In its first ever ranking of the best women golf instructors, Golf Digest has named three Ladies Links Fore Golf teaching professionals among the “50 Best Women Teachers” in America. Ladies Links Fore Golf CEO Lynn Stellman, Vice President Debbie O’Connell and Director of Tournaments Teresa Zamboni were all voted by their LPGA and PGA peers as top 50 women instructors nationally. All three previously had been recognized among the LPGA’s “Top 50 Instructors” for 2008.

“This is a tremendous honor for us, and is a huge personal and professional achievement,” said Stellman. “We have each dedicated our entire careers to providing the kind of high quality golf instruction that empowers aspiring golfers with confidence and the technical skills to play well and enjoy the game. There is nothing more rewarding than being recognized by your peers because we have the greatest respect for each and every one of them.”

“This is a great tribute to all of us,” said O’Connell. “I’m truly honored to be on the same list as so many of my mentors. It is a privilege to share this game with golfers across the country and to see them gain greater enjoyment from improved play!”

“Women’s golf has become a huge force in the industry,” added Zamboni, “And this new recognition by Golf Digest is a testimony to all of the hard work that women golf instructors have been doing behind the scenes for decades. I congratulate all of those women who have helped to make this recognition possible.”

The honorees were selected by votes from more than 1,100 LPGA and female PGA instructors across the country.

Stellman is a 31-year veteran of women’s professional golf and an LPGA Class A Teaching and Club Professional. She has received numerous golf awards, including the LPGA T & CPSoutheast Section Eagle Award, the LPGA Sarah Hunter Junior Achievement Award for commitment to junior golf, and the Stellman Award for outstanding contributions to junior golf advancement in coastal Florida. The former president of the Southeast Section of the LPGA’s Teaching & Club Professionals, Stellman co-founded Ladies Links Fore Golf, LLC, in 2005. She is also director of golf at Martin County Golf & Country Club in Stuart, FL.

O’Connell is a 20-year veteran of women’s professional golf and a LPGA Class A Teaching and Club Professional. She is co-founder of Ladies Links Fore Golf, LLC, and is the host of the Ladies Links Fore Golf Radio Show. O’Connell was the 2007 recipient of the LPGA’s prestigious Nancy Lopez Golf Achievement Award, was previously honored as the LPGA’s National and Southeast Section Professional of the Year and was named among the LPGA’s 50 Best Teachers in 2008.

Zamboni, a LPGA Class A Teaching and Club Professional and a co-founder of Ladies Links Fore Golf, LLC, was the recipient of the LPGA’s 2007 National Teacher of the Year award and was named among the LPGA’s 50 Best Teachers in the nation in 2008. A former LPGA Duramed Futures Tour competitor from 1998 to 2001, Zamboni teaches at Crane Lakes Golf Club in Port Orange. FL and Indigo Lakes Golf Club in Daytona Beach, FL. She is a certified Titleist Performance Institute (TPI) golf instructor, a certified personal trainer and author of a Golf Instruction Handbook.

The inaugural ranking of “America’s 50 Best Women Teachers” can be found in Golf Digest’s June issue, or at http://www.golfdigest.com/golf-digest-woman/2010-06/golf-top-50-instructors#ixzz0nGLsrFjy.

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