Tyler Piekarski

Please indicate past awards won/recognitions:
Other (Indicate specific awards below in 3-a)

Other awards won:
2025 RIPGA Teacher of the Year, 2024 US Kids Golf Honorable Mention, 2023 (13U) & 2025 (17U) New England Section PGA Jr League Champion (Coach)

Total number of individual lessons given per year:
Male: 200
Female: 100
Junior: 100

Total number of individual clinics given per year:
Over 500 clinics meet in my program overall. I directly teach about 150-200 of the clinics we host.

Please indicate any Growth of the Game initiatives your facility/academy has launched over the past year (please give specifics on such programs):
Our 501c3 non-profit facility teaches over 1,000 children each year, half of which pay nothing for our programs; for the ones that do pay the cost is just $100. A typical program includes 6, 90 minute classes. At the conclusion of the program all children receive their BH Kid cards, entitling them to $1 greens fees and $1 range fees until the age of 18. We work with various inner-city organizations such as Providence Recreation, West End Community Center, San Miguel School, East Side YMCA and many more. We also offer free programs for veterans and very affordably priced women's clinics and a Beginner Women's golf league with over 50 participants.

Please share any programming you have made to keep your customers & students engaged:
Last season I created the Button Hole Golf Club. This is a free program that takes place twice weekly throughout the summer months for advanced youth where on-course instruction is emphasized. We provide transportation (via our Button Hole Van) to local private and public courses in the area and children play 9 holes of golf. 2 or 3 advanced kids are paired with one high skill level instructor where things such as golf course management, hitting specific shots, pace of play, pre shot routine and etiquette are all stressed. In 2024 we served 23 children in this program, in 2025 we served 56 children in this program.

I also started small group instruction where I take small groups of similarly skilled adults (mostly beginners) on our golf course. This program breaks down instruction into on-course situations rather than range sessions. This gets people comfortable on course and also provides helpful situational content for students.