Other Team Members

Dan Murphy’s primary focus has been providing golf instruction and club fitting to numerous men, women, and juniors, with levels of expertise ranging from novice to tour professionals.

Dan brings over 15 years of teaching experience working at some of the countries top rated golf schools: The Stratton Golf School in Stratton Vt., The Lyford Scottsdale Golf School in Scottsdale AZ., The Cranwell Golf Digest School in Lenox Mass., The Scottsdale Golf School in Scottsdale AZ., Compusport Golf Training Academy in Primm, NV., and the PGA Tour Academy in Scottsdale AZ. He is a Titleist Performance Institute certified professional in the areas of fitness and biomechanics.

Dan is an accomplished player and has competed as an amateur at the state and national levels both in High school and while playing for Binghamton University. As a Professional, he has competed in numerous professional events.

Michelle Murphy was a member of the LPGA Tour in 1998, 2000 and 2001. She competed in nine U.S. Women’s Open Championships from 1989 to 2006. In 2006, she was the co-transportation chair for the USGA Women’s Amateur and a participant in the U.S. Women’s Open. She is the only contestant to participate in and chair a USGA event during the same year.

Michelle finished fifth at the 1997 New England Open Championship (men’s event), was a three-time winner on the Players West Tour and a two time winner on the LPGA Duramed Futures Tour. During her career, Murphy had two top-15 finishes on the LPGA Tour and became accustomed to the aspects of a traveling golfer. After her first year of coaching at the University of Portland, Murphy played in four Futures Tour events and had a high finish of sixth-place at the Laconia Savings Bank Golf Classic after carding a 212 (71-71-70).

Before accepting the position at Portland, Murphy worked as a golf instructor at Intrawest Golf/Stratton Golf School in Stratton Mountain, VT and Scottsdale, AZ. She taught the fundamentals of golf along with the basics of the swing, etiquette, course management, fun and score saving techniques to thousands of golfers with abilities ranging from novice to professional. She was an assistant golf coach at Gateway Community College in Phoenix, AZ, from 2003-04 and was responsible for recruiting, academics and player improvement. Prior to her stint at the University of Portland, Murphy worked as an assistant golf professional at the Quintero Golf and Country Club in Peoria, Ariz. While at Quintero GC, Murphy provided golf instruction to members, assisted in the management of club events and worked with golf course marketing to increase membership at this private facility.

She is a TPI (Titleist Performance Institute) certified instructor in Fitness, Biomechanics and Junior golf.

A graduate of the University of New Mexico, Murphy was a three-time member of the Western Athletic Conference All-Conference team while competing for the Lobos. The former Michelle Wooding was runner-up at the 1988 Women’s Western Amateur Championship. Murphy was a two-time winner of the Pacific Northwest Golf Association (PNGA) Amateur Championship in 1988 and 1989. She was also an individual qualifier at the NCAA Division I National Tournament her senior year.

DeDe Lamont’s background in fitness training has helped to mold her work as a massage therapist into a unique style of her own. She carefully assesses each client to determine where a muscular imbalance may exist which in turn may be causing pain. Whether it is the weakness of a particular muscle, a postural problem, or a muscle spasm, DeDe strives first to uncover the cause of the pain. Then through massage, she works to normalize the soft tissue, improve flexibility, and restore proper movement patterns. Her final step, as a fitness trainer, is to provide strength and conditioning exercises to help guide the person to optimal physical health.

DeDe’s special areas of interest and expertise are deep tissue massage, chronic pain management, injury rehabilitation, relaxation massage, strength training, flexibility training, cardiovascular exercise advice, and sport specific massage and exercise programs.

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Education:

• Bachelor of Science, Baylor University, 1992
• Certified through the National Academy of Sports Medicine since 1997
• Graduate of East West College of Healing Arts, 1999
• Continuing Education by the Rolf Institute

Michelle received her B.S. degree in Dietetics and a B.S. degree in Kinesiology at Michigan State University. She then went on to complete her Master’s degree in Nutritional Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her dietetic internship at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics.

Before starting Active Nutrition LLC, Michelle’s graduate research focused on body composition and hydration measurements of collegiate level athletes. Michelle presented lectures on sports nutrition for an introductory nutrition class and a high school cross country camp for several years. Upon completion of her degree, she interned with Athletes’ Performance where amateur and professional athletes have individual nutrition plans developed based on body composition and performance goals.

As an athlete, Michelle competed in basketball, softball, volleyball and track in high school and went on to compete in track and field and cross country at Michigan State University. There, she was a two-time All American, Big Ten Champion, three-time Academic All American and in 2003 was awarded the George Alderton Female Athlete of the Year award. Michelle also represented Canada at 3 World Cross Country Championships.

Personally Michelle enjoys staying active through running, cycling, swimming and group exercise classes. She is married to 2008 US Olympian Matt Tegenkamp who continues to compete in Track and Field. She enjoys reading, cooking and spending time with her friends, family and 2 dogs, Bosch and Bailey.