Convergence Towards Your Best Year as a PGA Professional, Part V: Wisdom The golf season here in the PNW is about to begin, and even though we will still have some days when playing will still require some amount of “nails” or fortitude, we are all looking forward. For so many of us, the “tradition like no other” that takes place the first full week of April… Read More
2023 Yamaha Player Development Grants & Youth Player Development Grants Two separate Player Development Grant Programs are available to support Pacific Northwest Section Members and Associates. Our goals are to provide as many grants as possible, with a maximum of $1,000 per grant. We will focus on enhancing your programs rather than fully funding them. At the end of the grant we’ll have two requirements.… Read More
Convergence Towards Your Best Year as a PGA Professional, Part IV: Justice We are nearly three full years into a “post-pandemic” world. New areas of our experience are available to us, but at the same time there are some things we miss from that “pre-pandemic” world. Either way, we can go past today and we can’t go back in time, so let’s think more about “making the… Read More
PNWPGA Junior Ambassador Membership (JAM) Program In our continuing commitment to “serve the members and grow the game,” the Section is committed to executing innovative player development programs as well as valuable member services. When these two priorities intersect, the Section moves aggressively. During the spring 2022 meeting, the Board of Directors approved the launch and pilot funding for the PNWPGA Junior… Read More
Convergence Towards Your Best Year as a PGA Professional, Part III: Moderation As we continue with the concept of convergence as a pathway to your “best year (yet) as a PGA Professional,” we continue to build on the foundation of Convergence: Overview (Article 1) and Convergence: Courage (Article 2). In bringing together our three phases (physical, mental and spiritual) in alignment, we are seeking the path to… Read More
Convergence Towards Your Best Year as a PGA Professional, Part II: Courage In the previous article, I shared the concept of convergence as a pathway to your “best year (yet) as a PGA Professional.” To do so, I suggested that, just like a great football or basketball team, we need to get our three phases (physical, mental and spiritual) together and be well-aligned to go in the… Read More