Morgan Bowen

Please indicate past awards won/recognitions:
GRAA Top 100 Growth of the Game Teaching Professional

Other awards won:
PGA Magazine.com Article published on June 1, 2026

Total number of individual lessons given per year:
Male: 40
Female: 235
Junior: 74

Total number of individual clinics given per year:
50

Please indicate any Growth of the Game initiatives your facility/academy has launched over the past year (please give specifics on such programs):
This past Spring, our instructional team began incorporating Couples Scoring Game Schools into our programming. This addition has assisted in debunking myths, and providing good practice activities that both husbands and wives can both learn and incorporate together. We encouraged couples of all skill levels to attend and through this program, and we were able to reach a new audience of people who are not normal lesson takers or would not normally register for individual lessons. In our Spring School, we had 5 couples participate in this two-day event. Our PGA Director of Instruction, Jason Baile, fellow PGA Teaching Professional, Ben Freundt, and myself held the first day’s class on a Friday from 3:00-5:00 PM and the second day, Saturday morning session from 8:30-10:30 AM. Each coach led a different station covering chipping/pitching, bunker and putting. Participants would rotate stations during this time. This event went over very well and we are already planning another Golf School for this coming Fall and next Spring!

Please share any programming you have made to keep your customers & students engaged:
1. A new program I implemented this year was a Ladies Strategy Class. With this program, I take three students onto the course once a month or twice a month, schedule dependent, to play in a “worst ball” scramble format, intentionally creating challenging, real-game scenarios that require thoughtful decision-making and problem-solving. The goal of the class is to help players navigate on-course difficulties more effectively while building confidence in their strategic approach. In addition, we incorporate discussion around specific shots they want to develop and areas of the course they would like to better understand, ensuring the experience is both practical and tailored to their individual needs.

We’ve had many ladies who were newer to golf join the club in the past two seasons and they have taken the initiative to join our regular clinics such as Ladies Clinic and Practice Club. It has been wonderful to watch them improve through these clinics and even get together to play 9 holes on their own. Many of them have begun working towards earning a handicap to play in the 9-Holers! I saw the need for a class where we can take the lessons learned from the clinics and begin application on the course. I have taken this opportunity to create additional programming to assist in the continual growth of our ladies at the club! As the word spread about this class I ran, more people began inquiring and asking about it and I will be offering this class again in the Fall and am planning to expand to two classes! While I was only able to take a small group on the course for this specific program last season, I have taken many of our ladies onto the course to work on course comfortability, as well as improve course strategy and overall knowledge of golf!

2. This year, we introduced a Couples Two Day Scoring Game School to our programming. This event was led by our Director of Instruction and 2025 PGA Teacher and Coach of the Year, Jason Baile, PGA Teaching Professional Ben Freundt, and myself. We created an immersive experience that helped refine essential fundamentals, debunk common short game myths, and introduce practical tools designed to elevate the student’s confidence and performance around the greens. We had five couples participate. Participants were divided into small groups and rotated through three instructional stations, each led by an instructor. The two-day program included a Friday afternoon session from 3:00–5:00 PM and a Saturday morning session from 8:30–10:30 AM. Throughout the program, participants received hands-on instruction and guidance in three key areas of the game: chipping and pitching, bunker play, and putting. We received great feedback from this event! Participants were very excited about the information they walked away with and one of our ladies even won the Senior Club Championship a couple of days after crediting the assistance she received with her putting!

3. We also like to incorporate guest speakers into our schedule for the year. In the past, we have brought Mental Performance Coach, Matt Cuccaro who is a consultant for Telos Sport Psychology Coaching to the club for group classes and individual sessions and have hosted a Short Game Presentation led by our Director of Instruction, Jason Baile and World-renowned PGA Tour Player Brad Faxon. This year I spearheaded an event hosting LPGA Tour Player, Jessica Korda as a mystery guest for one of our ladies clinics! The buzz around the club leading up to this event was incredible and the ladies were very surprised. Jessica demonstrated practicing different parts of the game and the ladies loved listening to her talk about how she hits certain shots and talks through her thought process. Even though the ladies in our clinic are at a different playing level, events like these can motivate and create excitement about practice techniques and ideas that they can take with them!