Mitchell® Golf Equipment Institute has concluded the fall session of its 2006 schedule, which completes all of the classes scheduled at Orange County National Golf Center, Orlando, Florida. Mitchell® Golf Equipment Institute has announced its move back to Dayton, Ohio. Classes will resume in January 2007 at the school’s new 4500 square foot state-of-the-art facility. Located next door to the corporate headquarters of Mitchell® Golf Equipment Company, the new facility will offer golf club performance training at the highest level for industry professionals.
Mitchell® Golf Equipment Institute continues to lead the golf industry in training professionals as Club Repair Technicians, Club Performance Fitting Specialist, and True Temper® "Gold Certified" Shaft Fitting Specialist. Students worked with products from KZG, True Temper, SMT, Swing Science, Grafalloy, Golf Pride, Zelocity PureLaunch Monitors and Mitchell® Golf Equipment Company.
Forty students from around the world attended the three different classes. The international students came from Europe and South East Asia. PGA Golf Professionals, retailers, and club makers representing all aspects of the golf business received personalized certificates.
These new International & U. S. graduates include: Michael Allan and Michael Kavanagh, The Golf Shop, Leopoardstown G.C., Dublin, Ireland; Dan Baker, Dick’s Sporting Goods, PGA Professional, Sterling, VA; Don Stewart, Dick’s Sporting Goods, PGA Professional, Cranberry, PA; Raymond Jenkins, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Assistant Professional, Sterling, VA; Greg Hardy, The Golf Shop, PGA Professional, Pittsburgh, PA; Matt Trimbur, The Golf Shop, PGA Professional, Pittsburgh, PA; Fred Griffin, Director of Golf, and Jason Bell, Assistant Professional, Grand Cypress Golf Academy, Orlando, FL; Kurt Bergener, Pro Golf of Royal Palm Beach, Royal Palm Beach, FL; Gene Bodemer, Davenport, FL; Ted Brolin, Golf Instructor, Orlando, FL; Peter Chandler, Taylormade Matt Performance Centre, Manager, Vaughan, Ontario, CN; Andy Conte and Vicki Lange, Pro Golf of Pasco, Tampa, FL; Ole Einarsson, Nacka, Sweden; Ann Geraghty, Golf Express, Bonita Springs, FL; Kevin Grant, Grant’s Golf Club Repair, Owner, Dalton, GA; Wade and Davis Hartley, Pro Golf of Montgomery, Montgomery, AL; Matthew Jesse, Green Valley Country Club, Assistant Golf Professional, Clermont, FL; Marshall Kleckley, Pro Golf at Camp Creek, Assistant Manager, East Point, GA; Matt MacConnell, La Quinta, CA; Harold Major, Flint, MI; Martin Miller, ClubRx Tour Shop, Hagerstown, MD; Mike Montafia, First Assistant, Long Beach, NY; Jeongkwan Park, ANBC, Inc., Seoul, Korea; Bill Pepe, Greenwich, CT; Marc Pfannenstein, Golf USA of Melbourne, Melbourne, FL; Christopher Pierson and Jacquelyn Tada, Tour Spec Golf, Fairfield, CA; Will Roberts, Orlando, FL; Martyn Roberts, Impact Golf, PGA Professional, Ampang Kuala, Lumpua, Malaysia; Adam Savedra, Clemson University, Clemson, SC; Scott Schuster, Lake Nona Club, Orlando, FL; Steve Smiley, Golf USA of Coral Springs, Owner, Coral Springs, FL; Michael Sutton, Hollywood, SC; John Vickers, Hillcrest Golf Shop, Head Golf Professional, Durango, CO; Stephen Walker, PGA Tour Stop, St. Augustine, FL; and Bill Zimmer, Hilaman Park Golf Course, Tallahassee, FL.
"This is another great group that we are proud to have join our alumni of Mitchell® Golf Equipment Institute," states Paul Bessler, Director of Instruction and PGA Golf Professional. "These students are skilled in the necessary steps for performing re-shafting, re-gripping, loft/lie adjustments for today’s modern golf clubs; evaluating launch monitor fitting data and building iron sets with frequency-tuned Black Gold® shafts."
Mitchell® Golf Equipment Institute begins its winter schedule in January. Classes are limited to 12 students. Schools fill up quickly. View our schedule and sign up now at www.mitchellgolfschool.com.
About Mitchell® Golf Equipment Institute
Mitchell® Golf Equipment Institute is the golf industry’s premier training school for trade professionals to learn the proper skills for club performance repairs and fitting. The curriculums for each school are designed and taught by industry professionals for industry professionals wanting to enhance their competitive skills. Graduating students receive continuing education credits from PGA, LPGA & PCS. The staff at Mitchell® Golf Equipment Institute are all PGA golf professionals and have a combined total of more than 100 years of experience in teaching swing mechanics and the proper repair and fitting of golf clubs. Anyone wanting to learn club performance repair and fitting have an unequaled opportunity to learn from recognized and honored veteran industry professionals.
About Mitchell® Golf Equipment Company
Mitchell® Golf Equipment Company is the #1 source in the world for professional grade golf club performance & repair equipment, supplies and education. Mitchell® Golf products are used on all major golf tours, by PGA golf professionals and by major golf retail stores to service the performance repair needs of their members and customers. For further information concerning Mitchell® Golf products and certified training schools, email Mike Stevens, Director of Sales & Marketing, mike@mitchellgolf.com or call 800-437-1314.
Contact:
Ed Mitchell, President
Mitchell Publishing Company
(937) 436-1314
ed@mitchellgolf.com
954 Senate Drive
Dayton, OH 45459
