Mark Sheftic, PGA
Director of Instruction
Mark grew up in South Central Pennsylvania in the small town of New Oxford, where fields and golf balls were plentiful. He spent his young childhood picking up golf balls, learning how to swing a club and driving golf carts. At 16, the game of golf took on a new meaning and gave Mark an internal drive to succeed. Throughout the following year, his focus was on practicing and playing competitively. Setting high school records and winning the York County Amateur, set his career in golf in motion.
In the mid-90s, Mark attended Coker College in Hartsville, SC and played college golf and graduated with a BA in business. Winning tournaments and being honored as a NAIA- All conference player for three of his four years, instilled the confidence in Mark to turn professional. For five consecutive years, he toured North America playing in multiple mini-tour events and multiple professional tournaments. Practicing long hours, driving for miles and sleeping in hotels, made him realize that although he loves competing, he also had a passion for teaching the game of golf.
Inspired by some of the greatest golf instructions, one being his father, Ted, Mark began to branch out and analyze the golf swing. Working at John’s Island in Vero Beach, Florida was the first place where he truly began to teach students and saw results. From there Mark traveled to other locations to teach and made his way back to Pennsylvania, where he has resided for the past 18 years.
His first teaching job in Pennsylvania was at Sunnybrook Golf Club, a place where Mark expanded his teaching theories and included video technology into lessons. JC video allowed him to compare his students to tour players and presented a visual aide that impacted his students’ results.
With membership satisfaction and continued success in tournament golf in the Philadelphia section, Mark landed at Merion Golf Club as the teaching professional in 2008. Now, he has found his way to Lookaway as the new Director of Instruction, providing the Clubs’ Partners personalized instruction to improve all aspects of their golf game.
Mark and his wife, Nicole, have been married for 13 years (Mark jokes that she deserves a metal for that achievement!) and they have two children, Ty is 12 and Taylor is 9.