This award was inaugurated in 1986 to honor outstanding teachers of golf among the ranks of the PGA of America membership. The award is based on the professional’s overall performance in teaching; innovative and special teaching programs the professional has played a key role in implementing; and articles written in books and magazines.
| YEAR | RECIPIENT |
| 2023 | Gale Peterson, PGA (Sea Island Golf Club) |
| 2022 | Charlie King, PGA (Georgia Golf Center) |
| 2021 | Daniel Gray, PGA (Sea Island Golf Club) |
| 2020 | Jason Kuiper, PGA (Bobby Jones Golf Course) |
| 2019 | Peter Jones, PGA (Cherokee Town & Country Club) |
| 2018 | Brandon Stooksbury, PGA (Idle Hour Golf & Country Club) |
| 2017 | Ray Cutright, PGA (Idle Hour Golf & Country Club) |
| 2016 | Shawn Koch, PGA (Country Club of the South) |
| 2015 | John Tillery, PGA (Lane Creek Golf Club) |
| 2014 | Kevin Roman, PGA (Cherokee Town & Country Club) |
| 2013 | Jon Tattersall, PGA (Executive Golf Links) |
| 2012 | Jeff Paton, PGA (The Golf Club of Georgia) |
| 2011 | Charlie King, PGA (The Kingdom at Reynolds Lake Oconee) |
| 2010 | Bobby Hix, PGA (Idle Hour Golf & Country Club) |
| 2009 | Todd Anderson, PGA (Sea Island Golf Club) |
| 2008 | Cody Barden, PGA (White Columns Country Club) |
| 2007 | Scott Hamilton, PGA (Cartersville Country Club) |
| 2006 | Ted Fort, PGA (Marietta Golf Center) |
| 2005 | Chan Reeves, PGA (Atlanta Athletic Club) |
| 2004 | Bill Goggin, PGA (Southern Landings Golf Club) |
| 2003 | Jim Goergen, PGA (Sea Island Golf Club) |
| 2002 | Thomas Ness, PGA (Château Élan Golf Club) |
| 2001 | Tom Losinger, PGA (BridgeMill Athletic Club) |
| 2000 | Wendell Coffee, PGA (Wendell Coffee Golf Center) |
| 1999 | Chris Asbell, PGA (Georgia Golf Center) |
| 1998 | Tommy Brannen, PGA (Atlanta Athletic Club) |
| 1997 | Gale Peterson, PGA (Sea Island Golf Club) |
| 1996 | Phil Kelnhofer, PGA (Cherokee Town & Country Club) |
| 1995 | George Kelnhofer, PGA (Atlanta Golf Center) |
| 1994 | Mike Perpich, PGA (St. Ives Country Club) |
| 1993 | Danny Elkins, PGA (Georgia Golf Center) |
| 1992 | Jack Lumpkin, PGA (Sea Island Golf Club) |
| 1991 | Lowell Fritz, PGA (Dalton Golf & Country Club) |
| 1990 | Charles Sorrell, PGA (Lake Spivey Golf Club) |
| 1989 | Bert Seagraves, PGA (Coosa Country Club) |
| 1988 | Bill Byars, PGA (Fox Creek Golf Club) |
| 1987 | John Gerring, PGA (Sea Island Golf Club) |
| 1986 | Davis Love, Jr., PGA (Sea Island Golf Club) |