Joe McNeil

Please indicate past awards won/recognitions:
GRAA Top 100 Growth of the Game Teaching Professional, Other (Indicate specific awards below in 3-a)

Other awards won:
Top 50 US Kids, Top 50 US Kids Master Coach

Total number of individual lessons given per year:
Male: 600
Female: 150
Junior: 1200

Total number of individual clinics given per year:
350+

Please indicate any Growth of the Game initiatives your facility/academy has launched over the past year (please give specifics on such programs):
6-Week Beginner Clinic – Each Week we focus on a different aspect of the game, Putting, Shortgame, Iron Swing, Driver Swing, Class Wide Scramble

Please share any programming you have made to keep your customers & students engaged:
At Short Game, relationships are at the heart of everything we do. Our on course days bring families together as parents come out to watch, cheer, and share in the experience. It’s a true family atmosphere, built through Zoom meetings, weekly texts, and personal sit downs where we talk about junior golf, upcoming tournaments, and college planning.

For our adults, community is just as important. Our indoor and outdoor leagues have created incredible friendships as people who met through Short Game now plan golf trips together, and parents often step in to help other kids get to tournaments. It’s been amazing to watch these connections grow.

At every level, we believe golf is more than a game, it’s a community, a support system, and a family.