Ann Marie Gildersleeve

Please indicate past awards won/recognitions:
PGA Section Teacher of the Year, GRAA Top 100 Growth of the Game Teaching Professional, Golf Magazine Top 100, Golf Digest Best in State, LPGA Awards

Other awards won:
Harvey Penick Teacher of the Year, STPGA Section: 2011, 2014, 2022; Harvey Penick Teacher of the Year, STPGA Western Chapter: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2020, 2021; Callaway #1 Club Fitter in the USA: 2024; Golf Digest Best In State Teacher: 2019-2020, 2022-2023, 2024-2025; US Kids Master Kids Teacher Award (LIFETIME): 2008; US Kids Top 50 Teacher of the Year: 2005, 2006, 2007; Dallas Morning News One of State’s Best LPGA Teachers: 1998

Total number of individual lessons given per year:
Male: Approximately 2,000 lessons per year – 35% male
Female: Approximately 2,000 lessons per year – 25% female
Junior: Approximately 2,000 lessons per year – 40% member-dependent ages 5-23

Total number of individual clinics given per year:
Year-round programs include: Men’s supervised clinics bi-weekly; Women’s supervised clinics weekly; Kids, Juniors, Teens, Young Adults – 3 days per week teaching and coaching. Summer golf academies – 6 weeks, 4 days per week.

Please indicate any Growth of the Game initiatives your facility/academy has launched over the past year (please give specifics on such programs):
I have worked closely with the PGA of America to help improve Junior League for private club participation. We are launching Junior League at our club November 15th for the 2025 season. I am excited to be involved with the best practices flagship program to help junior golfers be successful, not just at our club but across the country. Additionally, we are continuing to grow our customized lesson programs that cater to the needs of our members without them feeling they must be in a structured program. We are also continuing to grow our teaching and coaching programming, along with our supervised practice clinics that have become very successful in 2024 for our members, member spouses and their dependents.

Please share any programming you have made to keep your customers & students engaged:
It’s very important to me that the student is involved in every aspect of the learning process and to make sure that I’m optimizing their learning-style with their busy schedules to practice in a way that they can find balance and harmony to get better. I am very open and available to them in text. They can send me videos, questions or round information anytime. I believe that’s the best way to stay engaged with my students, not just on the lesson tee. It’s a priority for me to follow up on their progress.