The LPGA Teaching and Club Professional (T&CP) Membership was established in 1959 as an outgrowth of the LPGA Tour membership and has enjoyed an unprecedented rate of growth in recent years. The LPGA boasts the largest membership of women golf professionals in the world. With nearly 1,200 members, the LPGA T&CP membership is dedicated to the advancement of golf through teaching, managing golf facilities and coaching.

 

The LPGA has earned a reputation as the leader in research-based golf education. The LPGA provides its members with section, regional and national programs that further the LPGA's commitment to offering state-of-the-art education in the area of golf education and the business of golf for teachers, coaches and club professionals.

 

Our national member programs include teaching, coaching, business management and leadership skills training programs and conferences; tournaments; employment services; online education and junior golf programs. LPGA T&CP members also teach and support the LPGA's various grassroots programs that are working to increase the involvement of women and youth in golf, as well as contribute to the growth of the sport overall including LPGA USGA Girls Golf, Ronald McDonald House Charities LPGA Junior Clinics and the LPGA Clinics for Women.

The LPGA T&CP membership's daily operations are administered by a full-time staff based at LPGA Headquarters in Daytona Beach, FL, and has a six-member, elected Executive Committee consisting of the national president and the presidents of the five geographical membership sections.  Patti Benson is national president for 2007-2009.  The section presidents for 2008 are:  Dawne Kortgaard, Central Section; B.J. Miller, Midwestern Section; Kammy Maxfeldt, Northeast Section; Sue Powers, Southeast Section; and Kathy Wake, Western Section.  The LPGA T&CP national president is also a voting member of the LPGA Board of Directors.  Click here for a complete list of past national presidents.