Good putters follow a routine. For Rick Timm, it starts with a series of smooth practice strokes that adopt the rhythm of a clock pendulum. Then, he toes up into his stance, stares down the shot, and, seconds later, the ball trails into the hole.

As a PGA Teaching Professional, Rick feels that the discipline, focus, habit-building, and patience needed on the links make golf an ideal way to enrich adults and youngsters and put lazy pets to work as caddies. His slate of fun-focused instructional programs includes Girls Golf of Centennial, which provides both instruction and a support system for girls aged 7–17 as they launch into the sport. Lessons play out at the South Suburban Family Sports Center across a heated, covered driving range, grass tees, upgraded mats, and sand practice bunkers.