For the last 22 years, James has been the Director of Instruction at The Golf Academy at Shadow Ridge. He is a nine-time recipient of the Nebraska Section PGA Teacher of the Year award. Been recognized by GOLF Magazine as a Top 100 Teacher in America and by his peers in Golf Digest as a Top 50 Best Teacher in America. He has written two books: Your Short Game Solution: Mastering the Finesse Game From 120 Yards and In and Your Putting Solution: A Tour Proven Approach to Mastering the Greens. His position on the advisory board for the Titleist Performance Institute has allowed him to share his unique strategies and techniques with coaches around the world. He has instructed over 80 PGA, LPGA and Champions Tour players and currently coaches 13 of them including World #25 Emilano Grillo, Smylie Kaufman, Charley Hoffman, I.K. Kim, Tom Pernice and Duffy Waldorf. His players combined to notch eight tour victories this past season.