Stefanie Shaw

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

Other awards won:
Golf Digest Best young Teachers In America, Golf Magazine Teachers to Watch

Total number of individual lessons given per year:
Male: 400
Female: 1000
Junior: 300

Total number of individual clinics given per year:
135

Please indicate any Growth of the Game initiatives your facility/academy has launched over the past year (please give specifics on such programs):
Last year was my first year as head of teaching at LaGorce. I left the programs in place from previous years to see how they operated and learn what was successful. The current programs in place were just simple men's and women's clinics but we added a total beginner clinic that moves them into on course clinics very quickly. I then worked with the women's golf association and created the first 9 hole league and we had 15 women in the first season join to play. I added couples clinics to encourage a spouse that may not be a golfer to come and try and be part of the space and that was successful as well. I also added the first men's clinic which as highly successful.

Please share any programming you have made to keep your customers & students engaged:
Something I feel like I've done very well to keep my students engaged is I've created group chats. If you are new to one of my clinics you get added in to a chat that houses everyone that regularly attends those clinics. They immediately are now part of something bigger and instantly feel more connected, and also have a way to know what events I'm running at the club. I use these group chats for my men and women's clinics and they have been the biggest hit in terms of creating a community and also allowing people who may have never met before and get them out on the course consistently. I've also started specific clinics for higher skill levels and have brought in new and interesting guest instructors. Each week all the clinics have different topics and half the clinics for the week are on the range while the other half are on the course.