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The Team

Sandra Palmer

In 1975 won both the Women’s US Open and Colgate Dinah Shore, first major championship win at Titleholders in 1971, winner of 30 professional tournaments worldwide including 21 LPGA events, in 1975 named Golf Writer’s Association Player of the year, LPGA Player of the Year and led the LPGA money list, inducted into Texas State Golf Hall of Fame and National Collegiate Hall of Fame.  Sandra was an outstanding amateur prior to turning pro, winning West Texas State Amateur 4 times and Texas State Amateur in 1963.  Long time student of Harvey Pennick and now a highly respected teaching professional herself at the Arroyo Trabuco Golf Club in Mission Viejo, California.

 

John Anselmo

John Anselmo, arguably one of the greatest Junior Golf teachers ever, was Tiger Woods coach from age 10 to 18.  Tiger won the US Jr Amateur under John's tutelage setting the record for the youngest champion ever.  John repeated this feat when his student Jim Liu won the US Jr Amateur in 2010 breaking Tiger's record as the youngest champion.  John still teaches several days each week at Meadowlark Golf Club in Huntington Beach and travels to China where he and his son recently opened the Anselmo Golf Academy in Bejing.
 

You can read more about John at:   www.AnselmoGolfAcademy.com 

 Story on Golf.com about John at:     Story About John and Meadowlark

 

Lisa Grimm

Lisa has been the Director of the First Tee of Los Angeles since October 2000 and was Assistant Director from 1995-2000 when the program was known as Urban Youth Golf and founded by the LPGA.  Lisa oversees TFTLA program budget and intructional programming including instructor recruitment, scheduling, student placement, equipment acquisition, and curriculum development.  Lisa also has critical role of managing community and facility relationships to support TFTLA.  Lisa is also Tournament Committee Chairperson for the 2012 Northern Trust Open, a PGA Tour stop held in Los Angeles since 1926.
 
Previously Lisa worked for Boys and Girls Clubs of Huntington Valley in Orange County and holds a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from Creighton University.  A lifelong athlete, Lisa discovered golf in 1992 and became devoted to learning everything possible about the swing, equipment, mental approach and the history of golf.  Since 2008 Lisa has been the Varsity Assistant golf coach for the Harvard-Westlake School girls golf team.
 
Lisa served as member of the City of Los Angeles' panel to develop the "Raise the Bar" gender equity evaluation and stratgegic plan and was Board Member for Public Links Golf Association from 2006-2009.  Lisa currently serves as member on both the City of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County Golf Advisory Committees.

You can learn more about The First Tee of Los Angeles at:   The First Tee of Los Angeles

 

Harry White

Lifelong resident of Vancouver BC and elite golfer, Harry is among the most respected, effective and knowledgeable Junior Golf organizers in all of Canada.  Chairman of the Junior Golf Foundation of B.C., Head Golf Coach Emeritus and Founder of Junior America's Cup, the Junior Linkster Tour Canada and the B.C. Golf House.  Founding Member of the B.C Golf Museum and Hall of Fame.  Harry's numerous competitive golf accomplishiments include '69 Vancouver City Amateur Champion, '69 B.C. Golf Association Men's Amateur Medalist, '87 B.C Golf Association Mid-Amateur Champion, '69, '72, '90 BCGA Willingdon Cup team member, '70, '90 BCGA Avery Cup Team winner, '70, '90 Pacific Coast Amatuer Morse Cup team member.  Harry held three course records at golf courses in B.C. and Washington State.
 
 You can read more about Junior Linkster Tour at:   www.jrlinkster.com

 

Lou and Valerie Skovron

Lou has been a PGA Professional for 35 plus years. Also GM, Golf Director, Head Pro at various golf courses throughout Southern California.  Served on the Board of Directors for Southern California PGA, San Diego Chapter PGA, Inland Empire Chapter PGA.  Lou was selected Junior Golf Leader for the Inland Valley Chapter PGA and was named Golf Professional of the Year in 2008 for Inland Valley PGA Chapter.  Lou has been involved with Junior Golf for over 30 years and it is his passion to get kids involved in golf.  Lou now is Golf Director for the Legends Golf Club and Valley Junior Golf Association.  Lou has been associated with the Professional Golfers Career College since formation in 1993.

Valerie has been a golfer from age 12 and attended Casper College where she majored in Literature and Political Science but has dedicated most of her life to Junior Golf.  Volunteered for VJGA starting in 1989 and elected President in 1992.  "VJGA is the best job I've ever had" says Valerie.  She has always loved helping children develop so it was natural that she devoted so many years working with Junior Golfers.  Valerie currently serves as Director of Operations for the Valley Junior Golf Association.

 

You can read more about the Valley Junior Golf Association at:         www.VJGA.org




Graham Moore, FPGA

Class AA PGA Professional since 1984, played professionally on European PGA Tour 1980-1982 and on the Challenge Tour 1990-1998, Founder of the GM Ladies Professional Tour in 2009, qualified sports psychologist, Junior Golf consultant to The Golf Foundation, specialist in Junior Golf course design and setup, multiple Junior Golf award winner including 2002 Vale Royal Sports Council Award for Achievement in Junior Golf Development and PGA Fellow in 2005 for his work with Junior Golf, Founder of the GM Junior Golf Tour in 2004 and running European qualifying tournaments for Callaway Jr. World. Graham has organized and run in excess of 350 Junior Golf tournaments in his career so far.

 

You can read more about Graham at:      www.gmintgolfschools.co.uk

 

Rick Sessinghaus

PGA Rick Sessinghaus, Psy.D, PGA is known as "Golf's Mental Coach". Rick is the expert on the mindset principles that make or break performance on and off the course. His coaching has helped top junior, collegiate, and professional golfers reach new levels of performance. Rick is an Instructional Editor for Golf Tips magazine and can be seen on Fox Sports Network as a mental game contributor.
 
Rick’s book Golf: The Ultimate Mind Game has been featured in national golf magazines and used by leading golf instructors across the country as the “best resource to improve your mental game.” Rick’s teaching philosophy revolves around his Mind-Body-Swing performance system. Every golfer is evaluated on his or her mental skill, physical fitness level, and technical skills to uncover the best path for improvement.
 
Rick is an expert in all the performance factors that golfers need to reach their goals. Member of the PGA (Professional Golfers Association of America), Doctorate in Applied Sports Psychology, Certified Golf Fitness Trainer with TPI (Titleist Performance Institute), Advisory Staff Member for Wilson Staff Co., Mental Consultant for Santa Clara University, Women’s Golf Team Certified Master Trainer of NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming), Mental Game Certified Professional 2008 Southern California PGA Metro Teacher of the Year, Nominated for Top 100 Instructor in America, Director of Instruction for Chevy Chase Country Club in Glendale, CA.

 

You can read more about Rick at:   www.RickSessinghaus.com

 

Dan Thomas

President of the National Golf Scholarship Association, National Director of the innovative Top50 Junior Tour and PGA Golf Professional for nearly 20 years.  Awared the Michigan PGA Junior Golf Leader Award in 2008 and guest speaker at the 2008 PGA Championship at Oakland Hills.  Dan's extensive involvement in Junior Golf gives him a profound insight and knowledge for the promotion of the game and particularly the growth of Junior Golf.  NGSA and Top50 Junior Tour have provided Junior Golfers with more than 10,000 free rounds of tournament golf, 1,000's of hours of elite golf training and instruction and more than $200,000 in college scholarships. 
 

You can read more about Dan and NGSA / Top 50 Junior Tour at:    Top50 Jr Tour

 

Rafe Burns

Executive Director of the Pacoima Junior Golf Association and dedicated volunteer for more than 25 years, Rafe mentored Tiger Woods, Anthony Kim and hundreds of other talented junior golfers, many going on to play college golf, Rafe has changed lives by teaching golf to kids with difficult family and financial status, Los Angeles resident since 1950 and General Motors Hall of Fame Salesperson.  Rafe's early and unwavering support for Veritas has been instrumental in making the dream become a reality. 

 

Lew Murez

BS University of Southern California, 1983, MBA Arizona St. University 1984, employed in Commercial Banking continuously since 1984, currently Vice President with California Bank & Trust, Culver City CA, daughter active in SCPGA tournaments. Lew has been active in So. Calif competitive amateur golf for approximately 40 years - winning various city/county titles in addition to approximately 17 club championships over the years, active in various community service/non-profit associations: prior President/Director - Public Links Golf Assn Foundation, President/Founder - South Bay Public Links Golf Club, member and current Chair, Los Angeles County Golf Advisory Commission, former Director and Treasurer, Paralysis Project of America, Loan Committee Chair and Volunteer, Pacific Coast Regional Small Business Development Corporation

 

Lynne Beechler

Graduate of Rutgers now living in Pinehurst, NC, Lynne brings a wealth of Junior Golf knowledge to Veritas World Junior.  Lynne teaches high school biology and is married to Doug Beechler, a professional golfer aspiring to play the Champions Tour at 50.  Lynne has traveled to more than 200 Junior Golf tournaments across the US with her son and brings a strong sense of what elements make an event exciting to juniors.  Lynne and Doug previously owned and managed golf facilities for over 20 years prior to settling in the Pinehurst area. 

 

Alton Duhon

Started playing golf at age 25, at age 57 won the 1982 US Senior Amateur Championship to become only the second African American to win a USGA title.  Turned professional at age 65 and remains active in golf teaching at the Marty Tregnan Golf Academy in Los Angeles.

 

Robert Brown

Graduate of San Diego State University, 25 years logistics and marketing experience in the energy industry. Former Director of Petroleum Club of Los Angeles golf tournaments. Coach/manager youth sports before his two sons began playing junior golf summer 2007. Attended over 160 junior golf tournaments including US Jr Amateur qualifying, Callaway Jr World, The Optimist, and US Kids World Championship. Facilitating www.GolfbyKids.comto grow junior golf and introduce tournament golf to more kids.

 

Lisa Brown

BS University of California Los Angeles, Union Bank, Corporate Banking, Bank of New York Mellon, Corporate Banking, served on Board of Directors, Westwood United Methodist Preschool.

 

Keven Lee

Parent and Student of "Rules of Golf". Coached/manager 5 years in Little League Baseball. For the past 3 years, spends most of his weekends on courses around SoCal with his two daughters playing practice rounds, scorekeeping or playing tournaments during which he has logged over 50,000 miles, nearly 100 junior golf tournaments including Callaway Jr World Championship, US Kids World Championships and TaylorMade World Masters. BS University of Southern California, employed with Fortune 10 company with over 20+ years in global account program management and lean six sigma/quality.

 

Josh Alpert

"Class A" PGA Golf Professional, Cal State Long Beach, Physical Education Major - University of Phoenix – Business Management, Teaching Professional – The Lakes at El Segundo, Assistant Pro Shop Manager - The Lakes at El Segundo, Founder/CEO Good Swings Happen Junior Golf Academy in September 2009 to provide professionally managed golf programs for kids ages 5-17, "Teaching juniors to become golfers… Training golfers to become champions."

 

You can read more about Josh at:  www.GoodSwingsHappen.com

 

Angelique Johnson

LPGA Professional, competed on developmental futures tour before devoting herself fulltime to helping junior golfers excel, especially kids with challenging circumstances.  Formerly Assistant General Manager at Chester Washington Golf course and active with The First Tee of South Los Angeles.  Currently girls golf coach for Juniper Serra High School.  Tournament organizer for many competitive and charity golf tournaments including Martha Hightower Junior Golf Benefit.

 

Rolin Bass

Owner of Select Web Solutions for 11 years and web development professional for 16 years. Rolin has developed website solutions for a wide range of industries and is a passionate golfer making him a perfect fit for Team Veritas. Rolin is a member of the local South Orange County Chamber of Commerce and president of the Irvine based BNI Rainmakers, a local networking group that works with local business owners to help increase business and teach effective networking skills.

Visit the Select Web Solutions website to learn more:  www.selectwebsolutions.com

 

John Wolfsohn

Owner of John Wolfsohn Photography and Video, former Rancho Park Men's Golf Club board member and home tournament director, father of 7 yr old jr golfer playing US Kids and Callaway Jr World.

 

Jeremy Horn

2011 graduate of Professional Golfers Career College, Temecula, CA, Jeremy states: "I followed my passion and it has led me to discover that golf tournament operations is my true career path." Before PGCC, Jeremy spent time in retail establishments, as a waiter at waterfront restaurant, bar tending at a Maui Comedy and Magic Show and on charter fishing boats in Alaska.

 
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