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Golf Range Magazine’s annual look at the top golf
instructors in North America who work exclusively at
Golf Ranges (learning centers, indoor facilities, domes)
and Short Courses (9-hole, Par-3 and Executives)
BRAD
BACHAND
JAMES
AWAD
LIZA
ABOOD
Man O’War
Tappan, New York
Lexington, Kentucky
A Class-A PGA member since 1987 and LPGA
Teaching Professional since 1995, Abood was
selected as one of the Top 50 Teachers in the
United States by Golf for Women Magazine
(April 2001). Abood has been teaching golfers
at all levels for the past 14 years. Abood has
also taught clinics at the PGA of America Junior
Golf Academy and the PGA National Golf Club
Golf Schools with Dr. Gary Wiren, PGA Master
Professional. Juyl
Awad is a PGA Class A Professional and also
a Certified Sports Medicine Therapist. Awad
has a background in teaching golfers with back
injuries, joint replacements and other ailments.
He’s worked with amputee golfers, paralyzed
golfers and those with Parkinson’s disease. At
Tappan Golf Center he is the Head Pro with a
staff that includes 10 pros: 1 LPGA, 1 USGTF,
6 Korean PGA instructors and one unaffiliated.
He’s worked with Special Olympics Golf as well
as Inner City Youth programs.
2007 Golf Digest #1 Teacher in Kentucky, 2006
Top 50 Golf Range Magazine, 2002 Kentucky
Teacher of the Year, Titleist 2002 Top 100 Club
Fitter, Ping Regional Clubfitter of the Year 2004.
Staff will give over 6,000 golf lessons in 2007.
STEVE
BALL
Leonard Golf Links
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Fort Worth, Texas
Ball is a PGA Master Professional who was voted
the number #1 Instructor in Oklahoma by Golf
Digest for 2007. He’s been nominated as a Golf
Magazine Top 100 Teachers in the U.S. He was
a finalist for the PGA of America Teacher of the
Year and has been the SCPGA Teacher of the
Year five times. Ball is a certified instructor for
GolfPsych, and is a senior consultant for clubfitting to Titleist and Cobra.
Recognized as one of the top teachers in the state
of Texas by Golf Digest Magazine, Bellenger has
worked for over twenty years with golfers of all
levels and players from every major professional
tour including PGA, European, Senior, LPGA, Nike
and Asian. Among current PGA tour players working
with Bellenger are Matt Gogel, J.J. Henry and Mark
Brooks. Bellenger is a member of Nike Golf’s Elite
Professional Staff and a long time special consultant
to the Texas Christian University Men’s Golf Team.
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Valparaiso, Indiana
LPGA Midwest Teacher of the Year 1991, 2001.
Top “400” Teacher in the Nation by
Golf Magazine 2000, 2002, 2004.
Top 50: Golf For Women Magazine.
Recipient of LPGA Service Award for
Junior Golf
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Bennett has been a PGA Professional for 19
years and is the Head PGA Professional. In
2007, he was named the #3 Teacher in the State
of Washington by Golf Digest. Other items of
note: 2000 Wilson Shoot-Out Champion and the
1997 WWPGA Champion. Bennett was the 2001
WWCPGA Teacher of the Year.
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JIM
BENNETT
Ball Golf Center & Practice Range
NANCY
BENDER
Tappan Golf Center
Olney, Maryland
DANA
BELLENGER
Olney Golf Park
D.A.’s Spring Creek Golf
Plano, Texas
2006 Golf For Women Top 50 Instructor
Former LPGA Tour Player (1985-87)
National Instructor for the LPGA Player
Development Program
Head Golf Instructor for Frisco Special Olympics
Executive Women’s Golf Association member
Former head golf coach for University of Tennessee
Grimes, Iowa
Britton is a Class A member of the PGA of
America. Britton earned his PGA card in 1980
and played the Tour for 15 years finishing with
one win and four second-place finishes. He
worked for eight years with Jim Mclean and later
became a Master Instructor at the Jim Mclean
Golf School at Doral. Britton has published
instructional articles for The Met Golfer and
Sports Illustrated. In 2007 he was the #12 “Top
Teachers in Your State” by Golf Digest.
An LPGA Class A teaching professional since 1990,
Gaffney-Burmeister has been teaching at Longview
Golf Centre since 1989. She’s been working on
becoming a Master LPGA teacher. For 2007 she
was chosen as a Golf For Women Top 50. She was
also the runner-up for Midwest Teacher of the Year
for the LPGA. She served as a Play Golf America
instructor for both 2006 and 2007.
Eaglequest at Calgary Dome &
Douglasdale Golf Course
Knoxville, Tennessee
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Specialty Certified in Teaching (PGA).
A teacher of golf since 1991, she is an excellent player as well, having won the Alberta PGA
Ladies Championship in 1998 and 1999. She
represented the Alberta PGA in the Titleist Cup
matches in 1996, 1997, 1999 and 2000. Charlton
is part of EQ’s commitment to quality instruction
at their eight golf facilities in Canada.
He received the 2004 Teacher of the Year award
from the New Jersey Section of the PGA.
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JANET
COLES
Foster City, California
Golf Digest and Golf for Women staff member
LPGA Class “A” professional
4 LPGA wins
Trained by Jim Flick, Rick Smith, Mike Adams
and Jim McLean, and recently began offering
lessons at Mariners Point
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DANBACK
After 25 years as the Head Professional at Alpine
Country Club in New Jersey, Danback became
Director of Instruction at The Golf Zone.
2007 Wisconsin PGA Section Teacher of the Year
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Flanders, New Jersey
PGA Master professional with more than
30 years of golf instruction under his belt.
Inventor/designer of the No Bananas line
of drivers, irons and hybrids selected for
Golf Digest’s Equipment ‘Hot List’ in 2006.
Mariners Point Golf Center
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Appleton, Wisconsin
2007 Top 50 Teacher Golf for Women
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— Golf Digest
Bob Burns Golf Learning Center
SHELLEY
CHARLTON
Fairways & Greens
Golf Center
2-time Tennessee PGA Player of
the Year.
BOB
BURNS
LORI
BURMEISTER
BILL
BRITTON
Longview Golf Centre
Tinton Falls, New Jersey
WALT
CHAPMAN
Twin Brook Golf Center
Norristown, Pennsylvania
DeAngelis was the lead instructor for the Philly
Section Play Golf America Days. He’s been
nominated 9 times for Teacher of the Year,
Philadelphia Section PGA. He gives roughly 650
adult lessons and 150 junior lessons during the
year.
Fort has been a PGA pro since 1996. Since then
he’s been on a fast track. The Georgia PGA section named him the Assistant Pro of the Year in
his first year of membership. In 2006, he was
named the Georgia PGA Section Teacher of the
Year. Some of his current students include LPGA
Tour player Lori West and also Brian Nash, the
2000 National Long Drive Champion.
Named one of the Top Fifty Golf Instructors
in America by Golf for Women Magazine.
LPGA T&CP Teacher Of The Year,
Midwest Section.
Managing General Partner of Ables Golf
on Avery.
Escondido, California
Club Fitter of the Year, Southern California Section
PGA; 2004 Club Fitter of the Year, San Diego Chapter
PGA, 1999/2001/2002/2004; PING Regional Clubfitter
of the Year 2000/2002. Active in tournament play:
Southern California PGA Assistant Professional
Champion 2002 and PGA of America National
Assistant’s Championship Competitor 2002.
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KEVIN
HAIME
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
2005, 2006 Top 10 Teacher in Canada National
Post Magazine
Hair owns and is the Director of Instruction at
Tee Town. With 20 years of experience, Hair
has been recognized twice as the LPGA section Teacher of the Year. Prior to Tee Town, Hair
was Head Instructor at the Hank Haney Golf
Ranch in Texas. She also was Head Coach for
the University of Tulsa Women’s Golf Program.
Golf Digest listed her at #3 in their 2007 “Best
Teachers in Your State.”
2003-2005 Flagstick Magazine Readers’s Choice
Favorite Teacher
Golf Range Magazine Top 50 Golf Instructor
2000 Canadian PGA Teacher of the Year
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Tee Town Golf Ranch
Kanata, Ontario, Canada
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BRAD
HARDAN
Guzzi, a Class A member of the PGA, has received
a variety of awards: 2003 Philadelphia Section PGA
Teacher of the Year; Listed as one of Golf Range
Magazine’s “Top 50 Golf Instructors in America; Listed
as one of Golf Magazine’s Top Regional Teachers in
America; Listed as one of Golf Digest’s Best Teachers
in Your State 2007; Nominated-National PGA Teacher
of the Year. Additionally, Guzzi has written articles in
the past for Philadelphia Golfer and PGA Magazine.
Kevin Haime Golf Centre
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North Wales, Pennsylvannia
HOLLEY
HAIR
Marietta, Georgia
Class A member of the LPGA, Teaching
and Club Pro Division.
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DIEKEN
Marietta Golf Center
Columbus, Ohio
LOU
GUZZI
NEPGA member and Master PGA professional. DePamphilis has been selected as a
Golf Magazine Top Regional Instructor and as
one of Golf Digest’s Best Teachers in the State
for 2007. He has been a multi-year recipient
of Golf Range Magazine’s Top 50 award. He
has been a guest speaker at the GRAA Annual
Workshop & Receptions and a feature article
contributor to Golf Range Magazine.
Ables Golf on Avery
SHERRI
HAYES
Danvers, Massachusetts
RICK
DEPAMPHILIS
Sun’n Air Golf Range
Carlsbad Golf Center
Carlsbad, California
CGC’s Director of Instruction. PGA and LPGA Class A
Professional with 23 years. Voted one of America’s “Top
Teachers” by Golf Magazine, 2001-03; Voted “Top 50
Teachers” by Golf for Women Magazine, 2000. Accolades
include LPGA Section Teacher & Professional of the
Year and S.D. PGA Chapter Tom Addis Education Award.
Instructor for the LPGA’s National Education Program.
Active in PGA & LPGA including the So. Cal. PGA Teaching
Committee, four years as LPGA Western Section Vice
President and eight years as LPGA National Evaluator
Lorraine
Klippel
Dave
Kendall
Steve
Johnson
Hank Haney Golf at Vista Ridge
Miles of Golf
Bumble Bee Hollow
Lewisville, Texas
Ypsilanti, Michigan
Johnson has worked with Haneu since 1998 and
helped establish the original Hank Haney Golf
Ranch. Over the past 11 years, he has worked
with players of all levels, including PGA Tour
Professionals. Johnson was the 1998 Northern
Texas PGA Teacher of the Year. In 2007 he was
listed by Golf Digest as one of the “Top Teachers
In Texas.”
Recipient of the Michigan PGA’s
1999 Teacher of the Year Award and
1990 Golf Professional of the Year Award.
Mechanicsburg, Harrisburg, &
Fayetteville, Pennsylvania
Has over 20 years of experience
instructing players of all levels.
A lead instructor of the LPGA’s
Educational Program Seminars.
Golf Digest 2005 “Top Regional.”
Don
Law
Boca Raton, Florida
Bill
McInerney Jr.
Law has created one of the biggest teaching centers in
South Florida with 15 teaching professionals. In 2007
he hosted the Section Play Golf America Day. In 2006
he was the SF PGA Section Strausbaugh Award winners and also won the SE Chapter Distinguished Service
Award winner. He was a Golf Range Magazine Top 50
Instructor in 2006 and has been named Top 50 Junior
Instructor US Kids Golf for 2004/05/06.
Rick
Martino
A PGA Class A Pro, with years of country club experience, Lanigan has been heading a team of 12 teaching
pros with 160+ years of teaching experience. Lanigan’s
students have included a host of PGA Tour players,
such as Bob Tway, Ken Green, Beth Daniel, and college All-Americans. The facility gives 5,000 lessons per
year. Lanigan also owns Lanigan’s Golf Shop at the Golf
Center of Connecticut.
PGA Golf Learning Center
McGolf
Port St. Lucie, Florida
Dedham, Massachusetts
The PGA of America’s Director of
Instruction with a certification in
teaching.
1997 PGA National Teacher of the Year.
Golf Magazine “Top 100” Instructor.
Organizer of PGA Teaching &
Coaching Summits.
Instructor since 1994; founder of McGolf
Learning Center in 2000. Worked with Bob
Toski and Jim Flick. Awarded 2005-06
Coach of the Year as head golf coach of Wellesley
College. Served as Director of Golf for the
Massachusetts Special Olympics. Headed the
“Learn Golf for Cancer” days, where 100% of the
proceeds were donated to the Children’s Hospital
of Boston.
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Golden Bear Golf Center
Carrolton, Texas
Maness is a PGA member and 2004 Northern
Texas PGA Teacher of the Year. Golf Magazine
voted him one of the top regional teachers for
2005. Maness has been training instructors
worldwide for Jack Nicklaus Golf Academies
since 1999. Maness was a PGA Tour member
in 1988.
Fairfield Golf Center
Randy
Neufarth
Don Law Golf Improvement Center
Boca Dunes Golf & Country Club
Shelton, Connecticut
Mark
Maness
2007 Golf For Women “Top 50 Teacher”
Richard
Lanigan
Golf Center of Connecticut
An LPGA “Master Professional” who
was the LPGA national Professional
of the Year in 1983 and 1992.
Fairfield, Ohio
PGA professional for almost 30 years. Neufarth
is the former President of the Greater Cincinnati
PGA; former Southern Ohio PGA Junior Golf
Leader. He’s received a Special recognition
award from Ohio Special Olympics.
DAVID
OATES
MIKE
NORMAN
SUZANNE
NOBLETT
TopGolf Game Center at Kingstowne
Robin Nigro Golf Center
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Kansas City, Kansas
Alexandria, Virginia
Certified Class A LPGA Teaching Pro; 2006 LPGA
Midwest Section Teacher of the Year; 2006 LPGA
National Teacher of the Year nominee; Golf
Range Magazine 2006 Top 50 Instructor; selected
as one of a team of 8 LPGA pros to teach in
the American Airlines Celebrity Golf Clinic &
Tournament.
Norman was named the 2006 PGA Midwest
Section Teacher of the Year. A PGA member
since 1987, he gives an average of 1,500 private
lessons per year. He’s proud of his “25 years
of experience developing golfers at every level.”
Norman works along side fellow top pros Mark
Nigro and Robin Nigro.
Oates turned professional in 1978 and has held
teaching positions in Florida and Maryland. A
PGA member since 1987, he is a 4-time winner
in the Middle Atlantic PGA Tournament program. Oates is one of the most experienced PGA
instructors in the Metro-D.C. area.
ROY
PACE
ZEB
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SCOTT
ROBBINS
Bobick’s Golf Headquarters
Alpine Target Golf Center
Chattanooga Golf Center
D.A.’s Spring Creek Golf
Longview, Texas
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Plano, Texas
Teacher of the Year from the Met PGA
in 1987 while head professional at
Wee Burn C.C. in Connecticut. He returned
to his native Texas and built Alpine Target
Golf Center, a golf range and short course.
In 2002, Pace was awarded Teacher of the
Year from the East Texas PGA.
Class A PGA member since 1991
2000 Northern Texas PGA Teacher of the Year
2-time Chattanooga Chapter PGA Teacher
of the Year
1998 & 2000 NTPGA Metro Chapter Teacher of
the Year
1995 West Tennessee PGA Player of the Year
1995 NTPGA Metro Chapter Junior Golf Leader
8-time National Tennessee PGA cup team
2005 nominated Golf Magazine Top 100 Teachers
National Nike Elite Staff Member
2001-2006 Golf Magazine Top Regional Instructor
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Head Professional and Director of Instruction
since 1997. A PGA member since 1991, Salera
oversees a staff of five teaching pros at this
GRAA Top 100 Golf Range. Salera received the
2006 Tri-State PGA Section Instructor of the Year
award. He is also a Golf Range Magazine Top 50
past winner.
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SALERA
Owner of Chattanooga Golf Center
Links at Mariners Point
Foster City, California
With 20 years of teaching in the Bay Area,
Soli has been named among the top teachers in California by Golf Digest and Golf Range
Magazine. Soli played seven years on the PGA
Tour and has competed in seven majors. He’s
been a 3-time NorCal PGA Player of the Year.
His facility is one of the top teaching facilities in
the West.
New York, New York
Suggs is a “Top 5 In Ohio” from Golf Digest as
well as a Top 50 Kids Golf Instructor from US Kids
Golf. Southern Ohio’s only PGA master Teaching
Professional. Suggs is a GolfPsych Certified
Instructor. Many of his junior and adults continue
to win many local and regional events.
Head pro at The Golf Club at Chelsea Piers,
Sutter has been with the Academy since 1996.
Has been involved with the Paul Harvey Golf
School and Jim McLean Golf Academy. Sutter
has also earned a reputation as one of the top
area players having won both a New England
Open and a Long Island Open.
Buffalo Grove Golf & Sports Center
Buffalo Grove, Illinois
Chris
Tremblay
31 years of golf instruction have landed
Thiel into Golf Magazine’s “Top 100” list.
He’s also been a PGA-Section “Teacher of
the Year” three times. His International Golf
Academy has worked with many touring
pros and has offices in Japan and Korea.
The Golf Complex
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Paducah, Kentucky
Tremblay owns and operates the Skydome
Golf Center. His various awards include: 2004
Northeastern New York PGA Teacher of the Year
2005; Listed as one of the Top Instructors in
New New England by Golf Magazine; Named
one of the Top 10 Instructors in America
in Massachusetts by Golf Digest in 2007;
Nominated for the NE/NY PGA Teacher of the
Year for the second time.
Trimble is the co-founder of The Golf Complex.
In 2006 he was honored as the Kentucky Section
PGA Teacher of the Year. Trimble started teaching at age 16 and became a PGA Pro in 1992. He
was a member of the PGA Kentucky Board of
Directors and worked at the CC of Paducah for
more than a decade before establishing his own
learning center.
Kristy
Vik
Senior member of the instruction staff at the
Kendall Academy, having joined Dave Kendall, (a
multi-year Golf Range Magazine Top 50 Teacher,)
in 1997. Golf Digest ranked Tontapanish #5 in its
list of '07 top instructors in Michigan. Studied
golf at the Leadbetter Golf Academy and Haney
Golf Ranch. Former Teaching Professional at
Khao Kheow Golf & Country Club in Bangkok,
Thailand.
Olympia, Washington
U.S.1 Golf Center
Rockledge, Florida
Chuck
Will
Ypsilanti, Michigan
Skydome Golf Center
Mike
Warobick
Miles Of Golf
Kendall Academy
Tom
Tontapanish
2004 Met Section PGA Teacher of the Year
Pacific Northwest PGA Golf &
Learning Center/The First Tee of
Olympia
Todd
Trimble
The Golf Club at Chelsea Piers
Cincinnati, Ohio
Joe
Thiel
Tom
Sutter
Joel
Suggs
Meadow Links & Golf Academy
Dulles Golf Center
Dulles, Virginia
Vik is the GM and lead teacher at this Chicago-area
Owner and head pro of golf center.
Golf Range Magazine Top 50 Golf Instructors 2003golf dome. She has been a member of the LPGA
Horton Smith Award winner for section
2006; Golf Digest “Best Teacher’s in Your State”
since 1982. She has been the LPGA area education
in 1998 and Junior Golf Leader Award
2007 (#6 in Virginia); Quarter Century Club, PGA
representative working with young teaching pros. Vik
winner for 2004. Ping Regional Clubfitter
of America, 2007; Titleist Performance Institute
also became the LPGA Member Education Advisor
of the Year ’97, ’98, ’01 and ’02 and a Titleist
Fitness Instructor.
and Evaluator. She’s in the Who’s Who of Woman
Top 100 Clubfitter National for ’00, ’01, ’02
in Business 2003/2004. In 1997 Vik was named the
and ’03. Henry Griffitts Master Clubfitter #34,
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LPGA Midwest Section Professional of the Year.
Gave more than 1,000 adult lessons and his
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