Karen Wise is a PGA Class A Golf Professional. She is the 2021 North Florida PGA Section Youth Player Development Award Winner. She has 15 years of field experience in the golf industry. She grew up in Orlando, Florida before moving south to Ft. Myers, Florida to obtain her B.S. in Professional Golf Management, Business & Hospitality at Florida Golf Coast University. She is exceptionally passionate about teaching the game golf to all ages and abilities. She has given over 20,000 group and private lessons. She tailors each of her lessons to each of her students' goals, their physical capabilities, and their learning styles. She routinely instructs her students the techniques, fundamentals and course management needed to successfully lower their scores and become more consistent ball strikers. Her goal is to teach her students how to manage the golf course with confidence and with ease. She coaches her students how to practice with a purpose so they may achieve positive and repeatable results. She aims to improve each student’s skill sets, long-term development and overall game improvement. She is the Program Director and Recognized Coach for First Tee of Clearwater. She is responsible for the overall implementation of the Life Skills programs through golf to over 3,500 youth in the community. As a First Tee Recognized Coach, she impacts the lives of young people by providing educational programs that promote character development and life enhancing values through the game of golf. Please contact Karen for her rates and availability at (727) 421-5252 or email klwise@pga.com. She conducts her lessons at Chi Chi's Driving Range. Thank you for your support!