Cincinnati Golf Show®
January 18 - 20, 2008


Instructors will be on hand at the SOPGA Teaching Center
SOPGA
TEACHING CENTER

Friday Seminars

Joel Suggs 7:00 PM - Golf Swing, Golf Psych, Golf...Success
Jim Peters 8:00 PM - 4 Major Causes of a Slice
 
Saturday Seminars
Bill Blackburn 11:00 AM - How to Hit Your Driver Longer & Straighter
Steve Nelson 2:00 PM - Club Fitting
Joel Suggs 4:00 PM - A lesson before every round
Newman 5:00 PM - Shortgame
Bill Blackburn 6:00 PM - How to Hit Your Driver Longer & Straighter
Sean English 7:00 PM - Putting
 
Sunday Seminars
Jim Peters 11:00 AM - Effective Ways to Practice
Bill Blackburn 12:00 PM - How to Hit Your Driver Longer & Straighter
Jim Peters 1:00 PM - 4 Major Causes of a Slice
Steve Nelson 2:00 PM - Club Fitting
Joel Suggs 3:00 PM - Golf Swing, Golf Psych, Golf...Success
Sean English 4:00 PM - Putting


Bill Blackburn
Age: 40

Facility:
Etters Custom Golf
Years as a pro: 15

Best Round: 66 Maketewah C.C.

What’s in the bag?

Big Bang Driver, Cleveland 3 wood, Original Taylor Made Raylor, Titlest Irons, Blue Goose Putter

What was your motivation for becoming a PGA professional?
Being able to make a living from a game that I have loved my whole life.

Greatest Golf Moment:
Any time I can play golf with my father.

What ball do you hit? Pro V 1 *

If you could play any golf course in the world, what course and why?

The home of golf, St Andrews Golf Course.

What is your favorite part of being a PGA professional?
The look in a students eyes when they hit that perfect shot.



 

Joel Suggs

Age: 46
Meadowlinks Golf Academy
College: Univ. of Cincinnati

What's in the bag:

Clubs - TaylorMade
Ball - Maxfli BlackMax

Teaching Style: I have helped many players attain ongoing GOLF…SUCCESS by effectively helping them become self-directed learners. They learn what to accurately look for in their own practice and play as a result of their few short minutes with me.
Greatest Impact on Career: My Dad, Rell Suggs, and my Aunt, Louise Suggs, have helped me appreciate the gentlemanly nature of our great game. The Hamilton County Park District PGA Professionals have helped me tremendously; Marty Kavanaugh Sr. and II, Tom Kendrick, Randy Neufarth and Doug Stultz.
What was your motivation to become a PGA Certified Professional? I became Southern Ohio’s First “Specialty Certified” PGA Professional because I constantly seek to make my Instruction better for each of my students.
What was your greatest moment in golf? Too many to count…but maybe accompanying my wife and son to the Grand Opening of the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1998 when my Aunt Louise was grandfathered into that Hall Of Fame along with the other LPGA Hall-Of-Famers.



Jim Peters

GolfTec – BlueAsh
Age
– 59

College/University – University of Notre Dame, B.S. Chemical Engineering (1971)
HomeTown – Yellow Springs, OH
Current Home Facility – GolfTec - BlueAsh
Career Low Round/Course – 66, Deer Run C.C.
Clubs currently in your bag – Ping G2 Driver, Ping ISI 3-wood, Taylormade 21-degree rescue club, Mizuno MP-32 Irons, MacGregor VIP wedges, Styx Putter
What do you enjoy about being a PGA Professional? – Teaching players to play better and enjoy the game more
What do you do when not around golf? – spend time with my family
Favorite sport to play or watch other than golf? – basketball

What would you change about golf? – Play for a 3-hour time limit and then get off the course. You should be able to finish in that time, they play for 3-hours in Scotland and they always walk.