Matt Starr

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

Other awards won:
GRAA Elite Member Status Award for Growth of the Game 2025, SW District and GMC Women's Golf Coach of the Year HS Golf 2025, Golf Digest Best Teachers in Every State 2025, GRAA Top 100 Growth of the Game Professionals 2025, GMC Women's Golf Coach of the Year 2024, GRAA Top 100 Growth of the Game Professionals 2023, Southern Ohio PGA Golf Professional of the Year 2023

Total number of individual lessons given per year:
Male: 75
Female: 50
Junior: 160

Total number of individual clinics given per year:
115

Please indicate any Growth of the Game initiatives your facility/academy has launched over the past year (please give specifics on such programs):
In my new role I am bringing a PGA HOPE program to our facility this fall. I plan to bring a lot of programming to our facility beginning next spring. We are currently planning a Junior Winter Academy that will max out at 60 kids.

Please share any programming you have made to keep your customers & students engaged:
I changed jobs, roles and facilities mid way through the year. I was the Head Professional at a very busy teaching heavy facility. I am now the General Manager at a very busy traditional 18 hole public facility. The first half of the year I create progression programming for both adults and juniors. For junior golfers we run a free introduction to golf program the first Saturday of the month followed by a three week Junior Golf I program and then a four week Junior Golf II program. We run these same progression of programming every month April – August. For Adults we also have progression of programming Beginning Golf I (5 weeks, 23 offerings), Beginning Golf II (4 weeks 9 offerings), Intermediate Golf (4 weeks 9 offerings). I also partnered with our local community for programming. Local middle school – run a four week introduction to golf class, Down Syndrome Association of Cincinnati, PGA HOPE, First Tee, LPGA Amateurs, Women's Certified Accountants Society, Cincy Links Ladies.