Houston, Texas, is a golf hotbed, hosting several PGA and LPGA tournaments every year. The Shell Houston Open, Stanford Financial Tour Championship, Samsung World Championships, to name a few, all have been held in Houston. The city is also home to many amateur tournaments and a thriving golf industry with a host of beautiful courses leading the charge. Players, young and old, have a score of training facilities and professional instructors to chose from in Houston. The top female instructors in Houston are LPGA-certified and operate out of the cities best facilities.
Deb Vangellow
Deb Vangellow teaches out of Sweetwater Country Club in Sugar Land, Texas, where she is the Director of Instruction. With more than 18 years of experience, Vangellow specializes in swing mechanics, club-fitting and playing lessons. She hosts a variety of clinics for men, women, children and seniors and was named among the top female instructors in the United States by "Golf for Women" magazine in 2006. Vangellow is a graduate of Northern Iowa University and Miami (Ohio) University and coached golf at the collegiate level. She's also a golf writer for several publications.
Deb Vangellow
Director of Instruction
Sweetwater Country Club
4400 Palm Royale Blvd.
Sugar Land, TX 77479
(281) 980-4100
swcclub.com
Betsy Cullen
Betsy Cullen is a three-time winner on the LGPA Tour and a graduate of the University of Oklahoma. As a Houston instructor with more than 20 years of experience, Cullen teaches out of the Pine Forest Country Club. She specializes in club-fitting, instructing men, women, children and seniors. The former student of Harvey Penick was recognized as a top teacher by "Golf" and "Golf for Women" magazines (2006) and is an author and public speaker.
Betsy Cullen
LPGA Golf Instructor
Pine Forest Country Club
18003 Clay Road
Houston, TX 77084
(281) 463-0900
pfcc.com
Juliette Bentz
Juliette Bentz is among the next generation of top female golf instructors in Houston with four years of teaching under her belt. A former Southwest Texas State University golfer, Bentz teaches at Sienna Plantation Golf Club in the southwestern Houston suburb of Missouri City. Bentz runs the junior program at Sienna Plantation and also teaches men and women. She works under PGA professional Neil Wilkins.
Juliette Bentz
Assistant Professional
Sienna Plantation Golf Club
1 Waters Lake Blvd.
Missouri City, TX 77459
(281) 778-GOLF (4653)
siennagolf.com
About The Author
Jim Hagerty is a freelance writer and journalist. In addition to the hundreds of Web-based articles to his credit, he's a staff writer for "The Rock River Times," where he covers arts and entertainment, outdoors and human interest news events. Hagerty holds a Bachelor of Science in public relations and journalism from Northern Michigan University in Marquette.
