Jeff Gibson has been teaching and playing golf in Central Florida for over 20 years. His students include some of the finest
players to come out of the Tampa Bay Area. His specialty seems to be the
development of tournament players of high quality, with great powerful swings.
Jeff is also known as one of the finest short game players and teachers. Five years in a row Jeff has qualified a different student for a
National Championship, beginning with Jeremy Hobson in the US Jr. Boys and
ending with Ashley Kozlowski in the US Jr. Girls.
Jeff was selected the WCCPGA Jr Golf Leader for 2002 and 2003.
He was also the NFPGA Section Jr Golf Leader for 2003. He received the NFPGA
Standard of Excellence Award in 2004. He has been a Board Member of the Greater Tampa
Junior Golf Association, Board Member of the Polk County Jr Tour, and a Board
Member of the Florida Junior Golf License Plate Initiative (Liaison).
The Gibson style centers on the player being responsible for
their games. The instructor is responsible for educating the player in swing
mechanics and feel mechanics, while finding keys to making this easier. The
instructor is also responsible for the players mental outlook and should guide
the player through the pitfalls of seeking to improve both their swings and
games. Jeff stresses power and teaches for the big field. It is just as easy to
teach sound mechanics as poor mechanics and then you find out if a player is a
player.
"When you get in trouble, GET OUT OF TROUBLE! In other words,
when you have a problem with a golf shot, when you are through with the shot you
should not have the same problem!"
EDUCATION AND AWARDS
Jeff Gibson, PGA
Pensacola JC, Pensacola, Fl-Golf Scholarship
1979 Graduate University of South Florida-BA History
PGA Business School I, Philadelphia, PA
PGA Business School II, Portland, OR
PGA Member (A-11) in good standing
2002-2003-2006-2007 WCCPGA Junior Golf Leader award
2002 North Florida Section PGA of America Junior Golf Leader award
2003-2004-2005-2006-2007 NFPGA Standard of Excellence Award Winner
Board Member-Greater Tampa Junior Golf Association
Board Member- Florida State Junior Golf Council-assisting in developing criteria for grant distribution of Florida Jr. Golf License Plate revenues.
Also NFPGA Liaison for same.
2004-2005-2006-2007 PGA President’s Council
Board Member Every Day Blessing Orphanage
Board Member Central Florida Junior Golf Tour
First Tee On-Site Director 2002 Hidden Creek Golf Club, Thonotosassa, Florida.
Director NFPGA “Swing into School” Junior Program which includes drafting entire education curriculum for middle school PE teachers, testing procedures for students completing program and clinic guidelines for PGA Professionals. Largest individual junior program in nation.
Staff officer and member NFPGA Executive Board and Tournament Committee
2006 US Open Sectional- Qualifier St. Charles CC, Chicago
2005 Winner NFPGA Senior Match Play
2005 Winner NFPGA Sr. Jr.
2004 Winner WCCPGA Jr. Sr.
Member 2006 WCC PGA Chapter Challenge Team
Member 2006 and 2007 NFPGA Senior Cup Team
Member 2006 WCCPGA Chapter Cup Team
Graduate 2007 PGA of America Leadership Conference, PGA Reserve, Port St. Lucie, Florida.
Graduate, USGA Grant and Awards Conference, Colorado Springs, CO, 2006
2006 and 2007 US Kids Honorable Mention Top 50 Golf Instructors in America
GGA Students (recent)
2000 Hillsborough County Male Golfer of the Year (Junior)
2000 Female All County First Team
2000 Two First Team Male All County Team
2000 USGA National Pub Links Qualifier
2000 USGA Junior Amateur Qualifier
2001 3 Top 10 Male Players in Hillsborough County PGA FPGS
2001 2 Female Top 10 Players in Hillsborough County PGA FPGS
2002 US Open First Stage Qualifier;
2002 Canadian Sr Am Qualifier
2003 First Stage US Open Qualifier
2001 youngest Florida Am qualifier
7 current or former Division I scholarship players
2002 Male First Team All County – Hillsborough County (1)
2002-2003 Division II All American (Third Team)
2003 Canadian Sr. Am Qualifier
2003 Future Collegians World Tour Top 3 finishes three times
2003 FCWT Championship qualifier Doral Blue Monster
US Kids Florida Championship 2nd place
Connecticut Jr. Girls Callaway AJGA second place 2003
2003 SDHC High School #1 players (6)
2003 PGA FPGS Top 10 scoring Hillsborough County (2)
2003 PGA FPGS Scoring Leader for Hillsborough County
2003 Two Male First Team All County Hillsborough County
2003 US Amateur Qualifier
2004 FCWT Girls Champion -Dafusky Island Championship
2004 Canadian Tour Qualifier attendee
2004 Gateway Professional Tour (2)
2004 Hooters Tour (1)
2004 Innisbrook International Junior Championship Boys Champion
2004 Gateway Tour 2nd place June (Myrtle Beach)
2004 US Junior Girls (Ft. Worth, Texas)
2004 PGA Tour Qualifier School
2004 Hillsborough Co Player of the Year (Boys)
2005 Division I Golf Scholarship-Female (Rutgers)
2005 Division II Golf Scholarship-Male (Valdosta State)
2006 US Open Sectional Qualifier
2005-2006 Hooters Tour Qualifier
2005-2006-2007 First Team All County Girls Team
2007-Winner, Florida Open-Travis Hampshire
2008 US Women's Sectional Qualifier
Patrick Gibson
2003 Canadian Tour School
2004 P.G.A.Tour School
F.H.S.A.A. State
Championships Wharton High School 2003 & 2002
P.G.A. Apprentice Program
enter into program March 2009
2000 Florida Amateur
- Youngest Qualifier State of Florida
2001 Florida Amateur
- Youngest Medallist State of Florida
2003 Division I
N.C.A.A. Scholarship to the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga
Worked with: Ron Terry, Jim
Dent, Joe Hodge, Tom Doozan, Jim Slattery, Rick Bradshaw, Gary Koch, Jim
Garrison, Jeff Gibson
Record Holder: Bloomingdale
Golfers Club-Tie with Lee Jantzen @ 62
Terrace Hill Golf Club-Tie Ryuji Imada &Tim Seibert @ 25
