Perry (middle) with PGA Player Aaron Barber (right) and caddie Dave (left)

JUST THE FACTS

  • Began playing golf at age five
  • Started teaching golf at the age of 18
  • All conference Junior and Senior years at Bismarck High School
  • Scholar-Athlete at The University of Minnesota
  • Bachelor of Science degree in Business Finance
  • Still coaches former collegiate teammate, PGA Tour Player Aaron Barber
  • Has coached players from the PGA Tour, Nationwide, Gateway, Hooters, Teardrop, Spanos, Pepsi, Dakotas, and Golden State Golf Tours.
  • In 1999, Director of Instruction at The Bridges Golf Club in San Ramon, California
  • In 2001, became a class "A" PGA Professional
  • Recipient of Acushnet GPTP Scholarship
  • Has taught over 10,000 private golf lessons, along with hundreds of clinics and golf schools.
  • Has taught people from six different continents and over 40 countries
  • Regularly attends National and Sectional PGA Teaching and Coaching Summits
  • Distinguished member of the Titleist Home Professional Staff
  • 2004 "Top 25 Elite Teacher" - Northern California Golf Guide
  • Found a Profession that he absolutely loves, and it shows in every lesson he gives
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT
Montreux Golf & Country Club, Reno, Nevada; Desert Horizons Country Club, Indian Wells, California; Hazeltine National Golf Club, Chaska, Minnesota; Riverwood Golf Course, Bismarck, North Dakota

MENTORS AND PAST TEACHERS
Chuck Hogan, a top Golf Digest 20 "Mental guru" who has worked with well over 100 PGA and LPGA Tour Professionals; Joey Pickavance, 1996 Southern California's Teacher of the Year; Ben Doyle, a Golf Digest top 50 teacher and legendary golf instructor; Ernie Barbour, 1998 Northern California Teacher of the Year and Top 400 Teacher; The Legendary Manuel de la Torre ranked in the top 15 instructors by Golf Digest and Golf Magazine.

Perry is certified through the PGA of America in the area of instruction. What does this mean? Perry is among only 30 PGA Professionals in the nation to have passed such a certification. The five hour certification test covered the following topics: The Teaching Business, Human Learning and Golf Instruction, Communication and Your Teaching Approach, Application of Swing Concepts, Developing Better Players, Teaching Groups and Golf Populations, Teaching Tools and Technologies, PGA Player Development, Assessing Performance, Becoming a Manager, Excel 2000, Finance Essentials, Giving and Receiving Feedback, Intercultural Business Etiquette, Leading And Motivating, Leading a Team, Managing Difficult Interactions, Managing Your Time, Marketing Essentials, PowerPoint, Preventing #### Harassment for Leaders, Solving Business Problems, Word, Writing For Business, Accounting Basics, Business Communications, Business Planning and Budgeting, Customer Relations, Food and Beverage, Golf Car Fleet Management, Golf Operations, Human Resources, Inventory Management and Financial Controls, Key Performance Indicators and Benchmarking, Laws, Principles, and Variables of Golf Club Fitting, Merchandising, Rules, Supervising and Delegating, Tournament Operations, Turfgrass Management, PGA Constitution, and of course Managing a Crisis, which will come in handy when working with some of you. He might even be able to fix a slice or two.

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