Mike Dickson

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

Other awards won:
US Kids Golf Top 50 Teacher Master, Golf Digest Best Young Instructor

Total number of individual lessons given per year:
Male: 500
Female: 400
Junior: 400

Total number of individual clinics given per year:
24

Please indicate any Growth of the Game initiatives your facility/academy has launched over the past year (please give specifics on such programs):
I ran PGA HOPE at Little Bennett for the second season this year. We ran three – six-week sessions this year with a total of thirty participants. Each 6-week session includes full swing, short game, and on-course time. We also offer First Tee of Greater DC at Little Bennett throughout the season. That program had over 120 junior golfers that participated.

Please share any programming you have made to keep your customers & students engaged:
I run a weekly coaching program for junior golfers through the season. Each level of the program targets age-specific goals based on TPI Junior and the ADM model from the PGA. For the winter, I run a coaching program to keep players engaged in the off-season. I utilize the grill room in the clubhouse for a simulator and putting green. The Simulator space uses a Swing Catalyst pressure plate, video capture, and X3 Flight scope launch monitor. We work on speed and dial-in distance control in the off-season. Each participant in the off-season program receives a complimentary AimPoint session in the spring.