David Vaught works with Golf Academy of America, one of the leading golf management and instruction education programs in the country that has been training PGA professionals and golf industry leaders for decades. His association with the Academy positions him at the educational infrastructure level of the game — developing the next generation of golf professionals rather than working exclusively with recreational players — which gives his understanding of instruction methodology, player development principles, and the business of golf a formal, curriculum-based depth that most teaching professionals develop only through trial and error over the course of their careers.