What Does Your Range Mean To Your Facility?
At Golf Range Magazine, we’re about more than just driving ranges. But this feature is all about the driving range and the immense benefits it brings to clubs and courses from New England to Southern California. With the help of some trusted PGA of America Golf Professionals, here’s what their driving range means to their facility.
Women Leading on the Range: Life as a Female Golf Professional in a Male-Dominated Industry
LPGA Professional and CEO of Brooke Management Group, Kelley Brooke has succeeded in golf like few women have. She is an award-winning LPGA Professional and the owner of her own company that manages some of the best public golf courses on Long Island. She wrote this piece on the challenges women professionals still face in golf for this month’s edition of Women Leading on the Range.
Bringing New Golfers to the Range – Valerie Vaughn, PGA
With a successful collegiate playing career and many years of coaching and mentorship under her belt, PGA of America Golf Professional Valerie Vaughn now enjoys her work at Golf House Tennessee Learning Center in Franklin, Tennessee. She’s a five-time GRAA Top 100 Growth of the Game Teaching Professional and the subject of this GRAA Award Winner profile.
Five Questions with Gil Feagin, PGA
PGA of America Golf Professional Gil Feagin is the new Director of the Professional Golf Management Program at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina. He brings years of on-course and academic administrative experience to the head role at CCU, after working with former Director and Past PGA President Will Mann. He shared some time to answer our five questions.
Boot Ranch – A Dozen GRAA Top 50 Facility Awards and Counting
Boot Ranch was started by PGA legend Hal Sutton almost 20 years ago and has developed a reputation under current ownership as a stellar family club and annual GRAA award winner. There are many awesome amenities at Boot Ranch to attract and retain members. Here’s the Boot Ranch story told by its PGA of America Head Golf Professional Alex Rhyne.
GRAA Award-Winner Profile – Oakwood Country Club
Oakwood Country Club seemed on its last leg just five years ago, but some renovations and a new owner rejuvenated the Kansas City club and started its rise to grandeur. There’s a growing membership of golfers from across the country, stellar practice facilities, pristine course conditions and a team of professionals who know how to serve. Here’s the story of the metamorphosis of Oakwood Country Club, a 2023 GRAA Top 50 Private Facility and 2023 GRAA Top Range Renovation Award winner.
Investing in Your Range – Essex County Country Club
Essex County Country Club has a storied history that has recently been enhanced even more by some renovations done by Gil Hanse and his team. PGA of America Director of Golf Alex Hoyos shares the story in more detail in this month’s edition of Investing in Your Range.
Allen Terrell, PGA – A Coach With An Eye For Talent
Award-winning golf instructor Allen Terrell has something that many other golf coaches don’t, he discovered Dustin Johnson. He recruited him to Coastal Carolina University and they’ve worked together ever since. Terrell has a thriving teaching business at TPC Myrtle Beach and continues to grow the game from the beginner level to the best in the world.