Jim McLean Overview
University of Houston, BS in Economics
All-American Golfer
Top 3 Ranked Teacher in America for 25 Years, Currently Ranked #1 in Florida

Achievements

  • Tournament Wins:

    • Pacific Northwest Open

    • 3 Pacific Northwest Amateurs

    • Pacific Coast Amateur (at Olympic, SF)

    • 3 College Tournaments

    • PGA National Skins Game ($51k)

    • Westchester PGA

    • 3 PGA Club Pro Winter Events

    • Multiple Mini-Tour Tournaments

  • Major Qualifications:

    • US Junior Championship

    • US Amateur (3 times)

    • US Open (2 times)

    • US Senior Open

    • 4 State Amateurs (Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana)

    • Washington State Junior (2 times)

    • National Skins Game Regional Qualifier

    • US Amateur 4th Place Medal

  • Other Notable Honors:

    • Medalist in multiple US Open, US Amateur, and US Senior Open Qualifiers

    • Runner-up in Met PGA and New York State Open

PGA Career

  • Notable Positions:

    • Assistant Professional, Westchester CC (1975-1979)

    • Director of Golf at Sunningdale G & CC (1979-1982)

    • Director of Golf at Quaker Ridge GC (1982-1988)

    • Director of Golf at Sleepy Hollow G & CC (1988-1993)

    • Director of Golf at Tamarisk CC (1987, 1988)

    • Director of Golf at Doral Golf Resort & Spa (1991-2008)

    • Owner of JMGS Doral (1991-2017)

    • Owner of JMGS at The Biltmore Hotel (2018-Present)

  • PGA Tour:

    • Member of the PGA Tour (1982)

    • Member of the NGA Tour

    • Member of the Canadian Tour

    • Qualified for 10 National Club Pro Championships

Hall of Fame Inductions

  • Miami Sports Hall of Fame

  • Metropolitan PGA Hall of Fame

  • South Florida PGA Hall of Fame

  • World Golf Teachers Hall of Fame

  • Northwest Hall of Fame (playing record)

PGA Contributions & Service

  • Helped establish the Met PGA Junior Golf Program

  • Worked with PGA National Education Committee (15 years)

  • Served on the National Teaching Committee (15 years)

  • Served on the National Awards Committee (2 years)

  • Conducted over 15 years of teaching workshops with top instructors, including Dick Harmon, Bob Rotella, Craig Shankland, and others

  • Trained over 260 assistants, many of whom became Directors of Golf or Instruction at top private clubs

Philanthropy & Military Involvement

  • Sponsored junior golf tours:

    • FCWT Junior Tour (10 years)

    • South Florida Junior Tour

    • Hurricane Junior Tour

  • Conducted free clinics for veterans and military personnel across 10 military bases in the US

  • Recognized with a flag flown over the US Capitol for military service contributions

 

Students

Taught 8 juniors who got to the #1 ranking in America

Jim McLean has taught US Open Champion and LPGA Champion Cristie Kerr, US Open Champion Gary Woodland, Curtis Strange and Greg Norman, PGA Champion Keegan Bradley, US Junior champion and ANA Champion Lexi Thompson. Cristie and Lexi both attained the #1 rank in junior golf and women’s amateur golf as teenagers. 

Other major champions including Gary Player, Bernard Langer, Al Geiberger, US Open champions Liselotte Neumann, Jane Geddes, Lauri Merten, Ben Crenshaw, Tom Kite, Webb Simpson, and Hal Sutton plus top tour winners Brad Faxon, Adam Long, Peter Jacobsen, Len Mattiace, Vaughn Taylor, Bill Britton, Bobby Wadkins, Lennie Clements, Mark McCumber, John Mahaffey leading money winner on the Champions tour Dana Quigley, currently tour rookie Bo Hoag. Plus over 100 other PGA tour players.

Celebrity students include Will Smith, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michael Douglas, Sylvester Stallone, Conan O’Brien, Glen Fry, Dan Quayle, Donald Trump, Alice Cooper, Alex Rodriguez, Henry Kravis, George Roberts, Dan Marino, Bob Woodward, Mario Draghi, Charles Schwab, Damian Lewis, Scotty Pippen, Penny Hardaway.