Bernie Najar

Please indicate past awards won/recognitions:
PGA Section Teacher of the Year, GRAA Growth of the Game Teaching Professional, Golf Magazine Top 100, Golf Digest Top 50

Other awards won (if provided):
2011 & 2012 MAPGA Professional Development Award

Total number of individual lessons given per year:
Male: 450
Female: 450
Junior: 750

Total number of individual clinics given per year:
15-30

Please indicate any Growth of the Game initiatives your facility/academy has launched over the past year (please give specifics on such programs):
We conduct annual clinics and work with juniors in the First Tee of Baltimore and are actively involved with the Evan Scholars Program. We host education seminars for the Middle Atlantic PGA and provide unique education opportunities for instructors that visit from all parts of the country and a virtual Instructor Resource and Networking Program that connects PGA Members, Associates, and PGM students with industry experts and some of the top teachers in the country.

Please share any programming you have made to keep your customers & students engaged:
Corporate Clinics
Golf Schools
Speed and Power Workshops
Junior Player Development Programs
Playing Lessons
Custom Club Fitting Services
AimPoint Green Reading Clinics
Virtual Education Events