DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Teaching and Club Professional (T&CP) membership has selected its annual section award winners for Teacher, Professional and Coach of the Year. The LPGA T&CP membership's five sections - Central, Midwest, Northeast, Southeast and Western - annually select winners in each of the three categories.
Among the sectional winners in each category, the LPGA T&CP Executive Committee selects the overall national award winner for each category, which will be announced in the coming weeks. The 2009 LPGA T&CP section award winners are listed below:
Teacher of the Year
Central: Deb Vangellow, Sweetwater Country Club; Sugarland, Texas
Midwest: Rita Reasons, Nancy Quarcelino School of Golf; Spring Hill, Tenn.
Northeast: Joy Smith, ClubGolf Performance Center; Gaithersburg, Md.
Southeast: Krista Dunton, Berkeley Hall Club, Bluffton, SC
Western: Karyn Dunphy, Weddington Golf & Tennis; Studio City, Calif.
Professional of the Year
Central: Susie Helmerich, EAGLE Golf Management Company; Littleton, Colo.
Midwest: Margie Muzik, Fountain Hills G.C., Alsip, IL - White Pines Golf Dome, Bensenville, IL
Northeast: Linda Nevatt, The ACE Club; Lafayette Hill, Penn.
Southeast: Jane Broderick, PGA National Golf Club; Palm Beach, Fla.
Western: Patti Marquis, Links Golf Club; Post Falls, Idaho
Coach of the Year
Central: Jill Trujillo, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, N.M.
Midwest: Diane Daugherty, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Ill.
Northeast: Patty Frohna-Post, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
Southeast: Kelley Hester, University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.
About the LPGA Teaching and Club Professionals
The LPGA Teaching and Club Professional (T&CP) membership, founded in 1959 and celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, has enjoyed an unprecedented rate of growth in recent years and boasts the largest membership of women golf professionals in the world. With nearly 1,300 members, the LPGA Teaching and Club Professionals are dedicated to the advancement of golf through teaching, coaching and managing golf facilities. Its national member programs including 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 Tour Junior Clinics and the LPGA Golf Clinics for Women. The LPGA is headquartered in Daytona Beach, Fla. For more information on the LPGA Tour, log on to www.LPGA.com.
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