Golf Monthly UK – August 2019

The Chance

Of A Lifetime

The state-of-the-art IMG Academy in Florida is

accepting applications for both the 2019-2020

school year and its bespoke golf camps

S

ome opportunities are too

good to pass up, and for

young student-athletes, this

is one of them. IMG

Academy – the world’s largest and

most advanced multi-sport training

and educational institution – is
accepting applications for the

2019-2020 school year – and here’s

your chance to apply. With golf camp
spaces also available, IMG Academy in

Florida offers a life-changing

opportunity for aspiring
golf professionals.

Over the last 40

years, IMG Academy
has developed

thousands of athletes,

many of whom have
progressed to the very

top of their sports. No

other golf academy has

won as many junior
tournaments – over 950

• generated as many

college scholarships or
put as many players on

professional tours.

A great deal of this
success can be attributed to its unique

boarding school, an option for those

aged 12 to 19. Living within the
600-acre all-inclusive campus allows

students to flourish academically as

well as socially, and benefit fully from
its professional-grade sports facilities.

For golfers, this includes the

academy’s very own 18-hole

championship golf course, a short

game area, putting green, driving range

and state-of-the-art tour studio, all of

which attract many a professional for a

practice session.

“It’s like a mini Olympic Village,” says

Director of Golf, Kevin Craggs, who

oversees a team of some 20 dedicated

golf coaches and experts.

“You’re not going to find better

facilities and a more structured

environment to grow academically or

as an athlete anywhere in the world.

“The whole place is designed to

improve you as a human being and

maximise your potential. You can come

here as a beginner and a programme

can be structured according to your

age and ability. From there, it’s about

getting you to a point where you have

choices when you leave.”

England international Annabell Fuller

started boarding full-time last year and

is one of many students to thrive at the

academy. “This place has helped me to

mature and learn to do things by

myself,” says Fuller, who, after finishing

tied second in the English Women’s

Amateur Championship last year, was

GM PROMOTION

IMG Academy is set in

a 600-acre campus

No stone is left unturned in

the pursuit of improvement