Tim Somerville, Ph.D.
President and Founder

Dr. Tim Somerville is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Professional Golfers Career College. He has a truly unique background in education, college athletics and golf. Dr. Somerville earned a Ph.D. in Education from Ohio State University, where he also taught and coached. His educational and sports background and teaching experience provide an ideal basis to serve as President of the college.

Dr. Somerville has been a college basketball coach, athletic director, and golf instructor at four-year colleges across the country. He was Head Basketball Coach at Texas Christian University, and also served as Assistant Coach at Bowling Green State University and Ohio State University.

For the past twenty-four years, Dr. Somerville has been in the golf education business. During that time, he was an owner and Executive Director of the San Diego Golf Academy for eight years. He also started the Golf Academy of the South in Orlando, Florida. After leaving that position, he founded Professional Golfers Career College. He is recognized as the senior educator among all professional golf schools.

Dr. Somerville is a leader in golf education and has helped develop many of the concepts used in golf education curriculum development. He has appeared in professional golf videos and has written many instructional articles for Golf Tips Magazine.

He has given golf clinics throughout the world, including in Japan, Korea, Malaysia; and the first junior golf clinic in mainland China.

Dr. Somerville directs the academic program and faculty performance of the college. He also teaches classes in History of Golf, and Attitude & Motivation. In the past twenty years, he has helped place more than one thousand students in golf careers.

Dr. Somerville is married to Sandi, Chief Financial Officer for PGCC.