JUNIOR GOLF’S GREATEST TEACHERS
It takes blood, sweat and tees to become a Top 100 Teacher, one of the most coveted titles in golf
instruction. Per GOLF Magazine, “Each of these slice-busting, swing-fixing pros have the right stuff.”
The International Junior Golf Academy (IJGA), the oldest, independent junior golf academy in the
nation, is proud to have not one, but two such teachers as Directors of Golf at two locations - Gary
Gilchrist at IJGA Bishops Gate and Jonathan Yarwood at IJGA Old Carolina. Both have been named
to GOLF Magazine’s Top 100 Teachers in America, the longest-running list of elite teachers (25 years
and counting.)
GET TO KNOW OUR DIRECTORS OF GOLF
Gary Gilchrist
Simply put, Gary Gilchrist is synonymous with
junior golf. In a coaching career that spans 25
years, Gilchrist has been responsible for recruiting,
training and developing more top-ranked junior
golfers than any other coach in the world.
In his illustrious coaching career, Gilchrist taught
more than 75 AJGA All-Americans, six AJGA
Players of the Year, two U.S.
8
Amateur Champions, two U.S. Junior Girls
Champions, one NCAA Women’s Champion and
two U.S.
Public Links Champions. Gilchrist junior students
have amassed over 850 wins on a variety of junior
circuits. Simultaneously, Gary trained many of the
top PGA and LPGA professionals to help them
reach remarkable success including eight major
championships on the ladies tour, three players
ascending to #1 World Ranking on the LPGA Tour,
a dozen players reaching top 10 world ranking and
a Bronze Medalist in the 2016 Olympic Games.
Gary’s professional students have a combined
67 wins on the PGA, European and LPGA Tours.
Gary is recognized as a GOLF Magazine Top 100
Teacher since 2003 and as a Golf Digest Top 50
Teacher in America 2012-2013 and 2014-2015.