Gaylon Cude

Please indicate past awards won/recognitions:
GRAA Top 100 Growth of the Game Teaching Professional, Golf Digest Best in State

Other awards won:
Golf Digest Best Young Teachers in America, Tennessee PGA Youth Player Development Award

Total number of individual lessons given per year:
Male: 400
Female: 150
Junior: 500

Total number of individual clinics given per year:
400

Please indicate any Growth of the Game initiatives your facility/academy has launched over the past year (please give specifics on such programs):
The new programs we added in 2025 included a Junior Performance Academy that lasted two days that was designed for junior golfers from our other programs that are seeking to play or already play competitive golf. This camp focused on the scoring clubs, which was 150 yards and in. We also added 3 one-day golf schools for adults. This took many participants from our successful Get Golf Ready program and included the opportunity to work on skills with a heavy focus on the playing lesson component. In total, these two programs added an additional 33 participants to our current adult and junior programs that host over 1000 individuals each season.

Please share any programming you have made to keep your customers & students engaged:
We host approximately 400 junior classes each year, 100 adult classes, PGA Junior League with 48 juniors, a stand alone fall and spring junior league with 144 participants, 16 week long day camps during the summer, 7 junior and junior/adult tournaments. We will host approximately 1200 participants in our programs each season.