Matt Starr

Please indicate past awards won/recognitions:
GRAA Growth of the Game Teaching Professional, Golf Digest Best in State

Other awards won (if provided):
SOPGA Patriot Award, Matt Starr 2022 SOPGA Youth Player Development Award 2022 SOPGA Golf Professional of the Year 2023 GRAA Top 50 Stand Alone Ranges 2022-2024 GRAA Top 100 Growth of the Game Teaching Professional 2022-2024 GMC Women's Golf Coach of the year 2022-2025 Golf Digest Best in State Instructors 2026

Total number of individual lessons given per year:
Male: 150
Female: 100
Junior: 190

Total number of individual clinics given per year:
382

Please indicate any Growth of the Game initiatives your facility/academy has launched over the past year (please give specifics on such programs):
We continue to grow the game through multiple channels of traditional and non traditional demographics. We participate in First Tee Programming, PGA HOPE, PGA Junior League, Special Olympics, Collective Visions for developmentally delayed individuals. We run programming with Cincinnati Black Golfers, Cincy Links Ladies, and LPGA Amateur Association. We run a progression of classes for adults Beginning Golf I (20 offerings), Beginning Golf II (10 offerings), Intermediate Golf I (9 offerings) Spring Refresher (3 offerings) Free Winter Programs (3 offerings). For Junior's we offer a Free Introduction to Golf (5 offerings) Junior Golf I (5 offerings) Junior Golf II (7 offerings) Junior Spring Training Academy (1 offering) Junior Winter Academy (1 offering) Junior Golf Camp (3 offerings) Junior Mini Camp (3 offerings). We also run programming with numerous schools in the area.

Please share any programming you have made to keep your customers & students engaged:
For all of our group classes we provide coupons for use on the golf course, the covered practice range off the mats and practice time off the grass. We send video recaps using the V1 software to private lesson students. Our adult and group programming is built in layers from introduction level through intermediate and beyond.