Chad Krawczyk

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

Other awards won:

Total number of individual lessons given per year:
Male: 175
Female: 125
Junior: 365

Total number of individual clinics given per year:
10

Please indicate any Growth of the Game initiatives your facility/academy has launched over the past year (please give specifics on such programs):
Over the past year, I have made Growth of the Game a central focus of my work, with an emphasis on junior golf, accessibility, player development, and creating opportunities for golfers throughout our local community.

One of the initiatives I am most proud of is the continued growth of the Chestnut Ridge Junior Golf Program. In 2026, the program reached approximately 90 junior golfers, continuing the growth of a program that had 64 participants during its first year. Our goal extends beyond simply teaching children how to swing a golf club. Each session incorporates golf fundamentals, rules, etiquette, sportsmanship, course care, personal responsibility, and our Junior Golfer’s Creed. We want children to learn the game while developing the values that can make golf a lifelong positive influence.

Accessibility has also been an important part of this initiative. We have worked with scholarship programs to help families cover the cost of junior programming and private golf instruction, helping ensure that financial circumstances do not have to prevent a child from learning and enjoying the game.

My involvement in junior golf expanded further this year through serving as Head Coach of the River Valley Girls Golf Team. This has provided another avenue to develop young players, particularly female golfers, and create a pathway from introductory junior golf into competitive high school golf and, ultimately, lifelong participation in the game.

Throughout the year, I have also continued providing individual instruction to golfers of varying ages and abilities. My teaching philosophy, “Make Golf Simple,” is centered on making instruction approachable and helping golfers enjoy the process of improving rather than making the game unnecessarily complicated or intimidating.

That commitment to year-round player development is also continuing with the opening of White Rose Golf & Training Center in Blairsville, Pennsylvania. The facility will allow junior and adult golfers in our area to practice, receive instruction, participate in leagues and stay connected to the game throughout the entire year.

Through the expansion of junior golf to approximately 90 participants, scholarship-supported instruction, girls’ high school golf, individual player development, and the creation of additional year-round opportunities, I have worked to create not simply more golf lessons, but more opportunities for people to develop a lasting relationship with the game.

My measure of success is ultimately how many people we can introduce to golf, how many we can help improve, and most importantly, how many we can inspire to continue playing for the rest of their lives.

Please share any programming you have made to keep your customers & students engaged:
My goal has always been to create golfers, not simply give golf lessons. I keep students engaged through structured junior programs, private instruction, on-course coaching, skills challenges, leagues, and continued communication and accountability between lessons. Junior golfers are encouraged to progress from introductory programming into private instruction and competitive golf, while adult players have opportunities to continue developing year-round. With the opening of White Rose Golf & Training Center, that engagement will expand through year-round practice, leagues, clinics, and technology-based player development. The objective is to give every golfer a reason to keep learning, practicing, improving, and most importantly, enjoying the game.