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Simply put, Gary Gilchrist is synonymous with junior golf. In a coaching career that spans more than twenty years, Gilchrist has been responsible for recruiting, training, and developing more top-ranked junior-level golfers than any other coach in the business.

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Colby Huffman

Colby Huffman's students have won more than sixty-five national and international championships under his guidance. He was named Indiana's youngest ever PGA Teacher of the Year in 2012 and has been honored with recognition by Golf Digest in its selection of "Best Teachers State by State 2013+2014." He has also written articles for numerous publications, including "Teaching Teachers," featured in PGA Magazine.

Colby served as a lead instructor for the Hank Haney IJGA from 2007 to 2009. Prior to that he worked with Gary Gilchrist at the IJGA (as Director of Training) as well as at the David Leadbetter Golf Academy. He was a featured coach on the Golf Channel's School of Golf in 2009 and is the only coach to have developed two Byron Nelson International Junior Golf Award recipients in the same year (2008). Both students were his full-time academy boarding students.

A four-time Academic All-Big Ten student-athlete at Purdue University, Colby studied kinesiology and biomechanics before also earning a master's degree from Purdue in 2001.

Following his time in college, Huffman spent time playing professionally on various mini-tours, where he competed against many of today's PGA Tour members.

Colby is currently completing his PhD, specializing in sport psychology, and is also the author of Improve Your Game in 21 Days, which also hit number one on Amazon's Hot New Releases in Golf and Sport Psychology lists.

In addition to being the US patent holder of the Hank Haney Swing Band, Huffman is a PGA Class-A member, a certified TPI (Titleist Performance Institute) golf fitness instructor, and a certified club fitter and has obtained credentials as a an Applied Association of Sport Psychology (AASP) Certified Consultant. Colby is the only PGA Teacher of the Year from any PGA section in the nation who is also designated as a Certified Consultant by AASP, the international professional organization of sport and exercise psychology.

YouTube search "Colby Huffman Golf Instructor PGA Pro" for a video of Colby's highlights.