Welcome to the February 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:
• Bob Usher, a two-time GFAA On-Course Award Winner, 2024 GFAA Recognition Award Winner and the PGA of America Director of Instruction at Grey Oaks Country Club in Naples, Florida, tells us about his new Golf Fitness Boot Camps.
• Stuart Phillips, the Director of the McMaster Physical Activity Centre of Excellence at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, shares information about the vital role of resistance exercise in aging.
• Dr. Zach Cutler, a 2024 GFAA Recognition Award Winner, Chiropractor at Family Golf and Learning Center in St. Louis, Missouri and the Owner of Golf and Training Institute Powered by Performance Chiropractic, provides details of a month-long free assessment promotion he implemented last fall.
• Shelby Stamets, the Fitness and Wellness Director at Blackhawk Country Club in Danville, California, offers insights into her facility’s golf fitness programming, highlighting her team’s efforts to increase awareness and engagement with members.
• Lisa Goulian Twiste, Senior Apparel Writer at PGA Magazine, brings us back to the 2025 PGA Show that occurred in Orlando, Florida last month and features the many golf fitness and lifestyle apparel styles that have taken the industry by storm.
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 – Fitness Lifestyles – for their continued support.
I hope you enjoy this issue.
Rick SummersCEO & Publisher, Golf Fitness Association of America