Lauren Tallman

Please indicate past awards won/recognitions:
GRAA Top 100 Growth of the Game Teaching Professional, Other (Indicate specific awards below in 3-a)

Other awards won:
2024 Top 100 Golf Instructor GRAA, 2024 Young Entrepreneur of the Year (Town of Victor), 2021, 2020 and 2019 WNY PGA Youth Player Development Award 2024, 2022, 2021, 2020 and 2019 WNY PGA Women's Player of the Year 2016 CNY PGA Assistant Golf Professional of the Year 2021, 2020 PGA Jr League Gamechanger Award

Total number of individual lessons given per year:
Male: 195 in 2026 to date
Female: 225 in 2026 to date
Junior: 360 in 2026 to date

Total number of individual clinics given per year:
24 in 2026 to date

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 league at Ravenwood Golf Club. I offer 3 different seasons; winter, spring, and fall. Winter had 24 participants, spring had 72, and fall currently has 45 participants.
-Monthly women's golf clinics in partnership with LGPA Amateur golf group and the local women's golf groups such as Lady Links and the Rochester Women's Golf Network
-Challenger Golf Programming for children with special needs who need adaptations. I bring SNAG golf sets to their location and conduct group instruction with the help of the parents.

Please share any programming you have made to keep your customers & students engaged:
Each year I offer consistent programming that students look forward to.
Highlights of the programming and services I offer:
-Private lessons
-Fitting events with different golf brands
-Junior golf league
-Women's golf clinics
-Men's golf clinics
-Junior golf camps each summer and over every break
-Custom golf clinics for families, neighborhood groups, and friend groups