Here is a nice video highlighting Old Marsh Golf Club.

Peter Kessler takes you inside one of South Florida’s most inviting-and sporting-clubs. This is a must watch!

On Sunday December 8, I traveled to Doral in Miami to see my good friend Dr. Rob Neal. “Doc” is one of the world’s leading experts in golf biomechanics.  I have been fortunate to spend quite a bit of time with him over the years and always enjoy my time with him and Karen Harrison.  On this trip, I brought a mini-tour student of mine and we worked on his game and mine. This was an exceptionally productive trip.  Both Kris and I made substantial improvements evidenced by both numbers on Dr. Neal’s charts as well as an improved look on video.

John was interviewed by Brian Dobak of Pay It Forward Golf in the spring of 2012. Brian wanted John to share some of his thoughts on teaching to younger professionals in the industry. Take a look!

http://payitforwardgolf.blogspot.com/2012/03/interview-with-john-bierkan-of.html

Congratulations to Cole Berman for a great summer and fall golf season. Cole played well in several events including a Second Place finish at the North/South Junior Am at Pinehurst and he qualified for the U.S. Junior Amateur in California where he made it to match play. Cole is a Senior at the Haverford School in Philadelphia and just recently signed a letter of intent to Georgetown University. Cole was also recently named an AJGA Academic All-American. Way to go Cole!

Scott McConnell, sophomore golfer on the Episcopal Academy’s Varsity Golf Team receives the Jacques Houdry Golf Award.

The award, endowed by Jacques and his wife Dorothy, honors the varsity player who has exhibited the best knowledge and appreciation of the rules, qualities of sportsmanship, and etiquette, which are prerequisites to the game. Jacques is, himself, an accomplished golfer.  In 1946 he was the Philadelphia Junior Champion and a year later played number one on the undefeated Princeton golf team. Jacques won the title of Club Champion at the Merion Golf Club in 1948, 1949, 1952, 1956, and 1958.  While in his twenties, he qualified and played in a number of major tournaments including five National Amateurs and two U.S. Opens.

Well deserved Scotty, a wonderful award to receive!

The November 2013 issue of Golf Digest released their latest rankings of the Top 50 Instructors in America along with the Best Teachers in each state. John was listed among the Best Teachers in Pennsylvania.  John has also been recognized by Golf Digest as one of the Top 40 Teachers under the age of 40- America’s Best Young Teachers since 2010. Several of John’s mentors were highly ranked including Jim McLean (3), Christopher Toulson from Sunningdale G.C. in New York, and T.J. Tomasi in Florida.

Several of John’s friends were also voted best in their state….

California: Bryan Lebedevitch, Josh Zander

Florida: T.J. Tomasi, Glen Farnsworth, Jared Isaacs, Bobby Cole, Bill Davis, John Webster, Kevin Smeltz

Georgia: Mike Shannon

Louisiana: Brian Manzella, James Leitz

Maryland: Justin Sheehan, Trillium Sellers, Joe Plecker, Patrick Bedingfield, Bernie Najar

Massachusetts: Kelli Kostick

New Jersey: Jason Carbone

New York: Christopher Toulson, Kevin Sprecher, Kevin Hinton, Debbie Doniger, John Graham, Jon McLean

Nevada: Brandon Stooksbury

Ohio: Don Kotnick

Pennsylvania: John Dunigan, Ted Sheftic, Dom Dijulia, Lou Guzzi, Mark Sheftic, Scott Nye

Texas: Chuck Cook, Joey Wuertemberger and Chris Como