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My trip in Brazil
A mes clients et amis golfeurs,

Comme vous le savez certainement, Le village du Club Med Sandpiper sera ferme en septembre, octobre, novembre 2009 pour re-ouvrir a Noel 2009 apres renovations.

J’ai ete cordialement invitee par le Club Med pour offrir mes services a l’unique golf ‘TERRA VISTA’ de Trancoso au Bresil du 4 septembre au 4 novembre 2009.
Vous pourrez participer a l’academie, lecons privees ou playing lessons.

Je me permets a mon tour de vous inviter a prendre cette opportunite pour visiter un pays fascinant et en meme temps de vivres quelques jours dans un des plus beau village du Club Med au Bresil.
Par la meme occasion, vous pourrez profiter d’un parcours tout a fait exceptionnel a quelques minutes du village tout en ameliorant votre jeu.

Pour plus de details, veuillez visiter les sites web suivants:

Golf: www.terravistagolf.com.br
Club Med: www.clubmed.com (village de Trancoso)

N’hesitez pas a me contacter si vous avez des questions et peut etre a tres bientot au Bresil !

Tres cordialement
Marie Claire de Bortoli

 

To all my golfer friends and guests,

For your information Club Med Sandpiper will be closed from the end of August until Christmas 2009 for refurbishing/upgrade purpose.

I have been invited by Club Med Trancoso (Brazil) and by the dramatic golf course Terra Vista Golf course of Trancoso, Brazil to offer my services from September 4th until November 4th 2009. My services will include: private lessons, IGA lessons, and playing lessons.

It is my turn to invite you to take this opportunity to visit a fascinating country and at the same time to spend some time in one of the best and most amazing upscale Club Med villages. You will also have the opportunity to play on an exceptional golf course a few minutes from the Club Med village and improve your game.

For more information, please visit the following sites:

Club Med www.clubmed.com
Golf Club www.terravistagolf.com.br

Do not hesitate to contact me for more information and I look forward to seeing you very soon in Brazil.

Kind regards,

Marie Claire de Bortoli

Club Med pro named top teacher

By Bill Hilbig
Staff Writer, Treasure Coast Newspapers

Fittingly, the call came while Marie-Claire De Bortoli was on the golf course.

The director of the International Golf Academy at Club Med Sandpiper in Port St. Lucie was spending her birthday playing a few holes with her father, Louis, who was visiting from France.

De Bortoli was halfway expecting Patti Benson's call. Benson, president of the 1,200-member strong LPGA Teaching and Club Professionals, was offering congratulations. After all, De Bortoli just recently had been named the LPGA T&CP Teacher of the Year for the Southeast Section, which encompasses seven states.

But Benson had even better news. De Bortoli had just been selected Teacher of the Year for the entire country.

"That really floored me," De Bortoli said. "I just felt honored to win the national award. And to be told about it on my birthday and with my 85-year-old father here with me, wow, what a great day."

De Bortoli, a native of Aix en Provence, France, came to America 22 years ago when her husband, Sylvio, was put in charge of all Club Med properties in the United States. The first stop was Phoenix, but the family — including daughters Flavia and Olivia — moved to Port St. Lucie in 1994.

Before becoming a golf pro, De Bortoli spent 20 years as a ski instructor, working with both snow and water skiers. Nowadays, she not only works with all types of golfers — men, women, juniors, seniors, players with disabilities — as an LPGA Class A instructor, she also serves as LPGA T&CP National Evaluator, or a grader other golf instructors.

Still, teaching is her passion.

"I love teaching," she said. "Even before I became a golf teacher, I taught skiing for 20 years. So, making the switch from skiing to golf wasn't all that hard."

And the key to being an outstanding teacher?

"Communications," she said. "You have to listen to your students and teach them the things they want to learn and not what you think they should learn."

 

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