Jonathan Mielke

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 (Indicate specific awards below in 3-a)

Other awards won:
NE PGA Youth Player Development Award 2016, 2020. Us Kids Top 50 Kid’s Coaches. Us Kids Top 50 Master Kid’s Coaches

Total number of individual lessons given per year:
Male: 500
Female: 700
Junior: 250

Total number of individual clinics given per year:
235

Please indicate any Growth of the Game initiatives your facility/academy has launched over the past year (please give specifics on such programs):
PGA Hope- worked with 25 veterans who learned to play the game of golf.

Meet the Pro Free Demonstrational Clinic
Join Oak Hills Director of Instruction, Jonathan Mielke for a fun and exciting demonstrational clinic that will discuss Jonathan’s background, teaching philosophy and some of the game biggest swing myths. Attend this eye-opening clinic to find out what a skateboard, Swiss ball, 2 x 8, blindfold and more, have to do with golf’s biggest swing myths.
This clinic is open to all ages and abilities.

Feel Vs. Real Free Demonstrational Clinic
If you have found improving your golf swing to be a difficult task or that the improvements you have made don’t last, join Jonathan for the free Feel vs. Real clinic. This demonstrational clinic will dive into the two most significant barriers in the learning process.
1. Feel vs. Real
2. Communication

Topics of discussion include.
Mind/Body/club relationship – Vision and sensory system – Visual Field – Motor learning – How to get the most out of your lesson and more…
If your goal is to enjoy the game and lower your scores, the insight from this clinic will build the foundation for improvement.
This clinic is open to all ages and abilities.

TPI Introduction Free Clinic
What is TPI? – The Titleist Performance Institute, the world’s leading educational organization and research facility dedicated to the study of how the human body functions in relationship to the golf swing.
Join Jonathan Mielke, a Titleist Performance Institute Level 3 Golf Instructor and TPI Level 3 Junior Coach for a free TPI introduction and demonstrational clinic that will discuss one of the most important tools you have as a golfer – the mind/ body.
Not sure if this is the clinic for you? Ask yourself the following questions.
Over the past 2 years has your handicap remained relatively the same or gone up?
Have you been dealing with the same swing issue for over 6 months?
Even with the most technologically advanced golf club in your bag, have you been posting relatively the same scores?
Do you have any pain when playing golf?
Have you had any injuries or surgeries in the last 7 years?
Is the lack of consistency or distance or both an issue in your golf game?
Do you feel you feel flexibility is important for golf?
If you have answered “yes” to any of these questions the TPI introduction Clinic will help shed light upon the true reasons your golf scores are not where you would like them to be.
Participants will also be given the opportunity to partake in a TPI Screening Assessment that will measure and highlight any area of the body that may be of concern.
This is a no pressure clinic, open to all ages and abilities.

Road To Golf Junior Clinics
Designed for junior golfers age 11 to 16 the clinic will give the youth golfer an insight into the upcoming Junior Academy. The Road To Golf Clinic is a challenging program that develops junior golfers movement patterns with horizontal striking, ground based striking, wrist release, and upper and lower body stability/mobility. With the use of high-speed video analysis, S.A.M. putting sessions and advanced motion measurements the junior golfers will develop the correct movement patterns required to play golf at an advanced level. Juniors will also be involved in discussions concerning rules, etiquette, mental strength and course management. This clinic is open to all juniors between the ages of 11-16.

Meet The SAM Puttlab Free Clinic
The Science and Motion (SAM) Puttlab is an analysis and training system that analyzes the 28 parameters of your putting stroke.
With 43% of your score coming from putting, the putter is arguably the most important club in the bag. Yet it remains one of the most misunderstood clubs.
The ‘Meet the SAM Puttlab” demonstrational clinic will utilize the analysis and training systems to demonstrate how the following aspects can help your confidence and stroke on the green.
Eye Alignment
Loft and Lie
Path and Face
Timing and Rhythm
Attack Angle
Putter Fitting
And More…
If three putts seem to follow you around the course or holing the short ones are an issue, let SAM help you discover your stroke.

Please share any programming you have made to keep your customers & students engaged:
Simplicity For Women Clinic
The Simplicity For Women clinic will simplify golf swing and stroke techniques that are needed to play the game. This clinic is designed to allow lady participants to have fun and learn the game in a no pressure learning environment. No matter the skill or experience level the clinic will be presented in an easy to follow and understand format that can jump start their golf game. The clinic is open to all ladies.

Wedge Theory Free Clinic
I have had the opportunity to work with some of the best wedge players in the country and it is by no accident that they became the best. They know and understand the complexity of the most misunderstood clubs in the bag. The Wedge Theory Clinic will dive into what every great wedge player knows. Topics of discussion include.
Wedge design, loft, lie angle, dynamic loft, bounce, dynamic bounce, playability and more
To get the most out of your wedge game requires a specific knowledge of wedge design and playability. If you want to improve your wedge game this clinic will give you an inside look at the wedges.

3 Club Clinic
The three most important clubs in your bag are the driver, putter, and wedge. These three clubs can make up 75% of your total score. Why not learn to make the most of each of them? During this 90-minute clinic students will learn about the hold, lie angle, and the motion of the swing for these clubs. This clinic is open to all.

Bunker Basics
Does finding your ball has come to rest in a bunker leave you with an uneasy feeling? The bunker can be a very intimidating if the player has the wrong approach in their set up and swing. The Bunker Basics Clinic focusses on the ability to obtain the fundamental approach to bunker play. This a 90-minute session designed to teach the player bunker fundamentals the most important metal game/approach, such as set-up, swing and wedge design. Participants will also receive drills specific to their swing along with a bunker reference guide.
Don’t rely on luck in the bunker (because it does not happen), let the Bunker Basics Clinic help build your sand skills. This clinic is open to all.

Project Short Game
Project Short Game is a five-week program designed to lower golf scores in a fun and exciting learning atmosphere by focusing attention solely on short game training. The program consists of two different levels which allows students the ability customize their training according to goals, desire, and schedule. Students may attend one or both levels of the P.S.G. program.
Project Short Game will guide students of all skill levels to develop the correct motor skills, strategies and techniques that are required for all types of short game shots. The short game is unique in that each type of short game shot is played with different swing mechanics and different locations from the fairway, rough, fringe, bunker and putting green. Having the knowledge to choose the correct set-up, swing mechanics and club will drastically improve your chances of getting the ball closer to the hole and ultimately lowering you golf scores.
You don’t need extraordinary strength or coordination to become a skilled player around the greens, but you do need the correct motor skills and strategies and mental game.
Sign up for Project Short Game and start lowering your scores.
The P.S.G. Goal
The goal of Project Short Game is to lower you short game handicap by 5 points in 5 weeks.

Uneven Lies – Greenside Clinic
Having trouble from uneven lies around the green? Can the words.
Top, chunk, scull, thin, heavy, fat, blade, shank, thick be used to describe your shots from uneven lies?
The uneven Lies Greenside clinic will simplify the set-up changes and swings while providing each student with practical practice experience for the four main types of uneven lies.
1. Ball above the feet
2. Ball below the feet
3. Uphill
4. Downhill
With the correct setup and swing technique you can start using words like.
Solid, crisp and smooth to describe your new short game technique from the uneven lies – Greenside Clinic. This clinic is open to all.

Pole Drills – Putting Edition
The Pole Drills – Putting Edition clinic explores the most versatile golf teaching aid, the alignment pole. Participants will learn how the alignment pole can improve their putting skills in distance and directional control with drills like “Roll the pole” and the “Pole Trap Drill” If you would like to get better on the greens and have a fun time doing so, this is your clinic. This clinic is open to all.

American vs. European Short Game Clinic
Learn the history and techniques of the two different styles of short game. Each shot around the green may require a different technique. Knowing the advantages and disadvantages can save you strokes around the green. If you want to improve your short game skills and learn a few new ones, attend the American vs. European short game clinic. This clinic is open to all.

Bunker – Advanced
This 90 Minute program focuses on the art of bunker play. Students will learn how to read the sand condition, the proper stance, posture, ball position, club face position and stroke for all the lies they may encounter in a bunker. Bunker Advanced Clinic topics include uphill, downhill, side hill lies, buried and 1 stroke ahead thinking. The advanced class will also discuss in length how wedge design can improve or hinder your chances in the bunker.

Experience the real art of bunker play, take the next step in the sand with the Bunker Advanced Clinic.