Resident Golf ProfessionalsIf you come to Kiawah Island Golf Resort to improve your golf game, you wont be disappointed. Our staff consists of 12 PGA Certified Class A Professionals and 7 apprentices. Each certified professional has had extensive training to receive this prestigious certification. Many programs are offered on the resort that is offered in a private or semi-private environment. The Tommy Cuthbert Golf Learning center offers state-of-the-art video instruction technology, designed to improve your swing, as well as current golf fitting systems. A private teaching area including driving range, practice green and sand bunker is available. Packages can be built for your training needs. Let one of reservation agents put a package together for you. 800-571-1570.
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After serving as Head Professional of The Ocean Course for 11 years, Gerard was named Kiawah Island Golf Resort's Director of Golf in 2006. A graduate of Western Illinois University, Gerard joined the Kiawah team in 1986. He served as the Head Professional at Turtle Point for five years before being named the Head Professional at The Ocean Course in 1995. He has been a PGA member since July 1989 and is a certified Master Professional in General Management. He was named Carolinas PGA Merchandiser of the Year in 2005 and National PGA Merchandiser of the Year in 2006. He is a member of the Carolinas PGA Board of Directors. Gerard and his wife Lynn have been married since 1993.
Youngner has been at Kiawah since 1997 where he began his career at Osprey Point, serving as first assistant for four years before being named head professional at Oak Point in August of 2003. In September of 2006, he became the Head Golf Professional at The Ocean Course. While in the PGA of America’s Professional Golf Management Program, he was awarded the prestigious Titleist/Foot-Joy Apprentice Scholarship for outstanding achievement. He became a PGA Member in May 2003 and has achieved certification in both General Management and Golf Operations. Youngner attended the University of Georgia. He and his wife Sara have been married since 2002.
Ammon returns to Kiawah Island Golf Resort after serving as the First Assistant Professional for the past two years at Huntingdon Valley Country Club in Huntingdon Valley, PA. Scott began his career at Kiawah as an Assistant Professional at Osprey Point from 1998-2000 & then as the First Assistant Professional at Cougar Point from 2000-2004. He has been a PGA Member since August 2004 when was awarded the Titleist/Foot-Joy Apprentice Scholarship for outstanding achievement.
While Schaffer came to Turtle Point from The Ocean Course where he has served as first assistant professional since 2003. However, he’s no stranger to this stellar Jack Nicklaus design as it is where he started his employment with Kiawah Island Golf Resort in 1997. He served as first assistant from 1999 to 2003 prior to his move to The Ocean Course. Schaffer earned his PGA membership in 2004 and is certified in General Management and Golf Operations. He was named as one of the "Top 25 Assistant Golf Professionals" by Golf Shop magazine earlier this year. Schaffer attended Southwestern Oklahoma State University on a golf scholarship. He and his wife, Lisa, have been married since 1997 and have one son.
Born and raised just outside of Cleveland, Ohio, Jim attended Kent
State University and had been Head Professional of Cougar Point for 11
years before his current position at Osprey Point. He has been a PGA
member since 1989. Jim is now certified by the PGA in executive
management and golf course ownership and leasing. He is only one of six, along with Blake Cathey, PGA professionals in the country certified in all six categories
of the PGA certification program. 
Ferguson started at Kiawah Island Golf Resort in 1988. In that time he
served as the First Assistant at each Osprey Point, Turtle Point, and
Cougar Point. Since becoming a Class A PGA Member in 1996, Ferguson has
held the position of Head Professional at three of the Resort’s five
golf courses; Turtle Point (11⁄2 years), Oak Point (11⁄2 years), and
Cougar Point since March of 2000. In 2006, Ferguson earned PGA
Certification in General Management. Before coming to Kiawah, he worked
at two Charleston area golf courses. Ferguson is married, and the
father of a son and daughter. 
Former captain of the University of South Carolina’s women’s golf team and PGA Class A Professional, Abby is primarily responsible for teaching and promoting lessons for women and junior golfers, assisting in general teaching clinics, and fitting players for new equipment. She completed a double major in Marketing and Management and holds a BS in Business Administration from the University of South Carolina and obtained her PGA Class A membership in April 2004. Abby is a PGA Certified Instructor, a certification that she earned through continuing education via the PGA of America's Specialty Certification Program.
Miller joined the Kiawah team in 1989 and served as the head
professional at Osprey Point for 10 years before assuming the same
duties at Turtle Point in the spring of 2000. Prior to that he was the
director of golf at Oristo Golf and Tennis Resort on Edisto Island,
S.C. He has been a PGA member since 1979 and was a PGA Tour member in
1982. Miller was a two time member of the S.C. PGA Cup team, and with
Mark Schaffer won the 2001 Carolinas PGA Senior-Junior. He attended the
University of South Carolina, and is PGA Certified in General
Management. He and his wife, Jan, have a son Troy, who is a golf course
architect and a daughter Allisyn who is a student at the College of
Charleston.
A Graduate with honors of Lake City Community College Turf Program, Stone joined the Kiawah team in 1989. He served as Head Golf Course Superintendent at Cougar Point from 1990 until 1992 and Turtle Point from 1992 until 2003 before assuming his roll as Head Golf Course Superintendent of The Ocean Course in 2003. Stone worked with Jack Nicklaus on Turtle Point course renovations in 2000 and with Pete Dye on his 2004 course renovations at The Ocean Course. Stone has been a Class A GCSAA member for 16 years. He and his wife, Ashley, have two children.
Daly has been with Kiawah since 1996, serving as Assistant
Superintendent at Osprey Point before moving to Oak Point as Head Golf
Course Superintendent in 2002. He attended Northwood University for
marketing, before receiving turfgrass and agronomy certificates from
Trident Technical College and Purdue University. Daly and his wife,
Teri, have two daughters.
Agazzi has been at Kiawah since 1993 where he began his career at Turtle Point, serving as first assistant for 7 years prior to becoming the Head Golf Course Superintendent at Cougar Point in May of 2000. He returned to Turtle Point in 2002 as Head Golf Course Superintendent. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Agazzi grew up in Columbia, South Carolina. He graduated from the College of Charleston with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration in 1992 and is a Class A GCSAA member. Agazzi has a son and a daughter.
Miller is a 1986 graduate of The Pennsylvania State University turfgrass program. He has been at Kiawah since 1987, were he has served as Superintendent at The Ocean Course, Cougar Point, Turtle Point and Osprey Point. Miller has been a Class A GCSAA member for over 20 years. Miller and his wife, Carolyn, have a son and two daughters.
A graduate of The Ohio State University, French earned a Bachelors Degree in Agriculture and worked for the Athletic Department at OSU before joining the Kiawah team in 1995 as Assistant Superintendent at Marsh Point (Cougar Point). French served as Superintendent at Oak Point for 3 years before moving to Cougar Point in 2003. French has been a Class A member of CGCAA since 2001 and is CGCS Certified since 2004 (one of only four CGCS Certified superintendents in the Charleston area and one of only 1,500 nationwide). French and his wife, Bridget, have a son and a daughter.
Cathey joined Kiawah Island Golf Resort in 2002 as Assistant Professional at Cougar Point. Before being named the Lead Instructor in 2007, he served as 1st Assistant at Oak Point and more recently 1st Assistant at Cougar Point. A graduate from the University of South Carolina, Cathey is one of only 6 PGA professionals in the nation to have completed all six PGA Certifications, along with Jim Kelechi. He is a guest instructor on The Golf Channel's television show "The Turn" and has appeared on that network's "What's in the Bag" program. Cathey and his wife, Amy, have been married since 2002.
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