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:
LPGA Top 50 Teacher since 2008, 6 – Time LPGA Midwest Teacher of the Year, U.S. Kids Golf Top 50 Master Kids Teacher

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):
We run 5 PGA Junior League Teams annually and an LPGA USGA Girls Golf Program. We also teach 8-12 LPGA 101 Clinics per year. In addition we do Level 1 Golf Programs for 7 park districts and community ed programs in St. Louis. We are currently teaching an after school golf program on site and do those in the spring and fall. Our Little Birdies program fills consistently throughout spring, summer and fall and is geared towards the 3-6 year old group.

Please share any programming you have made to keep your customers & students engaged:
We offer 2 off season programs to keep customers going all year long. We will have approximately 60 students engaged in these programs running through February. We have also partnered with an indoor simulator chain to offer lessons through the winter months. In addition to all the private lessons we give we offer many group classes for beginner and intermediate golfers if they are price conscious or prefer group programs. We also offer online swing analysis for those that are too busy to come out for lessons so that they can stay in touch with their instructor in between sessions. Each year we send out winter and off-season indoor drills to make sure our students are staying sharp in the off season.