Edwin Watts Golf Academy Staff

Meet Our Staff

Owners of Edwin Watts Learning Centers

Founders Marc Fagan, Jane Fagan, Bunky Fagan

Bunky Fagan - bunky@edwinwattslc.com -
Co-Founder of Edwin Watts Golf Academy, Marketing and Sales, Golf Professional and Instructor for Jacksonville Store. " Bunky" as they call him, has an impressive resume of marketing and management positions for major US Corporations. He started Edwin Watts Golf Academy in January of 2001. His present handicap is now in the single digits due to practicing what he teaches! Recently he scored his first hole-in-one. His passion for teaching and helping others in golf is very evident, especially when you see the thousands of golfers whose game has gotten better due to the training at Edwin Watts.

Jane Fagan - jfagan@edwinwattslc.com - Office Manager for Great Golf. She now has been playing golf for over two years and due to the Edwin Watts Golf Academy Laser Training has developed a consistent swing that results in very straight shots.

Marc Fagan - marc@edwinwattslc.com - Co-Founder, Director of Instruction, owner and manager of all Edwin Watts Golf Academy locations. Marc has played golf for over 18 years and has taught thousands of students, pros, men, women and children of all ages (5 -90 years) for over 11 years. His love of the game shows as he excels in the ability to lower anyone's golf score. He is a scratch golfer and recently passed the PGA Player Ability Test and is now in the prestigious PGA Apprentice Program to become PGA Certified to further develop his golf skills. Marc is also a Cobra Staff Professional.

Travis Leffler
travis@edwinwattslc.com
Travis is the General Manager/Director of Instruction at the Arlington Learning Center. He is a PGA Apprentice actively working toward membership. Travis’ past experience in the golf business includes the title of Assistant Professional at multiple clubs in the metroplex. His passion for teaching has quickly led him to develop the ability to properly diagnose flaws in a golf swing and the talent to use a player’s natural instincts to mold a fundamentally sound and repeatable golf swing. Travis’ ability to help students improve their golf swing and golf scores has made him an integral part of the Edwin Watts Golf Academy in just a short time. He enjoys working with new students of all ages and skill levels, and it is his main goal to help each one improve their golf game.

Vernon Jones
vern@edwinwattslc.com
Ashley Jones ash@edwinwattslc.comVernon and Ashley are the owners and operators of Edwin Watts Golf Academy Birmingham. Ever since the age of seven when Vernon’s Father introduced him to the game, Vern has studied and loved golf. He has competed at every level from high school to professional. However, his passion has always been to teach. Vernon’s dream came true in December of 2007 when Marc Fagan offered him and his wife ownership of the Birmingham location. Vernon has taught golf all across the state of Alabama. His career as a professional began at TimberCreek Golf Club in Daphne where he was able to study under Golf Digest top 100 instructor, Ron Gring. Quickly, Vernon established a student base and was well respected as a promising instructor in the Alabama Gulf Coast region. Vernon moved from TimberCreek to the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail where he was able to continue teaching as well as conduct Junior and Ladies clinics. His friends and students alike have always been amazed by his ability to identify swing flaws without the use of high speed cameras and/ or swing analysis software.

Tim Powley tim@edwinwattslc.com
Manager at the Round Rock (Austin) location, is a Class A PGA Professional with extensive video instruction experience. His background includes 10 years as a lead instructor at the Pinehurst Golf Advantage School, 6 years as the Director of Instruction at the Columbia Lakes School of Golf and 7 years as a Head Professional. He is recognized by Titleist as a certified club-fitter and honorary staff member.

Joshua Smith josh@edwinwattslc.com
Prior to joining the staff at the Edwin Watts Golf Academy, his experience includes tenures at The Westin Kierland Resort & Spa located in Scottsdale, Arizona where he studied swing plane theories under the tutelage of Mike & Sandy LaBauve (Golf Magazine top 100). While at the Westin, Josh also assisted with Jim Hardy Plane Truth seminars (2007 PGA teacher of the year). Other accomplishments include graduating from the San Diego Golf Academy with certifications in teaching, club repair, and club fitting. Josh also participated in the Grayhawk Cadillac Callaway Golf Clinic with special guest David Leadbetter, and gave charity lessons to the Phoenix Children’s Hospital. His specialty includes education regarding the One Plane golf swing and the advancement of Junior Golf.

Michael Steckley
michael@edwinwattslc.com manager of Edwin Watts Golf Academy Dallas and certified club fitter of the North Dallas location, is actively working towards becoming a Class A PGA professional. Michael has been playing golf since age 4 and has had the privilege of competing at many different levels throughout his career. Michael began his career in Granbury, Texas at the Nutcracker Golf Course at Pecan Plantation under Robby Loving and has since worked has an Assistant Professional in Oklahoma and Kansas. During this time, he has had the opportunity of working with many different people, young and elderly, as they develop a passion for the game or repaired the fundamentals of an existing game. While Michael was working in Hays, Kansas he was given the privilege of working and coaching a group of young men preparing to play golf for the first time with the Special Olympics. Michael’s passion for the game of golf is evident on his enthusiasm for teaching.

Brian Bolcar
Brian@edwinwattslc.com
I took up golf after high school at the age of 18 where I took weekly lessons for 5 years from a local pro in my hometown spring hill Florida. While working on my own game I have had the chance to take and watch a few lessons with Rick Bradshaw (2004 & 2006 PGA Teacher of the Year North Florida Section) and Jim Dent Multiple winner on the champions tour). After moving to the DFW area I started my golf career at Golfsmith learning about the equipment, technology, and business aspects of the industry. During my time at Golfsmith I had a chance to spend time and observe lessons with the PGA professionals at GolfTEC and also had a chance to go out to the Harvey Penick Golf Academy, and from there started teaching after school junior programs with TOTAL GOLF ADVENTURES under PGA professional Troy Lewis. have been teaching with Edwin Watts Golf Academy for the last year, and have went through countless hours of training and studying the golf swing with the teaching professionals at EWGA! Most influential books are; Hogans Five Lessons,Fundamentals of Hogan by David Leadbetter ,Harvey Penicks the Little Red Book,and Tigers New Swing by John Andrisani fowarded by Jim Mclean.