I made the decision to turn professional in 1988 and my first position was Teaching Professional/First Assistant at Siwanoy C.C. in Bronxville, NY.  After successfully completing the necessary requirements, I became a Class A member of the PGA in 1993.  I was hired in 1993 as Head Golf Professional for Golden Bear Golf Center at Alley Pond and continued with this company for 10 years.  My promotions with them included Head Professional/General Manager of their Randall’s Island facility, and finally as District Manager/Director of Golf Instructions for Queens, the Bronx and Long Island.  The sites I was responsible for included Alley Pond, Randall’s Island, the Practice Center in Farmingdale, the executive course at The Ponds in Smithtown, and Gun Hill Range in the Bronx.  In 2003 Spring Rock Golf took over the lease at Alley Pond at while I was offered the position of Head Professional/Manager, I wanted to dedicate the entirety of my time to teaching and refused the Managerial position.  Because of my expertise and qualifications, I was asked to oversee the other Professionals as Director of Instruction.

Growing up in Bellerose, NY, my first love was football and I played for both the Long Island Tomahawks and my high school team at Holy Cross in Flushing. It was on a family trip to Cape Cod that I was first introduced to golf.  Once bitten by the golf bug, I took every opportunity I could to play at all the local courses in the area.  This included four years of Varsity Golf on both the Holy Cross High School Team in Flushing and at the University of Tampa where I received my Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management.   Competitively, I played in all the local amateur tournaments and was multi-qualifier for the   IKE, Met Amateur, and Citi- Championship where I placed second, was five-time regional representative for the USGA Pub Links Championship with a best finish reaching the final 16.  My competitive edge was further developed while a member of the Men’s Club at Douglaston Golf Course where I currently hold the course record of 62.

My outstanding teaching is understandable not only because of my ability to customize lessons to his students, but also when you look at my impressive teaching background.  I have been certified as Instructor/Master of the connected swing by the Colbert-Ballard school, and certified instructor by the Jack Nicklaus-Jim Flick School.   I have given over 15,000 individual lessons to all ability levels and ages in the Tri-State area.  Additionally, I have successfully worked with people with various physical and mental disabilities.  Since 1993 I have been Director of Instruction for the NYC Parks Department Junior Golf Program and Golf Academy. I am currently working in conjunction with the Met PGA and NYC Board Of Education on the CHAMPS Program that was developed to introduce Golf to all middle school students.  Additionally I am working with the Met PGA and the PSAL to develop the local high school golf teams.  The schools include Bayside, John Bowne, Long Island City, Robert F. Kennedy, and Jamaica.  I also teaches the girl’s golf teams at participating schools.

Dale’s expertise includes, but is not limited to being a game improvement specialist and expert  video analysist.

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