BRET KNUTSON
Co-Founder

Bret Knutson is a Class A Member of the PGA of America and Academy Director at PREMIER GOLF ACADEMY. Bret has the accreditation of Certified PGA Instructor with the PGA of America and was named Top 25 Junior Coach in USA and Top 10 Instructor in China by Golf Magazine since 2012.

Having been an experienced player previously competing professionally on the Austrian, Challenge, and European Tours, Bret brings hands on knowledge and experience to his 20 plus years of teaching.

His passion and dedication to junior golf show in the success of his students. Bret’s students include PGA Tour winners and top amateurs, with more than 80 students having received scholarships to play in college.

Believing in yourself and in your abilities is essential to reaching your dreams. You have the ability to accomplish what others say is impossible. The potential for greatness lives within each of us.
- Bret Knutson

GREG EHLERT
Co-Founder

Greg Ehlert is a Class A Member of the PGA of America and Academy Director at PREMIER GOLF ACADEMY. Greg has received awards from Golf Channel and appeared in many golf publications for instruction.

Greg has a passion for golf instruction and worked with some of the top junior players in the USA and Asia. Greg has a proven training and practice program that accelerates his student’s improvement. Many of Greg’s students have gone on to compete at the collegiate and professional levels.

Greg has competed professionally in nearly a dozen countries throughout Asia, the USA, and Europe. Greg is a sought out instructor frequently working with top athletes and celebrities.

The path to greatness consists of having a strong desire, clear goals, and having good support along the way--people who will help you endure and overcome as you walk through life for greatness.
- Greg Ehlert

Kurt Donahoo -
Instructor

Kurt Donahoo is a Class A Member of the PGA of America and has decades of experience working with world class PGA Tour and LPGA Tour players. For the last 22 years Kurt has been working for Titleist(12) and Taylor Made(10). With a detailed knowledge of both instruction and club fitting, Kurt was entrusted with taking care of some of the world’s best players. Kurt worked with players Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Ricky Fowler and many more on equipment and swing goals ensuring they had the correct equipment to play their best. While working for Titleist, Kurt worked closely with world famous wedge designer Bob Vokey and became renown for his wedge instruction and fitting.

As a Director of Instruction at Premier Golf Academy, Kurt shares his passion for the game with all our juniors students. Using Premier Golf Academy’s winning teaching methods, Kurt is an expert at developing game improvement programs for our juniors and working with students to ensure they achieve all their goals.

Dan Anselmo
Senior Instructor - Premier Golf Academy

Dan is an accomplished and dedicated instructor that has been teaching for the past 30 years. From 2009 to 2016, Dan worked for AGA Academy in Beijing, training instructors worldwide and sharing his passion and instruction expertise with juniors and adults.

As A Senior Instructor for Premier Golf Academy, Dan shares Bret and Greg’s passion and philosophy on junior development. Dan leads in many of the learning programs at Premier Golf Academy and his vast experience developing world class players make learning the game easy. Dan has also been a major contributor to many major golf magazines.

Ron Stelton -
Senior Instructor

For the better part of his life Ron was a tournament playing professional on the regular tour and senior tour. Ron has played tournament golf on every major tour in the world. For most of the 1980's and 90's Ron played the PGA European Tour.

Ron has played in 6 Major Championships and won Twice in Europe. Today Ron sill plays a few tournaments a year as a way of "staying young" and in touch with the game.

As a teacher/coach Ron learned his playing and teaching skills from many of the best and most famous names in golf. Ron's greatest teaching/coaching skill is making good golfers better golfers.