Ryan Mills

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

Other awards won:
2x Southern Nevada Chapter, Southwest Section Youth Player Development Award (2023, 2025), 2x Operation 36 Top 50 Master Coach (2024,2025), 3x Operation 36 Top 50 Coach (2021-2023), PGA #Gamechanger Award (2024),

Total number of individual lessons given per year:
Male: 368
Female: 104
Junior: 210

Total number of individual clinics given per year:
171

Please indicate any Growth of the Game initiatives your facility/academy has launched over the past year (please give specifics on such programs):
This past year I launched a program that I referred to as PODS. The name basically references the fact that this is a small group class focusing on individual needs. The purpose of this program is to act as an extension of Operation 36. I have been running my Operation 36 program for 6 years now and I have started to get some players who are plateauing because of the skill level they have reached. I wanted to create a program that offered them a next step where I can focus on refining individual skills, discuss advanced topics and keep costs down. I usually have no more than 3-4 students per pod. I try to mix it up and offer a wide range of topics that don't normally get covered within the Operation 36 platform and allows them to continue their development.

I am also working with coaches across multiple states to develop a year round team/individual based league. This league will focus on creating more access to competitive development for junior golfers of all ages and skill levels. These events will also provide valuable points for the junior golf leaderboard and recruitment access for those that are older. This will also give every player the opportunity to experience traveling and playing on new golf courses as well as against players they might not usually get to in their local area.

Please share any programming you have made to keep your customers & students engaged:
I utilize a wide range of programs to keep my students engaged. I pride myself on offering a diverse set of programs that suit all players regardless of skill and age.

My main program is an Operation 36 program that we runs year round. During the year I offer (12) 8 week programs and (4) 4 week programs as well as (6) 3-day summer camps. These program are offered to both juniors and adults. Currently I have a total of 551 students enrolled in my Operation 36 program. It is broken down into 253 adults and 298 juniors. On the adult side 85% of those players are in the beginner to intermediate category and on the junior side 91% fall into the beginner to intermediate category.

Outside of this I offer a year round PGA Junior League program. I have (1) 13u Winter Jamboree team, (1) 17u Winter Jamboree team, (4) regular season teams (9u, 13u and 2x 17U), (3) All-Star Teams (13u and 2x17u) and (1) Fall in-house 13u team. I also sponsor 2x 13u teams at another club. With these teams we have won numerous local and section awards. Our latest being the 2026 17u Southwest Section PGA Junior League Championship. With all of these programs combined I have about 100 kids actively involved in my PGA Junior League program throughout the year.

Lastly, I co-run the Las Vegas Middle School Golf League as well as run a middle school golf team. This team is comprised of kids from three different charter schools. This past year I had a total of 16 players on the team. I have been the head coach of this team for the past 6 years.

I also have the pods program (mentioned above).