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PGA | Director of Player Development

Landyn Lewis

Driven, Energetic, Self Starter – Landyn is a proud PGA professional who specializes in Junior golf and player development. Landyn is married to his highschool sweetheart Monique, Landyn was a basketball player at Tucson High who dabbled in golf before making it his career and life’s passion.

Awards and Honors:

2016 Southwest Section Southern Chapter Assistant of the year
2017 Chapter Junior Golf Leader
2018 Chapter Player Development
2018 Southwest Section Youth Player Development
2019 Chapter Junior Golf Leader
2021 Chapter junior Golf Leader
2022 Chapter Player Development
2022 Section Player Development
2019-2021 National PGA LEAD program
2022 National #gamechanger Player Engagement award

Tucson, Ariz. (March 21, 2023) – Tucson City Golf’s Director of Player Development Landyn Lewis was recently honored by the Southwest Section of the PGA, winning the 2022 Player Development Award. The award recognizes a PGA Professional for extraordinary and exemplary contributions and achievements in the area of player development. Lewis received the award last month at the Southwest PGA Awards Ceremony.

For Tucson City Golf, which includes Randolph Golf Complex, El Rio Golf Course, Fred Enke Golf Course and Silverbell Golf Course, Lewis created the Tucson Golf Program with various player development programs to introduce people to the game, help existing players improve, provide classes/clinics/camps and encourage people to get out on the golf course. Those programs include Get Golf Ready, Operation 36, PGA Jr League, PING Interclub and PGA Family Cup. Lewis coordinates, promotes and conducts all the initiatives, which has resulted in all of the programs flourishing.

PGA | Director of Instruction

Justin Bubser

A detail-oriented problem solver who most recently coached Division I college golf at the University of Arizona specializes in the development of elite juniors looking to take their games to the next level. A proud PGA professional with experience in all aspects of the game, Justin started playing golf at the age of 7 and had his first job in golf at 15. Justin and his “much better half” Jessica enjoy hiking, traveling, and playing golf together. Justin met Jessica while playing his college golf at Western New Mexico University where she played on the women’s team.

Awards and Honors:

2005 Participant in the National PGA Assistant Championship
2020 PGA Southwest Section Teacher of the Year
Southwest Section Southern Chapter President 2021-2023

In 2007 Bubser was a member of the Adams, Pepsi, and Gateway Tours

From 2009-2018 Bubser served as first assistant golf professional at Omni Tucson National as well as the Head Golf Professional from 2015-2018. In his role, Bubser oversaw over 150 corporate, member, and outside golf events a year including the PGA Tour Champions Cologuard Classic and the University of Arizona’s National Invitational Tournament.

Bubser has always had a passion for coaching, along with his other duties as the Head Professional at Tucson National he coached the facilities PGA Junior League Teams, assisted in coaching the Ironwood Ridge Girls Golf Team, and instructed over 100 private lessons and clinics a year to members and guests of the resort.

In September of 2018 Bubser was hired as the assistant womens golf coach for the University of Arizona womens golf team. While at the University of Arizona, Bubser helped coach 8 NCAA All Americans, 1 NCAA Freshman of the Year, 1 #1 Player in the World Amateur Rankings, 6 player participants in the Augusta National Women’s Amateur, 5 players received their LPGA tour cards, and helped the Wildcats make the NCAAs in four of his five seasons, including two semifinal runs and a ninth-place national finish in 2023.

Bubser has always dreamed of an opportunity like this and when Landyn asked him to join the Tucson Golf Program it was a no brainer.