01 / Evaluate
See The Whole Player.
Consider the golfer's skills, goals, competitive habits and available practice time, then identify the priorities that matter now.
About JJ
A life in the game.
A purpose beyond it.
JJ Wood, PGA, M.Ed. A player, performance coach and founder connecting competitive experience with player development and opportunity.
THE PLAYERS COACH
The game teaches.
The work continues.
JJ connects technique with purposeful practice, on-course decisions and routines that can hold up in competition. The aim is practical: understand the player, identify priorities and make the work count.
His NCAA experience also brings college preparation and recruiting into the development conversation. Coaching at Golf Performance Group informs the product direction at PGACOACH.AI and the access mission of Student Athlete Foundation.
Selected experience
Playing credentials.
Coaching perspective.
Career milestones spanning competition, college coaching and player development.
- Golf Performance Group
Founded GPG to bring a structured, whole-player approach to golf development.
- Rice University
Part of the coaching staff for Rice's 2014 Conference USA championship team.
- Ohio State
NCAA coaching experience with the Ohio State men's golf program.
- PGA Championship
Competed at Quail Hollow. South Texas PGA Player of the Year.
- South Texas PGA Player of the Year
A second section Player of the Year honor.
- Valero Texas Open
Competed in the PGA TOUR event in San Antonio.
- Golf Digest Best Young Teachers
Four years of recognition across the 2021–22 and 2023–24 Best Young Teachers in America lists.
From potential to a plan
A college coach's
perspective.
GPG's Varsity Group combines competitive player development with a step-by-step college golf recruiting process for junior golfers and their families.
JJ and GPG report more than 100 juniors who have gone on to college golf through the program. The focus is the individual player: preparation, communication, school fit and informed decisions.
The coaching process
Know the player.
Make the work count.
02 / Prepare
Practice With A Purpose.
Turn priorities into focused sessions with a clear objective and a useful way to review progress.
03 / Compete
Bring Practice To The Course.
Connect technique with routines, decisions and preparation that can be used on the course.
04 / Develop
Plan The Next Step.
Set practical next steps; for college-bound juniors, connect development with school fit and the recruiting process.