Rising Stars: Meet GOLF Magazine’s 2021-2022 Teachers to Watch

Every two years, GOLF Magazine convenes an independent committee of teachers to evaluate teachers’ bodies of work and decide whether it warrants inclusion on our GOLF Top 100 Teachers list. It’s a highly-competitive process which entails months of our selection committee reviewing applications against a rigorous set of criteria.

First introduced in 2019 and expanded in 2021, our GOLF Magazine “Teachers to Watch” designation aims highlight rising stars in the golf instruction industry. Keep your eyes peeled on this group of teachers: They’re the innovative teachers of tomorrow helping shape the way we all learn, think, and play.

RELATED: Meet the 2021 class of GOLF Top 100 teachers

MEET GOLF’S 2021-2022 Teachers to Watch

David Armitage
La Gorce Country Club
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John Bierkan
Aronimink Golf Club
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James Hong
Harbor Links Golf Course
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Mark Immelman
Columbus State University, CBS Sports, PGA TOUR Entertainment
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Kelvin Kelley
Burlingame Golf Center; Peacock Gap Golf Course
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Paxton O’Connor
Desert Mountain Club
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Rick Sessinghaus
Scholl Canyon Golf Course
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Adam Smith
The Country Club of Virginia
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TJ Yeaton
Atlantic Beach Country Club
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Luke Kerr-Dineen
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Luke Kerr-Dineen is the Game Improvement Editor at GOLF Magazine and GOLF.com. In his role he oversees the brand’s game improvement content spanning instruction, equipment, health and fitness, across all of GOLF’s multimedia platforms.

An alumni of the International Junior Golf Academy and the University of South Carolina–Beaufort golf team, where he helped them to No. 1 in the national NAIA rankings, Luke moved to New York in 2012 to pursue his Masters degree in Journalism from Columbia University. His work has also appeared in USA Today, Golf Digest, Newsweek and The Daily Beast.