v Background
Trillium is a certified golf instructor whose reputation is founded both on her solid knowledge of the swing and her simple yet effective communication style. Combine that with a positive personality, she has distinguished herself as a truly effective teacher to all ages and ability levels. It is her belief that successful golf is not only about technique, but also good course management, sound practice methods and a solid mental game - and this is what make her programs so successful. By the age of eight, Trillium was swinging a club and and was soon after competing in junior tournaments. Her love of all things athletic led her to excel in many sports*. However, golf was always her first true loveand it's no surprise that with her passion for golf and teaching she turned toward instruction.
She has taught over 1,000 hours of private instruction to a wide array of students. Outside of teaching she constantly works to improve her instructional skills and breadth of knowledge by taking lessons herself and studying the games greatest. Her biggest influence has been Jim McLean, 1994 PGA Teacher of the Year and teacher to many PGA Tour players. She has also spent time with widely recognized teachers such as Lynn Marriott, Pia Nilsson, Chris Toulson, Debbie Crews Ketterling, Ph.D, Jared Isaacs, Joseph Parent, Ph.D, Michael Hunt and Top 100 teachers: Bob Toski, Ted Sheftic, Jason Carbone, and Top 50 teachers, David Glenz and Carl Welty. Trillium is based in Washington DC where she is the Teaching Professional at the Chevy Chase Club. Her formal training is through the Jim McLean Golf School where she continues to teach during the winter months as a Master Instructor. She is a class A PGA member and is also certified through the LPGA through their coaching program as well as the Titleist Performance Institute in their golf fitness program. She has made regular appearences as a golf analyst on Stone Cold Sports and on radio program, Sprawl Talk. She attended Choate Rosemary Hall and Pitzer College, one of the Claremont Colleges, located in Los Angeles. In her spare time she enjoys reading. *In college she chose lacrosse over golf and eventually captained her team both Junior and Senior year where she earned high scorer and most assists respectively. In 2000, she scored the winning goal in overtime putting her team into the final four against Stanford, UC Davis and UCLA. During her four years, she was named onto the North v. South Team four times, Southern California's National Team twice, and the USA West All-Star Team which toured Japan in 2000.
My short list of favorite golf books...
Grounds for Golf: The History and Fundamentals of Golf Course Design, Geoff Shackelford
Dave Pelz's Short Game Bible, Dave Pelz
Golf: The Art of the Mental Game, Dr. Joseph Parent
Zen in the Art of Archery, Eugen Herrigel
With Winning In Mind, Lanny Bassham
The Eight Step Swing, Jim McLean
The Inner Game of Golf, Timothy Gallwey
The Golf Swing Simplified, John Jacobs
Butch Harmon's Playing Lessons, Butch Harmon
Training a Tiger, Earl Woods
Search for the Perfect Swing, Alastair Cochran & John Stobbs
Golf: Energy In Motion, Debbie Crews Ketterling, Ph.D.
Homer Kelley's Golfing Machine, Homer Kelley
Harvey Penick's Little Red Book, Harvey Penick
My Story, Jack Nicklaus
Every Shot Must Have a Purpose, Lynn Marriott & Pia Nilsson
On the Sweet Spot, Dr. Richard Keefe
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Official Lifetime Four-Leaf Clover Count
Date of last clover found:
September 8, 2009
The Central Chapter of the Mid-Atlantic Section of the PGA held the annual fall meeting and hosted a Pro-Assistant Tournament afterwards. It was a very full event and provided ample time waiting between shots.
Needless to say, I encountered a four leaf clover.. or in this case, three.
* Three of the total number were five leaf clovers.
