FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Colorado Golf Academy

Contact: Kevin Laura, President of Green Valley Ranch GC
Phone: 303-486-8551

December 4, 2009

LANA ORTEGA GOLF RETURNS TO GREEN VALLEY RANCH

Denver, CO--The Colorado Golf Academy is proud to announce the return of Lana Ortega Golf to Green Valley Ranch Golf Club in northeast Denver.

Lana Ortega is one of the preeminent golf instructors in the region and one of the leading female instructors in the country. She spent twelve years working with Mike McGetrick at the McGetrick Golf Academy at Green Valley Ranch and at Meridian Golf Club in Englewood, CO. Ortega now owns and operates Lana Ortega Golf where she focuses on providing a comprehensive golf learning experience for all types of golfers, with a special emphasis on women golfers.

“I am very excited to be returning to Green Valley Ranch and partner with the Colorado Golf Academy”, says Ortega. “I enjoyed working at this great facility in the past with Mike and our students really appreciated the state-of-the-art amenities. Being able to rejoin instructors Eli Haskell and Joe Egnoski will make it a very easy and rewarding transition”.

About Lana Ortega Golf

Lana Ortega is Class A member of the LPGA Teaching and Club Professional Division and is an accomplished teacher and author of instruction articles for several national and regional publications. She is an instruction editor for GolfTips Magazine and her work regularly appears in GolfTips, Golf for Women magazine, The Denver Post and Colorado AvidGolfer magazine.

Ortega is a member of the Golf for Women magazine instruction panel, and she has been selected as one of Golf for Women’s “Top 50 Teachers” each year since 2004. She was selected by Golf Magazine as one of the Southwest Region’s Top Teachers for 2005-2006 and was voted 2005 LPGA Central Section Teacher of the Year. Ortega teaches a wide range of golfers including players on the LPGA Tour, Ladies European Tour, LPGA and PGA club professionals, collegiate golfers and amateur men and women of all abilities.

About Colorado Golf Academy

Located just 10 minutes from Denver International Airport at Green Valley Ranch Golf Club, the Colorado Golf Academy boasts three heated, indoor/outdoor hitting bays for year-round instruction, a private practice tee, putting and chipping greens and access to a 9-hole par-3 course and an 18-hole championship course. The facility allows instructors from all around the region to rent teaching space for their respective students on an hourly, daily, weekly and monthly basis. The Colorado Golf

Academy offers products ranging from private and group instruction to golf schools, corporate events and range memberships. The Academy is open and available to players of all levels; from beginners to the most advanced, amateurs to professionals.

Green Valley Ranch Golf Club is a Perry Dye design, which opened to the public in 2001 and has hosted the HealthONE Colorado Open championships since 2004 and a chapter of The First Tee since 2005.



You can reach the Colorado Golf Academy at www.COgolfacademy.com or by calling (303) 371-8700.