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OFFICERS Heath Wassem , Fenway GC President Brian Crowell, GlenArbor GC Secretary Carl Alexander, GC of Purchase Treasurer Stuart Waack, Silvermine GC First Vice President Michael Shank, North Shore CC Second Vice President BOARD OF DIRECTORS Michael Breed, Michael Breed Golf Academy Mike Diffley, Pelham CC Dave Fusco, Patriot Hills GC Ben Hoffhine, Wykagyl CC Chris Kenney, Patterson Club Jamie Kilmer, Wheatley Hills GC Rob Labritz, GlenArbor Club Adam McDaid, Friars Head Cory Muller, CC of Darien Sean Quinlivan, Piping Rock Club NOMINATING COMMITTEE Chris Case, Mount Kisco CC Joe Felder, Griff Harris GC Bobby Heins, Old Oaks CC Tom Henderson, Round Hill Club Greg Hurd, North Hempstead CC James Ondo, Apawamis Club Jim Smoot, Huntington CC Staff Members Charles Robson, Executive Director Kelli Clayton, Membership Director Jeff Voorheis, Tournament Director Dan Frankel, Tournament Administrator Dan Kiley, Tournament Administrator Tony Murrell, Controller Emily Powers, Communications Administrator www.met.pga.com Metropolitan PGA Newsletter November 1, 2014 METROPOLITAN PGA METROPOLITAN PGA Nearly 200 at Fall Meeting at Bethpage - Three New Directors Elected Support for Ted Bishop is Overwhelming There was certainly no doubt about how the membership viewed the recent decision by the PGA’s Board of Directors to terminate Ted Bishop’s Presidency. A near unanimous crowd stood in support of the 38 th President, in spite of his social media gaffe that took on a life of its own. Because so many people in the audience knew that there is not an ounce of insensitive gender bias in Ted Bishop (in fact his efforts on behalf of women both professionally and as President are well documented) they almost universally agreed that the punishment did not fit the “crime.” In addition to the Committee Reports, the slate that included newcomers Ben Hoffhine, Chris Kenney and Adam McDaid was elected to serve the 2014-15 term as they replace outgoing Directors Shawn Baker, Rob Gick and David Jones. The officers elected were Heath Wassem (President), Brian Crowell (Secretary), Carl Alexander (Treasurer) and Stuart Waack and Michael Shank as Vice-Presidents. The balance of the Board includes Michael Breed, Mike Diffley, Dave Fusco, Jamie Kilmer, Rob Labritz, Cory Muller and Sean Quinlivan. Elected to the Nominating Committee were Chris Case, Joe Felder, Tom Henderson, Bobby Heins, Greg Hurd, James Ondo and Jim Smoot. Also representing the PGA of America were District Director Dan Pasternak of Panther Valley CC in New Jersey, our PGA Regional Career Consultant Michael Packard, and our PGA Regional Manager of Player Development, Jonathan Gold. Nov. 18 th Met PGA Educational Roundtables Entitled “Make a Difference in Your Career” with Focus on Player Development Ask almost any club what their primary goal is these days and they will suggest the need to promote more play, recruit new members and golfers and help the facility to grow their revenues. In short – it means PLAYER DEVELOPMENT. On Tuesday, Nov. 18 th the Section will host two separate Roundtables under the theme of “Make a Difference in Your Career.” If you are a head professional we will discuss ideas and best practices that you can share with your employers. If you are an assistant, we will provide you with examples that can be included in resumes and as part of any player development oppor- tunities. Either way, you will spend a couple of hours investing in your career and in your future. Programs such as PGA Junior League have proven to be incredible success stories for professionals and for kids and parents alike. In the discussions you will hear about this and other ways to make a difference at your facility and with your career.. To make it easy to attend, we will present the same program at two locations – at North Shore Country Club on Long Island from 9:30 – 12:00 pm and in Westchester at Fenway from 1:30 – 4:00 pm. Please register in advance even though there is no fee for attend- ing. Head Professional Roundtables Set for Nov. 12 th & 13 th at Knollwood and Cold Spring Our format for the Roundtables this year will be simpler but hopefully more inclusive and more valuable. On Wednesday, Nov. 12 th our Westchester/CT/Upstate PGA Head Professionals will meet at Knollwood Country Club from 10 am to 1 pm while Long Is- land PGA head professionals will meet at Cold Spring on Thursday, Nov. 13 th from 10 to 1 for our annual Roundtables. Those attending will be split into tables of similar facili- ties, based on geography, membership as well as private vs. public. Focus will be on sharing of ideas and success stories or concerns with regard to trends, employment is- sues, events, technology and Section affairs. There will be a $20.00 charge which in- cludes lunch at both facilities following the Roundtables sessions. Please also plan to bring or submit your 2014 Met PGA Compensation Survey either prior to or at the select- ed Roundtable.
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OFFICERS Heath Wassem , Fenway GC President Brian Crowell, GlenArbor GC Secretary Carl Alexander, GC of Purchase Treasurer Stuart Waack, Silvermine GC
First Vice President Michael Shank, North Shore CC Second Vice President
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Michael Breed, Michael Breed Golf Academy
Mike Diffley, Pelham CC
Dave Fusco, Patriot Hills GC
Ben Hoffhine, Wykagyl CC
Chris Kenney, Patterson Club
Jamie Kilmer, Wheatley Hills GC
Rob Labritz, GlenArbor Club
Adam McDaid, Friars Head
Cory Muller, CC of Darien
Sean Quinlivan, Piping Rock Club
NOMINATING COMMITTEE Chris Case, Mount Kisco CC
Joe Felder, Griff Harris GC
Bobby Heins, Old Oaks CC
Tom Henderson, Round Hill Club
Greg Hurd, North Hempstead CC
James Ondo, Apawamis Club
Jim Smoot, Huntington CC
Staff Members
Charles Robson, Executive Director
Kelli Clayton, Membership Director
Jeff Voorheis, Tournament Director
Dan Frankel, Tournament Administrator
Dan Kiley, Tournament Administrator
Tony Murrell, Controller
Emily Powers, Communications Administrator
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Metropolitan PGA Newsletter
November 1, 2014
METROPOLITAN PGAMETROPOLITAN PGA Nearly 200 at Fall Meeting at Bethpage - Three New Directors Elected Support for Ted Bishop is Overwhelming
There was certainly no doubt about how the membership viewed the recent decision by the PGA’s Board of Directors to terminate Ted Bishop’s Presidency. A near unanimous crowd stood in support of the 38th President, in spite of his social media gaffe that took on a life of its own. Because so many people in the audience knew that there is not an ounce of insensitive gender bias in Ted Bishop (in fact his efforts on behalf of women both professionally and as President are well documented) they almost universally agreed that the punishment did not fit the “crime.” In addition to the Committee Reports, the slate that included newcomers Ben Hoffhine, Chris Kenney and Adam McDaid was elected to serve the 2014-15 term as they replace outgoing Directors Shawn Baker, Rob Gick and David Jones. The officers elected were Heath Wassem (President), Brian Crowell (Secretary), Carl Alexander (Treasurer) and Stuart Waack and Michael Shank as Vice-Presidents. The balance of the Board includes Michael Breed, Mike Diffley, Dave Fusco, Jamie Kilmer, Rob Labritz, Cory Muller and Sean Quinlivan. Elected to the Nominating Committee were Chris Case, Joe Felder, Tom Henderson, Bobby Heins, Greg Hurd, James Ondo and Jim Smoot. Also representing the PGA of America were District Director Dan Pasternak of Panther Valley CC in New Jersey, our PGA Regional Career Consultant Michael Packard, and our PGA Regional Manager of Player Development, Jonathan Gold.
Nov. 18th Met PGA Educational Roundtables Entitled “Make a Difference in Your Career” with Focus on Player Development
Ask almost any club what their primary goal is these days and they will suggest the need to promote more play, recruit new members and golfers and help the facility to grow their revenues. In short – it means PLAYER DEVELOPMENT. On Tuesday, Nov. 18th the Section will host two separate Roundtables under the theme of “Make a Difference in Your Career.” If you are a head professional we will discuss ideas and best practices that you can share with your employers. If you are an assistant, we will provide you with examples that can be included in resumes and as part of any player development oppor-tunities. Either way, you will spend a couple of hours investing in your career and in your future. Programs such as PGA Junior League have proven to be incredible success stories for professionals and for kids and parents alike. In the discussions you will hear about this and other ways to make a difference at your facility and with your career.. To make it easy to attend, we will present the same program at two locations – at North Shore Country Club on Long Island from 9:30 – 12:00 pm and in Westchester at Fenway from 1:30 – 4:00 pm. Please register in advance even though there is no fee for attend-ing.
Head Professional Roundtables Set for Nov. 12th & 13th at Knollwood and Cold Spring
Our format for the Roundtables this year will be simpler but hopefully more inclusive and more valuable. On Wednesday, Nov. 12th our Westchester/CT/Upstate PGA Head Professionals will meet at Knollwood Country Club from 10 am to 1 pm while Long Is-land PGA head professionals will meet at Cold Spring on Thursday, Nov. 13th from 10 to 1 for our annual Roundtables. Those attending will be split into tables of similar facili-ties, based on geography, membership as well as private vs. public. Focus will be on sharing of ideas and success stories or concerns with regard to trends, employment is-sues, events, technology and Section affairs. There will be a $20.00 charge which in-cludes lunch at both facilities following the Roundtables sessions. Please also plan to bring or submit your 2014 Met PGA Compensation Survey either prior to or at the select-ed Roundtable.
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National Car Rental PGA Assistants Championship Best wishes to the Met PGA contingent traveling to Port St. Lucie for the 2014 National Car Rental PGA Assistant Professional Championship. Our Section will be represented by our
Section Assistants Champion, Grant Sturgeon of Winged Foot Kevin Loftus of Pine Hollow, Anthony Aruta of Staten Island Practice Center, Joe Gothmann of Ardsley, Nick Bova of Friars Head, defending National Champion Frank Bensel of Century, John Guyton of Wheatley Hills, Matthew Demeo of Port Jefferson, Andrew Kegarise of Fishers Island, Ben Polland of Deepdale, Tyler Jaramillo of Seawane and Scott Ford of North Hills.
Assistants Board Elected at Tamarack Fall Meeting The Assistants at their recent Fall Meeting closed out business for the 2014 year with the presentation of the Gil McNally Award to Tim Puetz of Huntington Country Club and the election of Officers. Their Player of the Year will be determined after the As-sistants National Championship while Puetz also won the Stroke Average honors. Elected to President was Andrew Bostrom of Quaker Ridge; Dennis Dungee of Mount Kisco CC as the 1st Vice-President; Tyler Jaramillo of Seawane as 2nd V-P; Pete Catanza-ro of Scarsdale takes over as Secretary and Jimmy Farrell of The Creek is the new Treasurer.
North Florida Section Secures Disney World Discounts for PGA Members - Jan. 14 – Feb 1st The North Florida Section of the PGA has recently contacted us to circulate an opportunity for our PGA Members to experience the magic of Walt Disney World at a significant discount between Jan. 14th and Feb. 1st. This is a great member benefit, espe-cially to combine with attendance at the PGA Show. Tickets must be ordered by Dec. 15th and tickets are non-transferrable and only to be used by PGA Members and their immediate family. Click here for details and how to order tickets. The North Flori-da Section has also notified us of PGA Member Merchandise Show Golf Rates at several facilities in the Orlando area for those seeking to make golf arrangements during their travels to Orlando. Click here for those listings.
Success Stories Abound in Junior Fund-Raising and Patriot Golf Day - Fall Meeting Raffle Rewards Participating Clubs and Professionals
Our December Newsletter will include a recap of the fund-raising efforts by our professionals and will include some of the late season events and reports (Saint Andrew’s and Old Oaks among them). A special thanks to everyone who made an effort to sup-port our junior golf initiatives and to promote the Patriot Golf Day mission. Thanks to Brendan Dlouhy and Titleist, we also again raffled off a number of prizes based on every thousand dollars that clubs raised for Folds of Honor. Obviously the clubs that were the most generous had a greater chance of winning but there were still over 40 prizes that were won. Click here for the list of winners.
2015 Scheduling is Underway Thanks to the many professionals who have already contacted the Met PGA Office with offers to host a 2015 event on our Section, Assistants and/or Junior Tour schedules. Now is the time to let us know if you can help out as the Tournament Committee will be trying to get as much scheduled for next year by the end of this month. We are especially thankful to those who continue to support the 100+ events on our Junior Tour. Click here for a Junior Tour request form.
TaylorMade Assistant of the Year Nomination Process If you submitted an application for the Squire Cup team, you will automatically be considered for the 2014 TaylorMade Assistant of the Year Award. All assistants, however, are eligible to submit their names and applications to be considered. Keep an eye on the web site and Assistants tab for the application that will be posted soon.
Please Return Your 2015 Met PGA Compensation Survey and Get MSR Credit Our head professional compensation survey is available (click here) and is also linked on our web site. Please note that PGA Members who return the survey get 1 MSR credit but more importantly, that information is critical to assisting our professionals and their clubs with accurate and meaningful information during negotiations. The results of our Assistants Survey for 2014 will be available soon. If you did not fill out the survey (click here for the blank survey) please respond as soon as possible.
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KPMG Women’s PGA Championship Seeks Adult & Junior Volunteers We spoke about the opportunity for our Section to help take a lead role in promoting the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship and the involvement of our professionals and their golfers. Click here to learn more and see how you can help.
Tournament News & Notes Congratulations to recent LIGA Senior Open winner, Charlie Bolling who won tthis 36-hole event with a 139 score at Glen Oaks Club. Shawn Baker was 2nd, followed by Mike Caporale and Bill Van Orman (tied for 3rd) and Mark Mielke (5th). Tom Joyce won the Super Senior flight in a match of cards with Michael Turnesa the 2nd low professional…..Congratulations to the Assistant-Assistant year-long match play champions Pete Catanzaro of Scarsdale and Pete Kampmann of Manhattan Woods who success-fully defended their title at Quaker Ridge on Oct. 23rd against Old Oaks’ Nick Maselli and John Guyton of Wheatley Hills……… The Met Section Assistants soundly defeated the New Jersey team in their Challenge Match at Fenway on Oct. 21st.
APAWAMIS CLUB ARDSLEY CC ASPETUCK VALLEY CC ATLANTIC GC BEDFORD G & TC BETHPAGE STATE PARK GC BIRCHWOOD CC BRAE BURN CC BRIDGE, THE BROOKLAWN CC BROOKVILLE CC BRYNWOOD G&CC BURNING TREE CC CASPERKILL GC CENTENNIAL GC CENTURY CC CHERRY VALLEY CLUB COLD SPRING CC CRAB MEADOW GC CREEK, THE DARIEN, CC OF DEEPDALE GC DORAL GC DUTCHESS G & CC EAST HAMPTON GC ELMWOOD CC ENGINEERS CC FAIRFIELD, CC OF FAIRVIEW CC FARMINGDALE ST. COLLEGE RANGE FENWAY GC FRESH MEADOW CC
FRIAR'S HEAD GARDEN CITY CC GARDEN CITY GC GARDINERS BAY CC GARRISON GC GLEN HEAD CC GLEN OAKS CLUB GREENS @ HALF HOLLOW GC GREENWICH CC GRIFFITH E. HARRIS GC & RANGE HAMPSHIRE CC HAMPTON HILLS G & CC HEMPSTEAD G & CC HIGHLANDS CC HOLLOW BROOK GC HUDSON NATIONAL GC HUNTINGTON CC HUNTINGTON CRESCENT CLUB INDIAN HILLS CC INNIS ARDEN GC INWOOD CC ISLAND HILLS GC KNOLLWOOD CC LAKE ISLE CC LAUREL LINKS CC LEEWOOD GC LONG ISLAND NATIONAL GC MAHOPAC GC MAIDSTONE CLUB MANHATTAN WOODS GC MEADOW BROOK CLUB METROPOLIS CC MIDDLE BAY, THE GC at
MILBROOK CLUB MILL RIVER CLUB, INC. MINISCEONGO GOLF CLUB MOUNT KISCO CC NASSAU CC NATIONAL GL OF AMERICA NEW CANAAN, CC OF NISSEQUOGUE GC NORTH FORK CC NORTH HEMPSTEAD CC NORTH SHORE CC NOYAC GC OLD OAKS CC OLD WESTBURY G & CC OTTERKILL CC PATTERSON CLUB, THE PELHAM CC PINE HOLLOW CC PIPING ROCK CLUB PLANDOME CC PORT JEFFERSON CC PURCHASE, THE GC OF QUAKER RIDGE GC REDDING CC ROCKAWAY HUNTING CLUB ROCKLAND LAKE STATE PK GC ROCKRIMMON CC ROLLING HILLS CC ROUND HILL CLUB RYE GC SAINT ANDREW'S GC, THE SANDS POINT GC SEAWANE CLUB
SEBONACK GC SEDGEWOOD GC SHINNECOCK HILLS GC SHOREHAVEN GC SILVER SPRING CC SILVERMINE GC SIWANOY CC SLEEPY HOLLOW CC SOUTH FORK CC SOUTHAMPTON GC SOUTHWARD HO CC STANWICH CLUB, THE SUNNINGDALE CC TAM O'SHANTER CLUB TAMARACK CC TRUMP NATIONAL GC TRUMP NATIONAL GOLF CLUB TUXEDO CLUB, THE VILLAGE CLUB OF SANDS POINT WACCABUC CC WEE BURN CC WEST HILLS CC WESTCHESTER CC WESTCHESTER HILLS GC WESTHAMPTON CC WHEATLEY HILLS GC WHIPPOORWILL CLUB WILLOW RIDGE CC WOODMERE CLUB, INC. WOODWAY CC WYKAGYL CC
Propourri Hopefully our membership has been tuning in and tweeting out to Brian Crowell and GolfChannel’s newest instructional pro-gram “Lesson Tee Live” on Wednesday evenings. Brian is hosting many of the top instructors around the country along with Annabel Rolley (former assistant at Trump in Westchester) as they invite viewers to be part of the program through social me-dia……. Congratulations also to Piping Rock teaching professional, Kevin Hinton who was recently included on the Golf Digest list of Best Young Teachers in America……… Tom Lupinacci (904 233-1023) is looking for pre-1925 US Open winner signa-tures. Troon Golf has recently signed an agreement to assume the management of Centennial Golf Club. Scott Klemme remains the A-1 head professional along with the other golf staff also unchanged.
THANK YOU 2014 CLUB ASSOCIATION MEMBERS
Condolences Our deepest sympathies on the recent passing of Barry McLaughlin’s mother-in-law, Eugenia DeBartolomeo……We also are sor-ry to report the passing of Frank Lamphier, Jr. former Superintendent at Aspetuck Valley and the man who guided and helped resurrect the GCSAAA National Championship and Golf Classic.
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Newest Additions to our PGA Roster Congratulations to Kevin Breen of Century Country Club, Hallie Dunn of The Maidstone Club and Michael Turck of Friar’s Head on recently completing their PGA Membership requirements and being elected to class A-8 membership All three have had great mentoring from their A-1 head professionals, Nelson Long, Eden Foster and Adam McDaid.
Wedding Belles Congratulations to Ardsley Country Club assistant Joe Gothmann who tied the knot with his new bride Alee Praino on Oct. 4th in Westchester. Our best wishes to the couple for a great life together.
Additional Educational Opportunities Mark Broadie, author of Every Shot Counts, is coming to speak at Chelsea Piers. It will be open to a limited number of golf professionals. The date is Tuesday, November 25th 11-2pm. Professionals would earn 3 MSR credits for at-tending. Fee is $25.00 and attendees receive a copy of Mark’s book. Interested professionals can contact Marjorie Jones by email at [email protected]. Michael Manavian of Greenwich DX Sports Labs has notified us of two Stack and Tilt educational opportunities com-ing up on Nov. 20th and 21st Click here
PGA Notes The PGA Tournament Series with significant added purse money will be conducted at PGA Golf Club on the follow-ing dates - Dec. 1-2 (Ryder), Dec. 4-5 (Wanamaker); Dec. 8-9 (Dye), Dec. 11-12 (Ryder), Dec. 15-16 (Wanamaker) and Dec. 18-19 (Dye). Enter on PGALinks or by calling 1-800-474-2776. ………Dates for Winter Activities are as follows: Quarter-Century Championship is Jan. 7-8; Senior Stroke Play is Jan. 13-15; Senior-Junior is Jan. 27-30; Women’s Stroke Play is Feb. 3-5; Stroke Play is Feb. 3-6; Match Play is Feb. 9-13……. Online registration is now open for the PGA Show at www.PGASHOW.COM/METRO. This year’s schedule includes the Teaching & Coaching Summit on Jan. 18-19, the Demo Day on Tuesday, Jan. 20th at Orange County National Golf Center and the Show at Orange County Convention Center on Wed. – Friday, Jan. 21-23. ……Register now for a PGA/USGA Rules Work-shop…….There will be no shortage of reminders about MSR and the opportunities to gain credits between now and the June 15th, 2015 deadline. The PGA has also adopted a “self-post” option on selected activities (service to the in-dustry, golf coach and media related articles). There are also complimentary on-line videos with self-assessment and new seminar topics are coming soon. Keep an eye on PGALinks for all the up to date MSR info…… The updated Per-formanceTrak results are posted on the web site on the right hand navigator…….Active Works – the PGA’s Program Manager has been acquired by Golf Channel/GolfNow. There will be no interruption in service, no obligation to participate in any other Golf Channel/GolfNow products, no sharing of databases and personnel and branding will stay the same……..PGA offers options on home and auto insurance as well as Golf Course coverage. You can also help your facility with Pepsi pricing and Belvedere products. Check out PGALinks for more info.
Townhouse Available for Rent We have been notified that there is a lightly furnished three bedroom.1.5 bath townhome available for rent in Stewart, FL. The townhouse is available now through the spring on a monthly basis. If interested please contact Kelli Clayton at the section office for contact information [email protected].
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JBA Awards
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THANK YOU 2014 PARTNERS & SPONSORS
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Employment Update
We have been contacted by the owners at Centennial to inform us that they have recently signed an agreement with Troon Golf to manage the 27-hole daily fee facility in Carmel, New York. Scott Klemme will remain as the A-1 head professional and Kevin DeDonato will be joining the Centennial team moving from the Director of Golf position at Seaview Resort & Spa outside Atlantic City to assume the same role as the A-4 at Centennial. Congratulations also to John Hobbins who has just announced that he is opening his own facility, Greenside Golf Academy at Trinity Centre, located downtown in the financial district. John will become the Director of Instruction/Head Professional at this new facility in Manhattan. We also welcome and congratulate Gene Mulak on his selection as the new PGA head professional at Silver Spring Country Club succeeding David Jones. Gene comes to the Met Section from Heritage Ridge Golf Club in Florida where he was their teaching professional. Prior to that Gene served as head professional at Vineyard Golf Club on Martha’s Vineyard, Dye Preserve, Carnegie Abbey and Hay Harbor on Fishers Island. We look forward to having Gene join the Met Section. Congratulations again to Jim Fatsi, assistant professional at Brooklawn Country Club since 2009 on his selection as the club’s new head professional succeeding Brad Worthington. Jim has spent most of his career in the Met Section including several years at The Golf Club of Purchase before moving to Brooklawn.
Fred Gipp, A-4 at West Sayville Golf Course has recently informed us that he has appointed Robert Callioras as his new A-1 head professional. Robert has been at West Sayville since 2009.
The Selection Committee Chairman has advised us that the search at Mill River Club continues and they hope to have a selection soon.
We also have been advised by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation of an RFP available for the operation of the Golf Course and Food & Beverage Concession at Beaver Island State Park in Erie County, Upstate New York. The bid deadline is Nov. 21st, 2014. For more information and to get the RFP please send a request by email to [email protected] or call 518-486-2932.
We also have the following assistant and staff positions available in the Met Section for 2015: Bill Bresnan, Colonial Springs Golf Club (Please send resume and cover letter to [email protected]). 2nd Assistant Golf
Professional. Seeking an individual to assist in all areas of the golf operation. The qualified candidate's responsibilities will include golf shop and tournament operations, junior clinics and camps, club repair and playing with the members. Season April 1st -October 31st
Robert Callioras, West Sayville Golf Course (Resumes to [email protected]) Assistant professional to assist in all aspects of golf operation. Job to include but not limited to tournament organization, teaching, shop merchandising, customer service, outside service and club repair. The Assistant will be required to be in the shop 30-35 hours per week and have limited teaching available when not required to be in the shop. April 15th-Nov 1st. (Nov)
Mike Caporale, North Hills CC (Resumes to [email protected]) – Seeking 1st Assistant – Responsible for devising and planning Junior Golf Program, coordinating member events, setting up course for tournament play, planning and conducting clinics and outings. The right candidate will be familiar with handicapping and will have some merchandising experience. Playing opportunities available.
Bobby Farrell, Tamarack CC (resumes to [email protected] ) Assistant Golf Professional, March 15th thru Dec 20th. Duties include Golf Shop daily operations, Merchandising, Club Fitting, Tournament Operations and Junior Golf. Your experience will include Golf Shop retail customer service, inventory control and strong computer skills using POS, Fore-Tees tee time system, and Event Man software. Great opportunity for a graduating PGM student or PGA apprentice working toward membership. Compensation Package: Salary commensurate upon experience, Health Care and Dental, 401K, Junior Golf income, playing privileges, meals and possible housing.
Brian Gaffney, Quaker Ridge Golf Club (resumes to [email protected]) -- Seeking Assistant Golf Professional. Responsibilities primarily include teaching although there will be some involvement with tournament programs and golf shop operations. Housing may be available.
Tim Garvin, South Fork CC (Resumes to – [email protected]) Seeking 2nd Assistant please click here for a description Andrew Gruss, Greenwich Country Club (Resumes to [email protected]) - Seeking Assistant Golf Professional
– PGA Class A Member Required. Duties include but are not limited to: Tournament Operations, Instruction, Junior Program, Merchandise and Inventory Controls, Club Communications, and Day to Day Golf Operations. Compensation package to include a competitive salary, 401k, health benefits, PGA dues, meals, staff apparel, and 100% of lesson income. (Nov)
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Employment Update Continued
We also have the following assistant and staff positions available in the Met Section for 2015: Lee Kaiser- Long Island National Golf Club ( Resumes to [email protected]) 2nd Assistant professional - Seeking an
individual to assist in all aspects of golf operation. Job to include but not limited to golf shop and tournament operations, outside services, junior golf clinics, club repair, and all around customer service. Season April 15th - November 1st.
Steven Lee , Poxabogue GC (Resumes to [email protected]) Assistant professional position. Job to include but not limited to Teaching, Pro shop management, assist head pro in overseeing facility. Salary and teaching income. Extensive junior pro-gram. Season from march to December. (Nov)
Thomas Lucas, The Club of Riverdale (Resumes to [email protected]) - Seeking experienced club fitter and instructor Frank Mattei, Bonnie Briar Country Club (resumes to [email protected]) – Seeking Golf Shop Manager for the 2015 season
(April – November). For Duties and responsibilities please click here. Also Seeking a 2nd Assistant Professional for the 2015 season (March – November). Duties and responsibilities to include: Administer Tournament Golf Program, Organizes Junior Programs, Teaching Opportunities, Golf Shop / Merchandising Responsibilities, PGA or LPGA Preferred, Compensation to include salary, uniforms, meals and end of season bonus. (Nov)
Kammy Maxfeldt, Birchwood CC (Resumes to [email protected]) - Golf Shop Manager - Responsibilities include manag-ing the golf shop, checking in & displaying merchandise, managing the POS system and updating the website. March 15th - November 1st Compensation package, including health insurance and 401K. Will consider PGA or non-PGA appli-cants. (Nov)
Cory Muller, CC of Darien (Resumes to [email protected]) - Seeking Assistant Golf Professional. PGA or LPGA pre-ferred. The Country Club of Darien is an exceptional work environment with a supportive membership and many avenues for income. I am seeking an individual with strong interpersonal skills, focus on customer service and strong work ethic. PGA or LPGA Member preferred. Your experience will include all areas of the Golf Operation and Golf Shop. Private In-struction and the development and implementation of all instructional programs. Playing with members, member tourna-ments, Ladies Golf Captain, outside events, merchandising, inventory control procedures and accounting. Encouraged to be involved with the MET Section and play in Section events. Compensation Package: Salary commensurate upon experience, Health Care, 401K. 100% of Lesson Income, outing income, club repair income, clothing allowance, room and board, play-ing and practice facility privileges. (Nov)
Peter Stefanchik, Elmwood Country Club (Please e-mail or mail resumes to: Peter E. Stefanchik, PGA Head Golf Professional, Elmwood Country Club, 850 Dobbs Ferry Road, White Plains, New York 10607 or [email protected].) Seeking Assistant Golf Professional. Requirements: An individual with strong interpersonal skills, focus on customer service and strong work ethic. PGA Class A member required. Duties: Participate in all areas of the golf operation and golf shop. Assist Head Profes-sional with development and implementation of instructional programs. Assist Head Golf Professional in running member tournaments, outside events, merchandising and inventory control procedures. Compensation Package: Salary commensu-rate upon experience, Health Care Contribution, 100% of Lesson Income, Outing Income, Club Fitting Income, Clothing Allowance, both Room and Board, Playing and Practice facility privileges. (NOV)
Christopher Toulson, Sunningdale CC (resumes to [email protected]) Assistant Golf Professional, PGA or LPGA pre-ferred. Seeking an individual who is detailed oriented with a minimum of two years tournament operations experience. The successful candidate must be a self-starter with strong interpersonal skills. Sunningdale provides a great environment for up-grading your teaching and playing skills. Duties include: tournament operations, club communication, golf shop operations, teaching, playing with members, ladies & junior golf and daily operations. March 15 - October 31. Compensation includes: Salary commensurate with experience. 100% of lesson income, club repair income, housing & meals, health benefits, staff clothing, full playing & practice privileges, MET PGA tournament participation encouraged.
Winter Employment Opportunity Len Zamora, Diamante Cabo San Lucas (Resumes to [email protected]) – Seeking two assistant professionals between now and the end of April. www.diamantecabosanlucas.com We also have the following caddiemaster position in the New Jersey Section Mike Burke Jr., Montammy Golf Club (Email Mike at [email protected])- Seeking Head Caddiemaster experience neces-sary. Benefits include health insurance once qualified, meals, clothing, playing privileges. - 3/15/2015 - 12/15/2015
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Employment Continued
We also have the following administrative positions available: Tournament Director/Sponsor Manager in the Iowa Section—Click Here KPMG Championship Volunteer Operations—Click Here Tournament Operations Director in the Illinois Section—Click Here The PGA and their Employment Consultants have also asked us to make our membership aware of the following information: “The PGA has become aware of possible fraudulent unsolicited email job offers in Mexico, Central America, and South America. It has been reported that these emails have typically been generated through a yahoo.com, yahoo.com.mx, yahoo.se or similar email address. They have been reported to be for Golf Instructor or Director of Instruction positions with a monthly salary of approximately $17,000 USD. Upon responding to the initial email, PGA members have reported being asked for an up-front fee for registration and certification of teaching credentials. The PGA suggests that any unsolicited job offers that require applicants to pay up-front fees may be fraudulent and should be considered disingenuous, and recommends that PGA members use caution in engaging with such offers.” We have the following Camp Opportunity: Great summer job opportunity. Residential children’s camps—primarily in the northeast for 8 weeks from mid June to mid au-gust. Great salaries plus room, board, and transportation assistance. Directors have private quarters and married couples with/without children are welcome. College students live with campers and receive very nice salaries as well. We are a nation wide recruiting service and we can help place you in very nice summer jobs. Campcoachrecruiters.com—contact [email protected] or call 866 808 2146
Previously Listed Employment
We also have the following staff positions available for 2015: Marjorie Jones, Chelsea Piers (resumes to [email protected]) - Click here for 2015 opportunity (Oct) Drew Pohalski, Nassau CC (Resumes to [email protected].) - Looking for a 1st Assistant for the 2015 Golf Season
and beyond. PGA Membership required. Duties to include teaching, *junior all sports camp*, playing with member-ship, assisting with tournaments and some limited shop time. Possible housing available for a single person. Medical bene-fits included. Season runs from April 1 thru Nov. 30, with some flexibility on either side. (OCT)
We also have the following winter position available: Barry Partelow, Ocean Reef (resumes to [email protected]) - Outside Operations- Provide Members and Guests the service they need before and after their golf round, these duties include: assist in keeping practice range tidy, help Starters and Rangers with course traffic control reporting on all issues of slow play or improper course conduct , perform all other duties as assigned from Outside Service Manager or Head Golf Professional. November 15th start date, housing on property, opportunity to play a lot of golf. (Oct)
We also have the following administrative positions available in other PGA Sections: Tournament Manager in Southern Texas Section PGA—Click Here (Oct) Tournament Director in South Florida Section PGA—Click Here (Oct) Tournament Official for the Carolinas Section PGA—Click Here (Oct) We also have a contact for a summer golf camp position: Summer children’s camp job in the northeast/ 8 weeks from mid-June. Salaries plus travel expenses, private quarters, room
and board. Contact Jerry Halsband at [email protected]. CampCoachRecruiters.com Tel: 914 422-2545. (SEPT)
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Assistants Tour Results October 6th @ Tour Championship at Old Oaks CC
October 27th @ Fall Meeting at Tamarack
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Na onal Car Rental Whitey Voight Pro Am October 2nd at Sunningdale CC
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Na onal Car Rental Jack Mallon Pro Am October 28th at Southampton GC
Pro‐Lady Championships October 6th at Pa erson Club October 30th at Rockville Links
Atlan c City Pro Am October 20th –21st
2015 KPMG WOMEN’S PGA CHAMPIONSHIP JUNE 9-14, 2015 | WESTCHESTER COUNTRY CLUB - RYE, NEW YORK
SIGN-UP TO VOLUNTEER TODAY!The eyes of the golfing world will be on Westchester Country Club June 9-14, 2015, as the top female golfers come to compete in the 2015 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. Register today to secure a volunteer position on your desired committee!
VOLUNTEER PACKAGE INCLUDES:• Uniform (Ralph Lauren Golf Shirt & headwear of your choice)• Personalized Credential with access to the Championship Grounds for all
six days of the Championship• Meal & Water Vouchers for any on-course concession stand• Preferred Complimentary Parking• Discount at The Championship Shop
VOLUNTEER FEE: $96.00 ($92.87 fee + $3.13 NY sales tax)
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