Blake Thomas

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:
Golf Digest-Best Young Teachers (2023-2024,2025-2026), Gulf States PGA-Player Development Award (2020)

Total number of individual lessons given per year:
Male: 800
Female: 150
Junior: 50

Total number of individual clinics given per year:
40

Please indicate any Growth of the Game initiatives your facility/academy has launched over the past year (please give specifics on such programs):
We run a Ladies get into golf program each month. The program has grown over the season and has created the need to create a development program. We created a level 2 and level 3 program that goes deeper into the golf swing, short game, putting, and course strategy

Please share any programming you have made to keep your customers & students engaged:
We conduct 3-4 clinics during our peak season (May-September). The unique thing we do to keep our members engaged is we record every clinic. This allows to engage members that are unable to attend our clinics. It's been a great marketing campaign; members will comment on how much they enjoy watching the videos, which leads to more lessons and engagement.