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Jake Bader
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About Jake
Jake Bader, PGA, is a second-generation PGA Member and Director of Player Development for Portland Parks Golf, overseeing instruction at Heron Lakes, Rose City, Eastmoreland, and Colwood Golf Center. A PGA Magazine Top 100 Growth of the Game Teaching Professional for 2022, 2023, and 2024, and two-time Oregon PGA Youth and Player Development Award winner (2019 & 2020), he has been teaching across public, private, resort, and indoor facilities in the Pacific Northwest and beyond since 1996.
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