Gary Parrett
- Title: Senior Certified Instructor
- Since: 2000
- Hometown: Grove City, OH
Gary.Parrett@imgworld.com
Coaching Experience:
- IMG Leadbetter Academy Bradenton, FL from 2000 - present
- Conducted Adult Programs, Clinics, and Private Lessons
- Head of Adult Programs, 2004-2008
- Corporate outings for major corporations and financial institutions
- Assisted Academy Director, with top amateur players, LPGA, PGA, and European PGA players, 2002-2005
- Instructed U.S. Schools of Golf adult programs in Ft Myers, FL and Corporate Outings in French Lick, IN, 2000
Notable Students:
- Taught numerous TV & movie producers, professional athletes, and top amateurs in the adult program
Education/Accreditations:
- Certification, Professional Golf Teachers and Coaches of America, 2000 - First in Class
- Business Unit Manager, David Leadbetter Golf Academy, 2002 - 2004
- 5 years Educational Specialist: Specialist in Financial Management and licensed Kepner-Tregoe instructor for “Executive Problem Solving and Decision Making”
- MBA, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
- BA, Ohio State University
Playing Experience:
- 43 years golf experience
Golf Tips and Golf Drills - Tips for Young Golfer SeriesnnLearn from IMG Leadbetter Golf Instructor, Stuart Clayton, some tips and drills for youth golfers. This is the first video in a series of ten...




If you are an aspiring or current professional, IMG Leadbetter Golf Academy is the world's premier training grounds. For LPGA, PGA, and other top players to improve their games and prepare for their respective professional seasons, IMG Leadbetter offers a completely customized program that is implemented to cater to the specific needs of each individual player. Past participants include Paula Creamer, Julieta Granada, Casey Wittenberg, Carolina Llano, Catriona Matthews, Ryo Ishikawa and many more
Clayton has worked at numerous David Leadbetter Golf facilities throughout the world including in Austria, South Korea and England. He's been at the IMG Leadbetter Golf Academy since 2010 and has worked with notable LPGA player such as Na Yeon Choi and Mi Jung Hur. As a junior golfer he was a finalist in 1993 at St. Andrews and was the 1999 North-East-Noth-West PGA Assistants Champion.
Creamer came to IMG Academies when she was 13 years old and has been training here ever since. Her personal coach is IMG Leadbetter Golf Academy Director, David Whelan, and he has been by her side throughout her entire career.