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Kandi

For the fourth straight year, Kandi has been named a Top 50 Teaching Professional in Golf for Women magazine. Kandi brings to the academy a desire to pass on her skills and love of the game to players of all skill levels, by providing them with a firm knowledge of the basic fundamentals of the game, with a special emphasis on the short game and course management. She brings to her teaching the lessons learned from some excellent mentors, including the late Davis Love, Jr., the father of PGA Tour star Davis Love III, and an outstanding player and coach in his own right. Thanks to their guidance, Kandi developed into one of the finest amateur golfers in the country, culminating in her selection to the U.S. team for the 1986 Curtis Cup, the leading international team competition for women golfers in the world.  Kandi won five Virginia State junior and amateur championships, reached the final eight of several major national match play tournaments, and won two tournaments during her college career at the University of North Carolina, where she graduated with a degree in psychology.

Kandi has extended her knowledge of psychology by working with noted sports psychologist Dr. Bob Rotella, and applies that to her work as a golf instructor. Kandi also qualified for five U.S. Opens, and finished in the top 15 in the 1987 event. She was also recognized as one of the top 10 amateur women golfers in the U.S. by Golf Digest in 1985. The Virginia State Golf Association acknowledged her career accomplishments with a special display, featuring her Curtis Cup jacket, in its Hall of Fame at the Independence Golf Club in Richmond.

During her time on the LPGA and Futures professional circuits, where she recorded two victories, Kandi began to develop her teaching skills. She eventually became the instructor of LPGA Tour star Dottie Pepper, winner of 17 tour events, including two majors. Kandi has subsequently turned her attention to developing up-and-coming talent.  Her roster of junior golfers includes players who have received scholarships from Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, Notre Dame, Michigan State, North Carolina State, Kentucky, East Carolina and William and Mary.  She was selected as the 2005 PGA Junior Golf Leader of the Year, an honor for which she was nominated by her peers and voted on by the board of the PGA Mid-Atlantic region. Thanks to her outstanding record of success, Kandi is now recognized as one of the finest teachers in the game today.