Western Kentucky University Women's Golf

Gary Hometown: Bowling Green, Ky. Last College: Florida Gulf Coast ('03) Position: Head Coach The Lady Toppers have made a steady climb under Gary's leadership. Their 2015-16 campaign was one of the best in school history, with seven top-five finishes as a team and a championship at the Morehead State Citrus Challenge Invitational. With that victory, Gary became just the second coach in program history to win a tournament in each of his first two seasons at WKU. The Lady Toppers closed the 2015-16 campaign by tying for fourth in the 2016 C-USA Championship, their best finish in a conference tournament since 1997. Senior Ellinor Haag became the program's top finisher in a conference championship since Crystal Anglea finished fifth in the 2000 Sun Belt Championship. A professional golfer since 2003 on both the US Pro Golf Tour (2003-2005) and the Egolf Professional Tour (2006-2009), Gary's familiarity with the professional game allows him a unique access to a wide range of touring professionals, coaches and professional instructors. Since 2012, Gary has maintained the Adam Gary Golf Academy, where he instructs amateur and professional golfers. Gary has served as the Director of Golf at Kenny Perry's Country Creek golf course in Franklin, Ky, and he currently gives instruction at Indian Hills Country Club in Bowling Green. Gary, a Class A PGA member, holds TPI Level 1, US Kids Golf and SeeMore Putter Institute certifications as an instructor. He is also a certified club fitter from the game's top club manufacturers, Ping and Titleist. As a player, Gary received instruction from PGA Teachers of the Year Jim Suttie and Todd Anderson. Gary graduated Magna Cum Laude from Florida Gulf Coast University in 2003 with his degree in Business Management. As a collegian, Gary was a three-year captain at FGCU, and winner of the AASU Savannah South Bridge Collegiate, Doral Resort Intercollegiate, and Coca Cola Intercollegiate. He earned All-State honors and was an American Junior Golf Association All-American as a high school product out of Greenwood High, where he was a six-year letterman. Gary was also the Kentucky Junior Amateur Champion in 1997. Gary is married to the former Ashlee Conway, of Central City. The couple has three children, Davis and twins Lane and Brooks.