About
O.J. Amaya Junior Golf Academy offers professional golf instruction through a junior golf academy, weekly junior clinics, and a PGA Jr League Golf team. The program also includes structured golf education to elementary schools and coaching for Boy’s & Girl’s Varsity, JV, and Middle School golf teams.
• Ages: 6–12 years old
O.J. Amaya Junior Golf Academy utilizes the US Kids Golf Player Pathway as a framework and takes juniors out on the golf course using PGA Family Tees. Weekly junior clinics are regularly sold out, and O.J. is the only teaching professional in the South Bay to field a PGA Jr League Golf team, which he has done since 2012. The program has partnered with Golf Squad to bring structured golf education to elementary schools in the Chula Vista area, and communication is available in Spanish (se habla español).
O.J. Amaya is a Class A PGA Professional golf instructor, a graduate of the San Diego Golf Academy, a US Kids Golf Top 50 Master Kids Coach, TPI Certified Level 1, Junior Level 2 and Golf Level 3, a Golfing Machine Authorized Instructor, and a Master Clubfitter for Henry-Griffitts, Inc., and he is fluent in Spanish. His leadership background includes work as a PGA Professional golf instructor, teaching professional, and assistant golf coach at Francis Parker School from 2006 to 2014. O.J. has coached golf in the San Diego area since 1992, began his PGA apprenticeship in 1992, became a Class A PGA Member in 1996, returned as a teaching professional in 2005, partnered with Golf Squad between 2014 and 2017, moved his junior golf academy in 2020, and has given thousands of lessons over his 30-year career as a professional golf instructor.
His stated approach to teaching golf is to make the game fun, especially with children, using game-based teaching methods to reinforce the “fun” element of golf. According to his mission statement, he uses games to create an energized learning environment, motivation to participate, structure, kid-friendly competition, immediate feedback, and confidence-building early in the learning process.
In 2022, O.J. was selected as the PGA Southern California Section, San Diego Chapter, Teacher & Coach of the Year. He was honored as the San Diego Chapter of the Southern California Section PGA of America Clubfitter of the Year in 2005, recognized by US Kids Golf as a Top 50 Kids Coach in 2020 and 2021, and selected as a US Kids Golf Master Kids Coach in 2022. O.J. is the only teaching professional in the South Bay to field a PGA Jr League Golf team since 2012 and has partnered with Golf Squad, a program in 10 states, to bring structured golf education to elementary schools in the Chula Vista area.
Last updated March 13, 2026.
• Ages: 6–12 years old
O.J. Amaya Junior Golf Academy utilizes the US Kids Golf Player Pathway as a framework and takes juniors out on the golf course using PGA Family Tees. Weekly junior clinics are regularly sold out, and O.J. is the only teaching professional in the South Bay to field a PGA Jr League Golf team, which he has done since 2012. The program has partnered with Golf Squad to bring structured golf education to elementary schools in the Chula Vista area, and communication is available in Spanish (se habla español).
O.J. Amaya is a Class A PGA Professional golf instructor, a graduate of the San Diego Golf Academy, a US Kids Golf Top 50 Master Kids Coach, TPI Certified Level 1, Junior Level 2 and Golf Level 3, a Golfing Machine Authorized Instructor, and a Master Clubfitter for Henry-Griffitts, Inc., and he is fluent in Spanish. His leadership background includes work as a PGA Professional golf instructor, teaching professional, and assistant golf coach at Francis Parker School from 2006 to 2014. O.J. has coached golf in the San Diego area since 1992, began his PGA apprenticeship in 1992, became a Class A PGA Member in 1996, returned as a teaching professional in 2005, partnered with Golf Squad between 2014 and 2017, moved his junior golf academy in 2020, and has given thousands of lessons over his 30-year career as a professional golf instructor.
His stated approach to teaching golf is to make the game fun, especially with children, using game-based teaching methods to reinforce the “fun” element of golf. According to his mission statement, he uses games to create an energized learning environment, motivation to participate, structure, kid-friendly competition, immediate feedback, and confidence-building early in the learning process.
In 2022, O.J. was selected as the PGA Southern California Section, San Diego Chapter, Teacher & Coach of the Year. He was honored as the San Diego Chapter of the Southern California Section PGA of America Clubfitter of the Year in 2005, recognized by US Kids Golf as a Top 50 Kids Coach in 2020 and 2021, and selected as a US Kids Golf Master Kids Coach in 2022. O.J. is the only teaching professional in the South Bay to field a PGA Jr League Golf team since 2012 and has partnered with Golf Squad, a program in 10 states, to bring structured golf education to elementary schools in the Chula Vista area.
Last updated March 13, 2026.
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