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Sep '11
Bain wins national award from PGA of America
By Swingpal.com staff
Brian Bain, a member of the Swingpal.com instructor team, has been awarded the 2011 President’s Plaque by the PGA of America.
The PGA announced its award winners on Wednesday and the organization’s press release regarding Bain’s award is copied below:
Brian Bain, the PGA head professional at Robert T. Lynch Municipal Golf Course in Brookline, Mass., who has dedicated his career to innovative programs throughout the New England PGA Section that include reconnecting golfers who may have stepped away from the game, is the recipient of the 2011 President's Plaque.
Bain, 39, is a 12-year member of The PGA of America and is the first member of the New England PGA Section to be named recipient of the President's Plaque, which was established in 1982, and in 2006 became a special award that supports Play Golf America initiatives.
Born in Boston, Bain attended Bryant University in North Smithfield, Mass., and competed on the golf team before graduating in 1995 and turning professional that year.
A hockey player throughout his youth, Bain was introduced to golf at age 16 by his uncle, who purchased tickets for them to attend the 1988 U.S. Open at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass.
He found a job in the bag room at Walpole (Mass.) Country Club and through his work and observing players there, began to take up the game.
Since 2005, Bain has led five free golf clinics in the spring and five in the fall for 10 students in a Brookline After School Program. That program is but one of a variety of golf instruction initiatives to serve Brookline area youth.
The past two years, Bain has served on the national PGA Junior Golf Committee, a period also where he has been chair of the New England PGA Section Growth of the Game Committee.
This year, Bain created a partnership between the New England PGA and the Boston Health and Fitness Expo, where Section Professionals last June provided hundreds of free lessons to patrons.
Since 2007, Bain has conducted clinics for Executive Women's Golf Association (EWGA) members and incorporated Link Up 2 Golf and Get Golf Ready Classes.
Bain is a three-time (2006, '09, '10) New England PGA President's Plaque award recipient; the 2008 Section Junior Golf Leader; and the 2010 Southern Massachusetts Chapter Golf Professional of the Year. From 2004 through 2007, Bain was selected by U.S. Kids Golf as one of the Top 50 Kids Teachers in America.
Among the many growth of the game efforts Bain initiated or supported include instructing free veterans clinics at the West Roxbury VA Hospital once a week during the past two seasons. He also has assisted in the creation of the Northeast Accessible Golf Association promotional video.
Bain lives in Walpole, Mass., and is the father of a daughter, Abigail, 8.
Brian Bain, the PGA head professional at Robert T. Lynch Municipal Golf Course in Brookline, Mass., who has dedicated his career to innovative programs throughout the New England PGA Section that include reconnecting golfers who may have stepped away from the game, is the recipient of the 2011 President's Plaque.
Bain, 39, is a 12-year member of The PGA of America and is the first member of the New England PGA Section to be named recipient of the President's Plaque, which was established in 1982, and in 2006 became a special award that supports Play Golf America initiatives.
Born in Boston, Bain attended Bryant University in North Smithfield, Mass., and competed on the golf team before graduating in 1995 and turning professional that year.
A hockey player throughout his youth, Bain was introduced to golf at age 16 by his uncle, who purchased tickets for them to attend the 1988 U.S. Open at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass.
He found a job in the bag room at Walpole (Mass.) Country Club and through his work and observing players there, began to take up the game.
Since 2005, Bain has led five free golf clinics in the spring and five in the fall for 10 students in a Brookline After School Program. That program is but one of a variety of golf instruction initiatives to serve Brookline area youth.
The past two years, Bain has served on the national PGA Junior Golf Committee, a period also where he has been chair of the New England PGA Section Growth of the Game Committee.
This year, Bain created a partnership between the New England PGA and the Boston Health and Fitness Expo, where Section Professionals last June provided hundreds of free lessons to patrons.
Since 2007, Bain has conducted clinics for Executive Women's Golf Association (EWGA) members and incorporated Link Up 2 Golf and Get Golf Ready Classes.
Bain is a three-time (2006, '09, '10) New England PGA President's Plaque award recipient; the 2008 Section Junior Golf Leader; and the 2010 Southern Massachusetts Chapter Golf Professional of the Year. From 2004 through 2007, Bain was selected by U.S. Kids Golf as one of the Top 50 Kids Teachers in America.
Among the many growth of the game efforts Bain initiated or supported include instructing free veterans clinics at the West Roxbury VA Hospital once a week during the past two seasons. He also has assisted in the creation of the Northeast Accessible Golf Association promotional video.
Bain lives in Walpole, Mass., and is the father of a daughter, Abigail, 8.