Richard Franklin is the founder of Circle System Golf. Competitively successful from an young age, Richard Franklin was a member of the Canadian Professional Golf Tour (2007, 2008), has won at the mini tour level and has Nationwide Tour experience. Richard Franklin is a graduate of the University of Arizona (2007), and continues to research and seek out top representatives in the fields of neuroscience, kinesiology, and physics to improve his and others interpretation of the greatest game in the world. His teaching philosophy is inspired by Homer Kelley's The Golfing Machine as well as tutelage under Mac O Grady (Golf Digest Top 100 Instructor).

 In 2010, Richard and Circle System Golf conducted multi-day golf schools for corporate and private groups around the United States and in the U.K. Circle Systems Golf also offered private instruction and ran popular junior camps and women's programs at Deerpath Golf Course (Lake Forest, IL) in the summer of 2010.