Peggy Gustafson, LPGA Golf Professional

Proficient School of Golf at Hackberry Golf Club - Houston, Texas
Houston Golf Practice Range - Houston, Texas

As both a player and instructor, Peggy Gustafson has become proficient at golf. She entered the golf industry after graduating from Houston Baptist University in 1981 with a degree in Recreation and History. Beginning her career as a teaching professional and pro shop manager at the Houston Golf Academy, she then went on to became the first woman professional on staff at Pine Forest Country Club.
In 1988, Peggy won the Pecan Grove Classic, a Futures Tour event. She qualified and competed in both the 1989 and 1993 US Women's Open, won the 1995 and 1996 Top-Flite/Etonic LPGA Team Classic Pro-Am, placed second in the 1998 Colorado Women's Open, and competed in the 1998 McDonalds LPGA Tour Championship. She was the 1995 LPGA T&CP National Long Drive Champion, and is currently the 1998 LPGA T&CP Central Section Champion, having placed second in 1988 and 1996. In addition, she has competed and placed in many other LPGA Section and National tournaments.
Peggy has taught golf on all levels. She has developed and conducted successful beginning and intermediate women's golf clinics, 1, 2 and 3 day golf schools, created Golf Fore Dummies and First Time Out, a program for new golfers. She is an instructor at the nationally recognized Gillette LPGA Women's Golf Clinic in Houston and Dallas, and the Crayola LPGA Tour Junior Golf Clinic prior to the JC Penney's LPGA Skins Game at Stonebriar Country Club in Frisco, TX. In addition, Peggy has conducted clinics for the Executive Women's Golf League, Professional Business Women's Golf Network, and Ladies Playing Golf. She is a featured participant in Oshman Sporting Goods Women in Sports Week and American Golf's Women's Golf Day.
An LPGA Class A member of the Teaching and Club Professional Division, Peggy was chosen as the 1998 LPGA Central Section Teacher of the Year. A prestigious award annually bestowed to the member who has distinguished herself among her peers in the exclusive area of teaching juniors, seniors, special populations, women's and men's golf, and students of prominence. She is currently an LPGA Member Advisor, National Education Teaching Evaluator, Site Director for the LPGA Girls Golf Club of Houston, and has served as a member of the National and Section Championship committees. Her list of prominent students includes, LPGA T&CP National Champion, Piper Wagner, and some of Houston's top amateurs who have competed on the local state and national level. Peggy is a certified club fitter for Ping, Top-Flite and Golfsmith.
In 1992, Peggy founded Proficient Golf as a means for providing a variety of programs to golfers whether they are trying golf for the first time or simply trying to improve their game. The school has instruction programs designed for beginners that provide superior instruction in a non-threatening and enjoyable environment, and programs catering to the intermediate or advanced player with private instruction, video analysis and on course play.