Forsgate Country Club’s Bill Schmedes III

Forsgate Country Club’s Bill Schmedes III

Named Master Coach by Future Champions Golf

Monroe Township, NJ (January 23, 2019)—Forsgate Country Club congratulates Bill Schmedes III, Director of Instruction for the Forsgate Golf Academy and a member of the club’s Teaching Professional staff, on being recognized as a Future Champions Golf (FCG) Master Coach.

This award was established in 2017 and is one of the highest honors for USA elite junior golf coaching. Schmedes previously received the Top 25 Elite Junior Golf Coach Award twice by Future Champions Golf and so became eligible for the Master Coach recognition. He joins 16 other national golf instructors in this prestigious accolade.

Future Champions Golf is a San Diego based organization founded in 2003 by PGA Teaching Professional, Chris Smeal. FCG focuses on junior player development and hosts some of the world’s largest and most exciting junior golf tournaments.

“Everyone at Forsgate is extremely proud of Bill and what he has achieved when it comes to teaching junior golfers,” said Carolyn McKenzie Andrews, Forsgate’s Director of Golf. “Bill has added another dimension to our golf instruction and his national recognition really puts the spotlight on the club and our top tier junior golf programs.”

Prior to joining Forsgate in 2018, Bill was Director of Instruction at clubs in New Jersey and Florida, including working as a Head Golf Coach for the Gary Gilchrist Golf Academy.

Bill has been recognized as one of the top golf coaches in the country. In addition to the Golf Digest rating, Golf Tips Magazine named him to their Top 30 Instructor list and he has earned a U.S. Kids Top 50 Kids Coach honorable mention.

Bill has worked under some of the top golf instructors in the world and has assisted over 14 tour players on the PGA, LPGA, European, and Web.com Tour. His students have won amateur events such as the Massachusetts Amateur, Met Amateur, NJSGA Women’s Public Links, and U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links to name a few. His junior students have won 150+ events around the world including two U.S. Kids Golf World Championships. Bill has coached a junior to the #1 ranking, and he has helped over 50 players obtain college golf scholarships. Bill’s students have more than 250 tournament victories at the junior, amateur and professional levels.

About Forsgate Country Club

Forsgate Country Club is an exclusive, full service, family-oriented private country club located in the heart of New Jersey. Forsgate offers golf, sports and social memberships for individuals, families and corporations. Established in 1931, Forsgate Country Club features 36 holes of world-class golf, including the renowned Banks Course, designed to recreate historic holes throughout Europe, and the Palmer Course, a traditional American design with challenging water hazards on ten of its scenic holes. The country club also offers facilities for banquet events and corporate meetings as well as a sports complex that includes a fitness center, pool and cabana cafe. Forsgate Country Club, which is located midway between New York City and Philadelphia at Exit 8A of the NJ Turnpike, is operated by Metropolitan Golf Group. For more information about Forsgate Country Club visit www.forsgatecc.com or call (732) 521-0070.