DORAL, Fla. -- Six professional golf instructors from the Jim McLean Golf School academies, located coast-to-coast with more than 80 instructors and assistants, have received 2008 PGA Awards for Instructors.

The list of recipients include:
-- Jerry Mowlds, PGA Teacher of the Year/Pacific Northwest Section
-- Bill Britton, PGA Teacher of the Year/New Jersey Section
-- Marty Nowicki, PGA Teacher of the Year/New York Section
-- Christopher Toulson/PGA Horton Smith Award/South Florida Section
-- Jared Isaacs/PGA Chapter Horton Smith Award/South Florida Section
-- Darrell Kestner/Bill Strausbaugh Award/Metropolitan Section

About Jim McLean Golf Schools:
The largest and highest-attended golf schools in America, Jim McLean Golf Schools in 2008 hosted more than 1,000 clinics, provided more than 30,000 instructional hours and 20,000 lessons and held in excess of 400 Golf Schools. McLean, who founded his first school at Doral Golf Resort and Spa in 1991, has expanded to cover coast-to-coast, including his first international school near Madrid, Spain. Jim McLean Golf School at Doral is the nation's largest and busiest with 33 instructors and assistants. Other U.S. schools include PGA West in LaQuinta, California, LaQuinta Resort & Spa in LaQuinta, California, Waterchase Golf Club in Fort Worth, Texas, Wigwam Resort & Spa in Litchfield Park, Arizona and Grand Traverse Resort & Spa in Williamsburg, Michigan. The 14,000-square-foot Performance Academy at Jim McLean Golf Center in Texas is unique to the industry featuring a multi-dimensional plan that combines training the body as well as the mind for optimal success.

Contact:
John Bell 954-970-3394 prseitz@bellsouth.net