Rita Reasons is known as an instructor who motivates her students and educates them to understand the need for strong fundamentals and a focused mindset in order to play their very best golf.
Her passion for golf and her skill as an educator is exhibited in the success of her students and in the successful programs she develops for the Nancy Quarcelino School of Golf.
Rita began her teaching career at the Nancy Quarcelino School of Golf in 1993. She has coached golfers of all levels of ability including collegiate golfers and junior players who compete at the national level. It is her work in the development of the new and avid golfers that has the golf industry seeking her expertise.
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- NQSOG co-owner
- Co-author of Staying on Course: Mastering Golf's Most Challenging Shots.
- LPGA National Teacher of the Year 2009
- LPGA Midwest Section Teacher of the Year 2009
- GOLF MAGAZINE Top Regional Teacher
- Golf Digest Tennessee’s Best Instructors
- Golf for Women magazine Top 50 Teacher
- US Kids Golf Top 50 Kids Teacher
- LPGA Class A Teaching Professional
- Recipient of the LPGA Sarah Hunter Junior Achievement Award
- Nike Swoosh Staff
- Site Director for the LPGA-USGA Girls golf program since 1994.
- President of the Midwest Section of the LPGA Teaching & Club Professionals
- Serves on the Executive Committee of the LPGA T&CP.
Rita “Off the Course”
- Graduated from college with a degree in Music Performance.
- Performed with the Nashville Symphony in the early 1980s.
- Prior to deciding to become a golf professional, had a seventeen year career in banking.
- First introduced to golf by my brother Gaylon.
- Didn’t actually start playing golf until after college.
- My first golf lesson was with Nancy Quarcelino.
- Enjoy vacationing either in the mountains, near the ocean, or in the desert.
- Love working in my yard and landscaping.
- One of the most competitive people you will ever meet.