STUDENT SPOTLIGHT – GRAYSON ISABELLA

By Michael Iannotti

My journey in golf has been nothing less than an incredible time teaching this incredible game. I’ve been fortunate to be the golf professional at Holland Meadows G.C. in Gloversville, New York, for the past 26 years. During that time, I’ve given thousands of lessons and thousands of club fittings. Although that has all been a success, the greatest success has been watching the progress of the younger generation excel in the game. There is no greater joy than to see the progress of one of your students from season to season. With that being said, I’ve worked with one particular student for the past 4-5 seasons and the progress has been phenomenal.

Grayson Isabella is a sophomore at Fonda High School in upstate New York and has been playing golf since he was 4 years old. His grandmother started teaching him golf and bought him his first set of clubs. They still play together now. Grayson is a scholar/athlete who maintains a 95+ average. His accomplishments on the course include qualifying for sectionals this season, shaving nine strokes off his average from last season, and having an 11-2 record against his high school opponents. His future goals and aspirations would be to qualify for the state championship and to share the sport with others so that more people play. Not playing consistently has been his biggest struggle, but he’s trying to correct that by being patient and taking his time while continuing lessons with me.

I could not be any prouder of Grayson and what he has accomplished in the short period of time that we have worked together! He is just simply a winner with a drive to become the best player and person he can be, and for that I could not be any more grateful. I’m looking forward to many more lessons and time spent with Grayson. He is what any instructor would love to have. I hope most instructors have had this experience because it is like no other!