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Just about every semester for the past six years or so, Henry-Griffitts Director of Account Management and Master Coach/Clubfitter Bill Boltz has visited the Golf Academy in Phoenix to conduct club fitting training seminars. The seminars are usually held in conjunction with PGA Professional Gary Balliet’s 3rd Semester Club Fitting class, but because of my […]

Dr. Robin Farran is widely regarded as one of the country’s top USGA’s Rules Officials and teaches Advanced Rules at the Golf Academy of America. Talk about a great resource! Dr. Farran is always emailing out new and different rules scenarios for us to analyze and dissect. The following incident actually happened not too long

At the Golf Academy, we’re always talking about the state of the golf industry as a whole. But it means just a little bit more to those of us in our 4th and final semester. Why? Because in a little more than five weeks time, most of us are going to be diving right in…

Today in Tournament Administration with PGA Professional Warren Pitman, we were discussing Best Practices in Tournament Operations. We’re responsible for running 12 tournaments at the Golf Academy this semester, so we’re always talking about ways we can improve. Warren handed out the following article published by the PGA of America several years back. It’s a little

Dr. Robin Farran teaches Advanced Rules at the Golf Academy and is widely regarded as one of the top USGA Rules Officials in the country. Each week he sends out an email featuring different Rules scenarios, and this week, the flagstick takes center stage: 1. Player A chips his ball from the fringe, and the ball rolls