Blake Sharamitaro

Please indicate past awards won/recognitions:
PGA Section Teacher of the Year

Other awards won:
2023 Gateway PGA Teacher of the Year, 2023 Gateway PGA Player Development Award, 2023 Gateway PGA Youth Player Development Award

Total number of individual lessons given per year:
Male: 700
Female: 200
Junior: 400

Total number of individual clinics given per year:
70

Please indicate any Growth of the Game initiatives your facility/academy has launched over the past year (please give specifics on such programs):
NEW AT FGLC IN 2024 – OPERATION 36
Our Junior Golf Clinics will have a new curriculum this year with the introduction of Operation 36 Golf. Ops36 will help to improve our Junior Golf Clinics with clear and concise goals for golfers at every stage, helping teachers and parents track each student’s progress. Our goal at Family Golf is to have a developmental model that moves your junior through our clinics based on their improvement. We will still offer Birdie Bandits, Fundamentals, and Learn to Play along with the new 8-week, hour-long classes and play days on the golf course!

Operation 36 Eight Week Program (8 years old and up)
The eight-week class is a more in-depth program than the four-week sessions. The program includes eight – one-hour lessons and two on-course play days (the fourth Sunday of each month). This program is geared toward intermediate-level junior golfers. Class is on Saturdays from 12:30 – 1:30 pm.
Equipment: Putter, Wedge, 7-Iron, Hybrid & Driver. Golf Balls & Tees for on-course play days

Competitive Junior Program
The Competitive Junior Program is designed to prepare junior golfers for competition. The weekly small group setting provides an ideal atmosphere for one-on-one instruction combined with group practice. The 90 minute sessions are instructed by top FGLC instructors who challenge the participants’ practice skills as well as group competitions.

Please share any programming you have made to keep your customers & students engaged:
We host Parent/Child Events, Ladies Events, Operation 36 Monthly Play Days. Competitive Jr Program play days, and Indoor Simulator Leagues and Tournaments in the winter months.