About Us

COO | Co-Founder | Owner

Amanda Robertson grew up in Central California. She was a softball player by trade and then made a drastic switch to golf in high school. At the age of 16 she started to fall in love with the game. While attending college Amanda went on to play for the Golf Channel Amateur Tour where she was the only female on the National winning team in 2008. She graduated in 2011 from Pepperdine University with a BA in psychology.

Amanda turned pro in 2012 and started a journey of golf, travel and new experiences. She played the Cactus Tour, Canadian Tour and Symetra Tour through the years and made a good run at playing full time. BackSwing started to take off and, as a result, Amanda has now shifted her focus to running the company full time as COO and enjoys traveling for those BackSwing events throughout the year.

Director of Sales | Owner

Taylor grew up on the Monterey Peninsula of California, where it’s pretty tough not to fall in love with the game of golf. She played collegiate golf at Santa Clara University and graduated from the School of Business in 2014. Just after graduation, Taylor turned pro and spent a few years on the Cactus Tour.

After playing professionally, Taylor was ready for a change of pace and started working at Yelp Inc. where she learned the ins and outs of sales. She loved the grind and competitive nature that sales offers, although her golf career always felt a little unfinished. Fast forward another three years, Taylor has found her home working with BackSwing to build out a sales team – combining all of her passions every day. Having a career that impacts so many amazing charities and creates opportunity for other female professional golfers is her dream job.

Sales Rep

Ari Macioce is a professional golfer playing on the Cactus and Symetra (Epson) Tour while based in Phoenix, Arizona. She is also a BackSwing Golf Events sales representative and she often travels to and participates in the events as a pro. Ari began her collegiate golf at Georgia Southern, where she had five Top10 finishes and recorded the team’s best scoring average. Then, she continued onto the University of Tennessee where she led the team to Regionals and Nationals. Ari had a “tied second” in her collegiate career, was an eight time winner on the Junior Golf Association of Arizona, competed at the Junior World Championship and won the Phoenix City Jr Championship. After graduating with a Marketing degree, Ari played on the Cactus Tour where she discovered BackSwing Golf Events. She believes in the company’s mission and joined BackSwing as a way to support herself through her professional career, and after falling in love with sales and the team, Ari has taken on the role full time.

Sales Rep

Abbie Sanner is a Sales Representative for BackSwing Golf Events where she facilitates growth for company expansion, fundraises for charities with BackSwing and trains to play competitively on mini tours.  First introduced to golf by her grandpa at a young age,Abbie played competitive golf growing up, As she fell in love with the competitive nature and camaraderie that golf offers, Abbie went on to play high school golf in Green, OH and Division I Collegiate Golf at The University of Akron. She earned dual Bachelor of Business Administration degrees in both Sales Management as well as Marketing Management.

Abbie is excited to use her abilities on and off the course to provide each charity and corporate partner the opportunity to capitalize on funds raised, and a great player experience at their golf events! BackSwing provides Abbie a great opportunity to build her career while continuing her involvement with the game of golf. She took on the sales role at BackSwing because she wanted to be a part of something bigger than herself. BackSwing makes a difference in the lives of aspiring female professionals, as well as, the charities that BackSwing supports. The impact that BackSwing has made on both giving back and changing the game of golf for women is something she wanted to be an integral part of and now that she is, she can’t imagine being anywhere else!

Sales Rep

Lexi grew up just north of Chicago where she spent many winters practicing indoors preparing  for the summer tournament season. She harnessed the opportunity to play collegiate golf at Northern Illinois University where she earned a BS in Marketing and Sales. With an extra year of eligibility, Lexi continued to play while getting her Masters in Digital Marketing. Soon after graduation, she turned pro and for a few years played on the Women’s All Pro Tour.

When Lexi wasn’t playing tournaments, she could be found fundraising for BackSwing all over the country. She quickly realized how fulfilling it was to impact so many charities while incorporating her love for the game. Lexi is beyond excited to take on a new role with BackSwing Golf Events as a full time sales representative!

Sales Rep

Julia Dean grew up in Brighton, Michigan playing golf as a way to spend time with her family. Playing soccer for most of her life, she had several injuries that forced her to take time away from the sport. While recovering from those injuries, she spent her time at the golf course and quickly fell in love with the game.

In high school she set the state scoring record, won the state championship and was named Miss Golf all in her Junior year. She then continued to play college golf for four years at the University of Arkansas where her team won the SEC championship and was ranked #1 in the country in 2018.

Since graduating in 2021, she has enjoyed giving back to her community through coaching at The First Tee, fundraising at different BackSwing Golf Events, and now stepping into a sales position to continue giving back to others through the game of golf

Event Manager

Kaira Martin is a professional golfer and Event Manager at BackSwing Golf Events. Kaira is a veteran of BackSwing Events. She  was named Most Events Worked in 2021 with 77 events.

Kaira began her golf career competing at the age of 6, just trying to *smack* the ball as far as she could, then she fell in love with the game and the opportunities that it has provided her with. In 2009, Kaira was named Arizona State Highschool Girls Golfer of the Year, where she set the all- time Arizona 5A tournament scoring record by shooting 11-under and won the event. She was also a great academic student earning her Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Virginia with ACC Academic Honor Roll.

As soon as she became part of the BGE team, she found a new skill on the course to compliment her powerful swing; sales. Kaira showcases her personality in BackSwing Golf Events while she bombs drives or sticks it to 3ft while making sure everyone is having as much fun as she is.

Pro Manager

Savanah was raised in beautiful Sedona, Arizona after her family relocated from south Texas. However, Texas called both her and her husband, Andrew (an accomplished collegiate golfer himself), back home because “Texas forever”!
While she had grown up in the equestrian world, it was not until 14 years of age that she decided to try golf. Thanks to her mom and dad (who was a collegiate golfer himself) for helping her on and off the course to achieve a golf scholarship to Cal State, Northridge before playing at and graduating from Arizona Christian University. While at ACU, she placed 2nd at the 2019 GSAC Conference while earning All-Tournament and All-Conference honors. With over 15 top ten finishes throughout her collegiate career and playing on the Cactus Tour, Savanah had hopes of playing professionally. Covid however, had other ideas.
Thankful for the BackSwing team for believing in her, Savanah now travels the country as a BackSwing pro while also being our Pro Manager and Pro Trainer. She loves meeting new people and growing the game while making a difference. Savanah feels truly blessed to be with this team of amazing lady golfers.

Event Management Director

Andrew Hickman grew up an athlete outside of Golf, he played basketball and football. However, he had a close connection to golf through playing with his father and his future wife. He has been a part of the BackSwing Golf Events family since the early days. He and his wife moved to Arizona from the Pacific North West and she was one of the early Pros to work for BackSwing. His family has directly benefited from the support BackSwing provides for its Pros striving to play professionally. He and his wife live in Arizona with their daughter who they would love to see following her mother’s footsteps in golf.

After nearly a decade in the coffee industry where he managed multiple brick and mortar locations and the mobile events locations at golf events like Waste Management and Shriners Children’s Open, he is now at BackSwing. He is leading the Event Management Team who works with the Pros getting them to the correct event, providing resources to helping the Pros improve their fundraising skills, and recruiting the next wave of Pros that can work with BackSwing to help support their professional career. He knows how important BackSwing is for future of woman’s and is excited to continue to help BackSwing improve and grow.

Recruitment Director

Kristi, originally from Northern Indiana, developed a passion for golf at the age of 5, inspired by her older brother. Her journey led her to play for IUPUI, where she achieved significant success, winning five collegiate tournaments and earning the title of 2011 Indiana Player of the Year by winning the Indiana State Am.

Post-graduation, Kristi transitioned to the professional ranks, qualifying for the LPGA’s Symetra Tour on her first attempt in 2013. During her three years on the tour, she showcased her skills on Golf Channel’s Big Break Florida Season and Monday Qualified into two LPGA events. Unfortunately, Sciatic problems led her to take a medical leave in 2016.

During the hiatus, Kristi and her husband decided to start a family. She stepped away from golf for seven years, working as an Insurance Agent and Director of Client Relations. However, her passion for the sport brought her back to Backswing Golf, where she now plays a pivotal role in fundraising for charity golf events. This year, Kristi has expanded her responsibilities, taking on the role of Recruitment. She is enthusiastic about educating girls on the diverse opportunities offered by Backswing, opportunities she felt were lacking when pursuing her dreams post-college.