Will Robins

Please indicate past awards won/recognitions:
PGA Section Teacher of the Year, GRAA Top 100 Growth of the Game Teaching Professional, Golf Digest Top 50, Golf Digest Best in State, Other (Indicate specific awards below in 3-a)

Other awards won:
NCPGA (Northern California PGA) Awards 2022 — Northern California PGA Section Teacher & Coach of the Year 2019 — Youth Player Development Award — Northern California PGA Section 2018 — Youth Player Development Award — Northern California PGA Section 2015 — PGA Player Development Award — Northern California PGA Section 2014 — Youth Player Development Award — Northern California PGA Section Golf Digest Awards 2026–'27 — Golf Digest 50 Best Teachers in America (T-50, New to List) 2023, '22, '20, '19, '18, '17 — Golf Digest "Best in Your State" — California 2016/2017 — Golf Digest "Best Young Teacher in America" Various — Golf Digest Top 40 Under 40 GRAA (Golf Range Association of America) Awards 2023, 2021, 2020 — GRAA Top 100 Growth of the Game Teaching Professional 2018, 2017 — GRAA Top 50 Growth of the Game Teaching Professional Hall of Fame & Other Recognitions 2023 — California Teaching & Coaching Hall of Fame

Total number of individual lessons given per year:
Male: 100
Female: 50
Junior: 5-10

Total number of individual clinics given per year:
WRGolf holds group classes Monday through Saturday, all year, across multiple locations. With classes of 8 to 16 players and about 250 students coached every week, we run roughly 16 to 31 group sessions each week, which adds up to approximately 1,100 group sessions per year. On top of that, our summer camp program runs 50 camp sessions with 16 campers each, welcoming about 800 juniors every summer. With our new indoor junior program at X-Golf El Dorado Hills, that schedule now holds steady through the winter months instead of slowing down with the weather.

Please indicate any Growth of the Game initiatives your facility/academy has launched over the past year (please give specifics on such programs):
Golf Without an Off Season
For years, the biggest threat to junior golf in our area was not a lack of interest. It was the calendar. Kids would fall in love with the game at summer camp, build momentum through the fall, and then lose it all when rain, cold, and early sunsets shut down the range. By spring, many were starting over.

In 2026, Will Robins and the WRGolf team took on that issue directly.

Indoor Junior Golf at X-Golf El Dorado Hills
WRGolf launched a dedicated indoor junior program at X-Golf in El Dorado Hills, giving juniors a place to train every single week no matter what the weather is doing outside. Juniors attend 60 minute weekly sessions in a climate controlled space using state of the art simulator technology, with the program running through the late fall and winter season when outdoor golf traditionally goes quiet.
The benefits for our juniors have been immediate:
• Consistency. Lessons happen regardless of weather, so juniors never lose weeks of progress to rain or cold. Skills built in summer carry straight through to spring.
• Instant feedback. Simulators show ball speed, launch, spin, and club path on every swing. Kids see cause and effect in real time, which speeds up learning and makes practice feel like a game.
• Real golf, indoors. Juniors play simulated holes on famous courses, practicing course management, club selection, and scoring decisions just like they would outside. This keeps our Scoring Method approach alive all winter.
• A welcoming first step. For brand new players, a private bay is far less intimidating than a crowded driving range. Beginners can try the game comfortably, and parents can watch every swing up close.
• Flexible scheduling. Indoor sessions fit after school and into evenings, even after the clocks change and daylight runs out.
• Pure fun. The technology, the games, and the energy of the space make kids excited to show up. Engaged juniors become lifelong golfers.
Most importantly, the indoor program closes the gap between our summer camps and our year round classes. Juniors who discover golf in June now have a clear, exciting place to keep going in November.

The WRGolf Junior Pathway
WRGolf’s motto, “Making champions in golf and life,” guides every junior program we run. First Tee life skills are woven into our curriculum so that players leave with confidence, integrity, and perseverance that serve them well beyond the course.
Our pathway gives every child a place to start and a reason to keep climbing:
• Spring and Summer Camps introduce new players to the game in a fun, low pressure setting, with Level 1, 2, and 3 options so every child finds the right fit. Historically, about 40% of summer campers move on to our year round program.
• Year Round Coaching runs classes every day of the week, grouped by age and skill, now supported by indoor training through the winter.
• The WRGolf Hat System works like martial arts belts. Every junior starts with a white hat, playing from 100 yards, and earns the next color by shooting 39 or better. Players move back 50 yards with each level, so success is always within reach and progress is always visible.
• The Junior Development Tour hosts monthly events for players ages 5 to 17 with parents and grandparents caddying. It gives beginners a place to compete years before they would be ready for traditional junior tours.
• Advanced Programming and College Path Mentoring prepares serious players for high school and college golf, including a free “Your Child’s Path to Collegiate Golf” seminar for families. Thirteen WRGolf juniors have gone on to play college golf.
• Hardship Scholarships pair WRGolf 50% scholarships with First Tee golferships so that no child is kept out of the game because of cost.
• PGA Junior League gives our players team competition and lets advanced juniors mentor younger ones.
• Mentoring Future Coaches invites WRGolf graduates back to help at summer camps, giving them a way to give back and giving younger players role models only a few years ahead of them.
All WRGolf programs are ADM compliant, and every WRGolf coach is ADM certified through PGA.Coach.

Adult Programming with Guaranteed Results
Will believes the golf industry grows when coaches stop selling their time and start selling results. His adult coaching program guarantees players will drop 10 shots in 10 weeks or keep coaching for free. Students spend half their time on the course, learning to manage their game and trust their ability rather than chasing swing fixes. Free community workshops such as “10 Keys to Scoring” and “Golfing Maturity” welcome 30 to 40 golfers at a time.

WRGolf’s Ladies Clinics, aligned with the PGA’s initiatives to grow the game for women, offer beginner, intermediate, and advanced sessions in a comfortable and social setting. Our ongoing partnership with the Sacramento chapter of the EWGA continues to bring new women into golf through exclusive clinics and on course playing lessons.
National and International Impact

Will’s reach extends far beyond Northern California. Through Robins Golf Logistix (RGX), he mentors more than 350 coaches in 18 countries and 41states, helping them build results based programs that grow their revenue, retain their students, and bring balance back to their own lives. Every coach Will trains multiplies his impact, bringing thousands of new and returning golfers into the game in communities around the world.
As a PGA Coach Ambassador, Will has partnered with the PGA of America to promote PGA.Coach and record training series on becoming a modern coach. He has visited PGA PGM university programs including Penn State to inspire the next generation of PGA professionals. His free Mastermind Monday sessions continue to give coaches everywhere practical strategies for summer camps, junior tours, and delivering real results. Recent speaking engagements have included the Australian PGA Golf Summit in Melbourne and the Asia Online Conference, and PGA Sections across the country regularly invite him to lead education for their members.

Please share any programming you have made to keep your customers & students engaged:
Keeping golfers in the game is just as important as bringing them in. Everything Will and his WRG Team build is designed to give players a clear goal, a way to measure progress, and a community to share it with.

Year Round Engagement Through Indoor Training
The new indoor junior program at X-Golf El Dorado Hills is our biggest engagement tool this year. Instead of a winter break that breaks momentum, juniors now have a weekly session to look forward to all season long. The simulator games, instant data, and virtual course play keep kids excited, and families stay connected to WRGolf twelve months a year.

The Scoring Method™
Will created The Scoring Method™, a teaching system built on three keys: the golfing mindset, the real game of golf, and practice with a purpose. It is now used by coaches around the world and has helped players of every level shoot their lowest scores. More than 3,000 +golfers have used The Scoring Method™ online video training, and the companion workbook, Scorecard, and Purposeful Practice Card give every player a simple way to see where strokes are lost and exactly what to practice next. The Scoring Method™ Golf Schools bring multiday intensives to golfers across the country.

The Hat System and Junior Tour
Monthly Junior Development Tour events give juniors a reason to practice and a stage to show their progress. Earning a new hat color is a milestone kids and parents celebrate together, and it keeps players coming back month after month.
The Mastery Series
Four week intensives in Mental Mastery, Scoring Game Mastery, and Short Game Mastery consistently sell out. A High School Mastery program helps freshmen earn a spot on their team and handle the nerves of their first season.

Parent Junior Tournament
Held twice a year, this family favorite pairs juniors with a parent, grandparent, or mentor for a day of friendly competition followed by awards and a family barbecue. It has sold out for more than a decade and has also raised funds for The First Tee of Greater Sacramento.
Family Education

Coaching Content for Golfers and Coaches

Will is the author of Unlock Your Golfing Potential: Play Your Best Golf When It Matters Most, a book that brings the heart of The Scoring Method™ to golfers everywhere. Built on the same three keys Will teaches every day, the golfing mindset, the real game of golf, and practice with a purpose, it gives players of every level a simple path to lower scores and more enjoyment, whether or not they have a coach nearby.
In the September 2026 issue of Golf Digest, Will authored the feature “Golf’s Not Mental, It’s Emotional” with Peter Morrice. The article reaches golfers nationwide with a message central to his coaching: to play your best, you have to manage your emotions more than your thoughts. Will breaks down seven emotional states that take over a round, including embarrassment, rage, guilt, and boredom, and gives readers a simple, practical tool to beat each one.

Will also shares his knowledge through the RGX YouTube channel with weekly coaching tips, Golf Digest video series including “The Will Robins Plan: Play Better Without Practice” and “Beginner Basics,” PGA Magazine and NCPGA articles, and the Golf in the Life Of podcast, now in its second decade with more than 100 episodes featuring guests such as Sean Foley, Suzy Whaley, Michael Breed, and Jim Hardy.

A Story That Connects
Will’s own journey remains one of the most powerful reasons golfers stay with him. After surviving the 2004 Thailand tsunami, he rebuilt his life around coaching and helping others enjoy the game. His story, shared on Dateline NBC, Golf Channel, CBS, and in Golf Magazine, gives students facing their own challenges a reason to believe they can improve too.