Our Instructors

Seth Dichard - Owner & Director of Instruction

Seth brings ten years of professional teaching experience to The Seth Dichard Golf Schools. He was first introduced to the golfing arena by his father at the age of eight. His father, who owned and operated an off-course pro shop in Nashua, encouraged Seth to follow his dreams of becoming a professional golfer. He has since played and competed at the game for over twenty years at the high school, collegiate and professional levels. Seth graduated from Pfeiffer University in Misenheimer, N.C. as a member of the schools nationally ranked NCAA golf team.

While attending Pfeiffer, Seth became passionate about studying and teaching the game and has since worked with and mentored under Golf Digests and Golf Magazines Top 20 Ranked PGA Instructor Dr. Jim Suttie. He continues to further his education every fall at the Jim Suttie Golf Academy in Naples, Florida.

Seth has coached several of his students to college golf scholarships and is best known for having taught some of the area’s most successful junior players including the 2011 European LPGA and LPGA Tour player Alison Walshe as well as Bishop Guertin’s former high school golf team standout and captain, Tracy Martin. (Who recently was recruited and received a Golf Scholarship from the NCAA Division I University of Richmond Spiders Golf Team).

Recently, Seth has taught the 2010 High School Player of the Year, Brent Christiansen (Nashua High School), as well as First Team players; Griffin Brown (Hollis/Brookline) and Jon Warneke (Nashua High School.) He has also taught other local High School players Gabe Sadowsky (Bishop Guertin) and Pat Paulson (Merrimack High School.)

He has also worked with several collegiate and high school teams in the area and has assisted in golf conditioning programs.

He continues to enjoy teaching all ability levels by simplifying technical theories and presenting them in a way his students can easily understand.

Seth and his wife Cynthia currently reside in Hudson, NH with their adorable new baby boy, Logan Adam and their four cats; Kitty, Tabitha, Nermal and Callaway.

Instructor BIO

• Has taught nearly 10,000 lessons since 2000.


• Has owned and operated The Seth Dichard Golf Schools since 2005.


• Named one of the Top 100 Instructors by the World Golf Teachers Federation, 2010.


• Certified USGTF Master Teaching Professional since 2003.


• Mentored under Top 20 PGA Instructor Dr. Jim Suttie in Naples, Florida since 2006.


• Certified Laws I and Laws II Instructor under Top PGA instructor Dr. Jim Suttie, 2007-2008.


• Certified Jim McLean Instructor, 2010.


• Certified K-Vest Level I & II Professional, 2011.


• Certified Mitchell Club Performance Fitting Specialist, 2009.


• Titleist Staff Professional since 2007.


• Has taught several students to collegiate golf scholarships including Tracy Martin (University of Richmond) and LPGA Tour Player Alison Walshe.


• Featured in several magazines and newspaper articles.


• Co-host in 2010 for "The Granite State Golf Show" on WGAM "The Game" and ESPN Radio. Listen to the Show!


• Assistant Golf Professional and Teaching Professional at historic Vesper Country Club in Tyngsboro, MA. 2001-2003.


• Played for Pfeiffer University, a Nationally Ranked NCAA collegiate golf team, 1997-2000.

Eric Leith, PGA - Lead Staff Instructor

Eric W. Leith has been a PGA of America member for over twenty years. During that time, he has been employed as a Head Golf Professional at three locations throughout the south. His passion for golf is focused on the opportunities in the teaching arena, from the tiniest tykes, up to and including 80-year old kids. Having majored in Elementary Education at Springfield (Mass.) college, Eric has extensive formal training and thousands of lessons in his background that enable him to help each student achieve his or her goals.

The philosophy at the Seth Dichard Golf School is embraced in Eric’s style of teaching. Our students all bring individual abilities, desires, body types, and histories to their lessons. To best serve their needs we must recommend changes clearly in a manner that they can comprehend and “feel” in order to successfully alter their habits. There is no ‘one size fits all’ answer to swing flaws, no ‘best’ teaching style’, and no ‘universal model’ to aspire to-- Unique individuals require individual approaches.

Eric has coached players of all skill levels, and is extremely comfortable in both private and group settings. Former students praise his encouraging manner and constant support of even the simplest success. The nationally renowned Hilton Head Junior Golf Academy focused Eric’s natural inclination towards Junior instruction, and provided him with the specific knowledge needed for succeeding with younger golfers. The private clubs at which he served each required constant interaction with novices, intermediates, and special needs player; he has equal experience with both men and women in his teaching history.

We are here to make your golf game better, and to make golf a better game. The student requires professional input regarding much that surrounds the game in addition to swing instruction, and Eric strives to insert important information into each session. An awareness of topics like Rules, Etiquette, Equipment and Fitting, History, Current Events, and Course Management are examples of what separates a True Golfer from a range rat. Students will learn about their swing, and learn about the game.

With his wife of nineteen years, Lynn, Eric currently resides in Litchfield. They have their hands full tending to the never-boring needs of three wonderful teenagers: Katherine (class of ‘09 at Campbell HS), and boy-girl twins Hayden and Evan (Campbell ‘11).

Scott Mann, PGA - Staff Instructor

Scott E. Mann brings decades of golf knowledge to teaching, growing up across the street from the local course Scott could not help but let his passion and knowledge of the golf swing and it's mechanics grow. Scott brings a straight forward approach to teaching; his philosophy in teaching is "to keep it simple, to many complexities cloud the mind and prohibit the body from being able to perform efficiently." His career began as an outside service specialist and just 8 short years later as a Head Golf Professional at one of Maine's premier private facilities, through out all of these steps in Scott's career the one constant thing that continued to enthrall him the most was teaching. He has been mentored by some of most accomplished teacher's as well as having extensive PGA training. He brings to teaching; knowledge, patience, and a contagious enthusiasm for the game of golf.

Scott has taught players of all skill levels and ages, he is a detail oriented teacher who has the understanding of vast personalities, and the ability to be diverse to serve the learning behaviors of his many students. he teaches with a calm and concise manner making players at ease allowing for great results. He is comfortable in all teaching settings, whether it be camps for the juniors, clinics for ladies or in private lessons, Scott has taught the spectrum of golfers and brings to Seth Dichards Golf School an ability to engage players of all levels.

Scott is very excited to be joining the team at Seth Dichard's Golf School, He is looking forward to many rewarding lessons; taught and learned. Scott is currently residing in Falmouth, Maine with his wife, Sara and they're 2 young children Davis 3, and their daughter Harper 1.