Magazine Coming Out This Month; Membership Cards Included

Magazine Coming Out This Month; Membership Cards Included

Golf Teaching Pro, the annual official member publication of the USGTF and WGTF, will be mailed to all members in good standing this month, along with membership cards. The magazine is one of the most valuable resources available to USGTF members and includes information pertinent to every golf teaching professional, such as instruction, features and international news and happenings. Look for it soon.
News From Great Britain & Ireland

News From Great Britain & Ireland

By Peter Hudson
Director
WGTF Great Britain & Ireland
The year 2022 continued to see massive growth in the WGTF of GB&I and all its subsidiaries. Some of our goals may be limited if governments around the world do not come to terms with practical elements caused by the pandemic, but for everyone, it will remain an opportunity to build stronger resilience and discover more effective solutions than ever before.
The interest in those wanting to help others play much better golf has also been on the increase, and we have managed two residential trainings this year. Three of the coaches attending have already started to coach. Participants have included an ex-tour player, international hurler, event manager, pro footballer, international independent adviser, plus many more, proving those who truly want to help others play better golf can appear from any walk of life!
Tournament Central

Tournament Central

Mark Harman from Ridgeland, South Carolina, has been named the new USGTF Southeast Region director, taking over for Mike Stevens who retired from the post earlier this year. Harman plans to have this year’s Southeast Region championship in Florida sometime in February, tentatively during the week of February 19-25. He asks that anyone who wants to get on the Southeast Region mailing list to write to him at mark@usgtf.com to receive updates.
“PRO” File – Touring Professional Adam Svensson

“PRO” File – Touring Professional Adam Svensson

With a last name like “Svensson,” you would be forgiven to think the PGA Tour’s latest winner came from a Scandinavian country. Not exactly, although his hometown of Surrey, British Columbia, oftentimes has the same winter weather. He always excelled at golf, winning the Canadian Boys Junior Championship in 2012.

Svensson matriculated at Barry University in Miami, Florida, where he once again excelled. He won nine tournaments, was twice the NCAA Division II individual champion, and was a first-team All-American. He turned professional in 2015, and in 2018 won on what is now the Korn Ferry Tour. He earned his PGA Tour card for 2019 but lost it, only to regain it for the 2021-22 season.

His victory in November’s RSM Classic in Georgia is a continuation of his rise in golf. Svensson’s career has been on a steady upward trend ever since he first picked up a club. It is likely this trend will continue for years to come.

“PRO” File – Teaching Professional Scott Lehman

“PRO” File – Teaching Professional Scott Lehman

Scott Lehman of Nashville, Tennessee, first picked up a club in 1969 at the age of 8 in his hometown of Ripon, Wisconsin. Continuing to play during his youth, Lehman played on the Ripon High School team for four years.

He went to the University of Wisconsin-LaCross and graduated with a degree in Marketing in 1984. As he was interested in surfing and the beach, he bought a one-way ticket to San Diego and, along with a high school friend who had graduated from the University of San Diego, started selling surfboards, skateboards, tee shirts, etc. He developed a very successful sales career, and years later relocated to Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It was there that his company was bought out and he lost his job.

Following a period of uncertainty, he and his wife Leslie became committed Christians, and their faith has played a huge role in their lives ever since. He became a USGTF member in 1998, and eventually he and Leslie moved to Nashville. In, 2007, Lehman started In His Grip golf ministries, named after the book that led him on his faith journey. Since then, he has shared his life story at the Masters Prayer Breakfast in Augusta, Georgia; co-authored the book The Master’s Grip, and authored More Than a Game, among other achievements. Lehman’s latest project is that he is the associate producer of the new Payne Stewart movie set to come out in 2024.

Lehman and his wife Leslie still live in Nashville with their son Micah.>