ORLANDO, FL – March 10, 2005 – Mitchell Golf Equipment Institute certified twelve “Club Repair Technicians” Thursday March 3, 2005. The Mitchell Golf Equipment Institute’s training schools are located at Orange County National Golf Resort & Lodge in Orlando, Florida.
The students attended an extensive 3-day class related to all types of club repair. Mitchell Club Repair Technician schools include instruction and hands-on experience in re-shafting, re-gripping and measuring & bending golf club angles. Classes include detailed lectures concerning club specifications and performance, followed by student work in Mitchell Golf’s state of the art club repair lab. Each attendee learned repair techniques necessary for today’s modern golf club designs including frequency matching golf shafts.
Graduates include Gary Bach, Pro Golf of Columbia, Columbia, IL; Richard Cohen & Barry Gilmore, Tee It Up Golf Stores, Pensacola, FL; Juan Espejo, Maryville Golf Academy, Des Plaines, IL; Christopher & David Gauss, Pro Golf of Noblesville, Fishers, IN; Matt Harris, Alf's Golf Shop, Naples, FL; James Kamtz, Pro Golf of Ocala, Ocala, FL; Joel McNeely, Pro Golf of Seattle, Bellingham, WA; Brian Pruitt, Pro Golf of Seattle, Tocoma, WA; Ed Trinidad, Redland Golf & CC Pro Shop, Homestead, FL & Nathan Vickers, North Bellingham Golf Course, Bellingham, WA.
Paul Bessler and Jay Schrader, both PGA Golf Professionals instruct the Mitchell Golf Equipment Institute schools. “Our recent class developed the skills necessary to be a Certified Club Repair Technician,” states Paul Bessler. “The hands-on repairs the students completed during class makes them capable of performing re-shafting, re-gripping, loft/lie alteration or any other repair on all of today’s modern golf clubs. I am confident all of our new graduates will make club repair a profit center in their shops. We are proud to have this great group join our alumni of Mitchell Club Repair Technicians.”
Students worked with recognized products from Mitchell Golf Equipment Company, True Temper, KZ Golf, Rapport Composites, Swing Science, Grafalloy and Golf Pride. Mitchell Club Repair Technician schools are held throughout the year with a tuition of $295.00. Tuition includes tools and supplies necessary for certification.
Registration for classes can be done online at www.mitchellgolf.com or by telephone at 800-437-1314.
Mitchell Golf is the #1 source in the world for professional golf club repair equipment, supplies and education. Having been in business for over 17 years, Mitchell Golf products are used on all of the major golf tours and by PGA golf professionals to serve the repair needs of their members and guests.
For further information concerning Mitchell certification schools or any Mitchell Golf product or service, email Mike Stevens, Director of Sales & Marketing, mike@mitchellgolf.com or call 800-437-1314.
Contact:
Ed Mitchell
Mitchell Publishing Company
954 Senate Drive
Centerville, OH 45459
(877) 437-1314
ed@mitchellgolf.com
