Instructors
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The Golf Academy of Dallas and Tenison Park Golf Course would like to welcome Scott Akers as the Director of Instruction. His background includes working at two Top 100 Golf Courses and his teaching mentors include Top 100 Teacher Rick McCord and his former Head Golf Professional Walker Inman.
Scott attended Mississippi State University and graduated with a Professional Golf Management Degree. He has been a PGA Member since 2000 and has been published six times in local and regional publications. His teaching philosophy incorporates an approach which focuses on the fundamentals from set up throughout the entire swing. The sequence of his instruction identifies if the arms and hands promote a negative swing flaw or if the body produces the swing flaw. Swing position and swing sequence are a vital part of his methods.
His instruction offers a complete golf experience from full swing, putting, short game and playing lessons as well. Lesson programs are available with him and he will be involved with clinics throughout the year. Please say hello to Scott the next time you practice or warm up at The Range at Tenison Park.
To contact Scott call The Golf Academy of Dallas at 214.670.8385 or by email teachingpro@yahoo.com.
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Becky is a Class A PGA Professional as well as a Class A member of the LPGA, Teaching and Club Professional Division. Becky's primary responsibility as Head Golf Professional at Tenison Park's 36 hole facility limits her time available for instruction.' Her instructional focus for the last several years has been on working with individuals with special needs.'
Becky is heavily involved with the Special Olympics, Texas, as well as the Scottish Rite Hospital's Summer golf program. Please give Becky a call at (214) 670-1402 or send her an email at: rmaciolek@tenisonpark.com if you or someone you know is in need of special attention.
Head PGA Professional - Ira McGraw
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Ira has been around golf and the golf course for most of his life. He was born and raised in Dallas and has been playing golf for over 20 years. He began playing golf at 8 years of age with his mother as a junior golfer. He had a productive junior career before attending Southern A&M University in Baton Rouge, LA for 3 years before returning to his hometown. He began his golf career at L. B. Houston Golf Course as an Assistant Golf Professional and remained there learning the golf business for 5 years.
At L.B. Houston Ira coordinated Jr. Golf programs for the City of Dallas’s First Swing Program. He helped to implement the First Tee Program for inner city youths for 4 years and introduced and coached over 300 juniors during this time. He also was one of the first golf professionals in the Dallas area to partner with the First Tee of America to continue and broaden the introduction of golf to inner city children. In his career Ira has made a name for himself as a junior golf leader by hosting over 100 free golf clinics for juniors and he has given over 500 hours of golf instruction time to junior golf. Ira then went to Prestonwood Country Club in Dallas and worked there for 3 ½ years. His responsibilities included coordinating member tournaments, coordinating annual jr golf programs, provide golf lessons and clinics for members, and numerous other tasks that helped provide an atmosphere that exceeded customer expectations. . Although he has spent a lot of time with juniors in his career, he has over 9 years of experience as a Golf Instructor and has worked with golfers of all ages and skill levels.
Ira is a Class A PGA Member and has actively been a part of the Professional Golfer’s Association of America since 2002. You and your family’s golf swings are in good hands when working with Ira. We are proud to have him on our team at Tenison Park. For more information regarding lessons, you can reach Ira at (214) 670-1402, on his cell phone at (214) 533-0325 or by email: imcgraw@tenisonparkcom.
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Brian joined the teaching staff at The Golf Academy in 2006. He became a PGA Class A member in 1990. Attended the University of Illinois, then finished with 2 degrees at Montana State University in Bozeman Montana.
He has been a PGA Tour/Nike Tour school rules official, USGA US Open Qualifier rules official, PGA player ability test (PAT) examiner, and a PGA Chapter board member for the Northern California section. He has taught extensively at his former facility at Lake Tahoe Nevada and prior to coming to Tenison Park, in Florida during the winter months. He now heads up the junior program and does individual instruction to all types of players and abilities.
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Mike was born in Inglewood, California and has been playing golf for over 20 years.
He has spent the last six years in Mission Hills, Kansas, where he was an Assistant Golf Professional at The Kansas City Country Club. Mike was elected and recieved his Class A PGA Membership in March 2008.
Mike's teaching credentials include working with golfers with all skill levels from a 36-handicap to PGA Tour players. He also has considerable experience teaching junior golfers.
Mike's teaching philosophy is correcting swing fundamental flaws such as grip, posture, alignment, ball position and take-away. Correcting these fundamentals first will make for consistent ball flight. This will instill confidence and lower a player’s score while building a fundamentally correct golf swing.
Mike also is a firm believer that you will develop bad swing habits with equipment that is not fitted to your own golf swing. All lesson packages will include a custom fitting to make sure you have the right equipment in your bag.
To schedule a lesson please contact Mike at (214) 670-1402 or email Mike at mkerr@tenisonpark.com.
Karen Webb - Assistant LPGA Professional
Karen joined The Golf Academy of Dallas @ Tenison Park in July of 2004. Karen is a member of the LPGA Teaching & Professional Division and is currently working toward a certification in teaching along with Class ‘A’ status through the LPGA. Karen’s method of instruction is based on four years of training and over 100 years of knowledge collectively provided by the LPGA, Sue Shapcott, Class ‘A’ British PGA Member, Mary Lou Crocker, Class ‘A’ Lifetime LPGA Member and Manuel De La Torres, and Class ‘A’ Lifetime PGA Member.
Karen emphasizes fundamentals to beginner golfers such as proper hold of the golf club, posture and stance. In teaching intermediate and advanced students, she educates each student on primary swing physics and incorporates the mental approach to the game.
Over the past two years Karen has coordinated the Dallas East Tenison Park location for the LPGA-USGA Girls Golf Program and increased Girls participation by 15%. She has also been involved with the First Tee of America and various Junior Golf events, donating over 200 hours of instruction to Junior Golf. Karen’s participation with Adult students is also very active. Currently she is coordinating and teaching clinics for the EWGA (Executive Women’s Golf Association), the TPWGA (Tenison Park Women’s Golf Association) and volunteers her time for clinics contributing to Growing the Game.
Karen is available for private instruction with junior, beginner and intermediate level players. Group and individual lessons may be scheduled with Karen by calling the Range at Tenison Park at (214) 670-8385, on her mobile phone at (214) 417-6512 or by email: kwebb@tenisonpark.com.
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