El Segundo, CA – Total Golf Adventures (TGA), one of the leading initiatives to grow the game of golf and the largest national after-school junior golf program in the country, recently honored five of its leading franchise operators by awarding them with the inaugural TGA – Premier Junior Golf “5 E’s for Excellence Awards”. The awards were given at the TGA National Conference held in Orlando, Florida during the PGA Show.
“TGA and its board of directors wanted to engage the franchises and begin awarding them on an annual basis for their hard work and commitment both in running a business and impacting the game of golf and TGA’s youth across the country,” said Joshua Jacobs, president and CEO of Total Golf Adventures. “We are very proud of this years winners and the commitment they have given TGA and to the youth in developing our in-school five-level education based youth programs while instilling life values and character development.”
The 5 E’s are TGA’s culture in how they operate and run their businesses, as well as how they interact and work with the youth in the TGA programs. The 5 E’s include Educate, Embrace, Empower, Enhance, and Engage. The following TGA franchise owners earned the honors this year:
Educate Award – PGA Professional Champ Detamore, TGA of Charlotte, NC, earned the Educate Award, which is given to the territory who impacted the most enrichment students over the course of the year. Detamore reached over 1,388 students in 2009.
Embrace Award – PGA Professional, Brent Naylor, TGA of the Space Coast, Fl, earned the Embrace Award, which is given to the territory that transitioned the most students to the golf course from enrichment programs at schools. Naylor, in his first year with TGA, introduced 342 kids to the golf course.
Joe Holiday Empower Award – Kevin Rooney, TGA of Bergen County, NJ, earned the Empower Award, which is given to the territory that generates the most revenue during the calendar year. Rooney, who began with TGA at the age of 22, earns this top honor just three years later at age 25.
Michael Jacobs Enhance Award – Robert Barretto, TGA of North Orange County, CA, earned the Enhance Award, which is given to the territory who greatly impacts and develops community relationships through TGA over the course of the year. Barretto had great success in the Newport / Mesa School District serving over 1,000 under-resourced and low income students including developing relationships with other local non-profit groups working with under resourced youth.
Lee Warner Engage Award – Sherman Leland, TGA of the North Bay, CA earned the Engage Award, which is given to the territory who gives back to the TGA organization as a whole, for the benefit of the national organization and each individual franchise. Leland has been very proactive in working and helping fellow TGA franchises succeed, as well as being active in the development of the TGA teaching curriculum.
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Contact:
Total Golf Adventures
Joshua Jacobs – CEO
(310) 333-0622
joshua@golftga.com
Fusion Media Strategies
Kevin Frisch
(989) 614-0241
kevin@fusionmediastrategies.com
