Brian Sleeman is a PGA golf instructor at The Preserve Golf Club in Carmel Valley, a distinctive private course set within a protected natural area in the Santa Lucia foothills where the routing works around existing terrain features rather than imposing a design on the landscape. The course is genuinely different from the manicured resort tracks or tree-lined parkland courses that define most of California's private club golf — it plays with a naturalistic character that rewards players who can adapt their shot-making to variable lies, irregular boundaries, and greens that sit in bowls and on slopes created by the land itself. Sleeman's instruction reflects the demands of the venue, with an emphasis on adaptability and course management alongside the swing fundamentals that underpin consistent play.