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Time to Get Golf Ready

You'll attract new customers and increase your business!

Golf 2.0 encourages you to increase the number of golfers and rounds played at your facility. The Get Golf Ready program is designed to invite new and existing golfers to have fun and increase participation in the game. The PGA developed the Get Golf Ready program to teach new golfers in five short lessons and prepare them to get onto the golf course with confidence. Offering "play" experiences is what makes this program unique and helps transition students to structured Get Golf Ready Outings as ongoing retention opportunities. Continue reading to learn more about the program and how your facility can become involved... View More

Offer Free Lessons to Veterans

PGA Best Practices: Submitted by Bob Beach, PGA

Braintree Municipal Golf Course recently held its first Veterans Appreciation Day. Six New England PGA Professionals gave free golf lessons to 23 veterans, including some disabled veterans who were able to participate because of the course's adaptive golf cart. Having a chance to thank veterans for their service and giving them some help with their golf games made for my best Veterans Day ever, and we decided to have Veteran Appreciation Days throughout the year. We also invited family members of veterans to come for free golf lessons to help grow the game. We hope to add a putting contest and long drive contest at future Veteran Appreciation Days. Continue reading Bob's contribution to PGA Best Practices... View More

Brian Bain Selected as PGA Player Development Regional Manager

PGA of America Creates New Positions in the Field to Help Grow the Game

As a major component of the new Golf 2.0 initiative to grow the game of golf, The PGA of America has hired four new PGA Player Development Regional Managers in strategic markets across the country. NEPGA Professional Brian Bain has accepted the PGA Player Development Regional Manager position serving the Boston region. Bain will be working on implementing strategies, initiatives, and programs to expand the reach of golf among current and potential players.

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New Looks: Distance Impossible?

The secret to hitting the green from far away might involve using a club with more loft, not less. Higher launch conditions, especially with the technology found in these new fairway woods and hybrids, will produce more distance than you think. View More...