Michelle Holmes

Please indicate past awards won/recognitions:
GRAA Growth of the Game Teaching Professional, LPGA Awards

Other awards won (if provided):
U.S Kids Golf Master Coach

Total number of individual lessons given per year:
Male: 200
Female: 1000
Junior: 2100

Total number of individual clinics given per year:
100

Please indicate any Growth of the Game initiatives your facility/academy has launched over the past year (please give specifics on such programs):
PGA Jr League Golf (2 seasons – 4 teams per season)
LPGA Girls Golf (2 Seasons – 10 events per season – Approx. 40 girls per event). All events focused on 1 hour of golf and 1 hour of social activities. The most popular event of the year was held just before Summer break. It was called “Look Who’s Golfing Now”. Each girl got to bring a non golfing friend. Most of the new girls loved it and joined in for the entire Summer.
Directed 63 tournaments local junior golf tournaments in 2022 for U.S Kids Golf and Virginia State Golf Association.
Pee Wee Golf Program (Ages 4-6): Classes run March – November (4 classes per week – 6 kids per class)
Boys Golf Of Hampton Roads (Boys Only Program – 1 season – 10 events – Average 30 boys per event)
Summer Golf Camps (8 weeks) (40 kids per camp)

Please share any programming you have made to keep your customers & students engaged:
2022 saw a big focus on the following 3 aspects for academy
1. Helping parents become better caddies. We did this in both private and group settings.
2. Empower and educate the parents to better help their child during personal practice time. We did this in both private and group setting.
3. Our academy has always had a ton of playing opportunities for the competitive junior golfer added in league golf this year for our teenage golfers.