Push your game to the limit with Manatee’s excellent practice facilities!
If working on your game is your idea of fun, then Manatee has the facilities where you can practice from dawn to dusk. Work on your swing at our multi-station driving range, or practice your short game on our well-maintained chipping and putting greens.
You can also work with our Class A PGA Professionals to help perfect your game. They say “practice makes perfect,” but only if you’re practicing perfectly with one of our respected golf professionals. With credentials that you can brag about, trust our staff of professionals at Manatee to put your game in its best possible shape.
Dave Zalbowitz, PGA Class A Professional
I am a PGA professional and I come to Pope with over 23 plus years of teaching experience. In that time, I have found the combination of activities, both at the golf course and away, that lead to the most positive results. They make the learning more fun and efficient and gives you the confidence and freedom to enjoy the golf course. I use a personal approach that allows you to explore and understand the game at your pace. Some activities go beyond fundamental techniques, and teach basic to advanced strategies, mental preparation and performance, as well as physical fitness specific to you and your game. Contact me to ask about some of these activities that I use to build a customized instructional program for you.
Current Offerings:
- Personal Instruction, Monthly programs and
- Mixed Clinics
- Women’s Clinics
- Junior Programs
Current PGA Member since 2005
- Owner/Operator Pure Golf Instructional and Coaching Programs at Manatee County Golf Courses
- TPI Certified
- Certified Adaptive Golf
Previous:
- Golf Digest Certified Instructor
- Teaching Professional Dorset Field Club VT
- Senior Staff – Stratton Golf Academy
- Instructor – National Golf Schools
- Instructor – Ben Sutton Golf Schools
Mark Cline, Golf Coach
I believe that the relationship is key to any successful golf lesson. With results being the deciding factor, making someone comfortable enough to change is key. Assuming we are trying to improve, this is the goal.
My experience coaching at IMG and GOLFTEC as well as several positions at esteemed clubs has given me a broad base of knowledge and skills to successfully help someone improve their golfing experience. It’s a game. We should play it to have FUN!
What I have learned from a very well respected and local golfing legend is everyone has a fingerprint, and it is unique. The golf swing is very similar. My aim is to change what is necessary and adapt the things that need to be refined. Keeping it simple.
I enjoy individual instruction and welcome groups up to 5 for clinics.
Experience –
IMG – GOLF COACH
GOLFTEC – GOLF COACH
The Concession Golf Club – ASSISTANT GOLF PROFESSIONAL
The Club At River Wilderness – ASSISTANT GOLF PROFESSIONAL
The Foundry Golf Club – ASSISTANT GOLF PROFESSIONAL
PGA CLASS A MEMBER
Christian Martin, Golf Coach
Christian has been a PGA Member for over 29 years. He grew up in Charleston WV and began playing golf with his father at the age of six. In 1982 he entered the PGA apprentice program in Palm Beach Gardens and earned his Class “A” status. While working in the golf industry he soon realized his passion was teaching others how to become the best they could be. In 2011 Christian was voted teacher of the by the North Florida PGA South West Chapter. Christian teaches all skill levels from tour professionals to beginners.