Randy Dietz

Please indicate past awards won/recognitions:
PGA Section Teacher of the Year, GRAA Top 100 Growth of the Game Teaching Professional, Golf Digest Best in State

Other awards won:
Northern Ohio PGA Player of the Year 2019, 2015 Northern Ohio PGA Associate Player of the Year

Total number of individual lessons given per year:
Male: 475
Female: 50
Junior: 550 (400 boys/150 girls)

Total number of individual clinics given per year:
In 2024, we held 43 multi week clinics ranging from 3 to 8 weeks in length. I oversaw all of these programs, and was a lead instructor in many of them.

Please indicate any Growth of the Game initiatives your facility/academy has launched over the past year (please give specifics on such programs):
PGA Hope- Free instruction for veterans
Drive, Chip, and Putt- Local Qualifier

Please share any programming you have made to keep your customers & students engaged:
5th year of Adult Summer Practice Club under Randy Dietz Golf Academy- A 6-week program for an hour each week, this year had 3 different groups consecutively on Wednesday evenings for a total of 23 participants. Each week had a different area of focus and we worked on those areas and how to practice them. This has been an extremely successful program that started with 1 group in the first year, and has now grown to 3 groups.

5th year of Junior Development Academy for ages 7-11 under Randy Dietz Golf Academy- This program focuses on rotating stations in weeks one and two covering different areas of the game. Weeks 3-6 shifts to on course play through scramble or individual format, culminating in a final week 6 team scramble competition.

Macedonia Parks and Rec junior programs- We offered 2 winter and 2 summer programs collaborating with the local parks and rec to provide a community-based opportunity to learn the fundamentals and have a foundation to play golf.

11th year of the Northern Ohio PGA Jr Winter Camps- For 11 years, we have facilitated an 8-week camp providing fundamentals and instruction to local middle school and high school players throughout Northern Ohio. This year we had 21 participants over multiple groups, with as many as 46 participants a few years ago.

WGC Adult Beginner Clinics- An introductory to the fundamentals over 3 weeks each month. 61 participants this year.

WGC Adult Intermediate Clinics- A program that is a little more advanced than the Beginner Clinic. This program is also 3 weeks and runs each month, with 49 participants this year.

WGC Little Linksters Clinics- This is an introductory program for 4-7 year olds over 3 weeks each month. 45 participants this year.

WGC Jr Development Program- Ages 8-15 for 3 week program that runs each month, with 78 participants this year.