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Golf Lesson Testimonial Letter from ChipIn Club Member Taking Lessons from UTSA Golf Coach Donielson July 8, 2003 Terry Jeffers, Dear Terry, I am writing this letter because I wanted to share the golfing experiences I have enjoyed since meeting the UTSA Head Golf Coach, Chris Donielson. Since meeting Coach last year, he has graciously offered me several golf lessons. The improvement in my golf game from my first lesson until today has been nothing short of remarkable. I have increased my driving distance more than thirty yards, my iron distance has increased almost a full club and more importantly my accuracy has improved, which combined with my improved short game (also taught by Chris) allows my scores to be lower than I have ever experienced in my twenty-five years of playing the game. My regular golf buddies can attest to my very noticeable improvement. Prior to meeting Chris, competing on the same level as one of them was completely out of the question and beating any of the others was problematic. Now, I rarely lose to any of them, which, of course, upsets them to no end. I have won several closest to the pin prizes in various scramble tournaments and a couple of free rounds of golf as part of a high placing team. Prior to my lessons the only thing I won at tournaments was an occasional raffle prize. Chris has taught me so much about the mechanics of my golf swing. I realize now how little I knew and many of the ideas I thought were correct about my old swing, that I continually reinforced with practice, were completely wrong. I have learned and understand more about the game of golf since meeting Chris than the entire rest of my golfing history combined , including the three years I spent playing on my high school golf team. Chris taught me a completely new golf swing in a matter of a few lessons and he did it at my pace and taught me with examples and demonstrations that were easy to learn and comprehend even for a weekend golfer like myself. Chris taught me the mechanics and how to correct my own periodic swing flaws, so bad habits don't develop. Before meeting Chris, my rounds were usually
between eighty-five and ninety-two. Since my first lesson, my
scores have improved steadily and now I am consistently in the
seventies. I now expect to break eighty when I play instead
of hoping to break ninety, as was the case in the past. I wanted
to publicly thank Chris for his much appreciated efforts and I
am forever indebted to him for spending his valuable time with
me. Terry, as you know, since meeting Chris I have become an active member of the ChipIn Club and I try to encourage everyone to join if they're interested in helping Chris develop the UTSA golf team into a strong and contending NCAA Division 1 program. The benefit for me when joining were the lessons but little did I know that I would have the opportunity to meet and play a round of golf with several members of the UTSA Golf Team. I have met and spoken at length with most of the golf team. I feel so confident with the direction that the program is heading in, that I like to challenge those thinking about joining the ChipIn Club. Simply put, that if the benefits aren't ten fold and the team as well as Coach Donielson aren't worth both your time and money, then I'll owe you a dozen golf balls. You know, I haven't lost or even come close to losing that bet! Sincerely, Douglas Sonego |
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