Introducing the
9 yards golf Academy

14-year Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) veteran Missie Berteotti achieved great things as a collegiate and professional golfer.

Missie earned over 1 million dollars and earned her win at the Ping Welch’s Classic in 1993 and placed in the top 10 in all the majors; The Dinah Shore, The British Open, The LPGA Championship, and the US Women’s Open.

After retiring from the tour to return to Pittsburgh to raise her son, she spent her working time as a golf coach, and the underlying core of all of her coaching is found in her book, The Mental Mastery Program™  Missie has a passion to share these hard earned life’s lessons with her students. She is most proud of the relationships she has built with her students and the freedom and belief she helped them build for themselves in their golf games. In 2015, she and her co-founder, business -woman Sue McMurdy, also formed the Business Golf Academy for business women to take on golf as another tool in their efforts to advance their business career. Advocacy for women is a commitment in Missie’s life. She has had so many opportunities to meet and interact with men and women leaders on the golf course.

Whatever the subject, Missie is most happy and gets energized in the role of coaching and educating others and has always gone the extra distance to make sure her coaching makes a positive impact. Missie continues to live in Pittsburgh with her family and the community she loves. 

John is currently a teaching professional at Washington Country Club, Pomykala’s driving range and The Swing Lab at Waynesburg University.  John has been playing golf since his junior days, where he was ranked a top 10 junior golfer in the world during high school.  He attended the University of Maryland where he was an all American and all ACC golfer.  John turned professional in 2011 and has competed in numerous professional tournaments, even achieving second stage of the US Open qualifying twice.  John even holds the low score at Washington Country Club at 60!

John is currently offering youth and adult classes, and is available for one on one private lessons.