KRISTA DUNTON
Director of Instruction, Berkeley Hall, Okatie, South Carolina
YEARS TEACHING: 26
MENTORS/COACHES
Jim Hardy, Mike Adams
AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
- LPGA National Teacher of the Year, 2002
- New Jersey PGA Teacher of the Year, 2001
- PGA Carolinas Teacher of the Year, 2006
CHARITY AND COMMUNITY
- First Tee of Hilton Head
- Hilton Head Baseball Association Board Member
- Sea Pines Montessori Board Member
- Adaptive Golf of Beaufort, SC Instructor
Why I Teach: I believe the art to teaching is knowing what to change and what to leave alone. I pride myself in understanding all the factors in one’s golf swing and understanding those that steepen impact and those that shallow an impact. Understanding that is key to being able to pick the one or two items that will help the player play better golf immediately and not have to overhaul their golf swing. People quit because thy are not improving. Our job as instructors is to help a student play better golf right now, not months from now.
