Egly, Bidney & Soda Awarded the 2024 GRAA Growth of the Game Award-
Riverside, Iowa – Three of our Iowa PGA Golf Professionals have been named to the 2024 GRAA (Golf Range Association of America) Growth of the Game Teaching Professionals Elite Member Status, Sarah Bidney of Hyperion Field Club and Mark Egly of Des Moines Driving Range. Chelsea Soda of Echo Valley Country Club was named to the Top 100 Growth of the Game Teaching Professional. Des Moines Driving Range was named Stand-Alone Top 50.
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2024 GRAA Growth of the Game Teaching Professionals Elite Member Status –
Sarah Bidney is the Director of Instruction at Hyperion Field Club in Johnston, Iowa. Sarah is now a 12-time GRAA Elite Member Status recipient 2012-2016 as a Top 50 growth of the game and 2017-2024 Elite member statue. She’s had a great impact on many families that she teaches year after year.
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Mark Egly’s passion and dedication to his players is evident in the amount of time and effort he puts into his clinics, group and individual lessons. Egly has been a 13-time Golf Range Magazine award winner as a Top 50 Teacher and a Top 50 Growth of the Game award winner.
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2024 GRAA Top 100 Growth of the Game Teaching Professionals –
Chelsea Soda is the Director of Instruction and Player Development at Echo Valley Country Club in Norwalk, Iowa. Soda takes great pride in her teaching and this award just shows how dedicated she is to helping those that want to learn about golf.
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2024 GRAA Top 50 Stand Alone Facilities –
Egly’s facility Des Moines Driving Range was named the Stand-Alone Top 50 in the 2024 GRAA award category.
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The Iowa PGA would like to congratulate Sarah Bidney, Mark Egly, Chelsea Soda and Des Moines Driving Range on this great honor and award.
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