Jennifer Hudson

Please indicate past awards won/recognitions:
PGA Section Teacher of the Year, Golf Magazine Top 100, Golf Digest Best in State

Other awards won (if provided):
2026-2027 GOLF Top 100 Teacher, 2026-2027 Golf Digest Best Teacher in State, MA, 2025 PGA Cape Cod Chapter Teacher of the Year, 2025 GRAA Growth of the Game Teaching Professional Elite Member Status

Total number of individual lessons given per year:
Male: 376
Female: 392
Junior: 62

Total number of individual clinics given per year:
Over a 4 month season at Sankaty Head, I hosted 67 clinics, 2 adult multi-day golf schools, two 3-day beginner junior golf camps and one 2-day elite junior golf camp. Our four adult golf schools included the following guest teachers: GOLF Magazine Top 100 teacher and former PGA tour winner Parker McLachlin and Canadian Golf Hall-of-Fame member and LPGA Tour player Alena Sharp. In addition to being the Director of Instruction at Sankaty Head, I am the owner and Director of Instruction of LifeLong Golf. In 2026, I hosted 6 multi-day curated destination golf schools at the following destinations: Aurora Anguilla, Tubac Golf Resort (AZ), Streamsong Resort (FL), Costa Navarino Greece and Sankaty Head Golf Club (Nantucket, MA). Additionally, I hosted LifeLong Golf clinic series for the following private clubs: Farmington Country Club (VA) and Old Tabby Links (SC).

Please indicate any Growth of the Game initiatives your facility/academy has launched over the past year (please give specifics on such programs):
Over the last five years we have included new growth of the game programs each season at Sankaty Head. Going into the 2026 season we made a commitment to further develop proven programs rather than add new initiatives. Please read our growth of the game programs and key metrics of success in the answer to the next question below.
Internally, however, we did redesign our professional staff training program to better foster the development of our teaching staff and interns. Our training program includes the Sankaty Head Instructional Internship position and the Coach’s Box. The instructional internship position trains aspiring teachers to build and execute a successful instructional program. Our intern helps build our budget, films content for our Sankaty Head Instagram, helps write the Weekly Approach to promote upcoming events, shadows the Director of Instruction and over time becomes an assistant coach within our junior golf program. The Coach’s Box includes educational seminars for our assistants. In 2026, our seminar topics included junior golf instruction, a successful private coaching framework, swing analysis “green zones” and impactful drill progressions. The Coach’s Box includes a website clearinghouse for certifications, training aids and technology.

LifeLong Golf continued to grow its destination school program as well as the LifeLong Golf Clinic series. Our new initiative in 2026 included LifeLong Golf’s private coaching membership. This program allows LifeLong Golfers to continue their improvement plan after attending a destination school or clinic through a year-round remote coaching program. Within this program, I help students organized their support system. Based on their goals, I organize their development plan between their home swing coach, fitness trainers, and other support professionals including nutritionists and mental coaches. My job is to lay out a clear progression of goals and timelines and ensure all professionals on the support team are coordinated and working towards those goals. A LifeLong Golf Coach Membership includes a year subscription to SwingU, a Coach Now locker, weekly practice guides tailored to SwingU stats, video lessons and a customized Golf Forever program.

Please share any programming you have made to keep your customers & students engaged:
As Director of Instruction at Sankaty Head Golf Club, I’ve offered dynamic and innovative instructional programming since 2017. Additionally, in 2021 I launched my company LifeLong Golf. LifeLong Golf offers unique teaching and coaching programs worldwide.

Prior to 2017, Sankaty Head did not have a formalized instructional program. Since 2017, I have cultivated a culture of learning among our members. We offer clear pathways of improvement from beginner to elite level. A progression of clinics, golf schools, camps, and private lessons allow Sankaty Head members to improve their games while enjoying the learning process.

I offer the following adult instructional programs:

• Guest Teacher Program featuring Top 100 Teachers and Tour Players
• Golf Fitness Classes: TPI, Mach 3 Speed & Golf Forever programming
• Ladies & Men’s Skills Clinics
• Ladies Operation 36 Play Days
• Ladies On-Course Skills Clinics: Course Management, Special Scenarios & Vision54 training
• NeuX Pro sessions: This program trains golf movement through neuromuscular stimulation therapy. It addresses emotional regulation, the mind-body connection and muscular rehabilitation.

Our guest teacher program is our hallmark instructional event. Each season I collaborate with Top 100 teachers and LPGA Tour players bringing members fresh dynamic learning opportunities. Themes center around our guest teacher’s instructional or playing strengths. Additionally, guest teachers host workshops for our professional staff. In 2026 our guest teachers included GOLF Magazine Top 100 Teacher Parker McLachlin and LPGA Tour Player/Canadian Golf Hall-of-Fame Member Alena Sharp.

In 2018 I established Sankaty Head’s junior golf pathway. In 2026, our junior golf pathway included three levels: Introduction to Golf, Train-to-Play & Train-to Compete. Across these levels we offered three-day junior camps, weekly beginner skills clinics, a player development program, junior operation 36 play days, weekly intermediate skills clinics, PGA Junior League and 2-day elite junior camps. Our player development program included private lessons, supervised practices and skills combines.

Key metrics demonstrating the sustained success of our instructional programming (within a 4-month season) includes:

Director of Instruction Stats for Jennifer Hudson

• 62% increase in hours taught since 2017: (802 total hours taught in 2026)
• Year-over-year lesson growth since 2017, 100% lesson rate increase from $150/hr in 2017 to $300/hr in 2025/2026

Professional Instructional Staff Statistics

• 300% increase in hours taught across all professional staff– over 1,200 hours total- since starting our instructional program in 2017
• 14% increase in all professional staff teaching revenue over 2025

Group Programming Statistics in 2026:

• 100% sell-out rate for guest teacher programs: 58 total participants across 2 guest teacher clinic series. Average 29 participants per guest golf experience.
• 139 women participants across 35 hours of adult group weekly instruction – Average 7 pp per session. 92% of weekly ladies skills clinics sold out (6 clinics canceled due to rain)
• 59 hours of junior golf group instruction with 140 participants across all classes
• All junior camps sold-out – 33 total participants

Since 2021, I have offered innovative instructional programming worldwide through LifeLong Golf. LifeLong Golf features three programs: the LifeLong Golf destination program, LifeLong Golf clinics & private coaching membership and Lifelong Golf career design program.

The LifeLong Golf Destination Program is a series of curated destination golf schools designed to combine instruction and travel to exceptional golf destinations around the world. Each program has a personalized learning experience and builds a community of golfers committed to long-term improvement. Uniquely, the LifeLong Golf Destination Program is by invitation only, finding the most determined golfers possible.
Destination schools are intentionally designed for golfers of all skill levels and focus on specific areas of development, including course management, the scoring game, swing fundamentals, human skills/mental game, speed training, stat tracking and golf fitness. Each golf school’s curriculum, on-course coaching program and itinerary is customized to participant goals and skill levels. Golf school sizes range from 8-12 students and maintain a 4:1 student-to-teacher ratio.

Coaching alongside me at each destination schools is a rotating group of award-winning LPGA & PGA instructors. This provides multiple teaching perspectives within a supportive learning environment. To view past and current destinations as well as our affiliated LifeLong Golf teachers, please visit www.lifelonggolf.com.

In addition to destination schools, I am regularly invited to bring LifeLong Golf clinics to private clubs throughout the country. While at these clubs, I work with the host professionals providing new learning experiences for members and leading educational workshops for their professional staff. LifeLong Golf also hosts clinics for corporate groups and tournaments. Coaches include featured LPGA Tour players and coaches.
Last, I am committed to providing career pathways and solutions for rising women PGA & LPGA professionals. The LifeLong Golf Career Design Program provides opportunities for competitive junior girl golfers, collegiate players and retiring tour players to transition into the industry. Women professionals can apply for internship and educational opportunities. LifeLong Golf Career Design alumni and current attendees are connected through in-person teaching workshops.

Key metrics (2026) demonstrating the sustained success of LifeLong Golf’s instructional programming includes:

• 46 participants across 5 destination golf schools, averaging 9 pp per destination (100% participation rate)
• 115 participants across 5 clinic series, averaging 23 participants per clinic series.

Key metrics demonstrating the overall growth in LifeLong Golf since its inception in 2021:

• 98% destination school sell-out rat
• 244 participants in 30 destination schools averaging 8 students per school (nearly all destination schools are capped at 8 golfers to preserve a 4:1 student-to-teacher ratio)
• 471 participants across 22 LifeLong Golf clinics hosted at private clubs
• 419 participants across 5 tournament exhibitions and charity events

As a testament to the demand for LifeLong Golf Clinics, we have hosted clinics at the following private clubs:

• Emerald Dunes Club, FL (2027)
• Old Tabby Links, SC (2025 & 2026)
• Farmington Country Club, VA (2024-2026)
• Johns Island Club, FL (2025)
• Oakwood Country Club, MO (2025)
• Los Angeles Country Club, CA (2022 & 2024)
• Essex County Club, MA (2022 & 2023)

Additionally, our LifeLong Golf programs have become one of Acushnet’s flagship growth of the game programs. Since 2022, Acushnet has been an official corporate sponsor of LifeLong Golf, providing product and educational support for our programs. This support includes on-sight ball fitting, club-fitting and educational experiences and participant gifts. Our programs demonstrate how equipment is an essential part to playing your best and having fun on the course. A great example of how this partnership empowers students are LifeLong Women’s Golf Retreats. Along with participating Titleist fitters, I debunk women’s golf myths that have hindered the growth of women’s golf for decades. We make golf equipment understandable, relatable and exciting to women golfers.