Jay Choi currently is an exempt player on the Japanese PGA Tour (Japan Golf Tour Organization). Jay as a junior player was a Rolex All-American before he attended and graduated from the University of New Mexico as an NCAA All-American. Jay played in the U.S. Amateur (Merion) and made it into the round of 16. Jay's goal is to establish himself on the Japanese Tour before coming back to the U.S. to play on the PGA Tour. Jay qualified 3rd in the final's of the Japanese Qualifying School in 2009. Stay tuned!
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Mi Jeong Jeon, the 28 year old Japan LPGA Tour star finished the 2010 season with earnings of $1,113,320.00 increasing her 6 year career earnings to $6,878,003.00. Mi Jeong has won 16 times in her 6 years on the JLPGA and won 3 times in 2010. The talented JLPGA led the tour in putting in 2007, 2009 and finished third in 2010. Mi Jeong is currently ranked 14th on the Rolex Women's World Rankings and we can look forward to Mi Jeong having a major influence on women's golf in 2012.
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Kristen Park is a 4 time Rolex Junior All-American who has won the U.S. Girls Junior Championship, played in 2 U.S. Women's Open's and accumulated a record of 6-0-0 in 2 Junior Solheim Cup appearance's. Kristen is 17 and will be a senior at Sunny Hills High School in Fullerton, California
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Joy was a Rolex Junior All-American and was a 2008 U.S. Girl's Championship Qualifier. Joy won Player of the Year in Orange County, California in 2005 and 2007. Joy played as the #1 player on the University of California, Irvine golf team and placed 2nd at the 2009 Golfweek Conference Challenge while being named to the 2008/2009 Big West All-Conference Team. Joy will turn professional after the 2010 Women's Amateur.
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As a junior, Rory was ranked #1 in 2006 and was a 2 time Rolex Junior All-American. Rory had 7 top 10 finishes out of 8 AJGA tournament during his junior career. As an amateur, Rory was ranked #2 by AmateurGolf.com. Rory played 2 year's at USC where he set a record 62 and established the single lowest round ever by a USC player and was an NCAA All-American. Rory turned professional after his sophomore year. Rory qualified and played on the Asian and The Challenge Tour (European Tour) during the 2009 season. Rory has always been considered as one of the hardest working player's in the country.
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Andrew Patipaksiri as a junior shot -17 (199) in a 3 day AJGA tournament as a sophomore. Andrew started his college career at the University of New Mexico where he stayed for one year before transferring to the University of California, Riverside. Andrew tied for 3rd in the 2009 Big West Conference Championship. Andrew has a great golf swing and is working hard on his course management to improve his play for the 2010 season at UCR.
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Lalita was also a Rolex Junior All-American and a two time winner of the Orange County California Player of the Year award. Lalita play's for the University of California, Irvine and led the NCAA in par 3 scoring average with an average of 2.93 stroke's for the 2009/2010 season. Lalita is a superior short game player with the emphasis on controlling her golf ball by being “SUPER” straight.
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Ryan Carter is your typical over-achiever who works very hard on his golf game. While in college at Fresno State University (Ryan played with Nick Watney), Ryan was named co-freshman of the year while be named Fresno State Scholar Athlete as well as a WAC Scholar Athlete. As a senior, Ryan was named an NCAA Scholastic All-American. Ryan is now a professional and plays on the Canadian and The Tar Heel Tour in the Carolina's. Ryan is a true lover of the game of golf with his enthusiasm and work ethic.
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At the George Pinnell Golf Academy a primary objective is to identify and develop young players who may have a desire to play golf at an elite level. Therefore we put an emphasis on player development starting at a young age. For the younger youths we want to emphasize that playing golf should be fun, so our teaching is based on having fun while still learning the skill sets that are required to play at the elite level's. When we think a player is ready, we introduce them and their parent's to tournament golf. If the youngster perform's well at the local level, then we introduce them to the AJGA (American Junior Golf Association) where they can play against players at a national level. If they are successful and want to continue to compete, we help them and counsel them towards playing golf at the collegiate level.
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