Neil Gowan Golf

Neil Gowan Golf is a golf instruction service in Mt Pleasant, SC. The business offers private and semi-private golf lessons for players of all ages and skill levels, with private sessions covering areas such as short game, full swing with various clubs, trouble shots, and mental strategy, and semi-private lessons conducted in a small group setting over hour-long sessions. Each round of instruction begins with an analysis to understand the student's current game, followed by feedback and hands-on work to improve it, with guidance on maintaining progress between lessons. Neil Gowan is a PGA Class A Professional based at the Patriots Point Road address. Neil Gowan is originally from London, England, and began playing golf at age 12. After a successful junior career, he accepted a golf scholarship at Midland Junior College in Texas, where during his two years he earned NJCAA First Team All-American, All-Conference, and All-Region honors and received the MVP Award. He was then recruited by the College of Charleston, where he completed his junior and senior years on the golf team and graduated in 2013 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Exercise Science. His honors include the 2023 US Kids Top 50 Master Coach award, PGA Junior League Charleston All-Star Coach in 2021, US Kids Top 50 Coach in 2020 and 2021, PGA Junior League Charleston League Championships in 2019, 2020, and 2021, a 2017 PGA North Texas Section Teacher of the Year nomination, a 2017 PGA North Texas Section Youth Player Development nomination, the 2016 PGA West Texas Player of the Year, and the 2014 PGA West Texas Chapter Champion title. He has coached 20 junior golfers who went on to compete in the US Kids World Championship at Pinehurst, North Carolina, and has taught more than 50 students who have won tournaments at the local US Kids, SC and Texas Junior Golf Association, Hurricane, and AJGA levels. He uses the Flightscope X2 Elite Golf monitor to analyze swing and ball flight data. The studio sits on Patriots Point Road, about 0.2 miles from the Omar Shrine Center and the Cold War Submarine Memorial, roughly 0.3 miles from the Ravenel Bridge and Sweetgrass Pavilion, and around 0.4 miles from Mount Pleasant Memorial Waterfront Park and the Pelican on Parade public artwork.