Kelley Brooke

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

Other awards won:
2024 LPGA Northeast Section Teacher of the Year, 2018 LPGA Professional of the Year

Total number of individual lessons given per year:
Male: 1300
Female: 200
Junior: 100

Total number of individual clinics given per year:
40

Please indicate any Growth of the Game initiatives your facility/academy has launched over the past year (please give specifics on such programs):
We hosted an LPGA Invite Her Evening for 90 ladies. Conducted 3 Intro to Golf Boys Clinic Series, Conducted 3 Intro to Girls Golf Clinic Series. Hosted 3 MGA Women’s Nights for over 300 women.

Please share any programming you have made to keep your customers & students engaged:
Bethpage Golf Courses (Black, Yellow, Blue, Red, and Green), Farmingdale, NY 2018 to Present
2023/2024 duties and highlights Include:
– Oversee a teaching staff of 21 counselors and instructors
– Teach over 1,000 private lessons seasonally
– Operate the largest junior golf development program in the NY Metro Area with 65 annual members, 325 camp members, and an additional 250 kids in the Boys and Girls Program
– Hosted and taught 4 Women’s Met Golf Association Clinics for over 150 women in 2023/24
– Developed, organized, and taught Bethpage’s Golf 101 and 201 Programs
– Was the Head Coach for the PGA 17U Team, which qualified for the National Championship in New Mexico, October 2023
– Hosted and operated a PGA Junior League 14U League

Montauk Downs Golf Course, Montauk, NY
In January 2023, I was awarded the contract to operate the venue and opened a branch of the Golf Channel Academy with Kelley Brooke in Montauk.
2023/2024 duties and highlights Include:
– Oversee a teaching staff of 4 instructors.
– Taught 100+ private lessons last season
– Created new group programming, including an Adult 101 Class Series
– Established a Junior Golf Camp
– Developed a Winter In-School Golf Program for four schools in the Hamptons and trained the staff to teach it
– Oversaw instruction at the Evening Eagles program for Advanced Junior Golfers and our traveling team

The 9 at Merrick Golf Course, Merrick, NY April 2024 to Present
In April 2024, I was awarded the opportunity to operate the Golf Channel Academy with Kelley Brooke, along with the pro shop, at Merrick Golf Course. We rebranded the course as The 9 @ Merrick GC and opened the Golf Channel Academy with Kelley Brooke immediately. The course had very little instruction, so all new programs needed to be developed in less than a month.
2023/2024 duties and highlights Include:
– Oversee a staff of 4 instructors and 3 counselors
– Organized and taught an 8-session adult clinic series for 175 adult beginners from April to the end of May
– Organized and taught an 8-session junior clinic series for 90 juniors from April to the end of May
– Hired and trained staff on proper big group organization and instructional best practices
– Created Golf 101, 201, a junior camp, and introductory sessions for the facility, with over 45 adults participating in these new clinic series

Lido Golf Club, Lido Beach, NY April 2024 to Present
In April 2024, I was also awarded the opportunity to operate the Golf Channel Academy with Kelley Brooke, along with the pro shop, at Lido Golf Club. As with Merrick, there were no organized group programs.
2023/2024 duties and highlights Include:
– Oversee a staff of 4 instructors at Lido Golf Club
– Developed and taught an 8-session adult clinic series for 160 adult beginners from April to May
– Trained staff on proper big group organization and instructional best practices

Social Media Program for The Golf Channel with Kelley Brooke. In April of 2024, with the addition of the two new sites, a total revamp of the marketing program was done. I developed a new detailed and extensive social media program, including daily social posts on all social media platforms, a monthly e-newsletter, an e-magazine, and a 44-page glossy magazine distributed at each course. The Golf Channel Academy with Kelley Brooke’s Instagram page currently has 63,600 followers and the email list currently tops 15,000 subscribers.