Stephanie Lau shot even par 72 on the Castlewood Country Club – Hill Course to put her into second place after the first round in the AJGA Trader Joe’s Junior Championship in Pleasanton, CA. The 15 year old from Fullerton, CA., hit 12 fairway’s, 10 green’s and had 28 putt’s. Stephanie’s short game was working [...]
Stephanie Lau, Fullerton, CA, finished tied for 5th place in the the AJGA Junior AT Centennial, Medford Oregon. The event was played July 11-14, 2011. Stephanie shot 72-73-72 (217) +1 for the three day AJGA event. The winner was Catherina Li who shot a three round total of 211. Stephanie is continuing her quest to [...]
Ricky Cen, a ten year old player from Monterey Park, CA., won the 34th Annual Friendly Hills Championship played at Friendly Hills Country Club in Whittier, CA. Ricky shot a 44 to win by 2 shot’s over Alrik Pan of West Covina, CA. Jaden Kim of Fullerton, CA finished in 3rd place with a 49 [...]
Felicia and Aaron Chang are working hard to improve their golf game. The brother and sister duo are both relative newcomer’s to the game. They competed in the JDL @ Manhattan Beach, on July 10, 2011 and came away with satisfying result’s. Felica shot 39 (+12) and tied for 7th place only 6 shot’s off [...]
Mason Chiu tied for first place in the Southern California PGA Junior Tour’s, JDL Division. The event was played at the Manhattan Beach Golf Club, Manhattan Beach, CA. Mason tied for first place with a score of 32 (+5). Mason is 12 year’s old and is working hard to earn his way onto the SCPGA [...]
Stephanie Lau, from Fullerton, CA., shot 77-72 (149) to finish in 4th place at the 2011 Junior PGA Section Championship played at Morongo Golf Club at Tukwet Canyon in Beaumont, CA. Hannah Kim, Chula Vista, CA shot 71-71 (142) -2 to win the championship. Stephanie played well on the second day with 2 birdie’s and [...]
George Pinnell was having a conversation with several junior player’s and the topic was centered on how much practice time was needed to play golf at a high level. One of the junior’s parent’s complained that they were having a difficult time getting their 2 boys to practice more than an hour a day in [...]
Leeyen Peralta a 9 year old from Fullerton, CA. finished in 2nd place at the U.S. Kids Regional Championship’s held at Las Positas Golf Club in Freemont, CA. Leeyen shot 42-43 for a two day total of 85. Sabrina Iqbal, of San Jose, CA. won the 9 year old division with 38-36 (74). Leo Lu, [...]
Jaden Kim, Fullerton, CA., shot 2 over par 33 to finish in a tie for 5th place, one shot off the winning score of 1 over par 32 at the Rancho Duarte “9 Hole” Summer Championship held at Rancho Duarte Golf Course, Rancho Duarte, CA. Jaden has been working on improving his balance during his [...]
Brian Fong shot a -1 (71) in the final round to move up into a tie for 35th place at the PING Phoenix AJGA tournament at Moon Valley Country Club in Phoenix, AZ. Brian’s shot rounds of 79-73-71 (223) to move from 48th place to 35th in the final round. Brian will be a junior [...]
I credit George Pinnell with all of Joys’ golf success as a high school and college player, and more recently as a professional golfer. For the past 8 years I have come to appreciate the detailed swing adjustments, course management, and tournament consultations provided by George.
His equipment is state of the art, but more importantly is the wonderful guidance he provides on a weekly basis on how to approach practice, physical training and planning for play in the right tournaments. Beginners, intermediate and advanced golfers would benefit from his terrific guidance.
Jim Trotter
George has been coaching Michelle for 9 months and has transformed Michelle into a consistent player. Since she has started under George’s tutelage, she has excelled in all aspects of the game. Additionally, with his wealth of knowledge and use of technology, he is teaching Michelle the importance of swing plane, impact, and consistency. However, more importantly, George is also teaching and sharing with her about challenges of life, integrity, respect, accountability, time management, and sportsmanship.
We have great respect for George…not only because of his knowledge in golf, but because he is also a teacher of life. I have seen a great transformation in Michelle’s perspective concerning life as wells as golf. We look forward to a long-term partnership and friendship. Thank you George.
Michael Thompson
Mr. Pinnell taught my son Rory Hie since he was 14 year’s old. This included Rory’s junior golf career playing on the SCPGA Junior Tour, the AJGA and included his amateur career playing for USC. We are still in communication with Coach Pinnell even though we are in Asia. Rory’s achievement speak’s well of Coach Pinnell’s patience and ability and know how, to teach Rory at a young age. The victory at the 2011 Tangshan China PGA Championship is a credit to Coach Pinnell’s work with Rory.
Tommy Hie
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George has taught some of the best players in the world and helped them to where they are now in their careers. His list of players include a PGA Tour Champion, a LPGA Tour Champion, an USGA Champion, 2-NCAA All-American’s, and 31 Polo Junior All-American’s. In total the Player’s that have received instruction from George have accounted for 350+ tournament win’s on the Professional, College and Junior levels.
PGA Tour
Anthony Kim
Kevin Na
LPGA Tour
Mi Hyun Kim
Hyun Hee Moon
Shi Hyun Ahn
Ara Koh
Irene Cho
Russy Gulyanamitta
Hana Kim
Sarah Lee
Ji Young Lee
Na On Min
Angela Park
Anna Rawson
Sung Ah Yim
European PGA Tour
Rory Hie
Japanese PGA Tour
Jay Choi
JLPGA
Mi Jeong Jeon
Korean Tour
David Oh
Tae Hee Lee
eGolf Tour
Ryan Carter
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Kristen Park- USGA Champion
Joy Trotter
Lalita Patipaksiri
Henna Cho
Patty Chawalithmetha
Andrew Patipaksiri
Roy Kim
Tiffany Lua