IJGA Newsletter: The Oaks September 2019 | Page 10

CHANGING THE WORLD THROUGH GOLF
“Coming to IJGA was one of the best decisions
of my life, but it’s also been a huge sacrifice.
Every athlete knows what sacrifice is. We live it
every day. We leave our homes, our friends, our
communities and, most importantly, our families.
We sacrifice all this for the chance to be the best
we can be.” – IJGA 2019 Graduate
THE IJGA LEGACY
We get results.
Our students go to Stanford, they go to Oklahoma
State, they go to Duke. They also go to The Masters
and The Olympic Games.
IJGA is the premier junior golf academy with
a storied history committed to developing our
student-athletes in golf and in life. Our purpose
is to guide our student-athletes in their individual
journey to college and beyond and inspire them to
pursue excellence in all areas of their lives.
We light the way forward. We advocate for a
future for our student-athletes by constantly
rethinking the concept of a golf academy through
innovation, acquisition and growth.
Now, in 2019, our mission to raise standards and
break the mold of junior golf academies has been
accomplished.
• IJGA boasts two beautiful U.S. boarding
Academies. CEO Andrew Summers set out to
build golf training facilities to surpass all others,
and he succeeded.
academic and college preparation success.
• IJGA also has two international Academies in
San Luis de Potisi, Mexico and Delhi, India.
• IJGA is proud to have not one, but two GOLF
Magazine’s Top 100 Teachers in America - Gary
Gilchrist at IJGA Bishops Gate and Jonathan
Yarwood at IJGA Old Carolina.
• The incredible peer group at IJGA is one of our
strongest assets; 143 students come from over
37 countries and 14 states, but they all share a
common desire to pursue their passion for golf
into college and beyond.
• The focus from the very start was on intrinsic
motivation, character development and doing
things differently - better - than other golf
academies. Students attending academies need
emotional support, academic support and an
individualized approach so that each student-
athlete receives what they need to improve
their game. IJGA has an established character
development and student leadership Captains’
program and HABITUDES, as well as social
impact projects.
• IJGA was founded on the belief that every
young athlete should be given the best
opportunity for success in sport and in
education. Our executive team, who has
nearly 200 years of sport academy experience,
constantly emphasizes the importance of
holding ourselves to those standards when
managing the business and each child’s
development.
• And IJGA isn’t just reserved for star athletes. We
invite athletes at all levels, from all backgrounds
to join us. The criteria for acceptance is a love
of golf and a desire to strengthen your mind,
body and character. There’s no place like IJGA
to push your physical and mental boundaries, to
challenge your potential and to dare your will.
– IJGA Old Carolina’s centralized campus boasts
the state of the art indoor IJGA Performance
Training Center, a separate fitness center,
a learning center, Fuel Dining Hall, a Par-3
You’re the reason we’re here. We empower golfers,
Challenge Course and a 9-hole putting green.
like yourself, to push beyond physical and mental
boundaries, to challenge your potential and
– IJGA Bishops Gate features a golf course that
ultimately – to change the world through golf.
provides challenges on every shot, a practice
facility that brings the course to the range to
It’s Where You Belong.
simulate competitive conditions in training and
an extensive campus which includes tennis
courts, a swimming pool, well-appointed villa
housing, a full-service catering center and an
education and learning building to support
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