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Congrats Erik Barzeski (iacas)! Golf Digest Best Young Teachers In America

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7 hours ago, Shindig said:

Congratulations Erik;  very well deserved.  The good parts of my golf game owe quite a bit to you. 

Thank you. Honestly hearing things like that means more than being on a list somewhere.

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Congrats to TST founder and owner Erik J. Barzeski (@iacas) on making the list for the Golf Digest Best Young Teachers in America under 40! Well deserved and about time! I'm raising a can of Cherry Co

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thanks for keeping us all updated on the today's rule changes - I would assume that many others like myself might otherwise be unaware of them, or at least unclear on them. Just felt like this post be

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Thank you. Honestly, things like this - displays of gratitude and congratulations - here and elsewhere mean more to me than being on the list itself. I hope to meet you sometime here as well

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So I have no idea how I missed this.  Congratulations on something well deserved.  There is no doubt in my mind that I would be nowhere near as good of a golfer without your help. Not to mention how much more knowledge you've given me to understand aspects of the game I didn't even know existed.  You've given us way more than we can put into words.  I hope to get down to Erie and thank you in person some day (well and get a lesson of course). :-)

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thanks for keeping us all updated on the today's rule changes - I would assume that many others like myself might otherwise be unaware of them, or at least unclear on them. Just felt like this post belongs in this thread. 

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21 hours ago, Jakester23 said:

So I have no idea how I missed this.  Congratulations on something well deserved.  There is no doubt in my mind that I would be nowhere near as good of a golfer without your help. Not to mention how much more knowledge you've given me to understand aspects of the game I didn't even know existed.  You've given us way more than we can put into words.  I hope to get down to Erie and thank you in person some day (well and get a lesson of course). :-)

Thank you.

Honestly, things like this - displays of gratitude and congratulations - here and elsewhere mean more to me than being on the list itself.

I hope to meet you sometime here as well.

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thanks for keeping us all updated on the today's rule changes - I would assume that many others like myself might otherwise be unaware of them, or at least unclear on them. Just felt like this post belongs in this thread. 

I appreciate that, too. I am actually a little surprised at how quickly the discussion there died down. :-) 

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Erik J. Barzeski — ⛳ I knock a ball. It goes in a gopher hole. 🏌🏼‍♂️
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6 minutes ago, iacas said:

I appreciate that, too. I am actually a little surprised at how quickly the discussion there died down. :-) 

As you were coming out with those posts, I thought to myself how time consuming today it must have been. I have already forwarded some of those posts, particularly the 3 mins lost ball rule, to some of my non-TST buddies who definitely need to be made aware.

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8 minutes ago, woodzie264 said:

As you were coming out with those posts, I thought to myself how time consuming today it must have been. I have already forwarded some of those posts, particularly the 3 mins lost ball rule, to some of my non-TST buddies who definitely need to be made aware.

Tell them to JOIN. Don't just forward them stuff. :-)

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Erik J. Barzeski — ⛳ I knock a ball. It goes in a gopher hole. 🏌🏼‍♂️
Director of Instruction Golf Evolution • Owner, The Sand Trap .com • Author, Lowest Score Wins
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28 minutes ago, iacas said:

Tell them to JOIN. Don't just forward them stuff. :-)

been trying for years....they're just lazy pieces of poo  :poo:  Although I am bringing one to the DC event in May

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Just seeing this -- this is just friggin great and very well deserved -- congrats to you Erik

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15 hours ago, BallStriker said:

Just seeing this -- this is just friggin great and very well deserved -- congrats to you Erik

Thank you. I appreciate it.

Just doing what I do.

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Erik J. Barzeski — ⛳ I knock a ball. It goes in a gopher hole. 🏌🏼‍♂️
Director of Instruction Golf Evolution • Owner, The Sand Trap .com • Author, Lowest Score Wins
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Been a while since I've visited TST (sorry!), but this is great. Not been able to benefit directly (wrong side of The Pond!), but this site is a fabulous knowledge base, full of honest and informative content/discussion, and most of that is down to @iacas. It's great that you're so willing to give of what you know and have learnt via this and other outlets, for nothing.

Congratulations on the formal acknowledgment of what you do for the love of the sport and those playing it....or trying to.

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Never saw this until now either being fairly new around here. 

Didn't know we had a celeb!

Congrats Iacas...quite and achievement and honor.  That's a lot of hard work.

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Thank you, @misty_mountainhop and @Typhoon92. I appreciate it.

Erik J. Barzeski — ⛳ I knock a ball. It goes in a gopher hole. 🏌🏼‍♂️
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Wow, big time congrats! :banana:

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Wow! That's pretty cool!

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On 8/20/2017 at 2:03 AM, paperclip said:

Wow, big time congrats! :banana:

Thank you.

2 minutes ago, Ben said:

Wow! That's pretty cool!

Yes, it's been nice to have the recognition. Thank you.

Erik J. Barzeski — ⛳ I knock a ball. It goes in a gopher hole. 🏌🏼‍♂️
Director of Instruction Golf Evolution • Owner, The Sand Trap .com • Author, Lowest Score Wins
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Dude, that's awesome!!!

Hopefully you don't get too big now...I'm planning on scheduling a dual lesson with you prob in November or December lol

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Thanks Ryan @Slice of Life. And no, my wife and daughter will see to that. ;-)

Erik J. Barzeski — ⛳ I knock a ball. It goes in a gopher hole. 🏌🏼‍♂️
Director of Instruction Golf Evolution • Owner, The Sand Trap .com • Author, Lowest Score Wins
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