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JUNIOR ACHIEVERS
For teaching pro Ish Gonzales, the focus is on improvement – and fun
With a membership, junior golfers play
complimentary at Oak Creek after 11 a.m.
sh Gonzales has given lessons
EXTRA! their attention." of learning and
to hundreds of students over his
That combination
13 years as a teaching profesComplimentary having fun is what makes Gonzales
trial lesson for and his Coach Ish Orange County
sional. But he admits that his sweet
new students
spot lies in teaching juniors.
Junior Golf Academy successful.
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"I teach everyone but my main
He currently works with 140 stuSummer Golf
focus is juniors," said Gonzales,
dents and offers three kinds of lesCamp dates
who has overseen Oak Creek's
sons: group (eight golfers); semiCLICK HERE
wildly successful junior golf proprivate (four golfers); and individual.
Tots and Moms:
gram for the past five years.
Before coming to Oak Creek,
For the "very
"They're regular students for years
Gonzales worked for eight years at
beginner"
and years. For kids, these are like
a local Nike Learning Center. He
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piano lessons."
places an emphasis on encouraging
Just as successful piano teachers engage
juniors to play competitively, and currently
their students, Gonzales feels the same.
has dozens of current former students
Whether he's teaching a beginning golfer
playing high school and college golf.
the basics or helping advanced juniors
"Whether a parent wants to expose their
fine-tune their game, he's all about "makchild to the game, or whether a junior reing it fun for them. I really relate well to
ally wants to get serious about improving
kids and communicate on their level. At
and advancing, we do it all here," he said.
the end of every lesson, I make sure to in"And I think the key to our success is that
clude some games with the winner winit is fun, and that is what makes them want
ning some kind of prize. That really keeps
to keep coming back."
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