Bill Castner - PGA Master Golf Professional - Profile
Bill Castner, a native of Brooklyn, New York, has been teaching and coaching golf in New York, New Jersey and Florida professionally for over 28 years. He is the Director of Instruction at the Hyatt Hills Golf Complex (NJ) in Clark, NJ. Bill is one of a handful of golf professionals nationally to gain his specialty certification in golf instruction, teaching and golf rules.
He started playing golf as a teenager and was fortunate enough to have been taught by many great teachers including Tom Strafaci, Carl Lohren and Mike Hebron. In 1983, Billy earned his Class A membership into the Professionals Golfers Association (PGA). Over the past 17 years, he has served as Head Golf Professional at various golf courses in New York/ New Jersey, including The Golf Club at Mansion Ridge, Colts Neck Golf Club, LaTourette Golf Course, Van Cortlandt Park Golf Course, and the Randalls Island Golf Practice Center.
Not only has Bill played on many of the Florida mini- golf tours during his career, he is also an accomplished golf writer. He has written a weekly golf column in Florida, as well as being a regular contributor to the Times-Record (NY) and Golfers Tee-times (NJ) and golfinnyc.com.
Sometimes labeled as "Mr. Junior Golf in NYC," Bill has worked extensively with junior golfers. He is Director of the NYC Summer of Golf Program, which brings golf and all its positive values, to our children. He has also recently been the coach of the Youth Games, bringing boys and girls from New York to play in a national competition similar to the Olympics. He is also a member of the Metropolitan PGA Junior Committee and a former instructor with the National PGA Junior Golf Academy. Bill continuously works with talented junior golfers bringing their games to a level that will prepare them for collegiate golf.
Bill's personal teaching philosophy is to take the strengths of each person's swing and mold them into a repeating and natural motion. Bill believes that there is no such thing as "The Swing". But there is a "BEST" swing that will work for each individual. By developing the golf fundamentals, each student will find their best golf swing. This swing will produce consistent ball flight.
New Jersey PGA Section Junior Leader Award 2006 Award Recipient: Bill Castner
Bill Castner, Master PGA Golf Professional and Director of Instruction at Hyatt Hills Golf Complex receiving the 2006 New Jersey PGA Section Junior Leader Award at the recent Fall meeting (October 2006).
Since 1998, the New Jersey PGA has presented this award annually to the PGA golf professional in the section who is a leader in junior golf, reflects the qualities and ideals of those who work with our nation's youth, and provides opportunities and experiences for juniors to learn and play golf. The following guidelines are used in selecting a winner:
- Contributions to junior golf programs and the events in the PGA Section, including service as a chairperson or a member of the Junior GOlf Committee.
- involvement in the promotion and development of junior golf at the facility and also within the community.
- support of PGA Junior Golf programs, overall image, service and leadership in the area of junior golf, and overall integrity as an individual and acceptance by junior golfers as a person of outstanding character.
New Jersey PGA Section Junior Leader Award 2007 Award
Hyatt Hills Director of Instruction, Bill Castner, was awarded the 2007 Junior Golf Leadership award by the New Jersey PGA at their fall meeting on October 22nd at Crestmont Country Club in West Orange. It is the second consecutive year that Castner has won this prestigious award, which is given to the New Jersey PGA Golf Professional for outstanding contributions in the promotion and development of junior golf and for reflecting the ideals of those who work with youth.
Bill was also nominated for the same award on a national level, and was one of six finalists. Bill is currently serving on the New Jersey PGA Junior Golf Committee, running the junior golf program at Hyatt Hills, serving as program director for the New Jersey Golf Foundation, and working with the First Tee Program of Essex County (Newark) and the junior golf-in-schools program in Jersey City.
This is the third consecutive year that the PGA professional from Hyatt Hills has won this prestigious award. In 2005, Dan Hollis won the award.
To contact Bill directly, call (917) 208-5197 or Email
Got a golfing question for Bill? Then please write to us at the Golf Questions Answered section on the Golf in NYC Blog that Bill setup for all those golfing questions you need answereing.
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