Blake Thomas

Please indicate past awards won/recognitions:
GRAA Top 100 Growth of the Game Teaching Professional

Other awards won:
Golf Digest Best Young Teachers (2023-2024,2025-2026), Gulf States Section Teacher of the Year-2020, Gulf States Section Player Development Award-2020

Total number of individual lessons given per year:
Male: 700
Female: 300
Junior: 100

Total number of individual clinics given per year:
50

Please indicate any Growth of the Game initiatives your facility/academy has launched over the past year (please give specifics on such programs):
Intro to Golf- targets spouses of members that are new to golf

Guest Instructor Series- we bring in top coaches in different fields for 1-2 days, we split time between staff education and working with the membership, we typically host 2-4 events per year

Bi-Weekly Clinics- various topics for each clinic

Please share any programming you have made to keep your customers & students engaged:
Play with the Pro weekly events- gives our staff an opportunity to engage with the membership on the course

Open Range sessions- weekly supervised practice sessions for current students