My hometown is Bristol, Tennessee and I am #3 of four boys. We all played a lot of sports and I got an early start in bowling and Putt-Putt around age seven. Golf started at age eleven and I was enthralled by the game and it's challenges from day one !

I played on the teams in high school and at the University of South Florida and graduated with a degree in business. My love for golf and the entire atmosphere took me into being a golf professional at golf and country clubs.

My favorite part of working at numerous golf clubs, including five different positions as the Golf Director was always teaching and helping golfers enjoy this great game !

Being a lifetime student and always enjoying improving my skills and knowledge in teaching has been a huge help in loving what I do. Also, my will to continue to improve my teaching and my own golf game is helpful to my students. I've had great success in helping my students improve their game, be a lot more consistent, understand their golf swing and how it works. A huge benefit for myself and everyone is the great friendships we make through golf. I believe golf is the greatest "game of a lifetime". Golf attracts high quality people and it certainly develops very important life skills and integrity.

I am blessed to have worked in my passion my entire career and will continue on as long as I have good health. Being able to enhance people's enjoyment through golf has been a true blessing to me and I enjoy passing it on!