That’s Pro – The Colorado PGA

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THE COLORADO PGA SECTION recently honored its top professionals for 2020. Included among the award winners were: Players of the Year: Geoff Keffer, Assistant Professional at Lakewood Country Club, won his sixth Dow Finsterwald Omega Player of the Year award; six was also the lucky number for Doug Rohrbaugh, Teaching Professional at The Snowmass Club, … Read more

TEChnical Advancements

Joe Assell - GOLTEC
TIME IN A BOTTLE: GOLFTEC Co-founder and CEO Joe Assell stands amid a display showing highlights from the company’s first 25 years. Assell attended Mississippi State University hoping to find a way to forge a career for himself in the golf industry. Photograph by E.J. CARR

GOLFTEC started in a basement—now, after 25 years, it’s known around the world. And with new innovations on the horizon, the future looks bright.

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GOLFTEC’s Asian Equation

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golftec sale to japan gdo
Joe Assell, GDO’s Mike Ishizaka and Gart Capital’s Tom Gart

By Jon Rizzi

Of all Colorado’s contributions to golf, GOLFTEC ranks as perhaps the most globally influential. From its beginnings in the basement of Cherry Hills Country Club in 1995, the Englewood-based company now operates nearly 200 corporate-owned and franchised golf-instruction and club-fitting centers in North America and Asia. Its 700 certified coaches have provided more than 8 million lessons, boasting a 95 percent success rate and an average score reduction of seven strokes.

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