Erik is the lead coach at the Goose Creek Golf Academy in Jurupa Valley, Calif., located 45 miles east of Los Angeles. A highly decorated PGA Teaching Professional with eight PGA Section and Chapter awards, including 2011 Southern California PGA Teacher of the Year, Erik has been teaching golf for more than 25 years. He is a member of the Southern California PGA Teachers Hall of Fame and has twice been recognized as a Golf Digest Top 100 Clubfitter.
Among his more notable students, past and present, are four-time PGA Tour Champions winner Estaban Toledo, eight-time PGA Tour Champions winner Michael Allen, PGA Tour players Brendan Pappas and Bio Kim, PGA Tour China and LatinoAmerica player Paul Imondi, and LPGA Symetra Tour players Dayoung Kim and Jisoo Park.
Coach Erik also has a proven track record of developing and training competitive junior players through high school and on to the collegiate level. Junior golfers that have worked with Coach Erik and his PGA Coaching Team have gone on to earn spots at more than 30 collegiate golf programs, including Stanford, Northwestern, Wisconsin, Colorado, Oregon, UCLA and USC.
Horve’s holistic approach to instruction focuses on full swing technique, short game scoring, golf fitness, mental preparation, equipment evaluation and tournament preparation. A BodiTrak Pressure Mat and MySwing Professional 3D Ambassador, Horve utilizes many of today’s leading technologies, including V1 and JC Video Swing Analysis Software, Blast Motion’s Putting Sensor and FlightScope’s Launch Monitor System.
Nationally Recognized
Awards & Accolades
- PGA Tour Credentialed Instructor
- Elite Junior Coach/Collegiate Counsel
- China National Head Coach- Dragon Plan
- 2011 SCPGA “Teacher of the Year”
- PGA California Teachers Hall of Fame
- 2016 SCPGA Section “Club Fitter of the Year”
- 2011 SCPGA Section “Teacher of the Year”
- 2010 SCPGA Section “Club Fitter of the Year”
- 2007 Metro Chapter PGA, “Bill Strausbaugh Award”
- 2017 Top 25 Elite Junior Coach in USA
- 2016 Top 50 Elite Junior Coach in USA
- Golf Digest Top 100 Fitter 2011 & 2013
- TPI Certified Golf Fitness 2
- 2006 SCPGA Section, “Junior Golf Leader of the Year”
- 2005 Metro Chapter PGA, “Teacher of the Year”
- 2005 SCPGA Section, “Club Fitter of the Year”
- 2003 Metro Chapter PGA, “Junior Golf Leader of the Year”
Elite Juniors
The Road to Collegiate Golf
Coach Erik also has a proven track record of developing and training competitive junior players through high school and on to the collegiate level. Junior golfers that have worked with Coach Erik and his PGA Coaching Team have gone on to earn spots at more than 30 collegiate golf programs, including Stanford, Northwestern, Wisconsin, Colorado, Oregon, UCLA and USC.














