
Tony is the Director of Instruction at the Country Club of Mobile as well as the Lead Instructor for the Dewsweepers Golf School. Tony has taught Bobby Wyatt of Mobile, Alabama. Bobby who was the number one ranked junior and amateur in the world as well as a standout on 2 National Championship Teams at Alabama. Bobby has now played in 5 PGA tour events. Tony also works with Robby Shelton who was the number one ranked junior player in the world before going to Alabama. He is now the number 3 ranked Amateur in the world. Tony had three players in the 2014 US Open Smylie Kaufman and Sam Love making their professional debut as well as amateur Robby Shelton. Tony appeared with Michael Breed on the tee at the US Open. Tony’s notable students include PGA Tour Players Lee Williams and Zack Sucher, Web.com Tour Players Sam Love, Smylie Kaufman, Bobby Wyatt, Champions Tour Player Nolan Henke. Tony also works with Hannah Collier former Alabama Golfer who is now playing internationally and on the LPGA and Symmetra Tours. Tony has been the host and of the Dewsweepers Golf Show on xm/Sirius PGA tour radio as well as terrestrial radio stations throughout the South for the past 8 years! Tony lists his teaching influences as Hank Johnson, Tom Ness Mark Wood, Mike Adams, Wayne Flint and Tom Patri.
Tony began his teaching career at the Perdido Bay Golf Club in Perdido Florida in 2000. From 2001 through 2008 Tony was with the Hank Johnson School of Golf in Destin, Florida at the Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort. In 2009 Tony left Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort to begin teaching at Santa Rosa Golf and Beach Club in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida. In 2012 Tony left the Panhandle full time to become the Director of Instruction at the Country Club of Mobile. On the course Tony won the prestigious Edwin Watts Invitational in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2011 and 2012!
A native of Birmingham, Ala., Tony attended St. Mary’s University (1991-93) where he earned two varsity letters in golf and was a member of the Heart of Texas All Conference Golf Team. He transferred to Samford University in Birmingham to be closer to his family, and while attending Samford earned two varsity letters in golf as well as a degree in Public Administration.