Bernie Najar, PGA

Bernie Najar is the PGA director of instruction at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Maryland, where he offers a comprehensive, year-round instruction program. Bernie is a two-time Middle Atlantic PGA Section Teacher of the Year and a two-time Section Horton Smith Award recipient. He is also now a three-time GRAA Top 50 Growth of the Game Teaching Professional, a Golf Magazine Top 100 Teacher and the number one ranked Golf Digest Teacher in Maryland.

Facility Type: Private

Past awards/recognitions:

• GRAA Top 50 Growth of the Game Teaching Professional
• PGA Section Teacher of the Year
• Golf Magazine Top-100
• Golf Digest Best in State

Technology used in instruction:

• AimPoint Green Reading
• Trackman
• Swing Catalyst
• JC Video
• K-Vest
• MEGSA Perfect Practice Equipment
• TPI 3D Software
• TOMI Putting System
• SAM Putt Lab
• Swing Gyde
• The Putting Arc
• The Perfect Putter

Approximate number of free “tune-ups” and lessons given per year: 20

Growth of the game initiatives:

• First Tee
• the SMGA
• the University of Maryland Eastern Shore PGM Program