About the Pros
The authors on this site are top-rated Teaching Professionals from around the country. Below are some short bios and links to their homepages.
John Bertges – Indiana Schools
www.bertgesgolf.com | www.ontargetgolfschools.com/indiana
– John has spent over eighteen years traveling around the world teaching & coaching the game of golf to players of all abilities. He has trained with Tom Wargo, Senior PGA Tour Player and former Senior PGA champion, and with Bill Davis (one of Golf Digest’s Top 50 teachers in the US) at Jupiter Hills Club in Tequesta, Florida. He also spent time at the world renowned PGA West in LaQuinta, California, studying golf swing mechanics with such notables as Mac O’Grady.
In 1992, John was the Assistant Director of Instruction for the nationally recognized golf school United States Schools of Golf. In 1995, John became a Class A member of the PGA of America. In 1998, he became a member of the Professional Golf Teachers and Coaches of America. He is now recognized as a PGTCA Master Instructor.
From 2000 through 2002, John was a Division III women’s golf coach for Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois. He led his team to two consecutive conference championships and a 6th place finish in the NCAA Women’s Golf Championship. He was awarded “College Golf Coach of the Year” two years in a row by the NCAA’s CCIW Conference.
In Asia, John is honored as being the first ever golf professional to teach a golf instruction certification school in China. To date, John has taught over 15,000 individual lessons around the world.
Presently, John operates Bertges Golf Academy, Inc. He is also the director of instruction for all On Target Golf Schools in Indiana.
Mike Stevens – Florida Schools
FROM THE WORLD GOLF TEACHERS TOP 60 PUBLICATION
Few instructors in the World Golf Teachers Federation, and for that matter, the entire teaching industry, have the qualifications of Mike Stevens. He is one of those guys who does everything well – playing, teaching, writing, business acumen – that it would be easy to envy him, except that he’s a genuinely fine human being, as well.
He began his teaching career in Tampa as the junior golf instructor at MacDill Air Force Base in 1996. In 1997, he expanded his operation to include adults by opening a division of the Guaranteed Golf School at three locations. Since 2000, he has been recognized as one of Florida’s top 10 instructors by Florida Golf News. Mike started the On Target Golf School in Tampa in 2008 and now operates at 7 locations in the Tampa Bay area.
Playing-wise, Mike is a regular participant at United States Golf Teachers and World Golf Teachers tournaments. He is the 2004 USGTF Senior National Champion. He is also one of the finest hickory shaft players in the nation and won the 2005 National Hickory Championship. Prior to this he won two regional championships and finished second in the National Tournament three times.
He is also an acomplished writer, having had his work appear in national publications, including Golf Teaching Pro magazine.
In the year 1998 at the World Golf Teachers Cup at the San Roque Club in Spain, Mike vaulted Team USA to victory in a sudden death play-off against Team Europe. Mike’s success as a player, despite his heavy work schedule, is a testament to his deep understanding of our great game.
Kevin Bohach – Iowa
 Kevin Bohach, A teaching professional with the U.S. Golf Teachers Federation since 1998, operates On Target Golf Schools in Iowa and Illinois. He has taught golf at America’s Favorite Golf Schools, is the Director of Golf at the Quad Cities Junior Golf Academy, the head teaching professional at Olathea Golf Course, and the varsity boys golf coach at North Scott High School. Kevin also has implemented the first national after school golf program (Total Golf Adventures) in the Quad Cties area. |
Kathy Hester – Mississippi
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Kathy is Mississippi’s top female golf instructor. She is a Class A Member of the LPGA and certified member of the United States Golf Teachers Federation. She is Mississippi’s On Target Golf Instructor. She also owns her own indoor outdoor golf training and practice facility at the Outlets of Vicksburg in Vicksburg Mississippi. She was named National Teacher of the Year 2006 for Guaranteed Golf Schools. In 2003 she was honored by the Vicksburg River City Business & Professional Women as one of the top five business women in Vicksburg. |
Hank Oakes – Ohio |
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Hank Oakes, Golf Teaching Professional, has over thirty-five years of golfing experience. He is a fully certified Master Golf Instructor and Examiner by the United States Golf Teachers’ Federation (USGTF). Hank’s goal for everyone he teaches is to “Make Golf Fun For a Lifetime”. As an amateur, Hank won the Wright-Patterson AFB, Prairie Trace Golf Course Senior Stroke Play Championship and also played on an amateur tour in Ohio and Kentucky. Hank holds a B.S. Degree from Park College and an M.S. from State University of New York in Binghamton |
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