RYAN'S STORY

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I was born in Minneapolis, MN.  I started playing the game of golf when I was 3 years old and fell in love with the game.  At a very young age I began playing local competitive tournaments and soon started competing nationally.  I played high school golf at The Academy of Holy Angeles where we won 2 state titles.  After working extremely hard on my golf game for over 15 years I was lucky enough to earn a scholarship to play golf at The University of Minnesota and played from 2001-2006.  The biggest highlight at the U of M was when our team won a National Championship in 2002.  After college I decided to pursue my dream of playing golf on the PGA tour.  I spent about a year and half playing on various mini tours. After my first attempt at PGA qualifying school I decided I didn't want to live the lifestyle of being on the road.  After a lot of thought of whether I wanted to take a real world job or get into the golf business, I decided I wanted to teach golf.  I got my start teaching at GolfTEC and then became the Teaching Pro at Minneapolis Golf Club in March of 2012.  I never realized how much I would love helping people with their golf game and how passionate I would become about coaching.  I have now been teaching/coaching the game for over 17 years and everyday I look forward to the challenge of helping golfers achieve their goals!