Meet The Team

Jim has been a Class A member of the PGA since 1991 and has been playing golf for 55 years. Jim was the Head Golf Professional at Columbia Hills Country Club from 1997-2013. In 2013, he decided to become a full-time instructor. He vecame an independent instructor at Mallard Creek Golf Club from 2013-2021. There, he built a strong Junior Golf program. When Bill Cosgrove purchased Medina Country Club in 2021, his goal was to have a golf academy on site, so he called Jim, and they started The Jim Wise Golf Academy.

Competitively, Jim has played in many tournaments in Florida and Ohio. He was a member of the Bowling Green State University Taxi Squad golf team and played high school golf at Canton GlenOak.

Jim attended The Golf Academy of the South earning a degree in Golf Management. A major emphasis is placed on studying the golf swing during this two-year degree. Combining his knowledge of the golf swing with his 30+ years of teaching experience, Jim has developed a keen eye for the faults and fixes of golf swings. Jim’s teaching philosophy is to treat each golfer individually. He develops a swing or recommends swing adjustments based on each person’s abilities. He tries to keep his lessons fun, positive and encouraging.

The Academy uses computer video in every lesson and emails you a video of your swing after each lesson.

Group programming has become such a big part of the Academy and Jim has decided to concentrate on that as he takes a step back on his schedule. In addition to teaching the group classes, Jim remains very active in mentoring hs Assistants. He meets with them often to discuss their lesson plans and progress of their students.

Trevor Hazen, Lead Instructor, is a 20+ year PGA Golf Professional whose experience and teaching talents have helped the mission of the Jim Wise Golf Academy and Medina Country Club. Trevor is an energetic instructor and is passionate about teaching golf and getting people involved with golf.

Trevor has developed a nationally recognized adaptive golf program for people with physical disabilities. is PGA HOPE, TPI and ADM certified and he is part of the PGA of America National PGA HOPE Training team.

Matt has been working alongside Jim since 2016 and has been at Medina Country Club since 2022. Matt graduated from The Ohio State University in 2023 with a degree in chemical engineering, but since working with Jim, he found that he loves to teach the game of golf. He is now working full time at the Jim Wise Golf Academy and is working to become a PGA Golf Professional under the guidance of both Jim and Trevor. 

Bryan has been working alongside Jim since 2017 and has been at Medina Country Club since 2022. Bryan graduated from Midview high school in 2023 He was a 4-year varsity golfer earning first-team in the Suburban League his junior and senior year. He is currently studying business management at Lorain County Community College with the intent to become a PGA professional in the future. Bryan hopes to finish his associates degree by next fall and then enroll online in Keiser university to complete his Golf Management degree.

Theresa is the Director of Operations for The Jim Wise Golf Academy. She manages most of the non-teaching activities for the Academy.

She graduated from Bowling Green State University with a Computer Science degree. She was hired right after graduation by Sohio (BP) to manage their Pipeline Control System. In the years following, she worked several management positions. When the BP created its new Crisis Management Group in 1990, she was asked to join the division.

She retired from BP at the end of 2008. In April 2010, the day after the BP Horizon Oil Rig explosion, she was called to help with the response. She worked on the response for 9 months in Louisiana reporting to the Incident Commander & managing over 900 responders.

After the response, Theresa continued as a consultant until 2020 when she retired again.