College Golf Courses are Shaping the Future of the Game
College golf courses are often the unsung heroes of golf in towns like Conway, South Carolina with Myrtle Beach ten minutes away, Delhi, New York, with Oak Hill a couple of hours north and Milford, Connecticut with the stellar facilities of the New York tri-state area at their fingertips. This is a story that shares the relationship between university and golf course. Opportunities are created and revenues are generated while maximizing the present and preparing for the future of the game.
More People, More Golf, More Often! – Golf Ranch Brookfield
Blue Jeans Golf is changing the face of the stand-alone driving range in many areas of the country. With four facilities under their umbrella, these golf industry professionals are bringing their many years of experience and expertise to the practice range, and they’re creating a new genre in the game – Golf Lite. Check out the Blue Jeans Golf story to learn all about it!
Giving Back to Your Community Through Golf
Spring has sprung, and some great causes are benefitting through the game of golf. Here’s a story of a very special event that started in Ohio four years ago and has since spread across several PGA of America Sections. When the Golden Bear is involved, success can’t be far away.
Women Leading on the Range – Breaking Golf Industry Barriers
Award-winning PGA of America Teaching Professional Valerie Vaughn shares her inspiring account of learning the game of golf, breaking barriers throughout her career and changing lives through innovative PGA of America programs at Golf House Tennessee.
College Golf Courses are Shaping the Future of the Game
College golf courses are often the unsung heroes of golf in towns like Conway, South Carolina with Myrtle Beach ten minutes away, Delhi, New York, with Oak Hill a couple of hours north and Milford, Connecticut with the stellar facilities of the New York tri-state area at their fingertips. This is a story that shares the relationship between university and golf course. Opportunities are created and revenues are generated while maximizing the present and preparing for the future of the game.
Bringing New Golfers to the Range Through Local Collaboration – Chris Meade, PGA
Chris Meade, the PGA of America General Manager at Lady Bird Golf Course in Fredericksburg, Texas is doing some special things in his area. He has played a huge role in continuing the growth of junior golf and is collaborating with other PGA of America Golf Professionals and leaders in his community. Here is his story as told in PGA Magazine’s General Managers Monthly digital publication last month.
Five Questions with Todd Sones, PGA
Todd Sones is a world-renowned PGA of America Golf Professional and industry-leading golf instructor. His insights and expertise continue to change the golf experience of players of all skill levels. He shares some of that acuity in this month’s edition of Five Questions.
GRAA New Award Winner Profile – Kelley Brooke, LPGA
Kelley Brooke is an industry-leading LPGA Golf Professional and award-winning instructor. Her golf acumen goes well beyond the lesson tee, however, as she and her company Brooke Management Group, manage four stellar golf facilities on New York’s Long Island.
Investing in Your Range – Rockwall Golf & Athletic Club
The members at Rockwall Golf & Athletic Club are enjoying some new amenities and a refurbished practice area that is boosting the private club experience and maximizing their enjoyment in the game. PGA GM Ignacio Vela shares the details of how Rockwall is investing in its range, and more.
Rick Zarlengo – A GRAA Top 100 Growth of the Game Teaching Professional
Rick Zarlengo is a man of many skills (in golf and music!) He’s a two-time GRAA Top 100 Growth of the Game Teaching Professional and runs the player development programming at Roanoke (VA) Country Club.
GRAA New Award Winner Profile – Maureen Farrell, PGA
Award-winning PGA of America Golf Professional Maureen Farrell is the Director of Instruction at Oakwood Country Club in Kansas City. A graduate of the PGM Program at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln, Farrell is a leading instructor in the game.
GRAA Top 50 Public Facility – Black Gold Golf Club
Black Gold Golf Club is a 13-time GRAA Top 50 Public Facility. In addition to the stellar views of Orange County, Black Gold provides an equally awesome golf experience for its long-time golfers and new players coming to the game. PGA Director of Golf Joe Reilly sheds some light on all things Black Gold in this GRAA Top 50 Facility Award Winner profile.
The Robert Trent Jones Society – Honoring the Man Through the Courses He Created
With hundreds of course designs and redesigns on his resume, Robert Trent Jones Sr. is a legend in golf. The Robert Trent Jones Society was formed 20 years ago to keep the world-renowned golf course architect’s ideas and philosophies relevant for the new generations of golfers who play his courses every day. Here’s the story of the society and its growing number of member clubs.
Women Leading on the Range: Life as a Female Golf Professional in a Male-Dominated Industry
LPGA Professional and CEO of Brooke Management Group, Kelley Brooke has succeeded in golf like few women have. She is an award-winning LPGA Professional and the owner of her own company that manages some of the best public golf courses on Long Island. She wrote this piece on the challenges women professionals still face in golf for this month’s edition of Women Leading on the Range.
Bringing New Golfers to the Range – Valerie Vaughn, PGA
With a successful collegiate playing career and many years of coaching and mentorship under her belt, PGA of America Golf Professional Valerie Vaughn now enjoys her work at Golf House Tennessee Learning Center in Franklin, Tennessee. She’s a five-time GRAA Top 100 Growth of the Game Teaching Professional and the subject of this GRAA Award Winner profile.
Five Questions with Gil Feagin, PGA
PGA of America Golf Professional Gil Feagin is the new Director of the Professional Golf Management Program at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina. He brings years of on-course and academic administrative experience to the head role at CCU, after working with former Director and Past PGA President Will Mann. He shared some time to answer our five questions.
Boot Ranch – A Dozen GRAA Top 50 Facility Awards and Counting
Boot Ranch was started by PGA legend Hal Sutton almost 20 years ago and has developed a reputation under current ownership as a stellar family club and annual GRAA award winner. There are many awesome amenities at Boot Ranch to attract and retain members. Here’s the Boot Ranch story told by its PGA of America Head Golf Professional Alex Rhyne.
The Story Behind Our Winter Golf Swing Case Study Series
Wrapping up our golf swing case study series, we meet the pro behind the instruction, Cameron Robinson, a member of the British PGA and Assistant Professional at Brentwood Country Club.
GRAA Award-Winner Profile – Oakwood Country Club
Oakwood Country Club seemed on its last leg just five years ago, but some renovations and a new owner rejuvenated the Kansas City club and started its rise to grandeur. There’s a growing membership of golfers from across the country, stellar practice facilities, pristine course conditions and a team of professionals who know how to serve. Here’s the story of the metamorphosis of Oakwood Country Club, a 2023 GRAA Top 50 Private Facility and 2023 GRAA Top Range Renovation Award winner.
Investing in Your Range – Essex County Country Club
Essex County Country Club has a storied history that has recently been enhanced even more by some renovations done by Gil Hanse and his team. PGA of America Director of Golf Alex Hoyos shares the story in more detail in this month’s edition of Investing in Your Range.
Allen Terrell, PGA – A Coach With An Eye For Talent
Award-winning golf instructor Allen Terrell has something that many other golf coaches don’t, he discovered Dustin Johnson. He recruited him to Coastal Carolina University and they’ve worked together ever since. Terrell has a thriving teaching business at TPC Myrtle Beach and continues to grow the game from the beginner level to the best in the world.
