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Par Package Includes:

Iowa PGA Hat
USGA Rules of Golf Book
Subscription to Iowa Golf Magazine (produced quarterly)
$5 coupon for 2008 Iowa PGA Golf Card
3-sleeve of Srixon Golf Balls
Invitation to Iowa PGA Partner’s Club Tournament

Cost for the Par Package is $25-tax included

Birdie Package Includes:

Iowa PGA Hat
USGA Rules of Golf Book
Subscription to Iowa Golf Magazine (produced quarterly)
$5 coupon for 2008 Iowa PGA Golf Card
3-sleeve of Srixon Golf Balls
Invitation to Iowa PGA Partner’s Club Tournament
30 minute lesson from participating Iowa PGA Professional

Cost for the Birdie Package is $45-tax included

Eagle Package Includes:

Iowa PGA Hat
USGA Rules of Golf Book
Subscription to Iowa Golf Magazine (produced quarterly)
$5 coupon for 2008 Iowa PGA Golf Card
3-sleeve of Srixon Golf Balls
Invitation to Iowa PGA Partner’s Club Tournament
30 minute lesson from participating Iowa PGA Professional

6 hour instructional DVD set "Be the Golf Coach", JD Turner Master PGA Professional

Be The Golf Coach - Grip
This is a small segment taken from "Be the Golf Coach"

Be The Golf Coach - Alignment
This is a small segment taken from "Be the Golf Coach"

Cost for the Eagle Package is $110-tax included

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2008 Iowa PGA Partner’s Club

Participating Iowa Section PGA Professionals

Terry Anderson

Name: Terry Anderson

Facility: Saddleback Golf Course

Facility Phone: (319) 624-1477

Bio: University of Iowa Head Men’s Golf Coach 1994-2007 * 2004 Iowa Section PGA Golf Professional of the Year

Teaching Style: Implement sound fundamentals into the physical abilities of the golfer being taught. Specialize in short game, mental game and course management.

Gary Babcock

Name: Gary J. Babcock

Facility: Lake Panorama National Golf Course

Facility Phone: (641) 755-2024

Bio: Any change made to a students swing must have a positive effect on impact. In my opinion, anything else may make a swing look nicer, but if it has no bearing on impact, why bother? This is why I fix every student’s swing by starting in this order: ball-flight, then impact, then swing plane.

Sarah Bidney

Name: Sarah Bidney

Facility: Jester Park & Toad Valley

Facility Phone: (515) 999-2903 & (515) 967-9575

Bio: Having held PGA teaching positions in Naples, Florida, and Park City, Utah, Iowa native PGA Teaching Professional Sarah Bidney is excited to return to Iowa year round.

Teaching Style: Instruction will always be individualized, easy to understand, and based on your goals. Not only will I provide "how" to make a change but the "why" behind it. As an iClub staff member, swing motion analysis is also available along with V1 video analysis. "Here’s to better, more enjoyable golf!"

Derek Birt

Name: Derek Birt

Facility: Brown Deer Golf Club

Facility Phone: (319) 337-8508

Teaching Style: If you’re looking for a PGA Tour golf swing, I am not your guy. I believe that we all have our own strengths in our own swings and will teach you how to get the golf ball in the hole in the fewest amount of swings as possible. Let me work with what God has given you and see if we can make it better and more enjoyable!

Mark Burke

Name: Mark Burke

Facility: Willow Creek Golf Course

Facility Phone: (515) 285-4558

Bio: I enjoy teaching the game of golf to all ages and abilities. I believe the game should be fun, so I try to make learning the game fun as well.

Teaching Style: Whether beginner or professional, my focus is always on the fundamentals. In addition to teaching the golf swing, I believe that it is my duty as a golf professional to teach people how to play the game of golf.

Joe Butler

Name: Joe Butler

Facility: Burlington Golf Club

Facility Phone: (319) 752-3720

Bio: 1996 IGA Professional of the Year * 2007 IPGA Sr. Player of the Year

Teaching Style: Everyone has their own swing. Concentrate on the fundamentals.

Name: Ryan Christenson

Facility: Burlington Golf Club

Facility Phone: (319) 752-3720

Name: Tim Chrzan

Facility: Dick’s Sporting Goods, Cedar Rapids, IA

Facility Phone: (319) 743-3066

Bio: I believe a simple approach is best that is improving what skill set a student possesses rather than trying to rebuild the entire golf swing. I like to give less to work on rather than more.

Name: Mark N. Davis

Facility: Hunters Ridge Golf Course

Facility Phone: (319) 377-3500

Teaching Style: Teaching style is based on solid fundamentals of golf with an emphasis on swinging of the golf club and not hitting a golf ball. Need to have an understanding of grip, stance and alignment to be able to have a constant repeatable swing.

Name: Ross deBuhr

Facility: Hyperion Field Club

Facility Phone: (515) 276-1596

Name: Jim Dickerson

Facility: Finkbine Golf Course

Facility Phone: (319) 335-9556

Bio: Men’s and Women’s golf coach at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, IA.

Teaching Style: Every golfer comes to me with their own swing. I teach about 400 people each year, mostly returning students who want to continue to improve. I will help make your swing easier and more efficient without a dramatic change. Golf will be more fun after the lesson(s).

Name: Mark Egly

Facility: Des Moines Driving Range

Facility Phone: (515) 289-1703

Name: Darin Fisher

Facility: The Preserve at Honey Creek Resort

Facility Phone: 877-677-3344

Name: Jason D. Handeland

Facility: Tournament Club of Iowa

Facility Phone: (515) 984-9440

Bio: Through strong fundamentals and guidance I help equip each individual with resources to meet their goals.

Teaching Style: Approach teaching with the philosophy that there is not one single mold in teaching the game of golf. As each person has their own uniqueness that defines them as a person, so does their golf swing. I approach each individual in a manner that fits their own learning style.

Name: Jeremy Hawkins

Facility: Galena Golf Club

Facility Phone: (815) 777-3599

Teaching Style: I stress pre-swing fundamentals. I believe that good set-up and alignment will give students the best chance of making a quality golf swing.

Name: Joe B. Hawkins

Facility: Fox Ridge Golf Course

Facility Phone: (319) 989-2213

Bio: 1994 Iowa PGA Teacher of the Year * Golf Magazine Top 400 Teachers in the United States and Canada 2001, 2005

Name: Thomas Hein

Facility: Pleasant Valley Golf Course

Facility Phone: (319) 337-2622

Bio: 17 years teaching all facets of golf at Pleasant Valley Golf Course.

Name: Noah Henson

Facility: Keokuk Country Club

Facility Phone: (319) 524-2002

Bio: I use video and computer analysis to aid myself and the student in each lesson.

Name: Steve Hutton

Facility: Geneva Golf & Country Club

Facility Phone: (563) 262-8894

Name: Jerry Johnson

Facility: Elmwood Country Club

Facility Phone: (641) 753-8111

Bio: I have been a PGA Member for 29 years and have taught golf for 32 years. I have taught golfers of all ages and abilities.

Teaching Style: I do not have a "style" of teaching, except to analyze a person’s game and go to the #1 cause of his or her problems, correct that, and then build good fundamentals from there.

Name: Nichole Kentner

Facility: Copper Creek Golf Club

Facility Phone: (515) 263-1600

Bio: I have had the opportunity to instruct at some of the most beautiful golf courses on the east coast and in Germany. In 2001, I graduated with a degree in Business Administration, Marketing, and a concentration in Professional Golf Management, and I also brought home a ring from winning a NCAA Championship my senior year. After college, I started out my career instructing with Peggy Kirk Bell at Pine Needles Resort in North Carolina. In 2004, I made the big move over the pond to Heidelberg, Germany to fulfill the role as Assistant Manager for the U.S. Army Europe HQ Golf Course. During the 2005-2006 golf seasons I was a Golf Instructor and Head Golf Professional at Basin Harbor Club, a 4th generation family owned resort on Lake Champlain in Vermont. Now, I have moved back to Iowa to start my own business in promoting the game of golf to all kinds of people from all walks of life.

Name: Aaron Krueger

Facility: Pinnacle Country Club

Facility Phone: (309) 787-5446

Bio: 2007 Iowa Section PGA Assistant Golf Professional of the Year

Name: Dick Lane

Facility: Urbandale Golf & Country Club

Facility Phone: (515) 276-2983

Teaching style: Teaching philosophy is based on the theory of keeping the swing very simple. Teaching the basic fundamentals is our foundation to making the swing simple. Adapting each person’s abilities to their past experiences is one of our main emphases. I have a very strong tradition of teaching skilled players but really enjoy getting results for new players.

Name: Brian Lorenz

Facility: Short Hills Country Club

Facility Phone: (309) 755-1044

Name: Bryan Luedtke

Facility: Blue Top Ridge at Riverside

Facility Phone: (319) 648-1234

Teaching Style: My teaching style is based on the fundamentals I learned when I first started taking golf lessons years ago as a young person.

Name: Jason Marvelli

Facility: Indianola Country Club

Facility Phone: (515) 961-3303

Teaching Style: I typically like to work with what the student has. I’m not one to completely "overhaul" ones swing. Most of my students need the basic fundamentals. I do like to see a proper grip before one leaves a lesson. They may not change. However, I can promise you that they will understand how they are supposed to grip the club.

Name: Greg Mason

Facility: Waverly Golf Course

Facility Phone: (319) 352-1530

Teaching Style: I am a big grip, stance and set up person. This takes care of 80% of most peoples swing errors. Then the character of your swing will take place.

Name: Sean McCarty

Facility: Brown Deer Golf Club

Facility Phone: (319) 337-8508

Name: Chad Mejia

Facility: Finkbine Golf Course

Facility Phone: (319) 335-9556

Bio: PGA Member since 1998 * Head Boys Golf Coach at Iowa City West (2001-present) * University of Iowa Women’s Assistant Golf Coach (2005-2006) * MVC Coach of the Year (2006, 2007) * IHSGCA Coach of the Year (2006)

Name: Bob Moreland

Facility: Ottumwa Country Club

Facility Phone: (641) 684-4471

Bio: 6 time Iowa PGA Player of the Year * 10 time Iowa Senior Player of the Year * Iowa Golf Hall of Fame Member * Iowa PGA Jr. Golf Leader of the Year

Name: Todd Nierengarten

Facility: Oneota Golf & Country Club

Facility Phone: (319) 382-4407

Name: John Pritchard

Facility: Highland Park Golf Course

Facility Phone: (641) 423-9693

Teaching Style: Easy going style that is great for beginners as well as the more accomplished. Use of drills and teaching aids are important in my teaching, with an emphasis on the fundamentals of grip, stance and alignment.

Name: Steve Reilly

Facility: Sunnyside Country Club

Facility Phone: (319) 234-1125

Name: Ryan Rinnels

Facility: Wakonda Club

Facility Phone: (515) 285-1934

Bio: 2006 Assistant Golf Professional of the Year

Teaching Style: I believe that all players are doing something correct in their golf swing and I want to build on that. I have great rapport with my students and want them to feel as comfortable as possible during the lesson. Golf is a truly wonderful game and I want to get as many people playing golf as I can

Name: Randy Rohlfsen

Facility: Emerald Hills Golf Course

Facility Phone: (712) 332-7100

Bio: PGA Member since 1975 * Ping Custom Club Fitter

Name: Mark Ruthey

Facility: Palmer Hills Golf Course

Facility Phone: (563) 332-8296

Teaching Style: Highly motivated believer in the basic fundamentals of grip, stance and alignment. An outgoing instructor with an easy to understand style that is adaptable to all levels of experience.

Dave Schneider

Name: Dave Schneider

Facility: Wakonda Club

Facility Phone: (515) 285-1934

Bio: I have been teaching the game professionally to all age spans and abilities for over 15 years. I have taught the game at places that I have been employed including Illinois, Arizona, Hawaii, and Iowa encountering virtually all swing types.

Teaching Style: My philosophy and passion centers around the student understanding and enjoying the game to the best of my ability. In addition, you will not get through a session with me without understanding how important the short game is to the overall enjoyment of the game.

Curt Schnell

Name: Curt Schnell

Facility: Okoboji View Golf Course

Facility Phone: (712) 337-3372

Bio: 2-time Iowa PGA Teacher of the Year * 2-time Nebraska PGA Teacher of the Year * 3-time nominee for Golf Magazine’s Top 100 United States Teachers

Heath Scott

Name: Heath Scott

Facility: TPC Deere Run

Facility Phone: (309) 796-6000

Teaching Style: Work with student’s natural swing. Start from the basic grip, stance, positioning and swing planes. Like to set goals and meet the goals throughout the lesson.

Name: John Shawver

Facility: Newton Country Club

Facility Phone: (641) 792-6619

Bio: 20 years experience teaching the game of golf

Teaching Style: My style of teaching comes from a player’s perspective, which means I am always learning as a player and a teacher. I have experience in private lessons, groups, clinics, corporate outings and golf schools. My goal is to make you a better player using the amount of time you have available to practice and play. I strongly believe in keeping lessons simple and fun. Becoming a better player is simply a matter of enjoying the learning process.

Jeff Smith

Name: Jeff Smith

Facility: Harvest Point Golf Course

Facility Phone: (641) 673-3100

Bio: I have been a PGA Member and Head Golf Professional for 21 years. I average about 100 private lessons and numerous group lessons every year.

Teaching Style: My teaching style is primarily working on good fundamentals; grip, alignment, posture and swinging in balance. I like to use some teaching aids when necessary. I have a lot of patient and my low key personality along with twenty-one years of experience has allowed me many satisfied customers of all skill levels.

Name: Richard Specht

Facility: Timberline Golf Course

Facility Phone: (563) 876-3422

Name: Brad Sponseller

Facility: Westwood Municipal Golf Course

Facility Phone: (641) 792-3087

Name: Andrew Stoterau

Facility: TPC Deere Run

Facility Phone: (309) 796-6000

Gary Sutton

Name: Gary B. Sutton

Facility: Macomb Country Club

Facility Phone: (309) 837-2132

Teaching Style: After initial introduction and emphasis on proper grip and stance, I am a strong promoter of balance and relaxation. One thought at a time is used to eliminate tension and promote a full swinging motion. Reputation is particularly based on ability to take a beginner and after a 5 lesson program over a 3 week period make an individual look, feel and swing like a golfer with motivating success. This approach is equally effective in group or individual sessions.

Name: Tom Tays

Facility: A. H. Blank Golf Course

Facility Phone: (515) 285-0864

Teaching Style: Most golfers are just one or two key ideas from really enjoying their games more and lowering their scores. If you’re hitting the ball at all, you’re doing something correctly. My job is to identify that which you are doing well and then make the most efficient corrections to your technique that will make you a better ball striker. I work with what you have, not insist you fit a pre-conceived model or method. Just look at the variety of swings that succeed on the PGA Tour. Your mental approach is also vitally important. At all times we will work with your self-management and psychological approach to golf.

John Valliere

Name: John Valliere

Facility: Glynns Creek Golf Course

Facility Phone: (563) 328-3284

Name: Mitch Van Zuiden

Facility: TPC Deere Run

Facility Phone: (309) 796-6000

Zachary Vervaecke

Name: Zachary Vervaecke

Facility: Jester Park Golf Course

Facility Phone: (515) 999-2903

Name: Jon A. Vodehnal

Facility: Ames Golf & Country Club

Facility Phone: (515) 232-9470

Name: Jim Webb

Facility: Sugar Creek Municipal Golf Course

Facility Phone: (515) 987-5247

Bio: PGA Member since 1996 with over 20 years of teaching experience

Teaching Style: Gets results from his students by linking the essential fundamentals of the game to the ability level of the player. Experienced in teaching all levels and ages of golfers - novice to highly advanced; ages 6 and up. Instructor for the highly successful Operation State Champ Winter High School golf clinics. Also a staff member of JD Turner Golf Group that specializes in corporate group golf instruction.

Brian Wernimont

Name: Brian Wernimont

Facility: Elks Country Club

Facility Phone: (319) 351-3700

Teaching Style: My teaching philosophy focuses on finding a set of fundamentals that fit well for the individual and his or her particular level of advancement. I have vast experience with the beginner and junior golfer, with a yearly junior clinic that boasts over 120 students.

Name: Richard (Steve) S. Wilkes

Facility: Fort Dodge Country Club

Facility Phone: (515) 955-8551

Bio: Former Director of Instruction at Jacksonville Golf Learning Center in Jacksonville, Florida * Coached High School Boys and Girls golf state qualifiers in Oregon * 30 years of PGA experience

Greg Wilson

Name: Greg Wilson

Facility: Cedar Creek Golf Course

Facility Phone: (641) 683-0646

Teaching Style: I believe that ball flight is the prime indicator of issues in a golf swing. We will watch your golf swing and your ball flight and solve any problems you may have.

Pat Zedrick

Name: Pat Zedrick

Facility: Meadowridge Golf

Facility Phone: (319) 396-2234

Teaching Style: My style of teaching is to keep it simple. Start with the basics and work this into the player’s ability. My philosophy is to learn to hit the ball soft before you can hit it hard.

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