Elite Players Association

The Elite Player’s Association of Michigan is an association of the state’s best golfers interested in becoming better competitors. Emphasis of the association is improved competitiveness through greater understanding of golf equipment, quality instruction, and networking with other elite players.

Qualification for membership is participation in GAM or USGA events (including qualifying events) within the past 2 years.

Please read on to learn how the Association can potentially make you a better competitor, who the sponsors are, answers to questions you may have, and what you need to do to join. If you would like to speak with someone about the Association, call 877-973-9005 ext 704.

Association Sponsors – The Kendall Academy and Miles of Golf

Kendall Academy of Golf

The Kendall Academy is Michigan’s largest teaching academy. It is staffed with 5 PGA affiliated instructors and one LGPA instructor. They have won numerous awards for the quality of their instruction. Dave Kendall has been named the Michigan PGA Instructor of the year two times.

Lessons at the Kendall Academy are given at the Miles of Golf practice facility. The Kendall instruction studios allow students to hit shots out onto the range from tees that are protected from the elements and are heated. Each studio is equipped with the latest video equipment and software. Every Kendall instructor utilizes video, and it is an integral part of each lesson.

To get you acquainted with the Academy, they are offering association members a 30-minute player evaluation and will download the video from that session to your computer. There is no cost for this evaluation but you must call to make an appointment.

Miles of Golf

Miles has been a Golf World Business top 100 golf shop since 1999 and is considered one the best club fitting shops in the country. The golf shop is a custom club fitting account for Titleist, Callaway, Taylor Made, Nike, Ping, Mizuno, Cleveland, Cobra, Adams, and Ben Hogan. These companies have recognized Miles as one of their best club fitting accounts in the nation.

Club fitting at Miles takes place in the Cluboratory, a club testing and fitting facility dedicated solely for this purpose with an inventory of over $150,000 of clubs to test. For example, there are 27 Titleist Drivers with varying shafts and lofts to test. What is unique about working in The Cluboratory is the ability to test clubs and shafts from all the major manufacturers out of one facility. The Cluboratory allows players to hit shots onto the Miles range from tees that are protected from the elements and are heated. Club-fitters at Miles are very experienced and thoroughly trained. Fittings for the better players use the latest launch monitors for measuring distance, ball speed, launch angle, and spin. Club- fitters who know how to interpret the data to make intelligent equipment decisions analyze these results

Miles Club Fitting Staff

To help you get acquainted with the Miles of Golf shop, they are offering members a driver fitting that will analyze your present driver. The session utilizes a launch monitor that will measure your ball speed, launch angle, and spin and determine advantages, if any, from changing these launch conditions. This analysis will be brutally honest and is not a setup to sell you a new driver if your current driver cannot be improved upon. There is no cost for this evaluation, but you must call to make an appointment.

To join the Elite Player’s Association of Michigan, fill out an application.

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