Golf 8.5 Certified Team

About Kay McMahon
Acclaimed Teacher of Teachers - Author - Entertaining Speaker - Sports Broadcaster
Executive Director of Instruction

LPGA Professionals Hall of Fame
Creator - Golf 8.5 - Master - Director of Instruction
LPGA Top Best Teachers- ELITE - 2018 - 2022 (one of eight)
Past National President - LPGA Professionals
PGA of America Quarter Century Member
International Network of Golf - 2015 Player Development Winner
NENY PGA Section Teacher of the Year - 2022 (4 times)
Golf Digest 50 Best Women Teachers in America
LPGA Ellen Griffin Rolex Award (highest honor in education)
LPGA National Teacher of the Year

About Eloise Trainor
Director of Innovation
Founder & CEO - FUTURES Tour (now the LPGA Epson Tour)
Golf 8.5 Master Certified Instructor
LPGA Professionals Life Member
LPGA Professionals Hall of Fame - Nominee (4 times)
Famous for her hugs & loads of love for you & the game

About Troy Tomlinson
  Director of Instruction 
Certified 8.5 Master Staff Instructor
National Director of Golf- Fairways for Warriors
Retired U.S. Army - 23 years
Graduate of Golf Academy of America with Honors - 2012
Asst. Golf Professional - Streamsong Resort, Orlando
Director of Caddy Services, Streamsong Resort, Orlando
Big teddy bear & all around great caring guy!

About Earnest Collins

Director of Instruction
Certified 8.5 Master Staff Instructor
Retired Master Sergeant US Army - 25 yrs.
Golf Academy of the South, Associates - 1994
Head Golf Professional & GM - Winter Springs Golf Club, FL
Asst. Coach - Edgewater Boys Golf Team
Sweetest swing matching just a sweet guy!

About Kay Wheeler
Certified 8.5 Staff Consultant
BS degree - Physical Therapy in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (40 yrs.)
Assistant Vice President - Carolinas Healthcare System
Founder -"Swing Into Better Golf" - golf performance enhancement program
Physical Therapist for Charlotte Hornets NBA team - 10 years
Presenter - LPGA & PGA Seminars (Physical Issues to Swing Flaws)
All around athlete & great competitor

About Dianne Jackson
Certified 8.5 Staff Consultant
BS degree - Physical Therapy in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
MBA degree
Best of the Best in PT
Always willing to assist in getting you better

Brian Cohan
Director of Business Development
Principal and Co-founder of Benchmark Development
Certified Golf 8.5 Instructor
Avid Golfer - Father of 5

Steve Rentz
Director of Technology & Business Development

Senior Database Consultant
IT Director - Experian
Avid Golfer - Father of 2 College Players

LIbby Rentz
Director of Finance & Business Development

VP of Finance & Chief of Staff - NYS Assn. of REALTORS
Avid Golfer
Mother of same 2 College Players

Liz Leboffe
Director of Technology & Innovation

Associate Professor at St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY
38 years - 1981- current
IT Trainer - The FUTURES Tour (now the LPGA Symetra Tour)
1997 - current
Areas of Interest: Hardware, Databases, Networks, Computer Architecture, Internet Programming