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John Dipollina / PGA Director of Golf

2022 - Secretary - Connecticut Section PGA
2020 & 2022 - Top 50 Kids Coaches - U.S. Kids Golf

2019, 2020, 2021 & 2022-#GAMECHANGER Award Winner - PGA Jr. League
2020, 2021 & 2022 - Top 100 Growth of the Game Teaching Professionals - GRAA
2019 - Youth Player Development Award Winner - Connecticut Section PGA

John came to Lyman Orchards in 2018 from The Hartford Golf Club in West Hartford, CT.   John was able to learn what it takes to excel as an instructor, merchandiser, club fitter, tournament coordinator, as well as provide a high level of customer service.  John has brought all of those traits as well as exceptional leadership and high organizational skills to Lyman Orchards.

John resurrected the PGA Jr. League program in 2018 and now can boast Lyman Orchards as the largest program in the eastern time zone with 258 participants in 2022, the 4th biggest group in the United States.  His recent accolades as Youth Player Development Award Winner, Top 50 Kids Coaches in World in 2020 & 2022 and multiple Top 100 Growth of the Game Teaching Professionals are all reflections of the professionalism as well as success of Lyman Junior Golf.

What got John into Golf: “My Dad brought home a rickety set of clubs with some old used golf balls one day and hung them in the garage. He knew I loved mini-golf and thought maybe I’d enjoy real golf.  Shortly there after I cut 9 holes in the back yard with a potting shovel and made my very own course.”

Biggest Career Influences:  “I’ve been lucky to work under some tremendously talented professionals both in and out of golf.  Working for four years at The University of Connecticut’s Women’s Basketball Office, Geno Auriemma and his staff taught me what it takes to be a winner and how much organization it takes to be your very best on a regular basis.  In the golf world I've had the pleasure of working for 2013 LPGA Professional of the Year Kammy Maxfeldt of Birchwood CC, three-time CT PGA Teacher of the Year George Connor, CT PGA Hall of Fame Member Jack McConachie of Pine Valley GC and PGA Head Golf Professional Joe Connerton who is now the head golf professional at The Round Hill Club in Greenwich, CT.  These professionals have helped shape my career and I'm blessed to have them be part of my life."

jdipollina@lymangolf.com
Lesson OptionsSingle5-Pack*10-Pack**
Adult Lesson 50 Min $125 $565 $1065
Junior Lesson 50 Min $125 $565 $1065
Group of 2 - 50 Min $180 $810 -
Group of 3 - 50 Min $220 $990 -
Group of 4 - 50 Min $250 $1125 -
*5 Lesson Package includes four 50 minute lessons and one 90 minute playing lesson.
** 10 Lesson Package includes eight 50 minute lessons and two 90 minute playing lessons.

Marissa Kulig Crow / LPGA Class A Professional

Director of Women's Instruction
2022 - National Professional of the Year - LPGA
2021 - National Teacher of the Year - LPGA
2022 - Northeast Section Professional of the Year - LPGA
2021 & 2022 - Top 100 Growth of the Game Teaching Professionals - GRAA
2021 & 2022 - Award Winner - Golf Fitness Association of America
2022 - Northeast Section Professional of the Year - LPGA
2019 & 2021 - Northeast Section Teacher of the Year - LPGA

Marissa Kulig Crow enters her 11th season as a teaching professional here at Lyman Orchards. Marissa is a Class A LPGA Teaching Professional who has been named National Professional of the Year by the LPGA in 2022 and National Teacher of the Year by the LPGA in 2021. 

Marissa and Lyman Orchards have built the most successful women’s golf program in the northeast and one of the biggest and best in the United States with well over 1000 women attending the program in 2021 and over 250 women playing in the golf league. Since Marissa started the program at Lyman Orchards in 2013, over 5,000 female participants have gone through her Golf Fore Women program.

Marissa has been in the golf business for the majority of her life with positions ranging from greens keeper, head golf professional, to general manager. She has been a member of the LPGA Teaching & Club Professional Division since 2001.

Marissa is part of the Callaway Golf staff and is excited and proud to represent the brand. She looks forward to offering club fittings and plays tournament golf. She is a Certified Putting Instructor with Frankly Golf.  Marissa completed her Level II certification with Katherine Robert's Yoga For Golfers. Incorporating yoga into her instruction will complement her style of teaching perfectly and will positively benefit everyone.

In addition to her tenure at Lyman Orchards she served as a golf instructor for the acclaimed Jane Blalock’s Golf For Women Clinics for five seasons and has instructed Executive Women’s Golf Association (EWGA) clinics for nine years (2003-2012).

Marissa is a graduate of Springfield Technical Community College with an Associate degree in Business Administration where she competed on the Men’s Golf Team. In 1996 she qualified to compete in the NJCAA Nationals in NC. She transferred to Bryant College in 1997 where she captained the women’s golf team. In 1997 and 1998, Marissa played as an amateur in the Friendly’s Classic which was an LPGA Tour event held at Crestview Country Club in Agawam, MA. In 1999, Marissa won the EWGA Springfield/Western MA Chapter Championship at Oak Ridge GC and continued on to win 1st place, low gross in the Sectional Championship at the Orchards Golf Club in South Hadley, MA.

Marissa is originally from Granby, MA and resides with her husband Chris and son, Daniel Henry in Westfield, MA.

mcrow@lymangolf.com
Lesson OptionsSingle5-Packs*10-Pack**
Adult Lesson 50 Min $200 $950 $1800
Junior Lesson 50 Min $200 $950 $1800
Group of 2 - 50 Min $250 $1200 -
Group of 3 - 50 Min $330 $1575 -
Group of 4 - 50 Min $380 $1800 -
*5 Lesson Package includes five 50 minute lessons, at least one of which is on course.
** 10 Lesson Package includes ten 50 minute lessons,at least two of which are on course.
Golf Fitness Association of America Award

Jon Wilson / PGA Class A Professional

2020 Player Development Award Winner - Connecticut Section PGA

Head Men's & Women's Golf Coach - Wesleyan University

Jon has been part of the Lyman Orchards family since 2013 and is known as one of the best golf coaches for people as shapes, sizes, backgrounds and experience levels.

Jon has developed the Playing Through program which invites men specifically to the game of golf. Playing Through consists of five levels, each graduating to the next. In 2019, Playing Through brought nearly 100 students to Lyman Orchards to learn the game in a clinic style fashion.

Jon has been a fixture in the New Haven community and has been the owner and director of the Sound Approach Golf Academy and Studio in Madison since 2004. He is the former PGA Head Golf Professional at Oronoque Country Club in Stratford, Laurel View Country Club in Hamden, and the Alling Memorial Golf Course in New Haven. Jon was the Women’s Golf Coach at Yale University from 1983-1987.

In 1999 Jon was named National Golf Professional of the Year by the Arnold Palmer Golf Management Company. Jon has also been a recipient of the PGA Junior Golf Leader Award from the Connecticut PGA. Jon served on the Connecticut Section Board in 1992. That same year he was asked to coordinate and conduct a golf clinic and exhibition for the City of Boston with Tiger Woods and his father Earl Woods.

Jon currently is the head coach of Wesleyan University's Women's Golf Team. He has also coached the Daniel Hand High School Girl’s Golf Team in Madison. He is the Golf Professional for the Shoreline Golf Society. Jon has been an Instructor for the First Tee of Connecticut since its inception.

jwilson@lymangolf.com
Lesson OptionsSingle5-Pack*10-Pack**
Adult Lesson 50 Min $120 $540 $1000
Junior Lesson 50 Min $120 $540 $1000
Group of 2 - 50 Min $160 $720 -
Group of 3 - 50 Min $210 $945 -
Group of 4 - 50 Min $240 $1080 -
*5 Lesson Package includes five 50 minute lessons, at least one of which is on course.
** 10 Lesson Package includes ten 50 minute lessons,at least two of which are on course.

Alex Cavaliere / PGA Class A Professional


Alex is in his second year with Team Lyman Orchards in 2023. In August 2022, Alex graduated from Penn State University with a major from its Professional Golf Management program, where research on the biomechanics of the golf swing serves as a cornerstone of the curriculum. He completed additional coursework to earn minor degrees and certificates from Penn State in four areas: Kinesiology, Sports Studies, Business, and Event Management.

Along with his designation as a PGA Teaching & Coaching Specialist, his additional golf teaching and coaching designations include the Titleist Performance Institute’s Body-Swing ConnectionTM Level 1 Certification and Level 2 Certifications in four areas: Fitness, Golf, Power, and Junior Player Development. Alex is also an Operation 36 Certified Pro, a U.S. Kids Certified Coach, SuperSpeed Level 3 Certified, Boditrak Level 1 Certified and holds a National Coach Certification from the Human Kinetics Coach Education Center. He has experience with SNAG®, Trackman, K-MOTION, and K-VEST.

Alex started playing golf when he was five years old. He competed on the U.S. Kids and Connecticut Junior PGA Tours, as well as on a PGA Jr. League team under the direction of award-winning teacher and past-PGA of America President Suzy Whaley. Alex was active at First Tee - Connecticut for 14 seasons as a program participant and junior golf instructor/coach. He became the first in Connecticut to achieve First Tee’s highest level of certification and was named a National Scholar. As a four-year member of the Xavier High School Golf Team, Alex served as co-captain for the CIAC 2018 Varsity Boys’ Division I/Southern Connecticut Conference Championship team.

acavaliere@lymangolf.com
Lesson OptionsSingle5-Pack*10-Pack**
Adult Lesson 50 Min $110 $475 $800
Junior Lesson 50 Min $90 $425 $700
Group of 2 - 50 Min $150 $600 -
Group of 3 - 50 Min $210 $840 -
Group of 4 - 50 Min $240 $960 -
*5 Lesson Package includes five 50 minute lessons, at least one of which is on course.
** 10 Lesson Package includes ten 50 minute lessons,at least two of which are on course.

Jason Gobleck / PGA Class A Professional

2022 - Player Development Award Winner - Connecticut Section PGA
2021 - Senior Player of the Year - Connecticut Section PGA 
2021 - Senior PGA Professional Champion - Connecticut Section PGA

Jason joined Team Lyman in 2020. Jason is a Class A PGA Professional with 25 years of teaching and head professional experience. For 16 years Jason was the head golf professional at Westchester Hills Golf Club in White Plains NY. Jason was only the 4th head golf professional hired since the club’s start in 1913. During his time there, Jason was responsible for overseeing all aspects of golf operations at this prestigious member owned private club. Jason’s focus was creating a friendly and welcoming environment for all members and guests.

Aside from running a demanding men’s program at Westchester Hills, Jason created many successful teaching programs there. He was responsible for building ladies and youth participation that did not exist prior to his arrival. Jason enhanced an active 9-hole and 18-hole Ladies program as well as a junior program including after school clinics, summer camps, while coaching the PGA Junior League teams. These programs created an environment that encouraged young girls and boys to start and continue with participation in the golf community. Many of Jason’s juniors went on to play collegiate golf. He enjoyed teaching large groups as well and had an active corporate following. His “Ladies On The Course” lessons and corporate clinics were always a crowd favorite.

After a move to the Connecticut PGA Section in 2019, Jason has continued to compete in local and regional PGA tournaments. He also enjoys traveling with members and amateurs to Pro-Am tournaments. Jason’s accomplishments include winning the 2021 Connecticut PGA Senior Professional Championship, five Metropolitan Section PGA events and a US Open local qualifying medalist. Jason has also recorded (4) hole-in-one scores.

After sixteen years in Ridgefield, CT and very busy careers, Jason and his wife Mary Kate wanted a more family focused lifestyle and decided on a move to the Shoreline from Fairfield County. Jason, Mary Kate and their three children ages sixteen to seven years old now are settled in and reside in Madison.

jgobleck@lymangolf.com
Lesson OptionsSingle5-Pack*10-Pack**
Adult Lesson 50 Min $120 $540 $1000
Junior Lesson 50 Min $120 $540 $1000
Group of 2 - 50 Min $160 $720 -
Group of 3 - 50 Min $210 $945 -
Group of 4 - 50 Min $240 $1080 -
*5 Lesson Package includes five 50 minute lessons, at least one of which is on course.
** 10 Lesson Package includes ten 50 minute lessons,at least two of which are on course.

Andra Frappier / LPGA Apprentice Professional

Head Women's Golf Coach - Trinity College

Andra Frappier enters her seventh year as a coach here at Lyman Orchards.  Andra is an integral part to Marissa Crow's Golf Fore Women program and co-directs both the PGA Jr. League program alongside John Dipollina and the Lyman Junior Golf Camp alongside Dan Hannibal.

In addition to her outstanding work as a coach here at Lyman, Andra is the Head Golf Coach at Trinity College in Hartford, CT.  Andra is a four-year letter winner as a Division 1 student/athlete at Fairleigh Dickinson University. She found success during those years carding multiple top-10 finishes including the Rutgers Invitational and the College of William & Mary tournament at Kingsmill. This exposure gave her the opportunity to play golf all across the country competing in states such as Texas, Arizona, Virginia and California.  Andra competes annually in both the Connecticut Open and Hartford Women's Open tournaments where she has had several successful finishes in past years.

Andra is currently an apprentice of the LPGA Certification Program. Andra thoroughly enjoys all aspects of the golf business whether it be coaching oriented or simply interacting with other golfers here in The Golf Center. Andra looks forward sharing her passion, enthusiasm and expertise with golfers both young and old this season once again.

afrappier@lymangolf.com
Lesson OptionsSingle5-Packs*10-Pack**
Adult Lesson - 50 Min $110 $475 $900
Junior Lesson - 50 Min $110 $475 $900
Group of 2 - 50 Min $150 $600 -
Group of 3 - 50 Min $210 $840 -
Group of 4 - 50 Min $240 $960 -
*5 Lesson Package includes five 50 minute lessons, at least one of which is on course.
** 10 Lesson Package includes ten 50 minute lessons,at least two of which are on course.

Dan Hannibal / PGA Associate Professional

Dan Hannibal joined Lyman Orchards in 2019 and has proved to be an asset to the club, specifically in the area of junior golf.  Dan co-directs the Lyman Junior Golf Camp alongside Andra Frappier, captains his own PGA Jr. League team in addition to his private lesson agenda.

Dan is a proud alumnus of Methodist University in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Dan graduated with his bachelor’s degree in business administration and a concentration in Professional Golf Management in 2010.

As part of the Professional Golf Management program, Dan completed four internships. In 2007, he worked at Great River Golf Club in Milford, Connecticut learning all aspects of running the golf shop and helping with junior camps and clinics. In 2008, Dan was employed at Old Greenwood Resort in North Lake Tahoe, California. In 2009, Dan held a position at Grand Traverse Resort & Spa in Traverse City, Michigan. Dan completed his final 7-month internship at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts working in all areas of the operation including outside operations, tournament management, and junior golf.

Dan’s first position as an assistant golf professional was at The Patterson Club in Fairfield, Connecticut from 2011-2012. In the off-season, he gained a foundation for his teaching at the Jim McLean Golf School at Doral in Miami, Florida. Most recently, Dan was the junior golf director and assistant golf professional at Vesper Country Club in Tyngsboro, Massachusetts and golf coach at The Golf Performance Center in Ridgefield, CT. Dan now resides in Trumbull, Connecticut.

dhannibal@lymangolf.com
Lesson OptionsSingle5-Packs*10-Pack**
Adult Lesson - 50 Min $100 $450 $850
Junior Lesson - 50 Min $85 $385 $725
Group of 2 - 50 Min $130 $585 -
Group of 3 - 50 Min $160 $720 -
Group of 4 - 50 Min $190 $855 -
*5 Lesson Package includes five 50 minute lessons, at least one of which is on course.
** 10 Lesson Package includes ten 50 minute lessons,at least two of which are on course.

Suzi Caprise / LPGA Class A Professional

Suzi joins team Lyman from April through October as our addition to our award-winning team of instructors.  As a LPGA Class A Teaching Professional with over 20 years of experience, Suzi has taught at a number of country clubs and golf facilities in Florida, New York, North Carolina and Arizona.  Suzi will play an integral role in both Golf Fore Women and PGA Jr. League programming here at Lyman Orchards.

Suzi's teaching approach is based upon the student’s goals, physical abilities and their individual learning styles. Incorporating these elements allows her to determine a plan and an approach for each student to actualize their potential. Instruction includes use of technology to include, video analysis, Trackman and Flight Scope. Using clear and effective communication as well as my extensive knowledge of the game has made me a successful instructor, coach and mentor.

Suzi's students range from junior golfers, adults of all skill levels and aspiring professionals. Suzi is Certified US Kids Coach, a First Tee Coach and a Positive Coaching Alliance Double Coach.

Originally from Long Island, New York, Suzi is a Palm Beach County resident and a regular guest on the Women in Golf Podcast on Blog Talk Radio.

suzi.caprise@lymangolf.com
Lesson OptionsSingle5-Packs*10-Pack**
Adult Lesson - 50 Min $120 $540 $1000
Junior Lesson - 50 Min $120 $540 $1000
Group of 2 - 50 Min $160 $720 -
Group of 3 - 50 Min $210 $945 -
Group of 4 - 50 Min $240 $1080 -
*5 Lesson Package includes five 50 minute lessons, at least one of which is on course.
** 10 Lesson Package includes ten 50 minute lessons, at least two of which are on course.

Jack McConachie, PGA

2012: Teacher of the Year - Connecticut Section PGA
2008: Golf Professional of the Year - - Connecticut Section PGA
2001: Connecticut Senior Open Champion
1984: Connecticut Open Champion
1978-2016: Head Golf Professional - Pine Valley Golf Club, Southington, CT



Jack McConachie joined Team Lyman in 2021 and returns in 2022 with his lifetime of knowledge when it comes to the game of golf.  Jack is a Connecticut Section PGA Hall of Fame Member who simply loves the game of golf. Jack has had nearly 50 years of coaching under his belt and takes pride in making every player that he works with a little bit better with every lesson that is conducted. Jack still competes regularly on the CT PGA Tournament schedule shooting his age on multiple occasions.

Lesson OptionsSingle5-Pack*10-Pack**
Adult Lesson 50 Min $120 $540 $1000
Junior Lesson 50 Min $120 $540 $1000
Group of 2 - 50 Min $160 $720 -
Group of 3 - 50 Min $210 $945 -
Group of 4 - 50 Min $240 $1080 -
*5 Lesson Package includes four 50 minute lessons and one 90 minute playing lesson.
** 10 Lesson Package includes eight 50 minute lessons and two 90 minute playing lessons.

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