| Year | Golf Tournament | City/Country | Position/Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Optimist Junior World (Torrey Pines South) | California, U.S.A. | 80 – 77 – 73 – 71 = 301 T21 |
| 1988 | Southamerican Junior Championship | El Peñon, Colombia | Ind. T2, Winner Team |
| 1988 | Southamerican Championship | Montevideo, Uruguay | Team 6th place |
| 1989 | Optimist Junior World (Torrey Pines South) | California, U.S.A. | 73 – 73 – 72 – 77 = 295 T8 |
| 1989 | Lagunita Invitational | Caracas, Venezuela | 72 – 71 – 74 – 71 = 288 3rd |
| 1989 | Guataparo Invitational | Valencia, Venezuela | 76 – 70 = 146 Winner |
| 1989 | National Junior Championship | Caracas, Venezuela | National Junior Champion (IZCC) |
| 1989 | 2nd at amateur national ranking | Venezuela | Second |
| 1990 | Southamerican Championship | Caracas, Venezuela | Team 3rd place |
| 1991 | Amateur National Championship | Valencia, Venezuela | 70 – 73 – 70 – 73 = 286 runner-up |
| 1991 | Junko Invitational | Caracas, Venezuela | 74 – 69 – 68 – 72 = 283 Winner |
| 1991 | National Dobles Foursome | Caracas, Venezuela | National Champion with Juan Nutt |
| 1991 | Southamerican Championship | Santiago, Chile | Team runner-up |
| 1992 | Lima Invitational | Lima, Peru | 76 – 74 – 70 – 72 = 292 T6 |
| 1992 | Sheseido Cup | Tanagura, Japan | 77 – 73 – 71 = 221 T21 |
| 1992 | Southamerican Championship | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Team runner-up |
| 1992 | Las Vegas Invitational | Las Vegas, U.S.A. | 76 – 74 – 72 = 222 T29 NCAA Division I |
| 1993 | Caracas C.C. Invitational | Caracas, Venezuela | 68 – 73 – 72 – 71 = 284 Winner |
| 1993 | Amateur National Championship | Caracas, Venezuela | 73 – 70 – 69 = 212 runner-up |
| 1993 | National Match Play Championship | Caracas, Venezuela | Campeon Nacional |
| 1993 | USL Invitational | Louisiana, U.S.A. | 75 – 74 – 73 = 222 T8 NCAA Division I |
| 1993 | Southamerican Championship | Bogota, Colombia | Team runner-up |
| 1993 | Barquisimeto Invitational | Lara, Venezuela | 70 – 72 – 76 – 73 = 291 runner-up |
| 1994 | Billy Hitchcock Invitational | Alabama, U.S.A. | 76 – 69 – 68 T3 NCAA Division I |
| 1994 | South Eastern Comference Championship | Tennessee, U.S.A. | 73 – 72 – 73 T11 NCAA Division I |
| 1994 | NCAA National | Texas, U.S.A. | 75 – 70 (LSU MC) |
| 1994 | Venezuelan Profesional Tour | Caracas, Venezuela | 70 – 68 – 65 – 67 Winner |
| 1995 | II Toyota Invitational (Lagunita C.C.) | Caracas, Venezuela | 76 – 69 – 73 – 70 = 288 Winner |
| 1995 | Izcaragua Invitational | Caracas, Venezuela | 70 – 72 – 76 = 218 Winner |
*Golf Instructor, Julio Nutt has turned Professional in order to teach at the Jim McLean Golf School
Southamerican Championship: Match Play Event: ’88 – ’90 – ’91 – ’92 – ’93 – ’95, Individual Matches: 48 ( 30W – 16L – 2T ), Dobles Matches: 44 ( 29W – 10L – 5T ), Total: 92 ( 59W – 26L – 7T )
That junior success opened the door to the next phase of his career in the United States. While competing in Venezuela in the late 1980s, Julio crossed paths with future PGA Tour winner David Toms, who was playing there as an amateur. After spending time playing alongside Julio and seeing his ability firsthand, Toms played a key role in recruiting him to Louisiana State University. Julio would go on to earn letterman status with the LSU Golf Team, competing in the SEC Championships (1992–1994), as well as NCAA Regionals and Division I National Championships, during one of the most competitive eras in collegiate golf.
By his senior year at LSU, Julio had matured into a complete and confident competitor. In 1994, he returned to his home country and, playing as an amateur, won a professional tournament on the TPG. Over four rounds, he posted scores of 70, 68, 65, and 67, combining technical precision with composure under pressure. This performance reflected years of international competition, collegiate experience, and a deep understanding of how to score when it mattered most.
From the mid-1980s through the early 2000s, Julio remained deeply involved in high-level competition, gaining a broad perspective on the demands of elite performance. When he later moved to Miami, his relationship with the game naturally evolved from competing to teaching without ever losing its performance driven foundation. Since joining the Jim McLean Golf School in 2007, Julio Nutt has become a Lead Master Instructor with more than 20 years of experience coaching and developing players. His teaching is grounded in the realities of competitive golf, informed by his own journey as a junior champion, collegiate player, and international competitor. Today, Julio brings that experience to every lesson, helping players understand not just how to swing the club, but how to play the game with clarity, confidence, and purpose.
Julio Nutt’s lifelong passion for golf began in 1980 when his father introduced him and his brother to the game at Valle Arriba Golf Club in Caracas, Venezuela. From the first day, Julio’s interest grew rapidly, turning frequent practice sessions into a daily routine. Supported wholeheartedly by his father, who traveled with the brothers to tournaments year-round, Julio quickly transitioned from casual play to competitive junior golf. This family-backed foundation instilled discipline and enthusiasm, setting the stage for his rapid rise. By his mid-teens, he was competing regularly, honing skills that would soon propel him onto the international stage. These early years in Caracas shaped Julio’s deep appreciation for the game, blending technical development with a genuine love for competition and practice.
Julio Nutt’s junior career reached new heights in the late 1980s, marked by standout international success. At age 16, he contributed to Venezuela’s team victory in the 1988 South American Junior Championship in Colombia, finishing second individually, a defining achievement that solidified his status among the region’s top young talents. The following year, he placed T8 at the prestigious Junior World Championship at Torrey Pines South in San Diego. These performances, combined with national junior titles and a pivotal referral from David Toms, a future PGA Tour winner who competed in Venezuela as an amateur in the early 1980s and whom Julio met and played alongside during that time, earned him a golf scholarship to Louisiana State University. Representing Venezuela on the national team, Julio gained invaluable experience managing pressure across diverse courses and conditions.
At LSU, Julio Nutt earned letterman status and as a starting player of the Tigers, he participated in three SEC Championships, three NCAA Regionals, and three Division I National Championships. Balancing international commitments, he continued representing Venezuela on the national team, traveling to compete in countries such as Japan, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Germany, Ecuador, Uruguay, Mexico, and across the United States. Graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in Business in 1994, Julio emerged as a mature competitor with deep insights into tournament golf.
Returning to Venezuela after graduating from LSU in 1994, that year, he won a Venezuelan professional event as an amateur, posting scores of 70-68-65-67. Highlights included a 1995 and 1996 national amateur championship runner-ups and a T4 at the 1996 Copa Las Americas at Doral, capping the year as Venezuela’s top amateur. In late 1996, he began his MBA at IESA in Caracas, including one semester as an exchange student at Vanderbilt University, temporarily stepping away from competition. Upon completing his MBA in 1998, Julio returned strongly to competitive golf, and continued playing for his National Team including at the World Amateur Team Championship in Berlin, Germany in 2000, where he placed in the Top 50 individually.
In 2002, Julio Nutt relocated to Miami, Florida, with his wife Daniela, marking the beginning of a new chapter. Inspired by the game’s profound impact on his life and eager to share his Golf knowledge, Julio soon decided to transition fully to teaching and coaching. Joining the prestigious Jim McLean Golf School in March of 2007, he advanced to Lead Master Instructor, now bringing over 20 years of coaching expertise, rooted in his playing background, to players seeking improve their games with clarity, confidence, and purposeful performance.
Julio Nutt’s transition from competitive player to full-time golf instructor began in 2003, when he launched his own private indoor golf teaching studio in Miami, Florida. Driven by a passion to develop his coaching expertise and deepen his mastery of the golf swing, Julio fully dedicated himself to teaching, researching, continuous learning, and refining his unique instructional approach. Over the next several years, his studio served as a dynamic hands-on laboratory where he coached diverse players of all skill levels and ages, accumulating invaluable practical insight and experience while solidly shaping his foundational philosophy as a premier Golf Instructor.
In March 2007, Julio joined the renowned Jim McLean Golf School at Trump National Doral as an assistant instructor. Immersed in one of the world’s most respected and top-rated golf instruction environments, Julio spent countless hours observing Jim McLean instruct both enthusiastic amateurs and elite touring professionals. Through dedication and completing the school’s rigorous certification process, he advanced steadily. Since 2007, Julio Nutt has been a constant presence at the Jim McLean Golf School and is now recognized as one of its longest-tenured and most experienced Lead Master Instructors.
Driven by an unwavering passion for lifelong learning and mastery of the game, Julio Nutt has traveled extensively throughout the years to visit world-leading instructors and biomechanics researchers, actively attend prestigious golf summits, certifications, insightful forums, and cutting-edge seminars. To this day, Julio remains deeply engaged in playing and thoroughly enjoying relaxed, memorable time on the golf course alongside his students and friends!
Julio has also worked closely with and learned from top instructors and industry leaders such as Sean Foley, Martin Hall, Dr. Scott Lynn, James Leitz, David Orr, Brian Manzella, Martin Ayers, Dr. Rob Neal, Andy Plummer, Joe Mayo, John Sinclair, and many others.
Encouraged by Jim McLean, Julio remains open-minded, valuing diverse perspectives and best ideas from across the golf instruction spectrum to benefit his students.
Julio Nutt is deeply committed to growing the game of golf and sharing knowledge beyond the lesson tee. He has written instructional articles for Fairway Magazine, a well-established golf publication in Colombia, Panama, and Venezuela, and has contributed to platforms such as Golf360.com, Revolution Golf, Vive el Golf on CNN Español, and Golf Channel Latin America.
Julio Nutt is pictured at McArthur Golf Club alongside some very respected figures in golf instruction: Bobby Cole, former PGA Tour winner; Dr. Rob Neal, one of the world’s leading authorities in golf biomechanics; and Chris Toulson, top instructor at Sunningdale Country Club in New York and former Director of Instruction at the Jim McLean Golf School.
This image represents Julio’s ongoing commitment to play, learn and collaborate, with some of the best minds in the Golf instruction industry.
Today, Julio Nutt continues to teach full-time at the Jim McLean Golf School at the Biltmore Hotel, offering elite-level instruction to golfers from around the world. With decades of experience, advanced technology, and over 2 decades of instruction experience, Julio Nutt Golf Instruction provides customized coaching designed to help players understand their swing, improve performance, and enjoy the game at a higher level.
