Set your schedule and train accordingly to compete and play your best.

What do I mean by this? I am merely suggesting that all of you set your competitive schedules early in the Season and prepare your practice schedules accordingly to compete on the dates and events that you have chosen. What happens if you aren’t playing your best when an event that you have scheduled arises? The answer to this simple: You Play.

That’s how you improve. Competitive reps whether you are playing your best or not will make you a far better player. If you aren’t hitting it your best when an event hits, it’s the perfect opportunity for you to see how good your short game is. In my opinion, not playing is not an option. For instance, if you qualify for a High School Tournament several days in advance or several weeks in advance…get ready to play. You have to play with the game that shows up for those few days. Maybe it’s better than you expected, maybe your game is worse than you expected. Either way…it’s not a big deal. You don’t have the option to not go because what you think your best game and best ball striking is MIA and nowhere to be found and it’s Tournament Time. Sure…this will get your blood pumping and your heart racing on the first tee and give you some unnecessary anxiety…but that’s what makes you better. I have always had a game plan for every competitive round I have played since I understood the concept of a game plan and course management. I can assure you, I rarely executed a plan the exact way I mapped it out in my head. The reality is: you are going to miss shots and miss targets…the fun is what you make of the missed shots and what you can get out of your game when your execution is a bit off.

Playing and competing gives you the best opportunity to improve. You are never as good or as bad as your last shot, or round, for that matter. Your self worth does not lie in a single shot or score. I know at times this can be a challenge…but at the end of the day, it is about the process and the steps you are taking to improve on a daily basis. That is one of the things that makes golf an incredibly challenging game. The work that you put into it each day does not necessarily translate into immediate results and that can be incredibly frustrating and disheartening. But, the real measure of all of your hard work will be demonstrated in your shots and scores soon enough. You have to stay patient and trust that you are doing the right things to improve. Your scores will follow suit and start getting better soon.

The idea is to have a plan and stick to it. Work out a program with your instructor with how you are going to improve and what your goals are each month. Then, measure your successes and shortcomings based on that program. I would suggest you have a similar plan in the classroom and with your fitness as well. It is well documented that people who set goals and write them down are far more successful in achieving those goals because you have a plan. I challenge all of you to try it.

Here’s the bottom line: make a plan, commit to the plan and success will follow. Don’t expect to always have your best…it isn’t possible. Be open to accepting the challenge of playing an event when you don’t have your best in your bag. And at the end of the day, remember…it’s just a game. Have fun and go play.

Fairway and Greens,

Kelli

Excited to announce that Coach Larry Penley’s from Clemson University will be apart of the College Golf Camps – Hilton Head

This Junior Golf Prospect Camp is like no other!! Premier opportunity for Junior Golfers and Parents.

Larry Penley is in his 31st season as Clemson’s Head Golf Coach. He has earned just about every honor possible in his tenure. That includes induction into the Collegiate Golf Hall of Fame at the age of 44, winning an NCAA Championship (2003), coaching two Ben Hogan Award winners (D.J. Trahan and Kyle Stanley), three US Public Links Champions (Kevin Johnson, DJ Trahan and Corbin Mills) and leading the Tigers to 21 Top 20 seasons, more than any coach in any sport in Clemson history.

In the summer of 2009 he watched former Tiger Lucas Glover win the 2009 United States Open, his first protégé to win a Major. Then, in August, it was announced that he was selected for the South Carolina Golf Hall of Fame. In December of 2009, it was announced Clemson’s new golf building would be named in his honor. That impressive structure was completed in 2011 and is one of the finest golf team facilities in the nation.

Clemson added women’s golf to its athletic landscape and the team began competition in the fall of 2013. Penley was instrumental in the establishment of the program and the hiring of women’s coach J.T. Horton. Penley carries the title of Director of Golf within the Clemson program and the Lady Tigers were off to a fast start with a number-13 national ranking entering the spring of 2014.

Penley has been a model of consistency since he became head coach in the fall of 1983. All 30 of his previous Tiger teams have been selected for the NCAA Tournament, including 25 that have advanced to the national tournament.

Clemson has posted 23 top 25 finishes, 21 top 20 finishes, 17 top 15 finishes, 12 top 10s and eight top five finishes at the NCAA Championships during his tenure. That includes a streak of seven straight top 10s from 1997-2003, the first Clemson athletic program to do that since the men’s tennis program had seven straight between 1980-86. His top 25 seasons and 21 top 20 seasons are a record for any coach in any sport in Clemson history.

His 11 top 10 finishes are second to former Clemson soccer coach Dr. I.M. Ibrahim, who had 14. Over the last 17 years, Clemson has nine top 10 national finishes. One of those top 10 finishes came in 2003 when the Tigers won the national championship with a two-stroke victory over Oklahoma State on the Cowboys home course. It was Clemson’s first national championship in golf and the program’s first in any sport in 16 years.

Penley’s Tigers also won the ACC Championship and the NCAA East Regional title in 2003, making Clemson the first program in NCAA history to win its conference, regional and national championship in the same year. Clemson won a school-record six team titles for the academic year and ranked number-one in the nation by Golfweek/Sagarin and the Golf Coach’s Association for the entire season.

As a result of these achievements, Penley was named the National Coach of the Year by Golfweek and the Golf Coach’s Association for 2003. He also received coach of the year honors from the ACC and for the NCAA at the District level.

In January of 2004, he was inducted into the Golf Coaches Association Hall of Fame, quite an accomplishment for someone just 44 years of age at the time. The victories continued in the spring of 2004 when he led the Tigers to the ACC Tournament and East Regional Championship and finished with another top 20 finish at the NCAA Tournament.

Clemson has had three more top 16 finishes since the 2004 season with a seventh place at Sunriver, OR in 2006, the fifth place finish in 2008 at Purdue and a 16^th place finish at The Honors Course in 2010.

Penley has led Clemson to the NCAA East Region title, seven times, including a pair of “three-peats”. No other college coach has won more than his seven NCAA regional championships.

The former All-ACC golfer at Clemson has won 63 tournaments as head coach of the Tigers, fourth in NCAA history for a coach at one school. He is third among active coaches with that total. He has won at least one tournament in 27 of his 30 seasons as Clemson head coach. He also has 68 second-place finishes, giving him 131 first or runner-up finishes in his career at Clemson in 373 tournaments.

Clemson players have flourished under Penley’s leadership. No less than 15 of his former players participated in various PGA or Nationwide Tour events in 2013. Four of his former players were full members of the PGA Tour in 2013 and six played in at least one PGA Tour event.

A Clemson golfer won at least one PGA event every year between 2004-12, one of just three programs to have an alum win every one of those years (Arizona State and ULV). Overall, six of his former Clemson golfers have won 15 PGA events over the years.

Clemson had 12 players on the ACC 50-Year Anniversary team in 2002, and 11 of the 12 players were coached by Penley.

Individually, Clemson has had 17 Top 10 NCAA Tournament finishes in Penley’s career. That includes the NCAA Championship by Charles Warren in 1997, and his number-two finish in 1998. Kyle Stanley finished second in 2007 and 2009 and won the Ben Hogan Award in 2009. Ben Martin finished ninth in 2010.

Penley has been honored for his success in the ACC, winning the ACC Coach-of-the-Year honors six times overall. He was the first coach in ACC history to win this award three consecutive years (1996-97-98). He has eight ACC championships to his credit, second on the all-time list of ACC mentors.

Penley has to rank as the best combination player-coach in Clemson history next to the legendary Banks McFadden. In the 1930s McFadden was an All-American in football and basketball and coached the Clemson basketball team for nearly a decade. Penley was chosen All-ACC as a Tiger golfer and has led Clemson to eight ACC titles as a coach. He is one of only two coaches in Clemson sports history to do this (former women’s track Wayne Coffman is the other). He has played for and coached Clemson in the NCAA tournament.

In addition to the success of his former players on the PGA Tour, former Penley players have brought national distinction to the school in national amateur tournaments. Chris Patton won the 1989 United States Amateur, while Danny Ellis advanced to the finals in 1993. Johnson won the US Public Links championship in 1987, and Trahan won the same event in 2000. Corbin Mills won the Public Links in 2011. Ben Martin was a finalist at the 2009 US Amateur and played in the 2010 Masters.

Over the years, Penley’s program has produced 53 All-America selections, including at least two in nine of the last 17 years. Kyle Stanley was a first-team selection in 2007 and 2009. Corbin Mills was a third-team selection in 2012.

Penley has coached eight different players who have played in the Walker Cup. That includes Matt Hendrix who posted a 2-0-1 record in the 2003 event. In 2001, senior Lucas Glover and sophomore D.J. Trahan were both members of the 2001 United States Walker Cup team. Jonathan Byrd was a member of the United States Walker Cup team in 1999 and played on the Palmer Cup team in 1999 and 2000.

Clemson dominated the Palmer Cup teams of 2000 and 2001 with three players each year. John Engler was a three-time selection to the United States Palmer Cup team. Trahan was the captain of the United States team in 2002, leading the US to victory at the event held in Ireland. Penley was honored with his selection as the 2004 Palmer Cup team coach.

Penley has had a high level of success since he first became Clemson head coach. After serving as an assistant on Clemson’s 1983 team that finished fifth in the nation, then the highest finish in school history, Penley took a young Clemson team to a 19th place finish in his first year. That club was paced by Dillard Pruitt, who earned All-America honors for a second time in his career before going on to a distinguished eight-year run on the PGA Tour.

Penley brought the Clemson program to another level in 1986-87, as he captured his first ACC title and the program’s second. Overall, Clemson won a then record five events and finished second in three others behind a team that featured All-Americans Chris Patton and Kevin Johnson. Clemson finished 11th at the NCAA Tournament that season. Penley was named ACC and NCAA District Coach-of-the-Year for the first time.

In the 1988-89 season, Kevin Johnson and Chris Patton received All-America honors again and led the Tigers to a third-place finish at the NCAA Tournament, Clemson’s highest ranking ever at the time. In every tournament the Tigers entered they finished in the top five and the team had a 72.61 stroke average, best in school history at the time. Johnson ended his career as one of Clemson’s top golfers in history. He had won the United States Public Links (1987) and earned a spot on the Walker Cup team (1989) during his Clemson career.

In 1989-90, Penley’s Tigers won four tournaments including the ACC title, and finished 12th at the NCAA tournament. For the second time ever the team was ranked number-one going into the spring season. When Chris Patton won the 1989 U.S. Amateur the program received considerable. He was the low amateur at the 1990 Master’s.

Many thought the program would decline a bit after Patton’s graduation, but three freshmen made an impact in 1990 and continued to bring the Tigers to new levels of consistency over the next three years. Danny Ellis, Bobby Doolittle and Nicky Goetze kept Clemson’s NCAA Tournament top 15 streak in tack, including a fourth place finish in 1992-93. The 1993 team actually had five players earn some type of All-America honors, a first in Clemson history. That team also won Penley’s first NCAA Regional title.

Despite being a young team, in 1994 Clemson finished ninth in the NCAA tournament. Mark Swygert, a senior on the Clemson team, finished third and 11-under-par in the tournament. Swygert broke four Clemson individual records in NCAA play with that performance. He had an overall score of 277 (-11), which beat the previous best of Dillard Pruitt by 10 strokes. Swygert’s third round is still the best ever by a Tiger in the NCAA Tournament vs. par (65) (-7).

The 1996-97 academic year brought more national acclaim to the Clemson program as junior Charles Warren won the NCAA Championship at Conway Farms in Chicago. The thrilling one-shot win in a playoff over Brad Elder was captured on ESPN. Warren went on to earn first-team All-America honors along with senior Richard Coughlan, who shared ACC Player of the Year honors.

The 1997-98 season was the best on record in many respects. In addition to Clemson’s number-two NCAA finish and final ranking, the team set 11 school season records. That team had nine first or second-place finishes, also a record for one season. All five starting players averaged under 73.0, also a first for a Clemson team. The squad was 29-under par for the season, 104 strokes better than the previous school record.

Clemson continued the excellence in 1998-99 with five tournament titles to tie the single season school mark, a number-one national ranking much of the year and a number-eight finish at the NCAA Tournament. Only four opponents out of the 67 different teams the Tigers faced had a stroke and won-loss advantage against Clemson. Clemson had a 77.3 percent winning mark against those 67 teams, including a 71-37-4 record against the 29 other schools in the NCAA National tournament.

It seemed improbable that the records established by the 1997-98 team could be eclipsed. But that was the case in 1999-00, as the Tigers established a team stroke average record with a 71.32 mark. The team was 77-under-par for the year.

Four Tigers earned All-America honors, including Lucas Glover who was a first-team choice after a record setting 71.24 stroke average for the year. Clemson won the ACC Tournament and the East Regional in the same year for the first time ever, then finished seventh at the NCAAs. Future PGA Tour players Lucas Glover, D.J. Trahan and Jonathan Byrd all played on that team.

The 2000-01 season marked the end of the Lucas Glover and John Engler era at Clemson. Both were first-team All-Americans in their final seasons and led the Tigers to a second place NCAA finish, just as they had in their freshman season.

A testimony to Penley’s ability to keep the Clemson program at a high level on a consistent basis was the 2001-02 season. Most college golf observers thought Penley’s success level would take a step backwards in 2001-02. With the loss of first-team All-Americans Glover and Engler, the Tigers were ranked ninth in the preseason Precept Coach’s poll. But, the Tigers won the Ping Preview in the fall and quickly returned to the top five of the polls.

In addition to the win at the Ping Preview, Penley’s Tigers won the NCAA East Regional in a co-championship with #1 ranked Georgia Tech. The Tigers finished in the top five in 10 of their 12 tournaments that year, including seven top three finishes. The Tigers concluded the campaign with a number-three finish at the NCAAs at Ohio State.

Trahan furthered Clemson’s tradition in 2002 by winning the Ben Hogan Award as the top college golfer in the nation. He had a 70.33 stroke average, second best in the nation and eighth best in NCAA history at the time. Trahan won three tournaments, the first Tiger to do that in one year, and had three other second-place finishes. He then led the Tigers to the national championship in 2003 and finished his career with five tournament victories, tied for the Clemson all-time record.

Producing such outstanding golfers is not a surprise when you look at Penley’s own career as a player. The native of Dallas, NC started his golf career at North Gaston Senior High. There he earned high school All-America honors for two years, three years as all-conference, and Most Valuable Player for three years. In his junior and senior seasons he was second in the state at the AAA level.

After high school, Penley came to Clemson bringing his talents with him and began to add on to his previous honors. Penley’s 1981 season was his senior year and his finest at Clemson. He was voted All-ACC, and had a spring stroke average of 72.66, which still ranks as one of the best 10 spring figures in Clemson history. Penley finished with a total of nine Top 10 finishes in his career. This includes winning the Iron Duke Classic and the Southeastern Invitational and finishing in the Top 10 in three other tournaments in 1981.

Penley went on to play in 15 mini-tour events on the FPCA after his four years at Clemson. He was offered the assistant golf coaching position at Clemson in 1982. He accepted it and was named the head coach after the 1983 season. He took the place of Athletic Director Bobby Robinson, who stepped down from the coaching position so he could put more efforts into his position as the Associate Athletic Director. Ever since Penley took over in 1983-84, all of his squads have finished their seasons at the NCAA Tournament.

In 1987 and 1988 Penley won the South Carolina state amateur. He tied a record in 1987 by shooting an 11-under-par 277, a record that has since been broken by one of his Tigers, Lucas Glover, in 1999. In 1986 and 1989, Penley was also the runner-up. He has qualified for the U.S. Amateur many times also. During the summer of 1992 he won the Carolina Golf Association Mid-Amateur by five shots, and was fourth in the South Carolina State Amateur. In 1990 he also won the South Carolina Mid-Amateur.

Penley is married to the former Heidi Grove, and they have three children, Andrew William, Mollie Ashton, and Kelsey Lou.

Source: http://www.clemsontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=28500&ATCLID=205529099

Dear Junior Golfers and Parents,

This is Kelli Kuehne, former LPGA Tour Player and current Director of Events for College Golf Camps of America (CGC).

I recently decided to get involved in CGC because it creates an amazing relational environment never seen before in Junior Golf. I wanted to reach out to all of you to communicate the opportunity that CGC can offer to all Junior Golfers and parents.

I would like to personally invite each of you to participate in a CGC event.

College Golf Camps of America offers a unique opportunity for each junior golfer/parent in attendance to interact and learn from a minimum of 18 active college golf coaches at our prospect camps. More importantly, each camper will have the opportunity to receive player evaluations based on their play in our 36 holes competition.

Each player will receive no less than 3 written evaluations from different active college golf coaches. The junior golfers and their parents will also have the chance to interact with all of these coaches in a more personal and casual setting off of the course, with open Q/A sessions, seminars, clinics and slotted times for one-on-one interaction with the coaches. Oh by the way, CGC complies with all NCAA rules.

The CGC camp will provide you with an experience like no other. I assure you that each of you attending will have a far better understanding of what it will take for you to elevate your game to play college golf and you will have a clearer vision of what type of coach and program that appeals to you and your game for the future. Remember these coaches are representing their Universities Golf Programs.

As of now, we have two great CGC venues in 2014 that might interest you.

CGC – Hilton Head, South Carolina, March 15th-17th at Hampton Hall GC, college golf coaches committed to this event: Georgia Tech – Bruce Heppler, Auburn – Andrew Pratt, Virginia – Bowen Sargent, Richmond – Adam Decker, Middle Tennessee State – Whit Turnbow, South Carolina – Kalen Harris, Baylor – Jay Goble, Coastal Carolina – Katie Quinney, Memphis – Grant Robbins, Central Florida – Emily Marron, Charleston Southern – Mike Wilson, Virginia Tech – Carol Robertson, TN at Chattanooga – Mark Guhne, NC – Charlotte – Ryan Cabbage, South Carolina State – Sandra Burris, Villanova – James Wilkes, North Carolina State – Page Marsh, more TBA more information

CGC – Dallas, Texas, July 27th-29th at Waterchase GC & Jim McLean GC, college golf coaches committed to this event: Stanford – Conrad Ray, Alabama – Jay Seawell, Texas A&M – JT Higgins, Arizona – Jim Anderson, Texas Tech – Jojo Robertson, Georgia – Josh Brewer, Baylor – Jay Goble, Auburn – Nick Clinard, Texas-Arlington – Jay Rees, Colorado – Anne Kelly, Iowa – Megan Menzel, New Mexico – Glen Millican, Rice – Justin Emil, Nebraska – Robin Krapfl, Southern Methodist – Jeanne Sutherland, Florida State – Amy Bond, Kansas – Jamie Bermel, South Carolina – Bill McDonald, Virginia – Kim Lewellen, Florida – Emily Bastel, Abilene Christian – Mike Campbell, Mississippi State – Ginger Brown-Lemm, North Texas – Brad Stracke more information

If any of you would like to find out more about College Golf Camps of America, please feel free to check out our website at: www.collegegolfcamps.com.

Thank you so much for your time and best of luck to you this Spring.

Fairways and Greens,

Kelli

Kelli Kuehne

College Golf Camps of America
Director of Event

Where did you play college golf?

Penn state

What is your greatest achievement as a coach?

NCAA finals with individual

What is your proudest moment as a coach?

Watching a team win a tournament.

What trait do dislike the most?

Laziness

What trait do admire the most?

Dedication

What is your greatest fear?

Failure

What is your favorite place to eat on the road?

Outback

Best advice you received as a junior golfer?

Play every hole with meaning – never give up

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

Hit it farther

Favorite colors?

Red & blue

What is your motto?

Go Spiders

Talent you most desire in your players?

Ball striking

Adam Decker, the 2010 Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year, is in his ninth season as the head coach of the Richmond men’s golf program.

Decker has guided the Spiders to an NCAA Regional appearance and led Richmond to five tournament titles and numerous runner-up finishes, including the 2010 Atlantic 10 Championship for which he was named A-10 Coach of the Year.

The Long Island, N.Y. native was named Virginia’s State Coach of the Year after leading the Spiders to the 2006 NCAA East Regional in his first year at Richmond.

In his time leading the Richmond program, Decker has seen five players earn All-Region honors, 11 named All-American Scholars, four named Atlantic 10 All-Academic and 13 Atlantic 10 All-Conference slections. The Spiders have finished in the top-5 at the Atlantic 10 Championship in all eight seasons Decker has been at Richmond.

In 2012-13, Richmond senior Daniel Walker earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Regional, where he tied a school record score of 12-under-par 204 to tie for second place. That earned him one of six individual at-large bids to the 2013 NCAA National Championship.

Decker had a very successful collegiate playing career at Penn State, capped by earning All-America honors and being named Mid-Atlantic Region Player of the Year as a senior in 1997. He led the Nittany Lions to the 1996 NCAA East Regional where he finished as the runner-up. Decker also earned All-Mid Atlantic Region honors as both a sophomore and senior. Decker is currently ranked sixth on Penn State’s all-time career-list for stroke average at 74.90.

After graduating from Penn State, Decker played six years of professional golf, including PGA Tour and Nationwide Tour events. He competed on the Mid-Atlantic Tour before successfully qualifying for the PGA Tour’s 1998 Kemper Open. He also played in the 2000 Florida Classic, 2001 Hershey Open and the 2001 Greater Cleveland Open.

In 1999, Decker married Erin Suvak, who also played golf at Penn State. The couple traveled the East Coast playing various mini-tours and from 1999 through 2001, Decker won four times on three different tours. He also advanced to the second stage of PGA tour qualifying several times. Before returning to State College for the 2004-05 season as the assistant coach, the couple spent the previous two years on the New England Pro Tour. They decided to settle down when their baby, Kelly Rose, joined the family in August of 2004.

The Long Island, N.Y. native came to Richmond after spending one year as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Penn State, where he helped lead the Nittany Lions to the 2005 NCAA East Regional.

While coaching at Penn State under his former mentor, Greg Nye, Decker was responsible for player development, recruiting and the Nittany Lions’ annual home event, the Rutherford Intercollegiate. Decker spent two years as an assistant golf professional at Caves Valley Golf Course in Baltimore, Md., where he completed his requirements for PGA Membership.

Decker resides in Richmond with his wife, Erin, and his daughter, Kelly Rose.

Source http://www.richmondspiders.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=26800&ATCLID=205207641

Where did you play college golf?

Wrestled for UT Chattanooga

What is your greatest achievement?

Winning the NCAA Regionals in 2012

What is your proudest moment as a coach?

My first group of recruits who won the Southern Conference

What trait do dislike the most?

Not treating others as you would like to be treated

What trait do admire the most?

Appreciation

What is your greatest fear?

Not being able to say I did my best for every student/athlete that plays for me

What is your favorite place to eat on the road?

Anywhere not a chain

Best advice you received as a junior golfer?

Never give up!

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

Very Impatient

What is your greatest regret?

Not starting this career earlier

Favorite colors?

Blue

Talent you most desire in your players?

Work Ethic

Coach Mark Guhne’s Bio:

SOCON COACH OF THE YEAR: 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2012 EATON/GOLF PRIDE EAST REGION COACH OF THE YEAR: 2009

Mark Guhne (pronounced JUNE) took the reins of the Chattanooga Mocs men’s golf team in 2005 and has led his alma mater to unprecedented heights in men’s golf. He has spearheaded a consistent presence in the national rankings.

Under his guidance the program has thrived on and off the course. His teams have set records in competition as well as in the classroom. They’ve also been active in the community with clinics and service activities.

Guhne has directed the Mocs to 17 team and 13 individual wins in his eight seasons. That includes five Southern Conference Championships (2007-09, 2012-13) and one NCAA Regional (2012 Bowling Green) along with the prized 2008 Carpet Capital Collegiate crown. Prize pupil Stephan Jaeger posted individual wins at conference and regional in leading UTC to those titles in 2012.

He’s had two All-Americans – Jaeger (2012) and Jonathan Hodge (2008) during his tenure and between Hodge (2007-08) and Jaeger (2010-12), Guhne’s program boasts five SoCon Golfer of the Year awards. His charges have been awarded PING All-East Region honors 12 times. The jewel of the individual accolades is Steven Fox’s 2012 United States Amateur Championship.

Guhne has piloted the Mocs to the No. 1 ranking in college golf, twice. In back-to-back seasons, 2008-09 and 2009-10, UTC reached the top spot in the Golfstat rankings. His teams have been ranked in the top 25 twice in the end of year rankings with a high of No. 12 in 2008. That 2007-08 team had a remarkable year winning a program-record five times with three medalist honors by Hodge.

Seven of his eight teams advanced to NCAA Regional play. The Mocs twice moved on to compete in the NCAA Championship finishing 18th both times at Inverness in 2009 and Riviera Country Club in 2012.

Guhne’s had several individuals ranked among the nation’s leaders year-in and year-out. Jaeger posted the highest individual ranking of any Guhne protégée ending up at No. 12 in 2012 finishing his season at 22-under par.

Hodge’s No. 26 in 2008 is second to Jaeger, but that season is also the only time the Mocs have had three top 100 performers in the same campaign. Rende (74) and Fredrik Qvicker (88) joined Hodge as the squad boasted four All-Southern Conference performers with that trio and Ben Rickett.

Guhne has four SoCon Coach of the Year awards – 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012 – in his eight seasons with the top-ranked team in the league over the last seven. He was also named 2009 Eaton/Golf Pride East Region Coach of the Year.

As part of the growth of the student-athlete, Guhne encourages aggressive summer tournament schedules. During his tenure, five players have qualified for the U.S. Amateur, three in 2007 in Hodge, Rende and Bryce Ledford. Jaeger qualified in 2011 and Fox won it in 2012.

Qvicker finished as low amateur at the 2007 Scandanavian Masters, while Rickett qualified for the 2007 English Amateur, finishing in the final 16, and the 2008 British and English Ams. Rickett, Qvicker and Jaeger all advanced to match play at the Amateur together in 2009.

Rende won the 2007 Tennessee State Open and then followed in 2008 with a win at the Tennessee State Amateur. Hodge qualified for the Western Refining All-American in 2008 and played a phenomenal summer schedule which included a third-round finish at the North/South Amateur. Jaeger was a wild-card entry in the 2011 BMW International Open on the European Tour.

Fox won the 2011 Tennessee Match Play Championship. He made a run at the 2009 Tennessee Open title finishing tied for second to Ledford and was a semi-finalist at the 2010 Match Play Championship. He and Kory Webb won their qualifiers for the 2012 U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship.

While the athletic accolades are numerous, Guhne is just as proud of the academic prowess his student-athletes consistently display. The team yearly posts one of the athletic department’s top team GPA’s and in 2012 received national notice. The program achieved a perfect multi-year APR score of 1,000 for the period 2008-11. It became the first in UTC history to attain the mark.

During the 2008-11 stretch, the Mocs had two Cleveland/Srixon All-America Scholars in Jaeger and Rende along with multiple Academic All-SoCon, Dean’s List and Athletic Director’s Honor Roll mentions. The team’s commitment to the classroom mirrors its play on the course. Jaeger took UTC’s top academic honor in 2012 winning the Dayle May Award. It goes to the senior male and female student-athletes with the best cumulative grade point average.

His teams are active in the community as well with several projects, but one has become a major involvement. The Mocs have been very active the last few years with the City of Chattanooga Parks & Recreation Therapeutic Recreation Services C.H.I.P.S. program.

C.H.I.P.S. Golf is one of the many programs Therapeutic Recreation Services facilitates for individuals who have disabilities. C.H.I.P.S. makes it possible for anyone regardless of his or her disability to be able to play the game of golf.

UTC student-athletes have been active playing rounds on regular basis with the C.H.I.P.S. golfers. The team also hosted a golf skills open house for the group prior to the 2011 NCAA Colorado Regional at the Player Development Complex.

Guhne was elevated to the head coaching position on March 1, 2005, after three seasons serving as assistant coach to Reed Sanderlin. A PGA professional, Guhne has earned Class A status and was the 2007 Horton Smith Award winner. He was elected president of the Chattanooga chapter of the PGA in 2008.

Among his playing accomplishments, Guhne was selected to the 2007 Tennessee Challenge Cup team. In 2003 and 2004, he represented Tennessee in the Tennessee vs. Georgia PGA Cup Matches.

Mark and his wife Kelly are both Chattanooga graduates with each earning degrees in 1984. The couple resides in Hixson, Tenn. He is an avid fisherman in his spare time and is regaining his amateur status as a golfer.

GUHNE AT A GLANCE
Alma Mater: Chattanooga ‘84

Source: http://gomocs.com/news/2015/7/16/MGLF_0716155544.aspx

A must read for all Junior Golf parents, Castles Made of Sand by VJ Trolio, An Inside Out Guide to Parenting Junior Golfers

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From VJ

I never had any aspirations of becoming a great golf instructor as a child. For me, golf has always been a game that is played. However, it became quite apparent later in my life that different levels of golf required different fundamentals. How true this is even today!

My clients span the spectrum from beginner to tour player. Over the years I have seen 17 handicaps become 8 handicaps, 8 handicaps go to 3 handicaps, and tour players finally break through to become champions. As I recall, all were very well pleased and happy to accomplish their goals. That is what is so great about the game of golf. It is an individual sport in which a player only measures themselves against “old man par” and their goals.

From an instruction standpoint, you will not find any “1 method for game improvement” from me. I stand quite firm in the idea that not all players are capable of creating the same alignments during the golf swing. However, you can hold me accountable for teaching and pushing you to solidify the fundamentals you must have to accomplish your goals. You will learn to recognize your problems, do something about it, and achieve your goals.

There are fundamentals to this game. However the most important aspect is the knowledge of balancing the mental, physical, and mechanical areas of your game. As the “bar is raised” and the player becomes more proficient, more fundamentals are laid on top of this base set of fundamentals. Approaching golf in this way will lead to a game that can be tested anywhere, anytime and provide adequate results for the goal to be accomplished.

Below you will find a little more about me. Until I see you remember: Never fall to the mercy of excuses. Instead find the problems and create the habits that will have you accomplish your goals.
-Three High School State Championships (1990, 1991, 1993)
-1991 USGA Junior Amateur Championship Participant (lost in round of 64, Tiger won)
-1992 Orange Bowl International Championship (T-21 and yes, Tiger won)
-First player from University of Southern Mississippi in NCAA Championship
-1997 Ranked #1 in Conference USA
-Three time Gulf States Assistant Champion (2000, 2002, 2004)
-2004 National Assistant Championship Runner Up
-2007 Mississippi Open Champion
-“Over married” to Allison Trolio
-Proud papa of two wonderful boys
-Co-inventor of The Putting Arc
-Author, “The Final Missing Piece of Ben Hogan’s Secret Puzzle”, “Tendency”, and “Castles Made of Sand”
-TPI Certified (Titleist Performance Institute) TPI Level 3 Junior Golf Instructor, TPI Level 2 Golf Coach
–Egoscue PAS 1
-2008 and 2010 Gulf States PGA Teacher of the Year
–2011 Gulf States PGA Junior Golf Leader of the Year
–2009-2010 Golf Digest Top 40 Under 40
–2010-2011 Golf Digest’s Best Young Teachers
–2011-2012 Golf Digest Best Young Teachers

Personal Achievements

Instructional

http://www.oldwaverly.com/teaching-center/instructors/v-j-trolio/

Where did you play college golf?

Middle Tennessee State University

What is your greatest achievement as a coach?

Team finished 15^th at the 2009 NCAA Championship and a 1000 career Academic Performance Rate(APR)

What is your proudest moment as a coach?

Watching my players walk across the stage with a degree in one hand and a championship ring on the other

What trait do dislike the most?

Lazy

What trait do admire the most?

Strong faith

What is your greatest fear?

Failing as a father and husband

What is your favorite place to eat on the road?

Bonefish

Best advice you received as a junior golfer?

The difference between PROCESS and OUTCOME goals

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

More patience

What is your greatest regret?

No regrets. Everything happens for a reason

Favorite colors?

Blue/Silver

What is your motto?

Success is built on inconveniences

Talent you most desire in your players?

Coachability (my word I made up haha)

Coach Turnbow’s Bio:

Whit Turnbow, 29, is in his first year as Middle Tennessee’s head coach after being named the program’s sixth head coach by Director of Athletics Chris Massaro in July, 2007.

Although Turnbow is in its first season as head coach, he is no stranger to the program or Middle Tennessee’s current group of players. He has been a substantial part of the Middle Tennessee golf program both as a player and assistant coach for nine years – four as a player and five seasons (2002-07) assisting the men’s and women’s programs.

Turnbow replaces long-time coach Johnny Moore, who was in the position 18 seasons and coached Turnbow. Massaro pointed toward Turnbow’s leadership, recruiting ability and maturity when making the decision to elevate him to head coach.

“Whit has demonstrated exceptional leadership skills and proven to be a great recruiter as evidenced by the current group of Blue Raider golfers that he was responsible for recruiting and singing,” Massaro said. “I believe Blue Raider fans are going to be pleased with the manner in which Whit leads this program. He has had the opportunity to play for and coach with a great mentor in Johnny Moore, who allowed Whit to handle more and more of the day-to-day responsibilities of running a program through the years, which has helped prepare him for this job.”

Turnbow’s Blue Raiders turned in a 38-19 mark against a rigorous fall schedule, capturing a team championship at the Jaguar Intercollegiate and finishing fifth out of 17 teams in the fall opener at the Scenic City Invitational. Turnbow’s team came up big in its second tournament under him as a head coach when it shot an astounding 38-under 826 on the way to shattering the previous school record of 853 for best three-round tournament.

Turnbow was responsible for recruiting and signing each current Blue Raider golfer and each of them were in the program in 2007 when Middle Tennessee fashioned a 115-29-2 record and was ranked among the top 50 nationally in the Golfstat rankings. The 2007 Blue Raiders turned in 10 Top 5 finishes including finishing third or higher in the final six tournaments of the spring.

It should come as no surprise that Turnbow is vastly respected by his peers in coaching circles because of his contributions to the development of young talent.

In his first season as assistant coach (2003), Turnbow helped the Blue Raiders place in the Top 5 four times, including one tournament championship. In all, Middle Tennessee has enjoyed 20 Top 5 finishes during Turnbow’s five years as an assistant coach. The Blue Raiders set what was then a school record for best tournament in 2004 when they shot a 14-under 274 at LSU. Middle Tennessee also won its first two tournaments since 2000 in 2003 and 2006, capuring the 2003 ULM Intercollegiate and the 2006 USF Intercollegiate.

Turnbow was a four-year letterwinner as a golfer at Middle Tennessee from 1996-to-2000, and he helped lead the 2000 team to the Ohio Valley Conference Championship and a berth in the NCAA Regional.

The Blue Raiders were ranked 45th nationally after winning the OVC. Golfweek Magazine ranked Middle Tennessee 46th and MasterCard Collegiate had the team ranked 50th, marking the first time in program history that the Blue Raiders ended the season ranked in the Top 50 in both major polls.

During his playing career at Middle Tennessee, Turnbow played in 31 tournaments with three Top 10 finishes. He maintained a 76.4 scoring average throughout his four years. He debuted with two Top 10 finishes as a Blue Raider – finishing tied for ninth at the USF/Ron Smith Invitational and a sixth-place finish at the Southern Junior/Senior. He competed in all 11 tournaments as a sophomore and shot a career-low round of 69 at the USF/Ron Smith Invitational, good enough to place him eighth in the tournament. He managed to own the lowest scoring average on the team (75) despite being one of the youngest players on the squad. His success continued into his junior year, when he again fired a career-low 69 at the Matlock Invitational.

He also had a round of 70 at the Fall Beach Classic, where he finished 20th. He competed in eight tournaments during his senior year, including the team’s victory at the OVC Championships and the NCAA East Regional.

Following his collegiate playing days, Turnbow spent three years (2000-02) competing professionally. He participated in the Hooters, Hurricane, and Developmental Players tours.

Turnbow was named the TrueTemper/TPGA Assistant Professional Player of the Year in 2001. He was the low professional at the Tennessee Open in 2001 and 2007 and placed fifth at the Harold Eller Pro-Am, the Coca-Cola Open, and the Wilson Ez-Go Open. He was also low pro at the 2006 Honors/Council Fire Pro-Am. During his professional time, Turnbow worked at Lakewood Golf and Country Club in Tullahoma, Tenn., as an assistant to Chuck Lynch. He was the Junior Golf Director at Lakewood and started the first Junior Program at the Fayetteville Country Club.

Turnbow is certified as a golf conditioning specialist by GMP Fitness, and he was nominated for the TaylorMade/Adidas National Assistant Coach of the Year award in 2004.

Turnbow’s experience on the course provide a great deal of assistance and he continues to maintain the winning tradition at Middle Tennessee. Turnbow and his wife, Lori, have a newborn baby daughter named Reagan. They reside in Murfreesboro. Lori, a physical education teacher at Bellwood Discovery School, is a 2000 graduate of Middle Tennessee.

http://www.goblueraiders.com/coach.cfm/name/whit-turnbow/id/327

Where did you play college golf? Charleston Southern University

What is your greatest achievement as a coach? Big South Coach of The Year 2012

What is your proudest moment as a coach? Watching my players graduate and have successful careers

What trait do dislike the most? People that whine and complain

What trait do admire the most? Hard Work

What is your greatest fear? Having fear

What is your favorite place to eat on the road? Any Steakhouse

Best advice you received as a junior golfer? Don’t throw clubs

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? Id like to be thinner

What is your greatest regret? Not pursuing a career in coaching earlier.

Favorite colors? Blue

What is your motto? God is the Answer to all Questions.

Talent you most desire in your players? Short game

Coach Mike Wilson’s Bio:

Charleston Southern Head Golf Coach Mike Wilson enters his fourth season at the helm of the program in 2013-2014. Wilson will look to build off a 2011-2012 campaign which earned him Big South Coach of the Year honors as the Bucs took third place at the Conference Championship, finishing just five strokes behind runner-up and rival Coastal Carolina.

Individually, Wilson helped mentor senior Jacobo Pastor, and junior David Denlinger, to the NCAA Athens Regional. Pastor had also achieved a third place finish at the 2012 Big South Conference Championships with a score of 72-68-69-210. Denlinger, meanwhile, carded a three-round total of 214 to take tenth place, and also fired a 66 at the Dash Thomas Memorial to record the third lowest round in CSU history. Wilson’s tutelage helped both players enter red numbers on day two of the NCAA Regionals, as Pastor finished 45th while Denlinger took 60th.

Earlier in the year, Wilson oversaw a total team effort as CSU compiled 36 and 54-hole records en route to besting the competition by capturing the 24th Annual Coca-Cola Invite with a 23-under par final ledger. The Bucs finished a full ten strokes in front of second place East Tennessee State, and Pastor led the way by shooting 73-67-65-205 to finish second individually with an 11-under par score.

CSU was solid again in 2012-13 even after losing Pastor to graduation, earning a 5th place finish in the Big South Conference Championship. Individually, junior Ross Thomson paced the Bucs with a 3rd place finish thanks to a 4-under final round which saw him compile a +6 composite score of 294.

In his first season at CSU, and in a concerted effort to make the Charleston Southern golf team a nationally recognized program, Wilson announced a challenging yet exciting 2010-11 schedule for his players. The Bucs competed with some of the nations’ best golfers at challenging venues like TPC Sawgrass, Kiawah Island, Haig Point, TPC Myrtle Beach and TPC Tampa Bay.

After a short stint as interim head coach, Wilson led the Buccaneers to a second place finish at the 2010 Big South Championship, a marked improvement from their seventh place finish the year before. Led by Kelvin Day, who cracked the top-100 rankings during the season, the Bucs had four top-five finishes and eight top-ten finishes as team in Coach Wilson’s first season. They also boasted a win at the CSU Fall Invitational. Day concluded his CSU career with a second-place individual finish at the Big South Championship, and earned BSC All-Conference honors.

Prior to taking the reins of the men’s program, Wilson served as the inaugural head coach of the CSU women’s golf team and was an assistant to the men’s program.

Boasting an 81-77-1 overall record, Wilson led the Lady Bucs to a second place finish at the 2009 Big South Championships and claimed a win at the Wendy’s Invitational. Olivia Jordan-Higgins paved the way for the Buccaneers, earning a share of the BSC Golfer of the Year honors as well as a spot on the All-Conference team. Teammate Madison Jeter earned BSC Academic All-Conference honors.

In 2007-08, Wilson led the Lady Bucs to the 2008 Big South Championship and onto the NCAA East Regional, where the Bucs finished 19th overall. Jordan-Higgins finished second overall at the Big South Championships and, along with teammate Katrin Rumpf, earned BSC All-Conference honors. Jeter again earned BSC Academic All-Conference accolades as the Bucs shared the BSC Sportsmanship Award with Radford.

After concluding his four-year playing career at CSU in 1999, Wilson joined the Buccaneers as an assistant coach from 1999-2000. He spent seven years as the Golf Assistant and Director of Instruction as the Seabrook Island Club on John’s Island, S.C., before joining the Top Golf Academy in Alexandria, Va., as a teaching professional in 2006. Wilson also spent time as a golf professional at nearby Coosaw Creek Country Club in North Charleston, S.C.

As a player, Wilson was the 2001 Santee Amateur champion before becoming a PGA professional in 2001. In 2010, he was the Low Amateur at the North Charleston Open.
http://www.csusports.com/sports/mgolf/coaches/wilson_mike

Where did you play college golf? AUBURN

What is your greatest achievement as a coach? CONFERENCE COACH OF THE YEAR IN 2013

What is your proudest moment as a coach? WINNING MEN’S SEC CHAMPIONSHIP 2002, WOMEN’S SEC CHAMPIONSHIP 2011 AND A-10 CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2013

What trait do dislike the most? POOR ATTITUDES

What trait do admire the most? COMPOSURE

What is your greatest fear? FAILURE

What is your favorite place to eat on the road? OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE

Best advice you received as a junior golfer? DO NOT TRY SO HARD. GOLF IS NOT A GAME THAT CAN PERFECTED

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? STOP TRYING TO PLEASE EVERYONE ALL OF THE TIME

What is your greatest regret? NOT BEING MORE FOCUSED IN COLLEGE

Favorite colors? ORANGE, BLUE, GREEN, AND WHITE

What is your motto? “BE BETTER TODAY THAN YOU WERE YESTERDAY”

Talent you most desire in your players? PUTTING

Coach Ryan Cabbage Bio

Ryan Cabbage enters his third year at the helm of the 49ers golf program, after the squad earned bids into the NCAA Regionals in both of his two years in charge to extend their school-record to nine-straight entries into the NCAA postseason. He had his contract extended in the fall of 2012 to take him through the 2016 season.

The 49ers earned an at-large bid to the postseason in 2012 before winning a conference championship and securing the automatic bid into the 2013 postseason.

A 1998 graduate of Auburn, Cabbage was a member of the Tigers men’s golf team from 1996-98 and played on the Tigers squad that reached the 1997 NCAA Championships, contested at Conway Farms Golf Club in Lake Forest, Ill. He was an assistant to the Auburn men’s team for 10 years and had been an assistant to the women’s team for the two years prior to arriving at Charlotte.

In 2011, under head coach Kim Evans, Cabbage helped the Tigers women’s team to the SEC Championship, a national rank of 13th and a 13th-place finish in the NCAA East Regional. In 2010, Cabbage helped the Tigers an 11th-place finish at the NCAA Championship.

The Tigers men’s team reached the NCAA Regional in nine of Cabbage’s 10 years as an assistant coach and advanced to the NCAA Championship seven times. Cabbage was runner-up for the Assistant Coach of the Year Award in 2004, presented by TaylorMade-Adidas golf. Cabbage coached with former Tigers head coach Mike Griffin in each of those 10 seasons.

A native of Rutledge, Tenn., Cabbage played his first two years at Walters State Community College in Morristown, Tenn., where he was the 1995 National Junior College Individual Champion.

Before coming back to Auburn, Cabbage spent a year with the Southeastern Junior Golf Tour in Opelika as a tournament director.

Cabbage is married to the former Jennifer Falkner of Marietta, Ga. They are the proud parents of three boys, twins Carson Sawyer and Maddox Falkner (8) Davis Ryan, (7). He is a 1998 Auburn University graduate with a B.A. in Communications.

WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT THE APPOINTMENT OF CABBAGE AT CHARLOTTE:

Kim Evans, Auburn University Head Women’s Golf Coach—

“You’re getting one of the best people I’ve ever known in my life. You’re looking at a very prepared golf coach who will bring a top work ethic and an attitude that is unmatched.

He’s got strength in working with swings, he has incredible relationships with his players, he’s a tireless recruiter, and he’s extremely organized. He does it all well. As a role model that you want your players to follow – I don’t think there’s anyone better. He’s going to have a great relationship with his team and he will bring a great attitude and a great work ethic.”

Mike McGraw, Oklahoma State Head Golf Coach—

“I’ve spent a lot time recruiting against him and spent time with him on the recruiting trail and I love the way he conducts himself. He’s a professional and he’s worked for some really good coaches in Mike Griffin and Kim Evans. He’s a quality person. You can feel pretty comfortable if you’re a parent sending your boy to go to play with him. Your relationships with those recruits and those families – that’s what makes a coach successful. First and foremost, he’s a very good person. If I had a son going to college who said he wanted to play for coach Cabbage I said say ‘go for it.’”

Nick Clinard, Auburn Men’s Coach—

“Number one, he’s a great person and a great family man. He represents the moral values and core values any athletic dept strives for. He’s a great coach and he’s going to do a fantastic job. He’s very organized and very structured – he brings a lot to the table from a personality standpoint and a competitive standpoint.”

Mike Griffin, Former Auburn Head Coach—

“Ryan was a strong, loyal assistant for 10 years and our team had alot of success. He’s got all kinds of experience. He should have been a head coach a long time ago. Your university is going to be fortunate to gain his experience, knowledge and his high energy. He’s not afraid to go to work. He’s going to bring a lot to the table.

“He played for us and played on some outstanding teams. He has the experience of being a player on being on a really good team. He was an individual national champion as a competitor (1995 National Junior College Individual Champion at Walters state Community College). I think he had a good influence on the rest of the team. Ryan was able to mix and work well with all those people. He put everyone else at ease and helped everyone else do better. Every time I look at a picture with our team holding a trophy he was always in there.”

http://www.charlotte49ers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=23200&ATCLID=205177512

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