LPGA Teaching Professional Karen Palacios-Jansen has been voted as one of America's "Top 50 Instructors" by Golf For Women magazine since 1998. She was also named by Golfweek magazine as one of the "Top 40 Business Leaders in the Golf Industry". A former David Leadbetter trained instructor and Jim McLean Golf School master instructor, Karen now has her own golf events company Swing Blade Enterprises in Mooresville, North Carolina (www.swingbladegolf.com).
Karen can be seen regularly on The Golf Channel as a guest instructor and is a regular contributor writer to golf publications such as Golf For Women and Golf Tips magazines. Karen has a weekly golf instructional blog on www.worldgolf.com and a column on www.travelgolf.com. Karen, a certified personal trainer, recently developed a golf specific fitness system called Cardiogolf available on DVD.
Frequently requested as a public speaker and lecturer at local and national golf shows and conferences, Karen has helped thousands of golfers improve their golf games. Karen speaks fluent Spanish and travels extensively to Latin America to conduct clinics. Karen is married to Olympian Dan Jansen. 
Voted one of "Top 50 Instructors" 
