Improvement meets enjoyment
Many fine golf courses are home to respected golf academies. Seldom will you find an academy and a course that join forces as well as River Pines and its Mike Perpich-run Teaching Center. Named the 2010 Golf Course of the Year in Georgia by a national course-owners
association, RiverPines was built by childhood friends Roger Miers and the late Toby Chapin. Working off a business plan that was notably ahead of its time, the owners knew from the start that a full-time, dedicated teaching specialist would be part of their appeal to area golfers.
In the 2010 magazine article recognizing the club's award, Roger gave this statement: "There are no employees here, just team members. We work extremely hard developing a team concept so that every person who sets foot on this beautiful 186-acre piece of land feels like this is their club." He made a telling comment about RiverPInes staff people, from the golf shop to the grill to the practice complex to the crew out on the greens: " Our full-time and part-time team members don't worry about departmental boundaries," Roger explained. "We help each other wherever and whenever the need arises."
Mike Perpich immediately found a home when he arrived in 1999. Mike's students are enthusiastic about playing the Denis Griffiths-designed championship course and the 9-hole par-3 course also Griffiths-designed. Likewise, the regular RiverPines player is reassured knowing world-class instruction from one of America's very top teaching professionals is steps away at the Learning Center.
association, RiverPines was built by childhood friends Roger Miers and the late Toby Chapin. Working off a business plan that was notably ahead of its time, the owners knew from the start that a full-time, dedicated teaching specialist would be part of their appeal to area golfers.In the 2010 magazine article recognizing the club's award, Roger gave this statement: "There are no employees here, just team members. We work extremely hard developing a team concept so that every person who sets foot on this beautiful 186-acre piece of land feels like this is their club." He made a telling comment about RiverPInes staff people, from the golf shop to the grill to the practice complex to the crew out on the greens: " Our full-time and part-time team members don't worry about departmental boundaries," Roger explained. "We help each other wherever and whenever the need arises."
Mike Perpich immediately found a home when he arrived in 1999. Mike's students are enthusiastic about playing the Denis Griffiths-designed championship course and the 9-hole par-3 course also Griffiths-designed. Likewise, the regular RiverPines player is reassured knowing world-class instruction from one of America's very top teaching professionals is steps away at the Learning Center.