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June is Troon Women’s Golf Month, and La Paloma Country Club is getting into the swing by offering free clinics geared toward women all month long. The 45-minute clinics will run from 9:00-9:45 every Sunday morning this month, weather permitting, and will be taught by La Paloma professional staff members. Clinics will meet at the […]

Dr. Robin Farran teaches Advanced Rules at the Golf Academy of America and is one of the country’s preeminent USGA Rules Officials. He’s also kind enough to send out weekly Rules installments. In this week’s Diary of a USGA Rules Official, Dr. Farran reviews Rules involving bunkers, an embedded ball, and chipping practice. Back in the

After careful consideration, I am proud to announce that I have accepted an Assistant Golf Professional position at La Paloma Country Club and will be working under Head Golf Professional Mark Thesing, PGA, beginning later this month. La Paloma is a 27-hole Troon Prive’ facility “nestled into the base of the Santa Catalina Mountains” in northwest Tucson.

This past Wednesday, Golf Digest Top 50 and Golf Magazine Top 100 Instructor Todd Sones was featured on Golf Channel as part of the network’s 16 hours of coverage in conjunction with the PGA of America’s National Instruction Day. Todd also serves on the Golf Academy of America’s National Advisory Board. Todd was featured alongside

The Rules of Golf are complicated to say the least. That’s why some of my favorite posts come from the mind of noted USGA Rules Official Dr. Robin Farran. Dr. Farran teaches Advanced Rules at the Golf Academy as is widely regarded as one of the country’s top USGA Rules Officials. In this week’s Diary of