LENOX, MA – LPGA Hall of Fame instructor Kay McMahon has been selected by the Northeastern New York Section of the PGA of America as the 2015 Horton Smith Education Award winner. The award will be presented on March 24 at the section’s annual spring meeting.
The Horton Smith Award is designed to recognize individual golf professionals for their outstanding and continuing contributions to developing and improving education opportunities for the PGA golf professional.
McMahon, creator of the teaching made simple concept, Golf 8.5, has served on the Education Committee for five years and served as a Section Board Director from 2010 – 2014.
“I am truly honored by my peers in the NENY PGA Section,” said McMahon, President of eduKaytion golf. “As Chairperson of the Section Education Committee, we are striving to offer the best educational programs for all professionals to stay on top of our game.
“Receiving this award from the Section is also recognition of the work we are doing at eduKaytion golf,” continued McMahon. “We are working hard to dispel the public perception that golf is a difficult and frustrating game. We created a simple and easy way to learn the game – Golf 8.5. And through that instructional program we are introducing new players to the game.”
McMahon developed Golf 8.5 through 30 years of playing, learning and teaching the sport. The concept eliminates the mind clutter that traditional teaching methods can create.
“I believe that the traditional way of teaching golf leads to too many things to think about during the swing,” said McMahon. “There are really only four things to think about before the swing, and 4.5 things to do during the swing. It really simplifies the thought process in learning the golf swing.”
With partner Eloise Trainor, founder of the FUTURES Tour (now the LPGA Symetra Tour), McMahon created eduKaytion golf, through which they teach groups and individuals using the Golf 8.5 method.
eduKaytion golf offers year-round golf lessons, custom golf schools, corporate golf days, corporate golf events, golf classes and workshops, kids golf lessons and much more inside Studio 1-K., located at Cranwell Spa & Golf Resort in Lenox, MA. Studio 1-K is a 3700 sq. ft. year-round practice facility, equipped with five indoor hitting stations, three putting machines, mirrors, training aids, heat and music. McMahon offers complimentary video and computer swing analysis with every lesson.
“We have a very high success rate,” she said. “People can actually learn and/or change rapidly. Everyone comes away saying, ‘But it’s so simple.'”
For more information, visit www.EduKAYtionGolf.com, or call 518.669.1551.
About eduKaytion golf
eduKaytion golf, the Northeast’s #1 Golf Education Company, established in 2002, is known for it’s dedication to quality instruction, making the game simple through the trademarked Golf 8.5 approach. eduKaytion golf is directed by LPGA Teaching Hall of Famer, Kay McMahon, and Eloise Trainor, LPGA Member and Founder of the FUTURES Golf Tour, now the LPGA Symetra Tour.
Contact:
Kay McMahon
518.669.1551
kay@edukaytiongolf.com
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