Mardell Wilkins, PGA/LPGA Teaching Professional
Mission Viejo Country Club - Mission Viejo, California

A former LPGA Tour player, Mardell Wilkins still holds her playing card.  She had several top 10 finishes from 1971 to 1984.  In 1987 she was the only female, in a field of 160, to compete in the Southern California PGA Apprentice Championship. She is the 1995 winner of the Top/Flite LPGA Teaching & Club Professional (T&CP) Championship, winner of the 1997 and runner-up in 1998 of the Southern California PGA Subaru Team Championship, and winner of the 1998 Southern California PGA Metro Chapter Pro-Assistant Championship.

In addition to her playing abilities, Mardell is a Class A member of both the PGA of America and LPGA T&CP Division.  She was recently chosen as one of the Top 50 Teachers in the country by GOLF FOR WOMEN Magazine. Mardell is the recipient of 1998 and 1996 LPGA Western Section Teacher of the Year. She served two terms as the LPGA Western Section President, she has contributed to the LPGA as an Area Representative, Test Site Co-Ordinator, Section Advisor and Evaluator, 1995 Western Section Championship Director & Host, Western Section Tournament Series originator, National Evaluator, Player Development Workshop Instructor, and Executive Committee Liaison Member for Education and Testing/Certification. 

The LPGA T&CP has chosen Mardell as an Instructor for the LPGA National Education Program, a program which combines both practical and research based theory with interactive educational experiences focusing on effective teaching, understanding of the learning process, developing club fitting expertise, and effective marketing.

An experienced club fitter and custom club manufacturer, Mardell owns her own company, IGC Golf Clubs.  For over ten years she has been actively involved, and even donates club heads to the LPGA Urban Junior Golf Program.

Mardell is currently instructing members of the Saddleback Junior College Women's Golf Team, and was instrumental in the planning and design of the 1998 Mission Viejo Country Club Junior Golf Program, which consists of a five-week intensified program.  She has taught many notable students, which have included club champions from Mission Viejo, Mesa Verde, El Niguel, Alta Vista, Tijeras Creek, and Marbella Country Clubs.  She instructed the 1987 WSCGA Southern Match Play Champion, and runner-up in the 1993 California State Women's Senior Championship. Mardell instructed in the initial year of the LPGA/AAF Junior Golf Program for underprivileged and minorities, and assisted in teaching the Special Olympic golfers at the City of Irvine Golfer's with Disabilities Lesson Day.  These were clinics instituted by John Kline, a PGA instructor who specializes primarily in teaching the disabled.

As a regular participant in charity fundraising activities for battered women and children, Mardell still finds time to volunteer several times a year to Big Brother/Big Sisters, the American Cancer Society, Sheepfold Women's Shelter, and the Make A Wish Foundation. To schedule a lesson with Mardell Wilkins call (949) 859-2259.