Ed Ibarguen

Please indicate past awards won/recognitions:
PGA Section Teacher of the Year, GRAA Growth of the Game Teaching Professional, Golf Magazine Top 100, Golf Digest Best in State

Other awards won (if provided):
2 National PGA Awards, 7 Carolina’s Section awards, National and Carolina’s PGA Section Hall of Fame.

Total number of individual lessons given per year:
Male: 1,300
Female: 900
Junior: 1,100

Total number of individual clinics given per year:
15

Please indicate any Growth of the Game initiatives your facility/academy has launched over the past year (please give specifics on such programs):
Duke University Golf Club has been a tremendous platform for regular and fun growth of the game programs targeted to every demographic within our area and beyond. Programs include: Daily and weekly Junior Golf Camps, Adult ‘Get Golf Ready’ introductory courses, group lessons for Duke Law, Duke MBA, Duke undergraduate programs. Challenged golfer and veteran golfer programs, corporate and charity-based clinics & outings, teaching collegiate varsity golfers, senior golf programs, as well as a very striking individual lesson program.

Please share any programming you have made to keep your customers & students engaged:
Last year, we featured the MBA program ‘Buckets and Brews’ which we still do. We work closely with the Carolina’s PGA and the Carolina’s amateur body (CGA) to host a variety of events such as ‘Drive, Chip, and Putt’, US Open Local Qualifier, North/South Girls Junior Golf Match Play Championship, as well as CPGA Teaching and Coaching Seminars.