Bill Scott

Please indicate past awards won/recognitions:
PGA Section Teacher of the Year, GRAA Growth of the Game Teaching Professional

Other awards won (if provided):
2006 Southeast Chapter SFPGA Junior Golf Leader of the Year 2006 PGA President’s Council Award 2007 Southeast Chapter SFPGA Junior Golf Leader of the Year 2007 PGA President’s Council Award 2007 Named by US Kids as one of the Nation’s Top Instructors to Kids 2008 Named by US Kids as one of the Nation’s Top Instructors to Kids 2008 PGA President’s Council Award 2009 PGA President’s Council Award 2009 US Kids Top 50 Golf Instructor in the United States 2010 Southeast Chapter SFPGA Junior Golf Leader of the Year 2010 US Kids Top 50 Golf Instructor in the United States 2010 President’s Council Award 2010 PGA of America: Play Golf America’s Top 100 Performers 2011 President’s Council Award 2011 South Florida Section Junior Golf Leader of the Year 2011 PGA of America: Play Golf America’s Top 100 Performers 2011 US Kids Top 50 Golf Instructor in the United States 2012 Certified Level One Instructor First Tee 2012 US Kids Master Instructor 2012 Southeast Chapter SFPGA Teacher of the Year 2013 South Florida Section Junior Golf Leader of the Year 2014 Nominated for National PGA Award for Junior Golf Leader of the Year 2015 South Florida Section Player Development Award 2015 GRAA Top 50 Growth of the Game Golf Teaching Professional 2016 Nominated for National PGA Award for Youth Golf Development 2016 South Florida Section Youth Player Development Award 2016 Southeast Chapter SFPGA Player Development Award 2016 GRAA Top 50 Growth of the Game Golf Teaching Professional 2017 Finalist for National PGA Award for Youth Golf Development 2017 GRAA Top 50 Growth of the Game Golf Teaching Professional 2017 Southeast Chapter Player Development Award 2017 South Florida Section Youth Player Development Award 2017 South Florida Section Player Development Award 2018 Finalist for National PGA Award for Youth Golf Development 2018 South Florida Section Teacher of the Year Award 2018 Southeast Chapter Player Development Award 2018 GRAA Top 50 Growth of the Game Teaching Professional 2019 Finalist for the National PGA Award for Youth Golf Development 2019 GRAA Top 50 Growth of the Game Teaching Professional 2020 Finalist for the National PGA Award for Youth Golf Development 2020 GRAA Top 50 Growth of the Game Teaching Professional 2021 Finalist for the National PGA Award for Youth Golf Development 2021 GRAA Top 100 Growth of the Game Professional 2022 GRAA Elite Member Status Growth of the Game Professional 2023 GRAA Elite Member Status Growth of the Game Professional

Total number of individual lessons given per year:
Male: 975
Female: 610
Junior: 1450

Total number of individual clinics given per year:
340

Please indicate any Growth of the Game initiatives your facility/academy has launched over the past year (please give specifics on such programs):
Free Lesson Month, Free Fitting Month, Get Golf Ready Clinics, Play It Forward, Patriot Golf Day, Take Your Child to the Course Month, Drive Chip and Putt, PGA Junior League, First Tee Program, PGA Team Golf, PGA Team Golf, Find a Practice/Play Partner program, SFPGA Junior Team Golf, PGA Hope

Please share any programming you have made to keep your customers & students engaged:
My commitment Growing the Game of golf is well documented throughout my career in the various programs I have been responsible for, as well as, the leadership positions I held. Introduction of new programming, as well as, retention and turnover, driven with the thought of providing feeder programs of existing programming. At each level of my career, I have sought out programs and people who work with juniors and adult and that are involved in golf programming for all ages. My contributions to golf are represented not only in my PGA service but also through my leadership and participation in the Don Law Golf Academy (DLGA) programming. Annually, I teach more than 1,400 youth private lessons, 1300 adult lessons, offer spring, summer and holiday junior camps, Get Golf Ready and Adult Education Classes for Palm Beach County, after school classes structured for beginner to advanced players with a variety of events and tournaments. All these instructional activities, events, and programs are geared for all age groups.
SFPGA Team Golf
I introduced SFPGA Team Golf to Osprey Point – doubled its participation in 2016 and nearly quadrupled in in 2017. This summer, I am adding another coach (now two) and will have PGA interns assisting with the growing program. I was also one of the inaugural Coaching Captains for the PGA Junior League at Osprey Point.
Parkit Golf Company
I started ParKit Golf alongside of three other PGA Professionals to help other PGA Professionals create Youth Golf Programs. This company provides training aids and golf games to assist professionals and schools teaching youth golf. It is with passion for helping youth golf that I continue to find opportunities to make a difference not only in my community, at DLGA, and in the PGA Chapter and Section.
High Performance Academy

In 2018, I was instrumental in the creation of the High-Performance Golf Academy for the Don Law Golf Academy. This is a newly formalized program that covers all age groups that are either playing in or preparing to play in golf tournaments. I taught Advanced classes early on with Don Law dating back to 2006 prior to making this a staple for our Academy.

YouTube Channel
With the emergence of Covid-19 and my facility being shut down my traditional way of communicating with my students was no longer an option. At this point my mind shifted on how I could support my students better maintain their golf games during this unprecedented shutdown. I first started with personalized videos texts of drills, exercises and family based educational games to keep them in good golf form and lift youth and family moral. However, I quickly realized that this method would be very restrictive – the videos were limited in length, as well as, time consuming as each general video needing to be separately sent by text to protect student’s personal information. It was then that I realized that I could easily upload the videos to my existing YouTube Channel. My account which had not gotten much use since I started it in 2009 has grown in followers by 90%. Once I upload the video to YouTube, I can now forward the link to each video on my Social Media accounts (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn) as well as well as blind copy the link to students email addresses. This is something that I will continue to do post Covid-19 as the importance of teacher to student communication is paramount. Below are some links to some of my recently released videos:
• https://youtu.be/OD4E38DHZHA
• https://youtu.be/AdTN3k_NaQU
• https://youtu.be/1aTTzshZZ1I