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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

We’re outta here! After 16 long months, 31 of us (from 17 different states) graduated from the Golf Academy of America – Phoenix with a degree in Golf Complex Operations and Management. It’s a degree in the game of golf, the business of golf, and the technology of golf, but I like to think of

Argentina’s Roberto De Vicenzo was all set to battle Bob Goalby in an 18-hole playoff at the 1968 Masters when he got the news that he’d signed an incorrect score card. What’s worse, De Vicenzo, who’d won the Open Championship the year before, was celebrating his 45th birthday that Sunday at Augusta. As noted USGA Rules