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 Master Kids Teacher and Multiple Top 50 Teacher Awards. LPGA Top 50 Teacher, 6 Time LPGA Midwest Teacher of the Year, Golf Magazine Top Teachers in Midwest

Total number of individual lessons given per year:
Male: 300
Female: 200
Junior: 100

Total number of individual clinics given per year:
300

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 Veterans Clinics. We teach PGA Junior League Summer and Fall Programs as well as LPGA 101 Programs throughout the Year. We also run a LPGA USGA Girls Golf Program. In addition, we teach the Catholic Youth Council program in St. Louis with over 500 juniors every spring at 2 of our 5 teaching locations. Off site programs also include after school programs at area schools.

Please share any programming you have made to keep your customers & students engaged:
We offer a vast number of programs for women, juniors, and co eds. Programs focus on wedge play, short game, putting, full game, driving, etc.. For juniors we offer camps, one day clinics and ongoing training programs. We have also offer golf fitness, speed clinics and power golf clinics to improve distance and performance. Our programs and lessons include pre shot routine, on course lessons, shot making, mental game through golf psych training and disc profile, etc. to improve scores. I am also a level 2 TPI certified instructor and have several TPI certified instructors on my team.