MEET THE COACH
Daniel Gray
Elite Instructor
"One of America's Best Young Teachers" - Golf Digest
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Georgia PGA Teacher and Coach of the Year 2022
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Illinois PGA Teacher of the Year Nominated 2013, 2014, and 2015
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Illinois Horton Smith Award Nomination 2014 and Winner 2016
Daniel has been teaching since 2001, during that time has taught at several top private clubs in the country. Most recently, he was the Director of Instruction at Skokie Country Club in Glencoe, IL. Daniel also taught with the Wildcat Golf Academy in Chicago, IL, which is a developmental program ran through the University of Northwestern golf coaching staff, for high school players striving to play collegiate golf. Daniel has traveled around the country to obverse some of the best minds in the game and worked with golf biomechanics such as Dr. Robert Neal, Mike Duffy, and Dr. Young Kwon. He has also trained under Todd Anderson, Jack Lumpkin, Mike Shannon, Gale Peterson, Dr. Morris Pickens, and Randy Myers here at Sea Island. His focus is on creating long-term performance programs for players striving to play competitive youth golf, college, or professionally. He also works with mid handicappers on developing the skill sets needed to lower their scores.
Tour Students: Jonathan Byrd
WINNINGS
10
10 YEARS OF PLAYING
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4 TIMES NO. 1
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22 INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCES
3
3 TIMES JUNIOR ORDER OF MERIT
THE STUDIO
I train at Sea Island Golf Performance Centre, Saint Simon's Island GA
When you offer the finest golf instruction in the world, you build a facility to match. Novices to PGA TOUR champions find a unique, multidisciplinary approach to golf instruction. One that’s personalized for every golfer and delivered by a team of world-renowned golf instructors, experts in every area of the game. All under one beautiful state-of-the-art 17,000 square-foot roof. Because at Sea Island, you don’t have to be a PGA TOUR pro to train like one. All the tools and the team you need to play your best. And have a great time. It doesn’t get any better than this.