Roddy Guest enters his second season as an assistant golf coach with the Elon men’s golf program.
Guest is a 24-year veteran of the golf industry and is a National Award winner for the PGA of America representing 28,000 associates.
Guest won the 2001 Titleist Scholarship Award which is bestowed as one of the highest honors that a PGA Professional can receive.
During his tenure at Prestwick Country Club, Guest became one of the youngest head golf professionals in Myrtle Beach, S.C., at age 24. He also has served at some of the greatest country clubs in the country, including Greensboro Country Club and Scioto Country Club, which consistently ranks as one of the top 100 golf courses in the United States.
During his career with the PGA of America, Guest's reputation as a player development coach continued to gain traction as he was voted one of the top golf instructors in Ohio. He has given more than 40,000 individual lessons in which over 1,000 of his students have shot their career best score. Over 25 high school student athletes received Division I scholarships under his tutelage along with coaching the number one ranked junior player in North Carolina.
Additionally, Guest has worked with many students across the country that include club champions, a Korn Ferry Tour winner, state amateur champions, a semifinalist in the U.S. Senior Amateur Golf Championship, a quarterfinalist in the Women's U.S. Amateur Championship, AJGA champions and countless of mini-tour and PGA sanctioned wins.
Since October of 2022, he has worked with several members of the men's golf program. These players accomplished the following achievements:
- All-CAA First Team
- CAA Championship All-Tournament Team
- Team MVP
- 4 Time CAA Co-Golfer and Golfer of the Week Honors
- 1 Individual Victory
- 8 Top ten finishes
- 2 Career low scores
Guest, a late bloomer to the game who started playing in his late teens, was a walk-on at Coastal Carolina University. In 1992, playing in his first CGA major, Guest finished runner-up in the South Carolina Match-Play.
"I am very excited and proud to be working with what I think is the best coaching staff in collegiate golf," Guest said. "Coach
Don Hill has surrounded his student athletes with great leaders and mentors. These coaches are experts in their respected fields, and I am so honored to be part of this program. Most importantly, we have exceptional young men that want to succeed on and off the golf course. It's our job to see that happen!"
