Judy Alvarez, PGA

Judy Alvarez, of Judy Alvarez Golf Academy in Palm City, Florida, who’s authored the nominated USGA Herbert Warren Wind Award book, “Broken Tees and Mended Hearts,” was the South Florida PGA Section Player Development Award winner in 2011 and 2016, listen in Golf Digest’s 50 Best Women Teachers in America and is a national instructor trainer for the PGA HOPE program.

Facility type: Public

Past awards/recognitions:

• PGA Section Teacher of the Year
• GRAA Top 50 Growth of the Game Teaching Professional
• Golf Digest Top 50
• Golf Digest Top 20
• Golf Digest Best in State
• LPGA Awards

Technology used in instruction:

• iPad
• iPhone
• V1 Pro
• iSwing
• Swing Fan
• Impact Bag
• Orange Whip
• Medicus
• Martini Tees

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

Growth of the game initiatives: