They've gotten closer. Bonnie is the daughter of trailblazer Peggy Kirk Bell, a charter member of the LPGA and master instructor who started the school. To have the opportunity to play the game since I was 8 and to get in the instructional part, it's something I've always been interested in. Not too many guys who played the TOUR for 15 years have a place to go. I get a thrill seeing a shot for the first time from a beginner as I do seeing someone's handicap go from a 5 to a 3.
Teaching is very rewarding.
We're in a fun atmosphere. It's a casual atmosphere and makes for good learning. Pine Needles' teaching facility welcomes nearly 1,500 golfers on a yearly basis. The setting is golfer friendly, from its comfortable 80-room lodge overseeing a massive practice area to its formidable Donald Ross layout. It's a program designed to handle up to 150 women golfers.