"Golf is a game in which you yell Fore, shoot six, and write down five." Paul Harvey

 

BOB DOUGHERTY Golf Magazine's February 2003 "Top Teacher in the Southeast Region" Bob Dougherty has been teaching golf among the rolling hills of Pinehurst & Southern Pines, North Carolina, for over thirty-five years. He's worked alongside other top pro's like Bob Toski of the Golf Digest Schools and Jimmy Ballard, noted pro at the Miami-based Doral Resort. He's also coached and played alongside such celebrated tour players as Fuzzy Zoeller, Jim Gallagher, Larry Gilbert, Jim O'Hearn, Jim Barber, Dave Ogrin, and Ray Freeman.   Bob earned international recognition as the PGA Teacher of the Year in 1999 after being nominated in 1994, 1996 and again in 1997.  Shortly after this, he was appointed as one of the senior instructors at the PGA Players School.    Bob is deservingly proud of his annual service as a volunteer coach for Special Olympics.  In 1995, he was named Coach of the Year and appointed to the Special Olympics Sport Development Team.  In 1999, he received an appointment as the USA Golf Coach for the Special Olympics World Games!   With the enormous amount of time spent on the links, Bob still finds time to write a very popular golf column for 50 Plus Magazine.  He plays on the Senior Tour and, in 2000 and 2001, his name is prominently listed in the annual Golf Digest List of the Worlds Top 100 Teachers.   You know...there's a rumor out there that the swing doesn't exist that Bob Dougherty can't fix!

DOUG THOMPSON

If power driving your ball toward the green is your objective, Doug Thompson is your man!  Doug is on record as one of the longest hitters in the Carolinas.  He's also shared the distinction of playing on the South African Tour.