Todd Anderson Named 2010 PGA Teacher of the Year

PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL (September 14, 2010) – Todd Anderson, 48, is the PGA director of instruction at Sea Island Golf Club in St. Simons Island, Ga., and one of the country's most respected and innovative instructors. A 23-year member of The PGA of America, Anderson is the second from his home facility to be named recipient of the national PGA Teacher of the Year Award. The award was established in 1986, honoring outstanding teachers of golf among The PGA of America membership.

Anderson was the 1999 South Florida PGA Teacher of the Year and the 2003 South Florida PGA Horton Smith Award recipient before moving to Sea Island Golf Club. Anderson has taught more than 70 PGA, Nationwide, Champions and LPGA Tour professionals. Leading this list is his coaching relationship with Brandt Snedeker. Other Tour professionals who have utilized Anderson's counsel include: 1997 PGA Champion Davis Love III, John Rollins, Charles Howell III, Brett Quigley and Dudley Hart.

Since 2005, the Sea Island Golf Club Learning Center has produced more than 50 winners on the three major U.S. tours - PGA, Champions and Nationwide.

Born in Grand Rapids, Mich., Anderson has spent the past six years at Sea Island Golf Club, which also is home to 1995 PGA Teacher of the Year Jack Lumpkin. Since 2000, Anderson has been listed among Golf Digest's 50 Greatest Teachers, and since 2002 has been one of GOLF Magazine's Top 100 Instructors.

Anderson attended the University of Alabama, competing on the Crimson Tide golf team from 1980-84, and serving as team captain his senior year. He turned professional in 1984, and began his PGA apprenticeship at Green Ridge Country Club, now Egypt Valley Golf Club in Ada, Mich.

Sea Island golf instructor Jared Zak was identified as an “instructor to watch” on Golf Digest’s Top 20 Under 40 list. Zak, who began teaching at Sea Island in 1999, is a PGA member and a graduate of the Professional Golf Management program at Mississippi State University.

Anderson's first PGA head professional position was in April 1987 at Elk River Club in Banner Elk, N.C. Anderson moved back to south Florida in 1994, where he was both PGA head professional and later PGA director of golf at Old Marsh Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens. Anderson's teaching career also included a stint from 1989-97, working with the Golf Digest schools. Anderson spent seven years, 1997-2004, as PGA director of instruction at The Breakers Golf Club in Palm Beach, Fla. He moved to Sea Island Golf Club in May 2004 as PGA director of instruction.

Anderson and his wife, Stacey, live in St. Simons Island, Ga., and are parents of three sons - Travis, 22; Taylor, 19; and Tucker, 17.

Call the Sea Island Golf Learning Center at 912-638-5119 to schedule golf instruction.