Billy Sampson

Billy Sampson

Old Tabby Links @ Spring Island

42 Mobley Oaks Lane

42 Mobley Oaks Lane, Okatie, South Carolina 29909, US

http://springisland.com

bsampson@springisland.com

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Please indicate past awards won/recognitions:
PGA Section Teacher of the Year, GRAA Top 100 Growth of the Game Teaching Professional, Golf Digest Best in State, Other (Indicate specific awards below in 3-a)

Other awards won:
• Low Country Golf Hall of Fame – 2022 • Received the Carolinas Section Teacher of the Year – 2016 • Named Titleist Difference Maker – 2016 • Named TPI Teacher of the month December – 2016 • HHIPGA Teacher of the Year – 2015 • Voted #6 teacher in South Carolina by Golf Digest – 2013 and 2014 • HHIPGA Golf Professional of the year – 2007, 2010 & 2013 • Elizabethton High School Sports Hall of Fame – 2012 • Voted #8 teacher in South Carolina by Golf Digest – 2011 and 2012 • Received the Carolinas Section Golf Professional of the Year – 2011 • Received the Carolinas Section President’s Plaque – 2010 Received the Carolinas Section Bill Strausbaugh Award – 2007 Voted #2 teacher in South Carolina by Golf Digest – 2007and 2008

Total number of individual lessons given per year:
Male: 590
Female: 630
Junior: 90

Total number of individual clinics given per year:
20

Please indicate any Growth of the Game initiatives your facility/academy has launched over the past year (please give specifics on such programs):
With very few juniors at our facility, I assist the local high school golf program and I give back at my alma mater in Elizabethton. I am passionate about helping beginners and seasoned veterans of the game improve their skills and increase the enjoyment they experience from the game. I do a July 4th free junior clinic 50 attended and free club fitting for kids. Practice with the pros, I have added lessons for couples and friends that play together. Twice a year putting schools, mini golf schools for two to four players. trouble shots clinic on the golf course. I have a program never turn a student-athlete away because of lack of equipment or gear.

Please share any programming you have made to keep your customers & students engaged:
I have students who are blind, others with Parkinson’s Disease and several others who have had hip, knee and shoulder replacements, and have found ways for them to continue playing golf. helping members recover from surgery making sure I am included in their rehab. Having our fitness team involved with all of my students keeps them mobile and stronger. Our goal is to keep people playing as long as possible. TPI assessments allows me to help them maintain or even gain distance and accuracy while remaining confident even as they age. Instead of watching their abilities lessen while aging. helping members keep stats while playing. Making sure members have on course practice.