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By Jason Scott Deegan, Ryan Adams, PGA Taking the Time to Do Instruction Right Longer Lessons Lead to More PGA Teaching Professional. The facility has been Quality Time the home of the Pittsburgh Youth Association for more than 20 years, and Scally (pictured) is work- Chuck Scally Jr., ing to grow the game and engage the next crop of PGA Teaching Professional, local players. Scally’s Golf Center, As a golf coach, Scally is changing his approach Coraopolis, Pennsylvania with the times. For example, he has stopped offer- GA Professional Chuck Scally Jr. has seen ing half-hour lessons because most of the sessions Pgolf’s ebbs and flows while growing up at seemed too rushed. He now focuses on hour-long Scally’s Golf Center in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania. sessions, which he feels are more productive. “By The facility near Pittsburgh International Airport the time you get going, it’s over,” Scally says of half- is home to a practice range, -3 course, pitch-and- hour lessons. “The hour makes more sense when putt course, and batting cages, and you are working with a student. You are getting more was founded in 1954 by Scally’s father, who was also quality time, and they are getting more out of it.” a PGA Professional. He’s also pushing more for group lessons. “If you Chuck Jr. is now the center’s co-owner and lead are in a small group of four or five people, I can charge

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less (per person) and the people can get the infor- junior players already signed up early in the year. mation they need,” Scally says. “This program gives them a great future to shoot Scally, the 2016 PGA Tri-State Section Teacher par or better,” Scally explains. ■ of the Year, says he’s encouraged by the number of juniors and women visiting Scally’s. He believes sev- Night Golf Shines on a eral new programs will grow those numbers further. Last year, he and his wife, LPGA Professional Jill Unique Short Course Finlan Scally, started working with the Golf Chan- Jerrin Woodrow, nel Academy. PGA Head Professional, New this year is Operation 36, where beginners Ak-Chin Southern Dunes , learn the game incrementally. Players of any age Maricopa, Arizona start by teeing off 25 yards from the green. Once ight time can be the right time for golf, if you they can shoot par from there and score 36 for nine Nhave the right facility for the function. Ak- holes – hence the name – the golfers move back to Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club in Maricopa, Ari- 50 yards out. The progression continues for six zona, has turned “Glowout” events into a solid total training sessions until they can break par from money-maker for the semi-private club managed 150 yards out for nine holes. Scally says he has nine by Troon Golf. The event’s secret weapon is #miniDunes, a six- hole short course built directly into the practice facility floor. Each hole has its own box and ranges from 50-120 yards. Every afternoon, the club picks the range clean and opens #miniDunes for business. The night golf events, which started in 2016, at- tract a different demographic altogether, according to Ak-Chin Southern Dunes PGA Head Profes- sional Jerrin Woodrow. “There is a good, loyal group that specifically comes out for the night golf. It hits a different mar- ket,” Woodrow says. “There is a little buzz on the property when golfers are coming off the course and see us setting up. It is a talking point.” Woodrow picks a theme for the bimonthly “Your Best Insurance Against Rain” …So why not Reign in Profits!!!

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