Max Doster, PGA

Originally from Pascagoula, MS Max Doster, PGA has been passionately involved in the game for the past 19 years. In 2013 Max graduated from Mississippi State University with a BBA in Marketing and a concentration of PGA Golf Management. Upon graduation he began teaching at Highland Park Golf Course in Birmingham, Alabama.

Over the past five years, Max has had over 10,000 participations to more than 850 people across 9 different player development programs designed to grow the game and improv all golfers. In addition, he was an Adjunct Professor for the golf class at the University of Alabama Birmingham from 2015-2017.

Many of Max’s students have had great success, most notably junior golfers. Under Max’s tutelage 4 different juniors have won a total of 6 age division overall points series totals for the Magic City Junior Tour, hosted in the Birmingham area. Five juniors have combined for 27 tournament victories and 53 Top 3 finishes in the past few years, with 8 victories and 14 Top 3 finishes in 2018. In addition, a couple have advanced to the regional qualifiers for the Drive, Chip, and Putt Championship, with one qualifying twice for the US Kids World Championship hosted at Pinehurst Resort. In 2015, Max received the PGA Alabama Chapter Youth Player Development award, and in 2018 he received the PGA Alabama-NW Florida Section Player Development Award.

Max’s passion to excel as a teacher and coach drives his desire to continue learning from and working with the best instructors, shadowing hundreds of lessons with 8 of Golf Magazine’s Top 100 Teachers over the last 5 years. In an effort to understand how to help all golfers maximize their abilities with their personal biomechanics and functional movement patterns, Max has earned certifications in BioSwing Dynamics, TPI, Adaptive Golf, US Kids Golf & Operation 36. This education has created a foundation to help each person reach their golfing potential efficiently.