Fellow Professionals,
As we begin to pass the dead of winter I would like to encourage all of you to take advantage of the excellent and diverse education opportunities that are available. We are currently in the last full year for the 3 year cycle that will end in June of 2011. My experience is that our membership waits until the last 6 months and then will scramble to garner their necessary credits. Our structure for this year is to hold 4-6 education events for the year in the hope that they are well attended and allow us the opportunity to bring in experienced speakers or leaders in a specific field. John Rogers has done an excellent job in creating the events and speakers for this year, our last seminar had over 100 attendees and for the first time we had to close registration.
Our upcoming rules seminar with Larry Startzel, Tom Carpus, Brian Jones and Clark Luis will feature one of the most experienced rules officials in the world. In addition, our manufactures seminars will give you the most in depth product knowledge directly from the manufacturer’s developers and equip you with the product knowledge needed in today’s marketplace, we need to be the experts in the field and you now have the opportunity to be up close with these leaders.
Below you will find the dates and links for the upcoming education classes:
Dates for education:
2/10/10 Manufacturers Seminar at Whitemarsh Valley GC
2/17/10 Golf Fitness: Blending of Swing Mechanics & Fitness
For the Golf Business
2/24/10 Manufacturers Seminar at Foxchase GC
3/17/10 Rules of Golf Seminar at Kennett Square G & CC
Our junior program is a major success and I would encourage each and every one of you to participate, either hosting an event, sending juniors to our junior series or by participating in our club association that directly impacts our junior and gives exposure to your facility on our website.
Wishing everyone a prosperous 2010,
John Pillar, PGA
Secretary, Philadelphia Section |
