PGA Junior Camps
Camp Details
Summer Golf Camps
Camp Highlights:
- Action-packed camps include hands-on instruction led by certified PGA Professionals.
- Signature PGA camp curriculum focuses on developing golf skills (full swing, short game, rules and etiquette) while keeping the experience fun and engaging (games and activities).
- A fun, safe and educational environment designed with your child's well being in mind.
- Low student to instructor ratio (approximately 6:1)
- Half Day Camps are designed to inspire new golfers at the beginning of their journey and further the development of those playing at a beginner to intermediate level. Camps will cover golf fundamentals including posture, grip, putting, chipping, pitching, full swing and simple rules and etiquette. Participants are segmented into smaller groups based on their experience and age to create a favorable and fun learning environment. Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate.
-Full Day Camps provide an opportunity for intermediate to advanced junior golfers to continue to improve their technical skills as well as develop an understanding of course management, shot selection, rules and etiquette. Participants are segmented into smaller groups based on their ability level and age to create a favorable learning environment. In the afternoon, campers head to the course for supervised play which allows students to apply techniques they learned on the range to the course. Lunch is included unless otherwise noted. Skill Level: Intermediate to Advanced.
Michael Dugas
Certified in PGA Coaching and Teaching
Michael has obtained one of the highest certifications the PGA of America offers. Many years of teaching and coaching make him the perfect choice for A Summer Golf Academy!
Teaching Resume
Michael is an accomplished PGA Professional who after college played on several of the mini-tours in the Orlando and West Palm Beach area prior to becoming a PGA Professional in 1994. Over those years Michael has achieved many awards.
- 1997 & 1998 KVAC B Coach of the Year
- Team State Champions 1998 at Maine Central Institute
- 2002 Maine PGA Player of the Year
- 2000 & 2001 Maine Professional of the Year
- 2003 New England Section Bill Strausbaugh Award Winner
- Cape Neddick Course record 64
- JW Parks Course record 61
- Qualified for 2013 & 2014 Club Professional Championship
- 2014 Named Husson University Men’s and Women’s Head Coach
- 2015,2017 & 2021 North Atlantic Conference Coach of the Year
- 2020 National Senior Club Professional Championship
Notable Students Include:
- Eric Dugas – 2016 Maine Class B State Champion | 2015 & 2106 Morning Sentinel Player of the Year | 2017 North Atlantic Conference Rookie of the Year | 2017 12th NCAA D3 National Championship | 2019 NAC Player of the Year
- Daulton Wickenden - Maine State Junior Champion | 2015 NAC Rookie of the year | 2018 NIEGA Individual Champion
- Seth Sweet – (short game & Fitness) 2012 Maine State Amateur Champion | Four year started D1 Old Dominion
- Gavin Dugas – Northeast-10 Rookie of the Year | 2012, 2013 and 2014 Morning Sentinel Player of the Year | 2014 State Class B Champion & 2014 New England Schoolboy Champion (First Maine Winner) | 2017 North Atlantic Conference Player of the year | NCAA D3 National Championship 16th Place Finish
- Luke Hobika – 4th Place New York State Amateur
- Sam Marzenell – 3 Time Class B State Champion.
Michael is also a Callaway Staff Member. Michael will utilize a state of the art video analysis system that allows the student to bring the lesson home to their computer as well as getting a lesson from anywhere in the world via the internet.
PGA Junior Camps
- Action-packed camps include hands-on instruction led by certified PGA Professionals.
- Signature PGA camp curriculum focuses on developing golf skills (full swing, short game, rules and etiquette) while keeping the experience fun and engaging (games and activities).
- A fun, safe and educational environment designed with your child's well being in mind.
- Low student to instructor ratio (approximately 6:1)