The 2025 Spring Seminar is scheduled for March 3rd & 4th at The Derrick G&WC. This will be the third year returning to an in person event and the Education Committee is looking to build off momentum from 2024. Early Bird registration is open Now until Janurary 15th at 4:00pm, don’t miss out on kick starting your 2025 season with the PGA of Alberta Flagship Education Event.
Speaker Announcements
Ben Lorenzen
Ben Lorenzen, CCM, is the Creative Director of Champions Run in Omaha, Nebraska, where he leads the industry in innovation and creative club concepts. As a national speaker, Ben focuses on member engagement, technology, creativity, marketing, fitness, and aquatics, sharing his expertise and setting new standards for excellence in the club industry. His dynamic leadership at Champions Run and his influential speaking engagements make him a trailblazer shaping the future of private clubs nationwide.
Terry Eckman
Dr. Terry Eckmann, is an award-winning presenter, author, and researcher. She presents internationally on topics related to leadership, effects of lifestyle choices on the brain, movement that matters, healthy aging, stress management, worksite wellness and the power of choice.
Eckmann and her daughter, Katie, coauthored “101 Mindfulness and Meditation Practices”. Terry’s other two books are "101 Ways to Age Gracefully” and "101 Brain Boosters" are used in schools and active aging communities nationally. Eckmann hosted the TV segment "Eye on Fitness" in the Minot viewing region for over 25 years.
Terry has served in various leadership roles; Chair of Teacher Education and Kinesiology, Coordinator of Corporate Fitness and Wellness and Master’s in Sports Management at MSU; Director of Marketing, Public Relations, and Community Education at Trinity Medical Center, Director of Wellness at Trinity, and owner of Body by Choice Exercise Studio.
Ryan Holley
RyanHolley is a PGA of Canada Teaching Professional who’s main area of focus is integration of ground based data in coaching, its role within the golf swing and connecting coaches and players with technology.
In the last 2 and a half years he’s become an integral part of 4x PGA tour winner Nick Taylor’s team, tasked with creating a swing that can compete against a younger, faster group of incoming PGA Tour players.
He’s also been very fortunate to work with players across many different developmental tours, high level amateurs, collegiate champions and recreational players of all skill levels.
Ryantravels with his SwingCatalyst Dual plates bringing technology to clubs and coaches that don’t typically offer that within their teaching environment. While on the road, he also does education events for large groups and teams of teaching professionals.
Association News
Nominations Now Open
Interested in running for a position on either the PGA of Alberta Board of Directors or Assistants’ Board of Directors in 2025? If yes, click the link below (login required) for more information and to be directed to the online Nomination Form. Deadline to submit your nomination isFriday, January 24, 2025 at 11:59pm.
Board of Directors The Board of Directors sets all policies, rules and regulations for the PGA of Alberta, meeting on a quarterly basis to conduct the business affairs on behalf of the members. There are between nine and twelve members elected to the PGA of Alberta Board of Directors, all are Class "A" members of the PGA of Canada. Elections to the Board are held every year at the Annual General Meeting in March and election terms are set at three years.
Four (4) spots are open for election in 2025 for the Board of Directors. Click hereto see the current Board.
Assistants’ Board of Directors Assistant Professionals (Class "A") and Apprentice’s also have a voice in the Association, through the Assistants’ Board of Directors. Up to nine Class "A" members or Apprentice’s are invited to run annually for a two-year term on the Assistants’ Board of Directors, and upon election assume a portfolio, and attend committee meetings consistent with those on the Board of Directors.
Four (4) spots are open for election in 2025 for the Assistants’ Board of Directors. Click hereto see the current Assistants’ Board.
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