Brian Jacobs

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 awards won:
Golf Top 100 Teachers to Watch; WNY PGA Secgtion Bill Strausbaugh, Horton Smith , Player Development

Total number of individual lessons given per year:
Male: 500
Female: 300
Junior: 250

Total number of individual clinics given per year:
30

Please indicate any Growth of the Game initiatives your facility/academy has launched over the past year (please give specifics on such programs):
Gray Institute Certification of staff protocols used in group golf experiences and one on one coaching.
PGA Jr League Spring/Summer and Fall league

Please share any programming you have made to keep your customers & students engaged:
The Game Plan: Programming using the golf course exclusively to coach students.
Wedge-U-Cation: 6 part series including wedge 101/201 (what is a wedge/fitting/loft/lie/grind/bounce vs dig), uneven lies, pitching vs chipping and decision making and on course play.
Weekly Play programs: “Pro-Am format weekly with members and guests. 9 holes.
Video content via “Club Shorts” weekly v-mail to members of club
Club fitting including loft and lie assurance; stamping of wedges and putter, club bending.
Summer Series: Group golf experiences with 2 hours of group coaching and 2 hours on course training.