New Jersey Golf Performance Academy

The New Jersey Golf Performance Academy at The Colts Neck Golf Club is a comprehensive instruction program for golfers of all skill levels. Golf instruction topics include:

• Driving and Fairway Woods
• Short, Medium, Long Irons
• Chipping and Pitching/Wedge shots
• Putting
• Bunkers
• Rules & Etiquette
• Course Management  

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"My daughter Allison has been involved with the Colts Neck Golf Program for many years. She has been a summer camper, enrolled in the junior golf clinics, taken private lessons with Bob Gartner, and recently joined Bob and a group of teen golfers on a golf trip to Florida.
As a parent of three athletic children, who has been around youth sports for some time, I'd like to say how pleased I am with Bob as a coach and the junior program.
Bob is great with kids, big and small. He motivates his golfers in a positive way with the right mix of competitiveness and fun.
Allison's game has improved tremendously and she has developed a passion for the game that I greatly attribute to Bob. I thank Bob and the club for providing her with such a wonderful experience."

Sincerely,

Regina W
 

V1 Digital Golf Coaching System

The VI Digital Golf Coaching System provides a digital swing analysis, a videotape of your lesson to take home for further review, and flexible lesson scheduling - day or night.

Golf Instruction Staff

Email: mike@coltsneckgolfclub.com

Mike Kallam, PGA Head Golf Professional

Originally from Winston Salem, N.C., Mike attended Wake Forest University on a golf scholarship where he was a four-year letterman and a NCAA All American.

Upon graduation Mike played the PGA tour for two and a half years. After the tour he was the Head Golf Professional at Green Valley Country Club in Greenville S.C. for 16 years and then moved to the Sea Trail Resort & Golf Links in Sunset Beach, N.C. as the Director of Golf for five years. Most recently, Mike enjoyed ten years as the Director of Golf at Fiddlers Elbow Country Club in Bedminster, N.J.

His PGA career includes seven major Carolinas Championships as well as the 2000 New Jersey Senior Open Championship.
 
"Your instruction was excellent. The key elements of all types of swings were clearly outlined and demonstrated...your sessions were a step above" said Wiliam P. - 7 year member

Bob Gartner

Bob has been in the golf business since 1977 starting as apprentice for Hubie Smith at the famed Concord Hotel in the Catskills. He owned and started a special program for kids entitled G-O-A-L Golf, which was designed to bring golf programs to summer camps in the Northeast. His Game-Of-A-Lifetime approach brought golf to over 40,000 kids in two years.

Bob has an extensive teaching and administrative background in golf. He worked for, and with, such famed instructors as Carl Lohren, Jim Flick, Laird Small, Hugh Royer Jr. He developed the Nicklaus/Flick Golf schools for Family Golf Centers and the Golf Digest Instructional Programs. Bob comes to us from Battleground CC where he was the Director of Golf Operations.

Bob has developed his teaching skills by watching many of the Masters teach. Bob strongly stresses golf's fundamentals and believes in the power of work and setting realistic goals for individual games. Bob is an accomplished player, and enjoyed great success in junior golf when playing on the Division II Columbus College NCAA Championship Golf Team.
 

Karen Loupassakis

Karen joins The Colts Neck Golf Club while also serving as co-owner of Simductive Golf Instruction, LLC where she has successfully established a wide array of golf programs and achieved her golf teaching certification.

In addition, Karen has 10 years of teaching and coaching experience at the Middle School, High School and College levels. Prior to her golf experience, Karen served for 20 years as a Sales and Marketing Manager for AT&T.