James Parella

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

Other awards won:
GRAA Top 100 Growth of the Game Teaching Professional 2 times, PGA National Junior League Player engagement Award

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

Total number of individual clinics given per year:
50

Please indicate any Growth of the Game initiatives your facility/academy has launched over the past year (please give specifics on such programs):
Junior Golf Growth of the Game initiatives include PGA Junior League both 13U and 17U divisions totaling 64 players in 2026; our most popular Junior Golf Thursdays, we offer 9 separate Thursday mornings from 8am-11am where we educate on Rules and Etiquette, proper stretching and instruction on a different part of the game each week throughout the summer. After the instruction we take the kids out for on-course instruction where they play anywhere from 3-9 holes with guidance on such topics as repairing ball marks, filling divots, marking your ball properly, order of play, course management and others. We hold two full golf camps every season, golf clinics in the spring, summer, fall and winter as well as in in house junior golf league each Fall. Lastly we offer a 4 class Drip, Chip and Putt prep series preparing our students for the different stages and qualifiers.

For our Women, clinics, in the Spring, Summer, Winter and Fall focusing on the fundamentals of the game. We also bring in TPI golf/fitness specialists to provide physical screenings, help with golf injury prevention and to increase swing speed and production. We have a summer long Play with the Pro Series which seems quite beneficial as our full team of professionals do 4 or 5 rounds each with different groups where we provide a fun environment which is geared more towards newer players who need to learn and prep to be able to play the golf course on their own. Lastly we have our Women's Wednesdays each week in the evening throughout the summer where the newer players go out in a fun, low pressure format where they build the skills and confidence to become better players.

Please share any programming you have made to keep your customers & students engaged:
I believe all of the programs listed above have been very successful since I've implemented them over the past six seasons here at Cedarbrook. Our programs have all continued to grow every season, membership is beyond full with an extremely high retention rate. I believe these programs we run are a major reason for that. and I believe that's why I've been recognized for this prestigious award two other times over the past 4 years.