One of Golf's Top 100 Teachers
Location(s): The Quarry in Naples, Florida
Friar's Head in Baithing Hollow, New York
Years as PGA Pro: 20 Years
Link: http://www.tompatri.com
Phone: (239) 404-7790
Lesson Rates: Please contact me for more info via my site
Career Recognitions, Awards and Highlights: 
One of Golf Magazine’s Top 100 Teachers in America
- 1980-81 NCAA II 1st Team All-American
- 1981 NCAA II National Individual Champion
- 1981 NCAA II National Championship Team Member
- 1981 Owens Corning/ESPN National Amateur Athlete of Week
- 1984 Member South African PGA Tour
- 1992 Inducted into Sunshine State Conference Hall of Fame
- 1993 Inducted into Florida Southern College Hall of Fame
- 1998 Metropolitan PGA Teacher of the Year
- 1999 Golf Digest Top 25 Teacher of New York State
- 2000-09 One of Golf Magazine’s Top 100 Teacher in America
- 2003-05 SW Florida PGA Teacher of the Year
- 2006 South Florida PGA Teacher of the Year
Brief Biography:
About Tom Patri, PGA member
Tom Patri, One of Golf Magazine’s Top 100 Teachers in America, has been on a steady rise in golf’s teaching and coaching arena over the past 30 years. Tom turned professional in 1981 and played competitively for seven years. He was a member of the South African PGA Tour in 1984 and has played in several mini-tours and professional events in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. In 1990, he became Director of Instruction at the prestigious Westchester Country Club in Rye, New York. Tom now resides in Naples, Florida with his wife Denise and son Palmer Jackson. Tom is the Founder and Owner of TP Golf Services, which is based in Naples. During the summer months, he is the Director of Instruction at Friar’s Head on Eastern Long Island, New York. Since 2000 Tom has been ranked one of Golf Magazine’s Top 100 Teachers in America. The Golf Magazine award comes on the heels of being named one of the Top 25 Instructors in New York State in 1999 and 2000 by Golf Digest, being named the 1998 Metropolitan PGA Teacher of the Year, and The South Florida PGA Teacher of the Year in 2006. He was twice named Southwest Florida PGA Teacher of the Year in 2003 and 2006.
Tom was named Owens Corning/ESPN National Amateur Athlete of the Week and the NCAA II National Champion, in 1981, while attending Florida Southern College. Also, Tom was twice named a First Team All- American selection. In 1992 he was inducted into the Sunshine State Conference Hall of Fame and the following year into the Florida Southern College Hall of Fame. He has coached more than 100 PGA Tour, LPGA Tour, and PGA Club Professionals. Tom is also a member of the Titleist Leadership Advisory Staff. He has appeared on The Golf Channel’s Academy Live. His articles have appeared in such noted publications as: Sports Illustrated, Golf Magazine, Golf Digest, Executive Golfer, Golf for Women, Golf Illustrated, Senior Golfer, Petersen’s Golfing, and The Met Golfer. He has been a Golf Columnist for The Naples News since 2007. His first book “The Six Spoke Approach to Better Golf Learning” received high reviews when released in 2003. He is currently working on a second book.
