Ryan Young
Chambers Bay Academy
6320 Grandview Dr W
6320 Grandview Dr W, University Place, Washington 98467, US
http://www.chambersbaygolf.com/instruction
ryoung@kempersports.com
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:
PGA Chapter Teacher of the Year, PGA Section Player Development Award, PGA Section Youth Player Development, PGA Chapter Patriot Award, Golf Magazine Teachers to Watch
Total number of individual lessons given per year:
Male: 600
Female: 400
Junior: 700
Total number of individual clinics given per year:
150
Please indicate any Growth of the Game initiatives your facility/academy has launched over the past year (please give specifics on such programs):
Here is a list of all 35 plus Academy programs conducted this year within each skill level category:
● Adult Player Development Programs
○ Beginner
■ Welcome2Golf (W2G) – exclusive PNW partner with the National Golf Foundation – Four 90-min beginner golf classes.
● W2G – Practice with the Pro events
● W2G – Play with the Pro events
■ Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) Veteran Beginner Clinics
● WWP 3-Day Golf Schools
● WWP Virtual Beginner Golf Clinics
■ Salute Military Golf Association (SMGA) Veteran Beginner Golf Classes
○ Intermediate
■ PGA Coaching Club – weekend coaching clinics with range, discounted green fees, and online coaching
■ PGA HOPE
● Veteran Playing Golf Schools – Graduate Program to WWP/SMGA
■ Social Events – Affordable twilight golf events ($20-50 each)
● Wine & 9 events – 9 holes with wine tasting
● 7 and 7 Seas Brewing events – 7 holes with beer tasting
● Social 6 events – 6 holes with whiskey
● Pitch, Pint, & Putt Week – 6–7-hole loops with tastings
● Pro-Tip Thursday @ Stadium Golf in downtown Tacoma
○ Advanced/Elite
■ Golf Schools
● ½ Day Golf Schools – partnered with Brian Mogg – 4-hour golf schools
● Alumni Playing Golf Schools w/ Brian Mogg
● 2-Day Golf Schools w/ Brian Mogg
● Stay and Play Golf Schools – NEW golf school where you stay at Ryan’s Airbnb and learn/play at Chambers Bay
■ Adult Trainings – monthly memberships with range privileges and weekly small group trainings
■ On-Course Playing Lessons – group playing lessons for 2-hours
■ Winter Game Improvement Package – winter packages with range privileges and weekly small group training on and off course
■ Travel Academy – partnered with Palm Desert Golf Academy – multi-day golf school at Desert Willow GC
■ TaylorMade Custom Fitting events – Free fitting events
● Junior Programs
○ Beginner
■ The First Tee South Puget Sound – junior clinics combined with our Junior Beginner Classes
■ Junior Beginner Classes for ages 7-13 and 14+
● Junior Beginner 2.0 Classes
■ Drive, Chip, and Putt
● Prep Clinic Series
● Practice Qualifier Series
○ Intermediate
■ Junior Trainings – monthly memberships with range privileges and weekly 8:1 group trainings
■ PGA Junior Camp – Full or Half-day week long camp
■ Adult/Junior Scramble events
● Winter Freeze Adult/Junior Championship
■ PGA Jr League
● Spring Season – 9U, 13U and 17U
● All-Star Season – 13U and 17U
● Fall Season – 9U, 13U and 17U
○ Advanced
■ Junior Trainings – monthly memberships with range privileges and weekly 6:1 group trainings
■ Junior/Junior Stroke Play Series – fall stroke play events
● Chambers Bay Junior Championship
■ HS Golf Prep Clinics – 4 week clinic catered to high school juniors
○ Elite
■ Junior Trainings – monthly memberships with range privileges and weekly 4:1 group trainings. Includes college golf recruiting help
In addition to these programs, we have designed various private lesson packages:
● Private Lesson Offerings
○ 50-minute Private Lesson and Series of 4
○ 9-Hole Playing Lessons
○ Ultimate Game Package – 2 private lessons and a 9-hole group playing lesson
● Remote Coaching Lessons – monthly membership includes weekly online lessons via CoachNow app.
Please share any programming you have made to keep your customers & students engaged:
Our Social Events, are great follow up/engagement programs. They are all priced within $40-50 and are late evenings and last maximum 2 hours. We are able to be as inclusive as possible with these:
■ Social Events – Affordable twilight golf events ($20-50 each)
● Wine & 9 events – 9 holes with wine tasting
● 7 and 7 Seas Brewing events – 7 holes with beer tasting
● Social 6 events – 6 holes with whiskey
● Pitch, Pint, & Putt Week – 6–7-hole loops with tastings
● Pro-Tip Thursday @ Stadium Golf in downtown Tacoma