Welcome to the April 2025 issue of Golf Fitness Monthly, brought to you by the Golf Fitness Association of America (GFAA). In this publication, we offer valuable insight and expertise from PGA of America Golf Professionals and fitness and performance experts who provide timely golf fitness programming that meets the needs of their diverse clientele and the industry at large. For your reference, all past Golf Fitness Monthly issues and weekly Best Practices are available on the GFAA website (Golf.Fitness).
In this month’s issue:
• Scott Delair, the PGA of America General Manager at Malone (NY) Golf Club, explains why the lesson tee is a great place to initiate golf performance/fitness concepts and conversation.
• Brian Jacobs, a five-time special awards winner in the Western New York PGA Section and PGA of America Director of Instruction at BallenIsles Country Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, introduces us to his new program - Golf & Fitness Fusion - and explains the benefits of this program for his students.
• Trevor Anderson, a 2024 Golf Fitness Association of America (GFAA) Industry Leaders Award winner, coach, educator, speaker and founder of Better Every Day in Orlando, Florida, shares his concepts on golf performance training and tells us what GOLFleticism is.
• Julieta Stack, a five-time Golf Range Association of America (GRAA) Top 100 Growth of the Game Teaching Professional, two-time U.S. Kids Golf Top 50 Junior Coach and LPGA Director of Instruction at the Baltimore Golf Academy in Lutherville, Maryland, highlights the fitness and performance programs offered at the Baltimore Golf Academy.
• Lisa Goulian Twiste, Senior Apparel Writer at PGA Magazine, shares an interesting Q&A she conducted with several members of the FootJoy apparel team.
We thank this group of PGA of America Golf Professionals and golf fitness experts for sharing their time and knowledge to make the Golf Fitness Association of America a respected source of information on the business of golf fitness. We also thank our partners in this endeavor – TPI, PGA Magazine, GRAA, Gray Institute, Fitness Lifestyles and Infraway – for their continued support.
I hope you enjoy this issue.
Rick SummersCEO & Publisher, Golf Fitness Association of America