Rob Stocke

Please indicate past awards won/recognitions:
GRAA Growth of the Game Teaching Professional, Golf Digest Best in State

Other awards won (if provided):
Georgia PGA North Chapter Teacher of the Year, Dixie Section Assistant of the Year, Future Champions Master Coach

Total number of individual lessons given per year:
Male: 650
Female: 500
Junior: 150

Total number of individual clinics given per year:
200

Please indicate any Growth of the Game initiatives your facility/academy has launched over the past year (please give specifics on such programs):
Drive, chip & putt. We also started a "New To Golf" clinic and lesson series for Men & Women.

Please share any programming you have made to keep your customers & students engaged:
We have a very active membership, and they very much enjoy our clinics. We host a minimum of 3 Women's clinics each week, focused on a specific topic each week. These have grown in popularity every year, and this year we added 3 Day women's golf schools, and on-course women's clinics.

Our most popular clinics are the "Specialty Clinics," so far this year we have hosted: Whisky and Wedges, Putters & Pints, Bourbon & Blades (Iron clinic), Beer & Bombs (distance clinic) and Tito's and Torque (deep dive into Zero Torque Putters). We partner with a distributer for the alcohol and host a two hour social clinic with instruction and I bring a rep in to explain variables in the specific topic. These clinics sell out almost immediately with a max of 30 members.

Additionally, I host a "Golf Geeks" series where we do a deep dive into technology – topics such as Ground Force Reactions, Shaft Dynamics, and Putter Data/Fitting. These are very popular with many of the men who like to dig into technology and find the science behind the game fascinating.

Other programming that we do are things such as: "Dyno Test Your Driver", a 15 minute check on the radar to see how to maximize distance and reduce dispersion by adjusting the driver, setup, or swing. "Four Weeks to Putting Mastery" – a 4-week program addressing all areas of putting. And, "How to Practice with a Purpose," this clinic is designed for our younger instructors to work with students showing them efficient ways to practice properly, set up training stations/aids, and give them simple drills to improve.

I use CoachNow to send videos, drills, lesson & clinic notes, and reminders to all of my students, which they appreciate.