![]() ![]() Reflection Bay Golf Club is set on a luxurious lake located 25 minutes east of the Las Vegas Strip. To learn more about Reflection Bay Golf Club, visit or call 70. “He’s taught me about the mental side of golf too and has really helped me develop my chipping and putting skills in the last year.”įor more information about the High Performance Golf Institute, visit. “Craig has just an extremely good short game and he’s helped me improve a lot,” Sarro said. ![]() He followed Barlow to Reflection Bay last summer and continued to perfect his putting and his confidence on the course. Sarro started working with Barlow when he was coaching at Anthem Country Club in Henderson. The 18-year-old captured the individual title at the Class 4a Nevada high school state golf tournament at Somersett Country Club in Reno in a one-hole playoff and led his team to a second consecutive state victory. Sarro, a recent graduate from Coronado High School and upcoming freshman golfer at California Baptist University in Riverside is another one Barlow’s star pupils making an impression on the West Coast. “You’re not taught something like that – you’re born with that.” “Yana is a lion in a sense that she’s super competitive and she wants to beat me every time we play, and she’s only 12 years old,” Barlow said. Wilson said working with Barlow has helped her with preparing for the mental side of the game and has inspired her dream to become one of the top young golfers in the state. The Henderson, Nevada, native has advanced to three regionals in her short career and recently took first place in Augusta, Georgia where she fought in a sudden-death round and claimed the 2019 Drive, Chip and Putt championship in the girls 12- to 13-year-old division. It’s been great for improving my short game, which is something Craig has really helped me with,” said Wilson, 12, who started working with Barlow a year ago. Along with a four-hole training area on the former Falls Golf Course, students are able to hone their skills inside the newly designed hitting bay, featuring TrackMan technology used to perfect even the most seasoned golfer’s swing. ![]() HPGI is made up of more than 100 students, with roughly one-third of the students being adults and two-thirds being juniors. The golf course and all the amenities are truly like nothing else in Las Vegas.” “The Reflection Bay course has offered a great opportunity for Jeff and I to coach using the best possible technology and greens. “We have really enjoyed helping so many of our students in their success this past year,” said Barlow, whose career included 18 years in the PGA and Web.com Tours. The pair are behind a number of young local golfers who have recently stepped into the national spotlight, including 2019 Drive, Chip and Putt champion Yana Wilson and Coronado High School student Michael Sarro, who recently claimed the individual title at the Class 4a Nevada high school state golf tournament. He has earned multiple PGA sectional honors, including the 20 Teacher of the Year.Ī Titleist staff member since 2015, Brandon is also the author of The Putter Book: An Owner's Manual for Your Green Game (2021) and The Wedge Book: An Owner’s Manual for Your Short Game, a #1 Amazon Best Seller in 2016.įor more instruction from Brandon, visit, and follow him on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.In less than a year after opening, the High Performance Golf Institute (HPGI), Reflection Bay Golf Club’s student academy, is already guiding champions under the instruction of PGA pros Craig Barlow and Jeff Gallagher. Since 2010, Brandon has consistently been ranked among the top 10 teachers in both Georgia and Nevada by Golf Digest and he is a member of the magazine’s elite “Best Young Teachers” list. Brandon specializes in competitive player development with focus in the areas of short-game and putting and his students compete at every level from junior golf all the way through national level USGA events and the professional tours. He previously served as the Director of Instruction at the Idle Hour Golf Learning Center in Macon, Ga., as a teaching professional with the Jim McLean Golf School in Miami, FL and as Director of Instruction for the PGA TOUR Academy at TPC Las Vegas. Brandon Stooksbury is the Head Golf Professionl at Metairie Country Club in Metairie, Louisiana. ![]()
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