Husband and wife Kevin Sprecher and Debbie Doniger juggle a busy professional and family schedule while doing what they love.
(Tania Savayan/The Journal News)
Journal News
Whenever the pace of a conversation begins to pick up, Debbie Doniger and Kevin Sprecher immediately fall into a familiar rhythm. It's often a struggle to keep up while they go back and forth like George and Gracie in golf spikes.
Ask how they met.
Right in the middle of a complicated story with a lot of details about their past lives, intersecting careers and future plans, Doniger and Sprecher launch into the routine without a word of warning.
"She didn't like me then," he said.
"I didn't like him at all," she countered.
"Although everybody thought we'd be good together," he said....
... and Lonnie Knowles (Sunningdale) and Teri Hjelte (Stanwich). Doniger, 38, grew up around the game. The upbeat Greenwich, Conn., native was 12 when she began taking lessons from renowned instructor Jim McLean at Sleepy Hollow. A scholarship to the ...
...Perhaps there will be time for a revised version of the instructional book they co-authored.
"It's been out for two years," Sprecher said.
"Did you not see it on the New York Times Bestseller List?" Doniger asked.
"We self-published it," Sprecher said.
They aren't kidding. It's titled ''How to Help Your Partner Through the Green,'' and is a how-to manual for couples who'd rather play it straight.
Bios
Kevin Sprecher
Director of Instruction, Sleepy Hollow Country Club
Age: 39
College: Arizona State
Résumé: Spent three summers assisting Jim McLean at Sleepy Hollow before holding teaching positions at Glen Oaks and Piping Rock. He reunited with McLean at Doral, spending four seasons there before moving on to Atlantic Golf Club. He came back to Sleepy Hollow in 2003. Sprecher has been ranked the 12th Best Golf Teacher in New York by Golf Digest and has worked with former PGA stars Tom Kite and Peter Jacobsen. He is currently working with the LPGA's Kelli Kuehne, and the PGA's Brad Faxon.
Web site: KevinSprecher.com
Debbie Doniger
Director of InstructionGlenArbor Golf Club
Age: 38
College: North Carolina
Résumé: Won the Atlantic Coast Conference individual championship in 1992 and was the low American on the European Tour the following year. Doniger has been recognized as one of the Top 50 Teachers by Golf for Women magazine and was ranked the 10th Best Golf Teacher in New York by Golf Digest. Also worked at Jim McLean golf schools at PGA West and spent two years at Round Hill Club in Greenwich, Conn.
Web site: DebbieDoniger.com
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