Julieta Stack

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

Other awards won (if provided):
2023, 2019 U.S. Kids Golf Top 50 Junior Coach, Honorable mention 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025

Total number of individual lessons given per year:
Male: 175
Female: 225
Junior: 250

Total number of individual clinics given per year:
650

Please indicate any Growth of the Game initiatives your facility/academy has launched over the past year (please give specifics on such programs):
We launched affordable ($35 per hour, 4 players per coach), Game Improvement Clinics to give newer golfers a next step after they graduate from our On The Course classes. Many players, after roughly one to two months of lessons, are excited about the game but still need more time to develop the skills and confidence necessary to practice and play independently. The Game Improvement Clinics provide that bridge. Players continue working on full swing, short game, putting, club selection, uneven lies, hitting from the rough and the fundamentals reviews they need to become more comfortable and consistent.

Our goal is to keep new golfers from falling into the gap between “I took some lessons” and “I know how to play golf.” These clinics give them continued instruction, repetition, encouragement, and a comfortable group environment where they can keep improving and stay connected to the game.

We also launched Fairway and Friends for Ladies on Friday evenings, using times when the tee sheet was less crowded to create a comfortable on-course experience for newer women golfers.

The program gives newer players an opportunity to play alongside supportive coaches who help make the experience fun, relaxed, and welcoming. Coaches provide just enough instruction and encouragement to help players improve without making the round feel like a formal lesson.

The response has been very positive. Many of the women enjoy having a place where they can gain confidence, ask questions, learn more about playing the game, and spend time on the golf course without feeling rushed or intimidated.

Our goal is to help these players become comfortable enough that they want to return, continue improving, and eventually feel confident playing on their own or with friends.

Please share any programming you have made to keep your customers & students engaged:
We work hard to make sure our students always have a next step. After a player completes an introductory class or lesson series, we try to connect them with another opportunity that matches their level and keeps them involved in the game.

For newer adults, that may mean moving from On The Course classes into Game Improvement Clinics and then into programs such as Fairway and Friends for Ladies or additional on-course coaching. Junior players can continue through camps, clinics, PGA Jr. League, Junior Development League, LPGA Girls Golf, and other on-course opportunities.

We also use Toptracer games, challenges, and performance data to make practice more engaging and to help players see measurable improvement.

Our goal is to create a progression rather than a collection of one-time programs. We want players to continue learning, playing, socializing, and feeling connected to the golf community at Pine Ridge.