Mitchell® Golf Equipment Institute trained 82 industry professionals during the first four months of this year at its new facility in Dayton, Ohio with most students attending multiple schools.
PGA Golf Professionals from Dick’s Sporting Goods represented 43 of the 82 attendees. Other students came from the USA, Spain, Ireland and Russia. Yes, Russia has a golf course in Moscow and two students from Prestovo Golf & Yacht Club attended all three classes offered by Mitchell® Golf Equipment Institute.
The new International & U. S. graduates include: Brian Rhodes, PGA; Thomas Robertson Jr., PGA; Anthony Digiorgio, PGA; Roland Lemoine Jr., PGA; Michael Snyder, PGA; Jon Estilow, PGA; Richard Hutchinson, PGA; Stephen Kirkpatrick, PGA; Anthony Cardinali, PGA; Steven Guldenpfennig, PGA; Bradley Karst, PGA; Kent Sirois, PGA; Roy Dombeck, PGA; Richard Moss, PGA; Justin Holland, PGA; Scott Linke, PGA; Robert Hirst, PGA; Justin Lauer, PGA; Joseph Healey, PGA; Bruce Parry, PGA; Thomas Byrd, PGA; Roy Carmichael, PGA; John Huban, PGA; Barry Fisher, PGA; Scott Holmes, PGA; Jennifer Willard, PGA; Mel McIntyre, PGA; Kris Fox, PGA; Bob Cashman, PGA; Glenn Dorten, PGA; Billy Gibbons, PGA; Lloyd Faulkner, PGA; Tim Krapfel, PGA; Stan Bickel, PGA; Tim Frazer, PGA; Paul Rooney, PGA; Bob Bachman, PGA; Ron Povick, PGA; Brent Scarbro, PGA; John Boucher, PGA; Scott Vice, PGA and Steve Casavant (all with Dick’s Sporting Goods); Don McPherson, Mechanicsville, VA; Michael Stevens, Rochester Golf Club, E. Rochester, NY; Travis Shepherd, Golf USA, Warsaw, IN; Rich Mueller, PGA, Columbia University, NYC, NY; Bruce Brooke, Golf USA, Muscatine, IA; Ric Moore, PGA, Bakersfield Golf Shop, Bakersfield, CA; Augustin Mendikute, Golfinteligente, Hernani, Spain; John Bachman, Louisville, KY; Artem Nesterov & Alexander Grvzdov, Prestovo Golf & Yacht Club, Moscow, Russia; Derek McGrath, The Golf Studio, Lucan County, Dublin, Ireland; Brent Schwan, Schwanny, Watford City, ND; Bob Malecha, New Lenox. IL; Sam Robertson, Golf Etc., Bend, OR; Edward Hildebrand, Fresh Meadow Golf Learning Center, Aurora, IL; Val Johnson, Fran Johnson, Inc., W. Springfield, MA; Brian Staarmann, Cincinnati, OH; T. Jay Baker, Lincoln, NB; Ed Winder Creekside Golf, Waxhaw, NC; Gary Bell, Gary’s Golf, White Cloud, MI; Robert Carpenter, Golf Clubs By Design, Hollister, CA; Richard Caudill, Zanesville, OH; Bryan Cooper, PGA, TPC at Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL; Landon Decker, Rhinecliff, NY; Glenn Freeden, The Golf Zone, Flanders, NJ; Wade Gurysh, PGA, Knollwood Club, Lake Forest, IL; Billy Hendrix, Golf Etc. of America, Granbury, TX; Peter Herzog, Darien Golf Center, Darien, CT; Martin Kings, Orion Golf, Waterloo, ON, CN; Anthony Lopez, Port St. Lucie, FL; Mike Moynahan, Kamaaina Club Makers, Kula, HI; Jeff Raduechel, Kenosha, WI; Bob Rees, Crown Point, IN; Dom Rovito, Dumont, NJ; Eric Simonson, Pro-Vision Golf, Leicester, MA; Michael Sutkowski, Dynamic Golf Performance Centers, Peoria, IL; John Taylor, JT Custom Golf Clubs, San Francisco, CA; Anthony Testa, Tee 2 Green Custom Golf, Stewartsville, NJ; Chris Walsh, PGA, Ohio State University Golf Course, Columbus, OH and Peter Wise, McShafters Golf, Hot Springs Village, AR.
All attendees received a personalized certificate for successfully completing each school they attended. PGA members also received continuing educations credits with The PGA of America.
A total of 8 students received their "Master Club Performance Specialist" certificate for attending the Club Repair Technician, Club Performance Fitting and True Temper® "Gold Certified" Schools. These eight graduates are Landon Decker, Peter Herzog, Michael Stevens, Artem Nesterov, Alexander Grvzdov Sam Robertson, Val Johnson and T. Jay Baker. This "Master" certificate recognizes industry professionals who make the total commitment to continuing education.
"Our students learn the skills necessary for performing re-shafting, re-gripping, loft/lie adjustments and all repair techniques for today’s modern golf clubs and performance fitting using a Doppler Radar launch monitor," states Paul Bessler, PGA Golf Professional and Director of Instruction for Mitchell® Golf Equipment Institute. "Our True Temper® "Gold Certified" School graduates learn the skills necessary for frequency-tuning the new Black Gold® shaft. They learn how to cut 43.5 inch blank shafts to frequency gradients for standard flexes and sub-flexes."
Mitchell® Golf Equipment Institute conducts schools year-round. Classes are limited to 12 students. Enrollment fills up quickly. View our schedule and sign up now at www.mitchellgolf.com/classes_schedule.asp.
ABOUT MITCHELL® GOLF
Mitchell® Golf is the #1 source in the world for professional grade club performance repair equipment, supplies and education. Mitchell® Golf products are used on all major golf tours, by PGA Tour Professionals, PGA Golf Professionals, club makers, club repair shops and major golf retail stores to serve the performance repair needs of their members and customers. For more information concerning Mitchell® Golf products and certification schools email Mike Stevens, Director of Sales & Marketing, mike@mitchellgolf.com or call 800-437-1314 ext. 116.
Contact:
Ed Mitchell
President
Mitchell Publishing Company
954 Senate Drive
Dayton, OH 45459
937-436-1314 ext. 115
ed@mitchellpublishing.com
