Dane has been teaching golf for over 30 years. In 1989 Dane accepted an assistant position at Tony Lema GC in San Leandro (Now Monarch Bay) Soon after, taking the same position at Sunol Valley GC. Dane then accepted the 1st Assistant job at Brentwood GC soon after taking over as Head Professional.
Dane became a fixture at the Driving Range for the next 21 years teaching thousands of lessons and holding dozens of Junior Camps with several students going on to play college golf and some turning golf into a career choice.
Dane is excited to announce his new golf adventure, opining GOLFIXX in Oakley CA. Scheduled to open Fall 2020 featuring TrackMan 4 and TrackMan's Virtual Golf 2 Simulator.
Playing Achievements:
13 Professional wins
1992 NCPGA Tournament of Champions winner
1993 & 1994 NCPGA AA Player of the Year
1995 NCPGA AA Match Play Champion
5 Time NCPGA AA Cup Team Member
2 Time winner of the Prestigious Redding Pro-Am 2005, 2012
REVIEWS
Sergey Rakov - Jan 11, 2026
Dane is a great coach — very knowledgeable, patient, and clear in his explanat...
Clarence Lewis - Jan 6, 2026
Great working with Dane. True pro and looking forward to taking the lessons to t...
Eric Mourelatos - Dec 30, 2025
Great experience. can't wait to go back for more insites....
Brian vanMastrigt - Sep 14, 2025
Dane is very knowledgeable and quickly diagnosed my swing as needing lots of wor...
Leonard Valverde - May 2, 2025
Dane did a great job with explaining the needed changes we needed to make to imp...
Joe Furtado - Apr 13, 2025
Dane does a great job, very personable and knowledgeable about the game. The set...
