into the golf swing and the biomechanics of how the body operates during the swing.

During his journey Richard has had the fortune to work with and for many top instructors including David Pelz, David Leadbetter, Jim Mclean, Mike Bender, and Dana Dahlquist. After many years of studying and teaching in the states, Richard joined the largest golf academy in South Korea and quickly became the head Women's coach at the academy. Here he was able to coach top men and women players from elite juniors to multiple time winners on the Korean LPGA and PGA tours.

Richard soon branched out to establish and run his own academy where he spent 13 hrs a day training his students in all aspects of the game. He recently moved to the northern Atlanta area with his wife and daughter. having worked with players ranging from beginners to a women’s u s open champion (Jeongeun Lee 2019), he's excited to work with the players at Energy First to help all players improve and learn about the game we all love so much. Richard coaches in English and Korean.