Meet the 2025 Class!
Since 2004, U.S. Kids Golf has recognized golf's best coaches with the Top 50 Kids Coach Award. Applicants complete an online survey and winners are chosen based on a variety of factors that grade their contribution to youth golf. Considerations include, but are not limited to, experience, innovation, creativity, communication, parental engagement, organization, devotion, and growing the game. Award recipients include coaches who work at public, private, resort, and municipal courses.
Master Kids Coaches
These individuals have earned the distinction of Master Kids Coach by winning the Top 50 Kids Coach Award three times.
There are 274 coaches who have received this honor, 12 of whom joined the ranks in 2025.
Jimmy Bayne
High Point, North Carolina
Ryan Benton
Dothan, Alabama
Travis Fowler
Chingford, United Kingdom
AJ Gerlach
Hilton Head, South Carolina
Jerrel Gill
Coral Gables, Florida
Megan Johnston
Ridgedale, Missouri
Katie Manlolo
Kapolei, Hawaii
Chad Moscovic
Frisco, Texas
Joseph Portfilio
Bloomfield Hill, Michigan
Eva Rogers
Medinah, Illinois
Matthew Rueb
Bismarck, North Dakota
Jonathan Shoffner
Humble, Texas
Top 50 Kids Coaches