Teacher of the Year Award Nomination
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TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD NOMINATION Dave Boivin Member #27005081 Kayak Point Golf 15711 Marine DR NE Stanwood, WA 98292 360-652-9676 [email protected] 1. Please list all Chapter, Section or National Teaching Workshops, Seminars and Section or National PGA Teaching & Coaching Summits attended or conducted within the last five years. If Certified in Instruction through the PGA Certified Professional Program, list the date Certification was obtained. Event Date of Participation Chapter, Section, National Boeing Classic Adaptive 2010 Aug Chapter Golf Clinic ESPN Teacher Training Dec 2007 2008 Chapter Stan Utley Golf Clinic Fall 2011 Chapter/Section 2. Please describe the nominee’s overall performance in teaching at the facility, Chapter, Section and/or National level. Facility I am celebrating my third full season at Kayak Point GC after being at Interbay GC since its inception in 1998. As the Director of Instruction at Kayak Point, I have had the opportunity to implement programs for players new to the game as well as attract lower handicappers. A Junior Program has been important to the area, providing both private instruction and Junior Camps. To further the Junior Program at Kayak Point, I pursued and became a Level 1 First Tee Instructor. Through the First Tee program, this summer we completed our second year of a 6-week LPGA-USGA Girls Golf Program. I continue to work with the Lakewood High School and Stanwood High School Golf Teams. (Lakewood Girls won their Division in 2011) I also completed my TPI Certified Level 1 Instructor Certification to which I incorporate into my instruction as well as recently completed certification as a B.E.S.T. practitioner. I have focused my teaching on Short Game Schools and Corporate Clinics, with the balance on private and playing lessons. During the prior existence of the ESPN Golf Schools, I was a Lead Instructor for them, including working directly with Hank Haney at the Hank Haney Signature Schools. Chapter/ Section I was previously on the WWCPGA teaching committee. Most years, I have participated in some capacity in providing instruction at the Seattle Consumer Golf Show between stage clinics and the PGA Teaching and Junior Areas. National Yearly I participate in the Play Golf America Program, recently celebrating my 14th season with the program. 2012 Kayak Point GC participated in the Tee it Forward, Golf 2.0, PGA Sports Academy programs, of which I was a part of. 3. Please briefly describe any unusual, innovative or special teaching programs the nominee has initiated or implemented. Aug-2012: A 2-day golf school at Kayak Point GC entitled “Take Your Game to the Next Level” co-facilitated with the Golf Channel’s” Yoga For Golfers” expert, Katherine Roberts. Jul-2012: The 2012 3-day WA State High School Golf Coaches Clinic held at Kayak Point GC, co-hosted with PGA Professional and GM Steve Stensland. Mar-2012: I held a complimentary, invitational one day clinic at Kayak Point GC for the local High School Golf Coaches. In 2010 I had the honor of having an UNLV-PGM Intern, Kai Aoki. Our overall goals were to focus on teaching and for him to pass the PAT. I arranged for him to meet with and shadow other Chapter PGA and LPGA Professionals. Together we accomplished all his goals as well as volunteering on the range at Sahalee CC for the 2010 PGA Senior Open. Kai is now in his second season as a PGA Professional and has been promoted to assistant at CordeValle GC, a Rosewood Resort in California. Developed and implemented the following teaching programs: • Seminar: Corporate Golf for Women • Workshop: Golf and Yoga Workshop • Tradeshows: Video golf lessons for conventions, fundraisers, private and corporate events • Kayak Point GC: First Tee-LPGA -USGA Girls Golf • Junior Camps Interbay GC: Developed and implemented the multi-day junior camps (2 to 5 day camps) • Fit fore Golf Fitness Classes for Seattle Athletic Club and Columbia Tower Club members • Fit fore Golf™ Schools for Physical Therapists (I co-facilitate schools as the PGA Professional component in the Greater Seattle, Vancouver and Victoria B.C. areas) 4. Please list any instructional articles, videos and/or publications the nominee has written or contributed to. Interviewed and participated in the following: • 2012 Twenty-eight (28) week radio show “Ask the Pro- Tee to Green” radio show on KRKO 1380 Fox Sports Radio • 2011 April - August monthly radio appearances on KRKO 1380 Fox Sports Radio: ‘On the Road with Maury and Stitch’ (live radio shows discussing the PGA Majors) • Video Golf Tips with Northwest Cable News • Puget Sound Business Journal: “Putting has little to do with business golf” • Golf Northwest Magazine: ESPN Golf Schools "Two Standout Instructors Get Schooled" with Hank Haney • Tulalip Resort and Casino with Alaska Airlines: Promotional video featuring Dave Boivin PGA instructor and Kayak Point GC • Golf Results - Playing Strategic Golf & the Seattle Athletic Club: Facebook and You Tube Instructional Videos 5. Please list the names of outstanding golfers the nominee has instructed. • Larry Daniels one of Washington’s top Senior Amateurs. o 2011 PNGA- Senior Men’s Amateur Champion • Courtney Mahon- Symetra Tour 2012 • Andrew Von Lossow o Most inspirational player 2003/04/05 WIAA o Dakota’s Tour 2010 • Pat Thirlby - Sand Point CC 2009 Ladies Club Champion • John Sheffield- 3 time Club Champion Gold Mtn. GC • Dean Walker- former Alberta CPGA Champion I have had the honor of working with some terrific juniors as they are the future of the game. Through the First Tee and LPGA –USGA Girls Golf, I am currently working with an 8yr old named Malia. She is full of life and enjoys the game. We have been doing some fun drills with balanced and eye hand coordination, such as standing on a Yoga ball swinging a club. (She said “my balance is better and this is fun!”) She just completed her second season with WSJG. She is definitely outstanding to work with. 6. Please describe the nominee’s involvement in growing the game of golf through juniors, women, minorities, seniors and the disabled. Juniors: • Level 1 First Tee Instructor • LPGA-USGA Girls Golf • PGA Sports Academy • Stanwood and Lakewood High School Golf Teams • Kayak Point GC Junior Camps • Implementing Junior Golf for the Tulalip Tribes Boys and Girls Club • Instructor for the Junior Golf Development Summer Camps for the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Women: • NLGA -2010/2011/2012 Short Game Schools • 2012, a prior years, NLGA Guest Speaker • Amex PGA Ladies Golf 2011 • Seminar: Corporate Golf for Women Seniors: My relationship with Physical Therapists and Fitness instructors through both TPI and Fit fore Golf™ programs continues to grow. I am regularly referred to a number of seniors who are in rehab for various reasons. Injuries or medical conditions such as knee, hip and shoulder replacements can be disabling, so it is important to help keep them playing or get back into the game. Minorities: I am an equal opportunity instructor. My student base includes all ethnicity and educational backgrounds. Disabled: During the Boeing Classic I had the opportunity to participate in the Adaptive Golf Clinic at TPC Snoqualmie. What a great day! After the clinic I received an email from a participant that I had worked with through this program. She had had brain surgery and a partial stroke and was impressed with the way in which I had assisted her and wanted to continue with lessons. To this day we still keep in touch. It is fun teaching when we get to think outside the box! I attract and am continually referred students of varied disabilities, including wheelchair students, the blind, individuals with Parkinson’s, MS, and Cerebral Palsy. Additionally, I regularly donate lessons to numerous charity events and fundraisers. 7. Please list any Chapter, Section or National awards the nominee has received None at this time. Thanks for the nomination. Name of Nominee: Gregg Rogers Member Number: #03621489 Facility Name: Gregg Rogers’ Golf Performance Centers, LLC. Facility Address: 15015 Main Street #116 Bellevue, WA 98007 Facility Phone Number: 425.746.1655 Nominee E-mail Address: [email protected] National Teaching Workshops and Coaching Summits attended 1. Multi-day Teaching/Playing Workshop, La Quinta CA. 2/2011 2. TrackMan Ball Launch and club delivery analysis, Bellevue, WA. 6/08 3. TaylorMade/Adidas Golf Club fitting Seminar at Seattle Golf Club 3/08 4. Motion Analysis and club fitting training at the TaylorMade Kingdom, Carlsbad CA. 10/07 5. Science and Motion PuttLab Certification Seminar at the Hank Haney Golf Ranch 5/07 6. Science and Motion BalanceLab Certification Seminar at the Hank Haney Golf Ranch 5/07 7. Motion Reality Inc., MATT system training, Bellevue, WA. 2/07 8. Science and Motion/About Golf Ball Launch Analysis, Bellevue, WA. 2/07 9. Jim Flick Teaching Seminar, PNW PGA Show, 10/2006 10. Technology/Biomechanics Seminar in Port St. Lucie, FLA. 2/2006 Description of overall performance in teaching at the facility, Section and National levels Designated in 2012 as the Willows Run Golf Complex Director of Instruction, I currently own and supervise the operations and instruction programs at two instruction facilities while personally instructing over 3000 lessons annually. In 2007, the Gregg Rogers’ Golf Performance Centers opened and is the most technologically advanced instruction, club fitting and game improvement facility in the state of Washington. These facilities combine the latest game improvement technologies in the industry and are dedicated to promoting the participation, enjoyment and growth of the game. I am proud to operate facilities that participate in as many PGA programs as possible and include (but are not limited to: Patriot Day, Ready Golf, Free Lesson Month, Free Fitting Month and all Family Golf programs developed by the PGA.