Jim Hopkins

Jim Hopkins will serve as Camp Director for the Nike Junior Golf Camps at Shadow Glen Golf Club.

Jim was part of two state championship teams at Abilene Cooper High School, and later went to Angelo State University on a golf scholarship and was named Golfer of the Year as a freshman. Jim started his professional golf career in Austin in 1987 as the Assistant Professional at Morris Williams GC under head pro, George Hannon (former Texas Longhorn golf coach) and later was 1st Assistant at Lago Vista CC. In 1993, he began work at Golfsmith as one of the original instructors for the Harvey Penick Golf Academy. Jim had the opportunity to work with a great many students in his time there, including Thomas Henderson, Turk Pipkin (Jim is mentioned in his book The Old Man and the Tee,) R.C. Buford (S.A. Spurs General Manager) as well as the 2000 NAIA Ladies National Champion. After over 16 years (and over 22,000 students) as instructor, head instructor and then, head professional, he decided to leave to pursue his goal of running a top quality golf academy as well as work with students on an individual and long-term basis.