Garret Cwalina

Please indicate past awards won/recognitions:
N/A

Other awards won:

Total number of individual lessons given per year:
Male: 100
Female: 100
Junior: 150

Total number of individual clinics given per year:
100

Please indicate any Growth of the Game initiatives your facility/academy has launched over the past year (please give specifics on such programs):
Our player development pathway introduced hundreds of new and returning golfers to the game over the past year, with 326 group program registrations generating over $72,000 in instruction revenue. Get Golf Ready welcomed 63 adult beginners across six sessions from April through September, with clubs provided so there is no barrier to trying the game. We expanded Operation 36 into a year-round program (spring, summer and fall), and this fall we offered four separate cohorts: Beginner Junior ages 5–10, Beginner Junior ages 10–13, Beginner Adult, and Intermediate Adult. Every cohort includes bi-weekly nine-hole playing events so new golfers get onto the course, not just the range. Our PGA Junior Golf Academy ran six weeks of summer camps serving 119 campers. Our PGA Jr. League program fielded 70 players across 9U, 13U and 17U divisions, and our 17U team qualified for the Region 3 Regional Championship in Williamsburg, VA. I also co-teach Kinesiology 29C, Penn State's for-credit golf course, which introduces university students to the game.

Please share any programming you have made to keep your customers & students engaged:
We keep students engaged by building a clear pathway from their first class to lifelong play: Get Golf Ready graduates move into Operation 36, Operation 36 juniors move into camps and PGA Jr. League, and every level can continue with private coaching. Operation 36's bi-weekly nine-hole events give players a measurable goal and regular on-course experience. Participants who miss an event can pick up a nine-hole pass at the pro shop and complete the round on their own tee time, and a built-in rain date means no one loses a class to weather. PGA Jr. League gives juniors a team to belong to, and this year that meant a trip to Regionals. We communicate through seasonal enrollment email blasts, print flyers and social media. The facility also hosts free Wednesday-evening concerts under the Hawbaker Pavilion, which bring families and students back to the course outside of lessons.