Golf Academy

A PGA member since 1988, Todd has extensive experience at upscale resorts.

For four years, Todd was head golf professional at Grand Traverse Resort and Casinos in Acme, Mich. The American Indian-owned resort has three 18-hole courses and is home to the Michigan Open and it hosted the 1990 Ameritech Senior PGA event.

Prior to that, Todd was interim director of golf and head golf professional at La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, Calif., site of the Accenture World Golf Championships.

He also served as head professional at the Mountain and Dunes Courses at La Quinta Resort and Spa in La Quinta, Calif. The famous nine-course resort, six PGAWest courses and three La Quinta courses, has hosted several professional events, including the Bob Hope Desert Classic, the Senior Skins Game and the PGA Club Professional Championship (CPC).

After earning his PGA card, Todd was a playing professional for three years, competing on the Ben Hogan Tour (now the Nationwide Tour) and the East Coast, JC Goosie, Spalding Space Coast, South Florida and North Florida tours.

A native of Trumansburg, N.Y., Todd's first stint as a club professional was at the Wellsville Country Club in Wellsville, N.Y. He is also a former golf coach at Alfred University.

A PGA member since 1996, Nowicki was most recently a teaching professional at The Links at Erie Village and The Golfers Dome. He began his golf career at the Onondaga Golf and Country Club and has also worked at several other golf operations, including The Doral Golf Resort, Baltusrol Golf Club and Chelsea Piers Golf Club.

Nowicki is a past recipient of Central New York PGA Teacher of the Year award and was a finalist for the same honor this year. In addition, he has been ranked among the top 400 teachers in the United States by Golf Magazine and the top 20 instructors in New York State by Golf Digest.

Nowicki is a graduate of St. Bonaventure University, where he was captain of the golf team.

Originally from Rome, NY. Steve started his professional golf career as a Assistant Golf Professional in 1992 at Kanon Valley CC and worked there thru 1995. During that period he also played on The Gold Coast Tour from 1994 thru 1996 in South Florida. He then worked at Monarch CC in Palm City, FL which would eventually lead him here to Turning Stone Resort in 2000. Steve started here as an Assistant Golf Professional, and in 2005 he received his PGA Class A membership.

Some career highlights include winning the 2007 Lincoln-Mercury Callaway Golf Pro Am, qualifying for the 2000 New York State Open at Bethpage Black and 1996 New York State Open at The Concorde.

Steve has also been an instructor with The Turning Stone Resort Golf Academy and has taught players from all skill levels tailoring each lesson to the students needs.

Maite Ortiz de Pinedo has joined the team of PGA golf professionals at the Oneida Indian Nation's Turning Stone Resort.

Born and raised in San Sebastian, Spain, Ortiz de Pinedo came to the United States to attend Campbell University in Buies Creek, N.C. on a golf scholarship. During a stellar collegiate career, she played in nearly 50 tournaments throughout the country, was elected captain of the women's golf team and was named First Team All-Conference in the Atlantic Sun Conference as well as a conference Player of the Month.

In her senior year, Ortiz de Pinedo secured a full-time internship at Turning Stone Resort. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Professional Golf Management. She has since completed the PGA Professional Golf Management program, and is certified as a golf fitness instructor by the Titleist Performance Institute.

Maite Ortiz de Pinedo is one of five PGA instructors on staff at Turning Stone Resort. The Sportsplex is the winter home of the Turning Stone Resort Golf Academy, offering daily clinics as well as individual instruction. For further information, call 315.361.8920.