Pat Goss

Pat Goss Northwestern Golf Coach photographed on Monday November 22. 2021 ©Charles Cherney Photography

Co-Founder, Wildcat Golf Academy
Northwestern University, Director of Golf and Player Development

At a Glance

Named one Golf Magazine’s “Top 100 Teachers In America” – Just one of three collegiate head coaches on the list
Coached Luke Donald for over 20 years including when he earned the world’s No. 1 ranking in June 2011 in the Official World Golf Ranking; he held the No. 1 ranking for 56 weeks
30th season coaching at Northwestern including as an assistant coach, head men’s golf coach and director of golf and player development for the men and women’s programs
Under his leadership, the golf programs have won a combined seven Big Ten Championships and finished 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 8th 9th and 10th at the NCAA Championships
2012 Illinois PGA Teacher of the Year
Short game and putting coach to Webb Simpson. Webb and Coach Goss began working together in 2015. Under his tutelage, Webb finished 4th, 1st, and 2nd from 2017-19 in Scrambling on the PGA Tour and 5th, 3rd, and 5th in Sand Save Percentage during that same period. He won the Players Championship in 2018, the Waste Management Open and the RBC Heritage in 2020.
Short game, wedge and putting coach to PGA Tour members David Lipsky and Dylan Wu. Both David and Dylan earned their 2021-22 PGA Tour cards through the Korn Ferry Tour season-long points list. David and Dylan were both All-American’s under Coach Goss at NU and continue to work with him.
Has done short game and putting with PGA Tour players Trevor Immelman, Gary Woodland, Patrick Cantlay, Matt Fitzpatrick, Scott Harrington, and Nick Watney, as well as LPGA player Danielle Kang. He has also done work with current multiple Korn Ferry Tour players
Golf Week‘s National Coach of the Year in 1997 and four-time Big Ten Coach of the Year
Has former players playing on the PGA Tour, Korn Ferry Tour, European Tour, Challenge Tour, Canadian Tour, PGA Tour China, Japanese Tour, and Asian Tour.
Current PGA Tour alumni include Luke Donald, Matt Fitzpatrick, David Lipsky and Dylan Wu.
Additional Wildcats who have played for Goss and earned their PGA Tour Cards: Jess Daley (2001); Tom Johnson (2006), Chris Wilson (2009), Scott Harrington (2019-2021).
Ranked 5th best instructor in Illinois in 2019-20 by Golf Digest
Coached two active Wildcats to berths in Major Championships, with Dillon Dougherty earning a spot in the 2006 Masters and US Open and Eric Chun qualifying for the 2010 British Open
Written instructional articles for Golf Magazine and Golf Digest and appeared twice on Golf Academy Live in 2006
Played collegiate golf at Northwestern under WGA co-founder Jeff Mory
Also served as Mory’s assistant coach at NU from 1992-96
Co-inventor of the Putting Board with current WGA Director of Player Development Sam McKenney
President of Board of Governors, The First Tee of Greater Chicago 2016-2019

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