The Ronny Golf Park – Where Golf is for Everyone
The Ronny Golf Park is one of those special golf places that every kid should have the chance to experience. Fortunately, for the residents of Frisco, Texas, the Northern Texas PGA Section has provided a golf haven for kids and beginners to learn the game and enjoy some of the finest junior golf instruction around.
Investing in Your Range: New Performance Center at Bonnie Briar Country Club
Technology meets service once again as Bonnie Briar Country Club in Larchmont, New York is set to unveil its new Golf & Tennis Performance Center this spring. With Trackman, enhanced club fitting services, a tennis shop and a lounge, this new amenity is sure to get the season started right at Bonnie Briar.
Women Leading on the Range – The Road to Golf Leadership: Finding My Passion Beyond the Fairways
In this month’s Women Leading on the Range, Nikki Prichard, the PGA of America Assistant General Manager at Arrowood Golf Course in Southern California, shares her road from junior golf to award-winning leader and mentor. It’s an inspirational story and another positive reflection on the future of the PGA of America and golf in general.
GRAA New Award Winner Profile – Rob Elliott, PGA
Past Wisconsin PGA President Rob Elliott is a new GRAA Award Winner. With two Section Player Development Awards already on his resume, Elliott adds a 2024 GRAA Top 100 Growth of the Game Teaching Professional award. Here’s a GRAA New Award Winner Profile on the passionate golf coach from Wisconsin.
The Ronny Golf Park – Where Golf is for Everyone
The Ronny Golf Park is one of those special golf places that every kid should have the chance to experience. Fortunately, for the residents of Frisco, Texas, the Northern Texas PGA Section has provided a golf haven for kids and beginners to learn the game and enjoy some of the finest junior golf instruction around.
Five Questions with Andy Miller, PGA
Andy Miller, a multi-year GRAA and PGA of America award winner, has shared some Best Practices with us in the past and now answers our inquiries for this month’s Five Questions feature.
Bringing New Golfers to the Range – Brian Williams, PGA
Brian Williams left a highly-desired head professional job because he couldn’t teach there and it was taking him away from his family. With much respect for that move, we take a look at the road he has taken to owning his own golf instruction business.
GRAA Award Winner Profile – Steve Sieracki, PGA
Steve Sieracki is a highly accomplished PGA of America Golf Professional. As the Director of Instruction at The Legacy Club in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, he works with golfers of all skill levels. He shares that passion with us in this GRAA Award Winner Profile.
Changing the Way Members Learn – The New Learning Center at Shadow Wood Country Club
As technology continues to change the way we consume the game of golf, facilities across the country are doing what they can to provide the best possible amenities to their members by investing in their ranges. Here’s a story about Shadow Wood Country Club in Estero, Florida. Read about how they made an already stellar facility even better.
GRAA Award Winner Profile – Robbie Blackwell, PGA
For Robbie Blackwell, a two-time GRAA Top 100 Growth of the Game Teaching Professional, golf wasn’t always on his radar. As he explains in this profile story, he fell into the game as a teen and chose it as a career only after pursuing other options. Needless to say, he’s made the best of it as a mentor to many junior golfers in the Alabama-NW Florida PGA Section. Here’s his story that proves you don’t always have to know “what you want to do when you grow up!”
GRAA Top 50 Facility Profile – BIGHORN Golf Club
BIGHORN is an exclusive golf and lifestyle community in Palm Desert, California. As a 10-time GRAA Top Private facility, this GRAA Top 50 Facility Profile is long overdue. Let’s take a look at how good life can be.
Women Leading on the Range – Implementing Golf Travel into your Offerings
GRAA Elite Growth of the Game Teaching Professional Elizabeth Granahan tells us about her business, The G2 Golf Group. From player development to golf travel, Granahan and her partner Michele Gajderowicz are creating memories with their members and clients at locations all over the world.
What Does Being a GRAA Award Winner Mean to You?
Recognition for a job well done. Here’s what it means to be a GRAA Top 100 Growth of the Game Teaching Professional, from their point of view.
Coaching Talent That’s Shaping the Future of the Game – Tessa Teachman, PGA
PGA of America Golf Professional Tessa Teachman has done a lot in golf in a relatively short period of time. From junior golf to collegiate competition, and reality TV to the professional tours, Teachman now shares her experience and expertise with her many students at Aronomink Golf Club in the Philadelphia PGA Section. She recently earned her first PGA Section award and shares her story with us at Golf Range Magazine.
Five Questions with Megan Padua Buzza, PGA/LPGA
Golf Range Magazine readers are certainly familiar with Megan Padua Buzza, PGA/LPGA. She has long been a contributor to our digital publication. In this month’s Five Questions feature, Buzza, a GRAA Elite Growth of the Game Teaching Professional, shares her background in golf and discusses what inspires her to this day.
GRAA New Award Winner Profile – Matt Henderson, PGA
In keeping with our tradition of celebrating our GRAA Award Winners, we highlight Matt Henderson, PGA, a new GRAA Top 100 Growth of the Game Teaching Professional.
Five Questions with Alison Curdt, PGA/LPGA
Continuing our Five Questions feature into the new year, we chat with Dr. Alison Curdt, the President of the Southern California PGA Section and a leading professional in coaching and instruction. As she gets ready to educate her PGA of America colleagues at the 2025 PGA Show in Orlando, she shares some thoughts on her background in the game and the future of golf instruction.
The “Four Pillars” of Leadership
Eric Lohman, a PGA of America General Manager in the Southern California PGA Section shares his thoughts on the Four Pillars of Leadership, valuable information that managers at any type of golf facility, or business in general, can benefit from.
2024 GRAA Top 50 Stand Alone Facilities
With a new year upon us, it’s time to celebrate our 2024 Golf Range Association of America (GRAA) Award Winners. This is our 13th year of recognizing the best teachers and coaches in golf and highlighting the cream of the crop in public, private and stand-alone facilities. With the popularity of golf now greater than […]
2024 GRAA Top 50 Public Facilities
With a new year upon us, it’s time to celebrate our 2024 Golf Range Association of America (GRAA) Award Winners. This is our 13th year of recognizing the best teachers and coaches in golf and highlighting the cream of the crop in public, private and stand-alone facilities. With the popularity of golf now greater than […]
2024 GRAA Top 50 Private Facilities
With a new year upon us, it’s time to celebrate our 2024 Golf Range Association of America (GRAA) Award Winners. This is our 13th year of recognizing the best teachers and coaches in golf and highlighting the cream of the crop in public, private and stand-alone facilities. With the popularity of golf now greater than […]
