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PROFILE

JON

HORSCHMANN

A SECOND CAREER, A DREAM JOB

Story by Bill Bowman Woods and that really opened my eyes. Afterwards I called
J on Horschmann has finally found the perfect my father and told him ‘This kid is going to be something

career for himself. It just took him awhile to get
else…he’s probably going to be the greatest player ever.’ It
there—twenty years to be exact.
was about that time I decided to go to UNLV and major in
Horschmann, 47, spent 20 years in law enforce-
ment with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police criminal justice.”
Department. In 2018 he retired and went on the hunt for a He graduated and then went on to spend 20 years in law
second career. He knew golf would be involved, and now enforcement. But during all that time, he was still infatu-
he’s found his calling as one of the golf instructors at the ated with golf. And now it’s paying off in a big way. “I just
famed Butch Harmon School of Golf in Henderson. started out as a coordinator for the Butch Harmon School of
Golf. I had run into Butch at a few events and found out he
The only difference between Horschmann and thousands of needed an assistant. After a year of grooming and training
other golf instructors around the world is he came about the he offered me the coveted position. I never dreamed my life-
job just a little differently than most. OK, a lot differently. long love of the game would grow into this.”

Horschmann is a life-long Vegas resident, having gradu- ‘This’ is the fact that after shadowing Harmon during a
ated from Boulder City High School and then UNLV. He majority of his instruction sessions, he’s now turned that
started his golf path like on-the-job training into a role as an instructor at the school.
a lot of others—as a state He’s having the time of his life. “I’ve just always loved golf.
champion while play- I love learning about the mechanics of the swing and help-
ing at Boulder City High ing players get better.” He added that working with Harmon
School. But that’s where is the perfect way to build on his love of the game. “If you’re
the similarities come to a going to say I want to be mentored by someone on how to
screeching halt. teach the game of golf, it would certainly be Butch Harmon.
It’s kind of like saying you want to go to the best school.
“Luckily for me I real- You’d pick schools like Harvard or Stanford.”
ized pretty early on that
I wouldn’t have the time He said Harmon is nothing short of a master when it comes
and dedication to play at a to working with players. And that includes everyone from
much higher level,” he says. the pros to the high-handicappers. “He’s taught Greg
“In fact, I played a junior Norman, Tiger Woods, Dustin Johnson, and a whole lot
golf tournament with Tiger of other big-name players,” Horschmann says. “And these

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