Coaches Assocation of Ontario

Jon Roy, who has been coaching golf for the past 8 years, is currently the Head Provincial Golf Coach for the Golf Association of Ontario. He acquired this position as a result of the Coach Salary Support through Quest for Gold Enhanced Coaching Funds, a program that provides up to $60,000 of funds over 3 years for a new full-time coach.  

Jon works to support Ontario’s top athletes and coaches; providing the athletes with every advantage for competition and ensuring that coaches have the support and resources they need. 

As a young developing athlete, Jon Roy had a great coach that ultimately inspired him to become one himself. “It makes me happy to help others achieve their goals in golf,” he says. “I feel that I am positively impacting the lives of young athletes on a regular basis”. 

This past March, Jon travelled with a team of 16 Ontario players to Myrtle Beach to match up against a team from South Carolina in what is called the “Can-Am Matches”. It was his first real assignment as Head Provincial coach, and he is very proud of the team that returned home with the trophy. This event has been won by the American team 10 of the past 12 years, so this victory is a big accomplishment.  

In the foreseeable future, his coaching goals involve building and establishing strong, sustainable and successful coaching programs in Ontario, and then eventually working as a National golf coach and coach at the Olympics.