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Mr. DeFrancesco,
Hi, how are you doing? My name is Bryce Chalkley. I am from Richmond, Virginia and a former player at Virginia Tech (2010-2014). After my eligibility ended, I chose to go back to school and pursue a second degree, forcing me to stay an additional year. Now that I have graduated (May 2015), I am getting back into the game. My goal is to pursue a career in golf professionally and I am currently looking for instruction.
I understand that you are a busy man, but would love the opportunity to get on your calendar in the near future. Attached is my golf resume. I hope you have a great day and look forward to hearing from you.
Virginia Tech
Tournament Finishes:
Summer 2013
- NCAA D1 Northwest Regional 69-69-73 (-5) T11
- Monroe Invitational Championship 70-70-73 (+3) T7
- Rice Planters Amateur 69-72-68 (-7) T6
- Virginia State Amateur-Medal Play 70-67 (-3) T1
- Match Play N/A Lost in Quarterfinals
- Eastern Amateur 67-69-69-63 (-12) 2
- Virginia State Open 70-71-72-67 (-4) T3 (Low Amateur)
- Oglethorpe Invitational 67-72-65 (-9) T4
Fall 2013
- Golfweek Conference Challenge 74-75-67 (E) T13
- VCU Shootout 71-70-69 (-6) 2
- Brickyard Collegiate 72-67-72 (-5) T9
- Bank of Tennessee 71-69-68 (-8) 5
- Bridgestone Collegiate 72-70 (-2) T3
- South Beach International Amateur 73-67-70-72 (-1) T3
Spring 2014
- Mission Inn Spring Spectacular 71-69-73 (-3) T2
- ACC Championship 75-70-68 (-3) T9
Summer 2014
- NCAA D1 Southwest Regional 73-74-73 (+4) T19
- Virginia State Amateur-Match Play N/A Lost in Semifinals
- Western Amateur 72-70-68-77 (+3) T39
Golf Awards:
- Virginia Tech Rookie of the Year 2010-2011
- 4-Time Member of the All-ACC Academic Team
- Virginia Tech Most Improved Player 2011-2012 and 2013-2014
- 2nd Team All-State 2012-2013
- 1st Team All-State 2013-2014
- 2-Time Cleveland/Srixon All-Academic Scholar
- 1st Team All-ACC 2013-2014
- 6th All-time in Scoring Average at Virginia Tech
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As you can see from his resume’, Bryce is capable of shooting good scores in big tournaments. After taking some time off, however, he didn’t fare so well in the amateur stroke play events he entered, and thus knew that if he was going to make a go of it as a professional golfer he would have to improve his ball striking, which, he admitted, was never his strong suit even when he was playing well. When you watch this video you will see evidence of the pattern I have shown many times on this website, wherein tight arms at the setup turn into the pinched right arm in the backswing and reverse right arm action in transition that traps the upper right arm behind the body and makes squaring the clubface an adventure. The other thing you can see from Bryce’s resume’ is that he is an extremely intelligent guy, and when we went over his swing technique rather than becoming depressed at the amount of change I was suggesting he was excited to get started on the pattern changes that I thought were necessary for him to compete at the highest level.
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