Maria Palozola

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

Other awards won:
U.S. Kids Golf Top 50 Master Kids Teacher, 6 Time LPGA Midwest Section Teacher of the Year, Golf Magazine Top Teachers in Midwest, Golf Magazine Top Teachers in State List multiple times

Total number of individual lessons given per year:
Male: 700
Female: 600
Junior: 200

Total number of individual clinics given per year:
65

Please indicate any Growth of the Game initiatives your facility/academy has launched over the past year (please give specifics on such programs):
PGA Junior League, LPGA USGA Girls Golf and LPGA 101 at one of our new facilities. We also run these a couple of our other facilities ongoing.

Please share any programming you have made to keep your customers & students engaged:
We offer monthly free clinics to get customers engaged and have them meet our staff. In addition for couples and those looking for something fun we offer Chip and Sip and Driving clinics. These are an addition to our core classes we offer for beginner adults such as: putting clinics, wedge clinics, ladies clinics, etc.

In addition to PGA Junior League, LPGA USGA Girls Golf and U.S. Kids Camps we offer a select junior program and weekly golf clinics for juniors along with our Little Birdies program for 3-6 year olds where we run clinics throughout the year.

We also coach the South Central Secion of the Catholic Youth Council program which runs 500 kids through clinics with us every April and May.