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

Brad Worthington

Honorary 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

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KPMG Women’s PGA Championship Provides

Volunteer Opportunities for our Professionals

and Their Golfers We are truly excited about the opportunity to be involved with another “major” championship conducted in our Section and this will truly be a unique collaboration of forces. The stars of the LPGA will be

coming to Westchester Country Club for the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship the week of June 8th. The Championship proper gets under way June 11th – 15th but many of the volunteer opportunities will occur early in the week. The Met PGA will be working with the PGA of America and sponsor KPMG prior to the start of play to support the registration responsibilities, promotional programs that will include but not be limited to clinics and the Family Fun Zone. The Met PGA will also be responsible for the entire week (Monday thru Sunday) to provide our professionals to work the Practice Range and Practice Green. We will be looking for a minimum of over 125 volunteers and will begin accepting names and assignments as of April 1st. We know how popular the opportunity to be up close to the action at the range and short game area always is for a major championship but do hope that our professionals will also support the many other needs of the tournament, especially in promoting

the game. The tournament is also working on volunteers for juniors (click here or see the attached flyer with this Newsletter) although they already have a number of these spots committed. For more info, contact Jenna Boyce at jboyce@pgahq.com or go to www.kpmgwomensPGAChampionship.com/volunteer.

Metropolitan PGA Newsletter

March 2, 2015

METROPOLITAN PGAMETROPOLITAN PGA

Winter Series Program Continues with Michael Jacobs at Piping Rock on

March 5th and John Kennedy and Tom Henderson at Westchester on

March 12th We have enjoyed a great off-season with well attended and well received educational offerings. Our final two programs of our Met PGA Winter Education Series will be March 5th at Piping Rock as our 2012 Met PGA Teacher of the Year, Michael Jacobs discusses Teaching by Observation vs. Teaching by Data. The program will be from 10 am to noon at the Piping Rock teaching center at the east end of the range close to the 10th hole. On March 12th, John Kennedy and Tom Henderson will present at Westchester Country Club. Their topic is “How to be an Asset to Your Facility and to Grow as a Professional.” Click here to register On March 26th we join with the MGA in offering our 28th Annual Rules of Golf Seminar at Brae Burn Country Club. Craig Winter of the USGA will present this year. The seminar will be from 9 am to 1 pm and include lunch. Preregistrants pay $45.00 and those who do not pre-register and pay at the door pay $60.00. Click here to register for the Met PGA/MGA Rules Seminar. Attendees will receive 3 PGA Education MSR Credits.

REMINDER: MSR CYCLE ENDS 6/15/2015 CLICK HERE FOR A LIST OF WAYS TO EARN YOUR MISSING CREDITS

Spring Meeting Returns to Wykagyl on April 2nd We are hoping the snow is gone and our return to Wykagyl will afford us the opportunity to include golf along with our Spring Meeting and annual salute to our Sponsors and Partners on April 2nd. After another incredible turnout last year and success bringing our Partners and Sponsors together with our membership for networking, business, lunch and golf, we are excited about the return to Wykagyl for our 6th year in a row. Prior to the start of the business meeting that morning, we will welcome our Partners and Sponsors to help greet our attending professionals during the registration and continental breakfast. After introducing our supporters, we then turn to the business reports up until lunch. Weather and course conditions permitting, there will be an early afternoon shotgun followed by a closing awards reception as the official opening of our 2015 season. Our field for golf will be limited and registration for the meeting and golf will open March 9th online. Professionals are reminded that attendance at the Spring Meeting provides 4 MSR Credits in the required meeting category.

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Chuck Cook Headlines 53rd Annual Met PGA Spring Educational Forum on April 14th We are excited and proud to be featuring one of the most renowned instructors in the country at this year’s Spring Forum at the Westchester Dinner Theatre on Tuesday, April 14th. Chuck Cook, best known for his students Keegan Bradley, Jason Dufner, Luke Donald and Joe Ogilvie will highlight the program. He will be joined on stage by Dr. Sasho MacKenzie MacKenzie is a PhD in biomechanics in sport medicine and is an associate professor at St. Francis University. He has collaborated with a number of golf instructors, including Chris Como, Tiger Woods new coach. More details on the agenda will be forthcoming but we are excited about this special annual educational offering. Six (6) MSR Credits will be awarded in the required education category. Registration will open on March 9th for the Spring Forum.

Met PGA Offers Spring Education Series with Partners & Sponsors With the help and interest of our Partners and Sponsors heading into the upcoming MSR deadline, the Section has established the Met PGA Spring Educational Series. Programs will be offered on almost a weekly basis from the end of March through May at no charge and sponsored and presented by a number of our Partners and Sponsors. Not all programs will count in the required MSR category (36 credits) of Section sponsored education and meetings but all will count towards overall MSR (54 credits) requirement. Registration on these programs will begin on March 6th. Several sites are still being finalized but the schedule is expected to include:

Cobra & Puma and Aimpoint (with John Hobbins) are also working dates to be part of the Met PGA Spring Edu-cation Series while PING is working on a September program.

Space may be limited * Will not be a Section Program **

Spring Forum Awards Ceremonies to Honor Rod Loesch as Sam Snead Award Recipient along with 2014

Met PGA Professional of the Year Darrell Kestner and Player of the Year Grant Sturgeon Three professionals who have truly left their mark on the Metropolitan PGA will be honored during the annual Awards Ceremony at our Spring Forum on April 14th at the Westchester Dinner Theatre. Hall of Famer and former Player and Teacher of the Year, Darrell Kestner of Deepdale will be celebrated as our 2014 Metropolitan PGA Pro-fessional of the Year. He will be joined on the stage by another outstanding player, Grant Sturgeon of Winged Foot who won three times last year enroute to a commanding 2014 Met PGA Player of the Year title. Finally, Rod Loesch who has served the PGA of America on the Board of Directors and chaired some of the most important committees in addition to his service to the Section as President and one of the founding Board Members of The First Tee will be honored with the Sam Snead Award for contributions to golf, the PGA and the Met Section.

Callaway Golf* March 19th-20th Westchester CC

Golf Genius March 25th Westchester/Long Island

TayorMade March 30th Old Oaks CC Club Fitting & Product Knowledge

Titleist** April 7th Sleepy Hollow CC Club Fitting & Product Knowledge

Titleist** April 15th Huntington CC Club Fitting & Product Knowledge

Mizuno April 21st TBA

Assistants Spring Meeting and Opening Tournament at Old Oaks Country Club on April 6th

Election Scheduled for New Officer Our opening meeting and tournament for our Assistants Association will take place on Monday, April 6th at Old oaks Country Club. The annual gathering provides a great opportunity to meet new additions to the Section and share plans for the upcoming season. The meeting will be under the leadership of the Assistants Officers Board consisting of new President, Dennis Dungee (Mount Kisco CC), Tyler Jaramillo (Saint Andrew’s Golf Club), Pete Catanzaro (Scarsdale) and Jimmy Farrell (Creek). A new Secretary will also be elected with the move of Andrew Bostrom to a head professional position in New Jersey. Our 2015 Spring Tournament will also continue as a team format (better ball format of some sort/pairings will be based as much as possible on the 2014 Player of the Year points list). PGA Members are also reminded that attending this meeting does provide for 2 MSR Meeting Credits. Registration for the Assistants Spring Meeting and the Assistant Playing Privileges will begin on March 16th. Tournament registration will be limited to 108 players and playing privilege fees must be paid in order to sign-up (Playing privilege fees can be paid as of March 9th).

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 CONNECTICUT GC 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

THANK YOU 2014 CLUB ASSOCIATION MEMBERS

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Met PGA to Launch First PGA Hope Site in 2015

Educational Program Available March 23rd

Teaching Individuals with Disabilities

The Met PGA is proud to announce that we will be launching our first PGA Hope site at West Point GC this Spring with plans of rolling our to additional sites in 2016. PGA HOPE is a 5-8 week golf training program designed to deliver a new level of enjoyment through golf that enables our nation's heroes to once again be active and participate in a game that enhances their mental, social, physical, and emotional well-being. For our program to be successful we will need the involvement of Met PGA Professionals in the teaching of the program. David Windsor, PGA of the Adaptive Golf Academy will be leading an educational program on March 23rd from 9am– 4pm in the Met Section on Teaching Individuals with Disabilities at Westchester CC. Those individuals interested in assisting with the PGA Hope Program will need to participate in the training as it will provide a comfortable first experience for military veterans and PGA Professionals participating in PGA HOPE. This training program is also a great opportunity for Professionals to be trained to teach all people with disabilities at their clubs. Please click here to register

Race for the Lease Returns with 2015 Lincoln Pro-Am Series By March 16th we expect to announce not only our upcoming schedule of Lincoln Pro-Am events but we will start to promote the second year of the Lincoln Race for the Lease which will culminate this year with a 2-year lease awarded to one of our Section PGA Professionals. We will have a slate of 8-10 Pro-Ams on the 2015 Lincoln Pro-Am schedule and are so appreciative of the continued support of title

sponsor Lincoln and Presenting Sponsors Mohegan Sun, MasterCard and Anheuser-Busch. PGA Members may enter with multiple teams 30 days in advance of each Pro-Am. The test-drive opportunities will no longer be offered but we do have some other exciting and meaningful programs planned for our amateur participants. Pro-Am winners will also again be invited into the Tournament of Champions at Mohegan Sun vying against our counterparts from New England in the Stripes vs. Sox Pro-Am on Oct. 7th. We will have more details on all of these changes on the web site and in our April Newsletter and Spring Meeting packets.

TaylorMade adidas Golf Met PGA Pro-Assistants on April 13th Some 400 professionals will gather at our two Pro-Assistants venues on Monday, April 13th for the TaylorMade adidas Golf events at Brookville CC on Long Island and Leewood Golf Club for

Westchester/CT/Upstate. Both events will offer double shotguns to allow for our PGA Member head professionals to compete with their professional staff. Unfortunately the size of these fields does not allow for staff members who are not professionals to compete. Registration for the Pro-Assistants will begin on March 16th.

Player of the Year Race Opens with Match Play Championships The first point events of the spring will be at the Match Play Championships conducted at Huntington Country Club on Long Island and at Apawamis Club in Westchester. The MasterCard LIPGA and MasterCard Westchester PGA qualifyings will be on Monday, April 20th and they will also serve as the qualifying rounds for the Senior Match Play Championship at Woodmere Club on May 5-7. Details on the format, schedule, exemption policies, and the point system for qualifiers and other event information will be included on the web site and in the registration link. Regis-tration will open on March 16th.

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Met PGA Special Awards Nominations for 2015 – Deadline for Nominations is March 7th The Special Awards Committee will begin their review of nominations for the 2015 Special Awards the week of March 10th. Please submit suggestions and nomination forms no later than March 7th. Click here for form and award descriptions.

No Increase in Playing Privilege Fees for 2015 Metropolitan PGA Members will not have any increase in their Playing Privilege Fees for the coming season. The registration and payment for 2015 Playing Privileges will begin on March 9th. Tournament Dues will be $250.00 for PGA Members who play in 3 events or more for the calendar year (Life Members pay $150.00 for 3 or more events) and those PGA Members who play in two events pay only $125.00 (Life Members pay $100.00) for the annual fees. Apprentice Playing Privilege Fees are $100.00 and Non-Registered assistant playing privilege fees are $150.00. Tournament dues must be paid in order to register for Section tournaments.

2015 PGA Compensation Survey Deadline is March 23rd The PGA’s Annual Compensation Survey is now live on PGA.org. This is a great way to receive 2 MSR Credits and to help yourself and your fellow professionals by sharing the completely anonymous survey data that can be sorted by Section as well as facility type and job titles. The deadline for completing the survey is March 23rd.

Update Your Profile on PGA.org and Receive 1 MSR in Required Service Category As a way to promote increased engagement with PGA.org, Members who update their PGA.org profile will receive one (1) MSR credit in “service”, which applies to the Total MSR category: #2 Service to the PGA/Industry – applies to the TOTAL CATEGORY Serving the Section, Chapter, National PGA or Allied Association. Participating in advancement of the game activities such as radio shows, TV shows, speeches, golf promotional non-playing events, golf clinics and other volunteer activities, such as non-playing tournament official.

Awarding MSR for this activity is consistent with other National, Section and Chapter activities in which PGA Members can receive credit for providing service to the Association.

PGA Stroke Play & Match Play Championships Close out PGA Winter Championships

The PGA Winter Stroke Play Championships produced solid showings for the Met Section both in the 72 hole event for members and the 54 hole championship for women PGA Members. In the Women’s Championship, Marge Jones of Chelsea Piers finished in solo 5th place and C.J. Reeves of Century was tied for 7th and both professionals earned a payday. Sue Ginter won the 54-hole event with a field of 21 players competing. The final results of the Stroke Play Championship boasted 19 out of the top 70 finishers (more than 25% of the field) from the Met Section. The best performance came from Deepdale’s Ben Polland tied for 3rd behind winner Rod Per-ry and runner-up Bob Sowards. Century’s Frank Bensel and Muttontown’s Chris Marinaro were tied for 10th followed by Mark Brown of Tam O’Shanter in 21st place and Charlie Meola of Saxon Woods in a tie for 25th. Also cashing a check was Ryan Kalista of Tamarack (32nd), Shaun Powers of Fairview (T-36th), Colin Amaral of Metropolis and Matt Noel of Huntington Country Club (T-38th), Piping Rock’s Nick Beddow and Pete Catanzaro of Scarsdale (T-42nd), Woodmere’s Matt McAdow and Grant Sturgeon of Winged Foot (T-45), Matt Sita of Old Westbury and Old Oaks’ Bobby Heins (T-48th), Poxabogue’s Rob Corcoran (T-53rd), Anthony Aruta of North Shore (T-55th) and Inwood’s Kyle Higgins (T-60th).

In the PGA Match Play Championship, six of the 32 money-earners were from the Met Section although nobody ad-vanced into the quarterfinals. Kyle Baehler of Willow Ridge, Pete Catanzaro and Kyle Higgins each won two match-es while Pat Massi of The Griff, Matt McAdow and Grant Sturgeon each won a match This year’s Winter Champion-ships were presented by GOLFADVISOR and Premier Golf.

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PGA Financial Assistance Fund Scholarship Application Deadline is March 16th The scholarship program is an academic based scholarship program that takes into account the following depending on the class level of the student:

High School Graduating Senior

- High School Cumulative Grade Point Average – must be at least 3.4 (60% of the scholarship weighting scale). This number is to be an unweighted GPA based on a 4.0 scale. - ACT and/or SAT test scores (30% of the scholarship weighting scale) - Extracurricular activities in high school such as sports, clubs, student government, community service, part time employment, etc.(10% of the scholarship weighting scale).

Current College Student (has not reached their senior year in college)

- College Cumulative Grade Point Average – must be at least 3.4 (60% of the scholarship weighting scale) - Most recently completed college semester or quarter GPA (30% of the scholarship weighting scale) - Extracurricular activities in college such as sports, clubs, student government, community service, part time employment, etc. (10% of the scholarship weighting scale)

Two changes established in 2014!!! 20% of funding will take in to account financial need, please see details in Financial Need

Section of application AND beginning with 2014 graduating high school seniors (incoming Freshman in Fall of 2014) the total

number of scholarships a student can receive will be limited to 2 total scholarships over the 4 years of undergraduate college

attendance.

Applications can be made online at www.pgalinks.com by March 16th. For further information contact Caroline Blackwood (cblackwood@pgahq.com) or call 888 532-6662

Condolences

Our deepest sympathies on the passing of former Birchwood Country Club head professional, David McGoldrick. David lost a courageous battle to cancer at the age of 51. In addition to serving Birchwood (as both an assistant and head professional), David also was an assistant at Fairchild Wheeler and at Country Club of Fairfield. Our condolences to his wife Tina and the entire McGoldrick family….. We are also deeply saddened to announce the passing of the father of Westchester Country Club’s teaching assistant, Terri Migliaccio………Michael Thorne, 57 years old and the outstanding club manager at Westhampton Country Club also recently lost his 3-year battle to pancreatic cancer. Michael had been at Hempstead before moving to Westhampton where he served for 14 years.

Met PGA Needs Tournament Sites As always at this time of year, we are working on finalizing our schedules for the coming season. We are still in need of host sites for our Junior Tour, our Assistants Tour and for a couple of Playing Ability Tests. If you can help or if your facility has not hosted a Met PGA event of any kind in a while, please contact Jeff or Dan Frankel (Juniors) or Dan Kiley (Assistants) at the Met PGA Office.

PGA Notes Perhaps the fastest growing program in the PGA is the Junior League which will now be under the control and opera-tion of the PGA of America. Because of the transition to PGA ownership, professionals will need to re-register their teams. We already have over 50 teams registered for 2015 and are shooting for 70-80 teams by early April. Don’t let your kids miss this opportunity.……. The 2015 Senior PGA Professional National Championship presented by Mercedes Benz moves to the west coast at Northern California’s Bayonet and Black Horse, Oct. 15-18………PGA Trade-In Network is offering a bonus for last season’s stock, trade-ins, demos and overstock plus an extra 30% for unhit clubs……… Auto loans are available through the PGA’s Credit Union (IBM SoutheastEFCU)…….. Complimen-tary access to the Masters is available only to PGA Members, Life Members and Master Professional Members (not apprentices and not spouses or family). Click here for complimentary access information for tournaments…….. Check out PGA.org for a complete list of member benefits offered through the PGA’s licensees and partners.

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Looking for an Apartment PGA Life Member Wally and Joan Kalinski are looking for a one bedroom or studio apartment for rent from May through October, preferably in Nassau County or Western Suffolk County. If anyone has a lead or suggestion, please reach out to Wally at Kaliniskipga2@gmail.com or call Wally at 516 840-6718.

International Links Pro-Am Invitational While the end of October offers our annual trip to Atlantic City as well as the Carr Invitational Pro-Am offered by one of our Partners (Carr Golf), we have also recently received information from North Fork’s Peter Cowan on the Interna-tional Links Pro-Am Invitational in South West Ireland, Oct. 18th – 23rd. We have included the information (click here) and registration form.

Welcome Newest PGA Members

The Met PGA membership has grown with three new A-8 PGA Members elected in February along with the addition of Cameron Wilson as a successful A-3 PGA Web.Com Tour qualifier and Loe DeMaria of Cantiague Park, reinstated to Life Membership. We congratulate and welcome the following: Parker Brandt, assistant to James Ondo at Apawa-mis Club, Kody Dickerson, assistant to Jack Druga at Shinneock Hills Golf Club and Anthony Howell, assistant to Rick Hartmann at Atlantic Golf Club. We are happy to add all of these new PGA Members to our Section’s roster and will also be following the career of Cameron Wilson, former NCAA Champion from Stanford.

New Arrival Congratulations and best wishes to Country Club of Darien’s Cory and Vanessa Muller on the arrival of their first child, Layla Joy Muller on Jan. 9th, 2015 at 7 pounds, 4 ounces. All are doing well although Layla has probably been spending most of her first 2 months indoors or wrapped in multiple blankets.

Metropolitan Golfwriters Annual Awards Dinner at Westchester Marriott on June 9th It is always an outstanding affair and this year’s edition during the week of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship on Tuesday evening, June 9th will feature an outstanding list of honorees. Headliners include Nick Price, Gary Player, Morgan Pressel, Glen Oaks and Ron Sirak. Contact Kate Keller for more info kkeller@mgagolf.org and 914-909-4847.

RJ Zurak Named Taylor Made Sales Rep of the Year Congratulations to one of the very best in the business, RJ Zurak who was recently named the 2014 TaylorMade and Adams National Sales Representative of the Year.

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Other Upcoming Educational Opportunities

The Northeastern NY PGA Section has a number of upcoming educational opportunities. Click here for their listing and contact either Tracie or Doug at 518 438-8645 for more info.

US Kids Golf will have a Certified Instructor Seminar at Forsgate on Thursday, April 16th For more information or

to register visit www.uskidsgolf.com/certifiedinstructors.

The MGA also offers a number of other programs including the 2015 Green Chaiman Education Series their Handicap/Rules Seminars and their Caddie Academies. Go to MGAGolf.org for more info.

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Peter Millar PGA National Resort & Spa

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Terry Murphy - Fairway & Greene Titleist/Footjoy

Treiber Insurance UnderArmour

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Employment Update

Congratulations to Colin McConchie, the newly appointed PGA A-1 head professional at Hempstead Golf & Country Club. Colin is returning to the Met Section where he worked for three years for Sean Farren at The Creek Club before moving to Baltusrol and working for Doug Steffen since 2012. Colin will take over immediately at Hempstead. Congratulations to Brad Worthington on being named the Director of Golf at Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point. Brad will begin immediately at New York City’s newest municipal golf course. Shawangunk Country Club in Ellenville, New York has recently announced the hiring of Geoff Walsh as their new head professional and general manager. At nearby Mansion Ridge Golf Course, Nick Schremser, former A-8 at Brynwood Country Club in Armonk has been selected to take over as the head professional at this newly acquired Troon management property. Congratulations to both Geoff and Nick on their recent appointments. On Long Island, Pine Ridge Golf Club in Coram, New York has just announced that Rich Jones will become the new A-1 head professional. Rich had been at Dick’s Sporting Goods, The First Tee and Mill Pond before accepting this new position. St. John’s University has named Glen Cove Golf Course head professional Mal

Galletta III as their new head golf coach. Mal, a graduate of St. John’s where he also played on the golf team, will remain at Glen Cove as he takes on this additional responsibility.

Professionals are also reminded that our Employment Listing for anyone looking for a position as an assistant or for various golf shop personnel is on the member’s side of the web site (Pro’s Corner) and can be accessed with your PGALinks name and password.

We also have the following assistant and staff positions available in the Met Section for 2015: Daniel Benzenberg, GolfTech Lake Grove (Call Daniel at 516-248-4653, or email dbenzenberg@golftec.com) - Seeking

Teaching Professional. Position will include coaching individual lessons, assisting in daily operations, and taking an active role in merchandising of golf equipment. A majority of the lessons are individual one-on-one sessions, but clinics, short game, and playing lessons are all also part of the GolfTEC lesson program.

Mark Brown, Tam O'Shanter Club (Please contact Jon Eichner at 516-626-1585 or golfstarter@tamoshanterclub.com) - Seeking full and part time help for outside operations for the 2015 season. Responsibilities include greeting members and guests, pulling carts, picking the range and cleaning clubs. Meals and uniforms provided, and playing privileges are available.

Jason Caron, Mill River Club (Resumes to dspogolf@pga.com ) Seeking outside operations staff. Duties to include Bag Room, Cart Attendant, and Range Attendant. Competitive compensation hourly pay, starting April 1st.

Rob Davis, Anglebrook Golf Club (Please send resume and cover letter to: davisr@anglebrookgc.com or call Rob at (914)245-2921 as soon as possible) -Looking for a motivated, dedicated, and service oriented individual to join a premier golf staff at one of the finest courses in Westchester. Desire to become a PGA professional is encouraged, but experience in the golf business is expected. Primary responsibilities will include golf shop coverage, merchandising /inventory control, tournament and staff management. Additional opportunities for enhancing your teaching skills and playing with members are available. Seasonal position (3/25-11/15) provides competitive compensation, available benefit package, some meals, and flexible schedules. (March)

George Dixon, Crab Meadow GC (Please send resume to Steven Dietz General manager, Sdietz@integritygolfco.com) - Seeking Assistant golf professional. Duties to include shop, teaching, juniors, and tournaments. Start date April 1st. This is a great opportunity to get involved with a growing company. (March)

Kevin DeDonato, Centennial Golf Club (Please send resume and cover letter to: kdedonato@troongolf.com or call Kevin at (845)225-5700 ext. 814 as soon as possible) -Seeking an Assistant Professional who is a service oriented individual to join our Premier Daily Fee Facility. A strong desire to become a Class A PGA professional is encouraged. Primary responsibilities will include but not limited to assist in administering IBS-POS system, reconcile EZLinks tee sheet, promote club activities, maintain a clean, orderly, well-stocked golf shop and prepares for all golf outings. Playing with guests and acquiring teaching knowledge might be available. Seasonal Position (4/1-November) provides competitive compensation, available benefit package, discount on meals, and flexible schedules. Also seeking, a Sales Attendant who is a service oriented individual to join our Premier Daily Fee Facility. Knowledge of Golf is not necessary. Primary responsibilities will include but not limited to collect applicable fees, make reservations, assist guests by selling merchandise, keep shop orderly and displays clean. Seasonal Position (4/1-November) provides competitive compensation, available benefit package, discount on meals, and flexible schedules.

Glen Arbor Golf Club – Full time and part time outside service positions available for the 2015 season. Meals provided, playing privileges available. Candidates with previous experience in the golf industry are preferred. Please contact Keith Hernandez Outside Services Manager at 241-0700 ext 223. (March)

Rich Doino, Somers Pointe GC (Resumes to rdoinopga@aol.com ) seeking a director of outside operations. Duties to include including lifting and staging bags on carts, setting up carts and taking care of driving range. (March)

Ralph Garofano, Doral Arrowwood (Resumes to rgarofano@msn.com ) Seeking entry level assistant

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Employment Update Continued We also have the following assistant and staff positions available in the Met Section for 2015:

Mike Gilmore, Winged Foot GC (resumes and inquiries to mdurkin@wfgc.org) Seeking range help for the 2015 season. Full and part time positions available.

Paul Glut, Woodside Acres (Please send resumes to paul@wsagolf.com ) Looking for a starter/outside operations manager. Starts in April through mid November. (March)

Scott Hawkins, Glen Head CC(Resumes to scotthawkins@pga.com) or Call 516-668-1817. Seeking apprentice to work in the golf shop. Position includes golf shop operations, helping run ladies and men tournaments. Conducting junior clinics. Managing the merchandising of all Hard goods and assisting in soft goods. Important to be proficient in running a point of sale computer system for inventory and sales. Position runs from March 15th to Dec.1st, 2015 (March)

Bobby Heins, Old Oaks CC (Please email resumes to Nick Maselli @ nmaselli79@gmail.com) - Looking for a Golf Shop Sales Assistant for approximately 25-30 hours a week. Person must be enthusiastic and trustworthy and capable of working in a retail merchandising environment (i.e. proper phone etiquette, operation of POS System, creating and maintaining clothing displays, organization of FedEx and UPS Shipments, etc). Golf knowledge is a bonus, but NOT required. Compensation will be based upon experience, and weekend hours are a MUST. Position would run from approximately April 1st – November 1st. (March)

David Holzer, Mosholu GC (Resumes to davidholzer@mosholugolfcourse.com or call David at 718-655-0655) –Seeking part-time Golf Management Assistant - Click here for more information

Marjorie Jones, Chelsea Piers (Resumes to Golfpro@chelseapiers.com) - Seeking a teaching professional. Click here for

more information

Joseph Laurentino, Indian Hills CC. (Resumes or questions to joseph@indianhillscc.net) Seeking TWO all around Assistant Golf Professionals, although these two positions may become a First and Second Assistant positions, depending on candidates that apply for the positions. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to Shop Hours, Tournament Operations, Inventory Management, Management of Golf Shop Operations (including outside ops), Club Fitting/Teaching (experience required to teach or a minimum of level 1 completed), Junior and Ladies clinics. Seeking passionate professionals, who love the game and who feel they have excellent interpersonal skills, both with staff and Membership, and who are very proficient in tournament operations and possess strong computer skills. Competitive Salary, Grips commissions, Health (single coverage), Meals, Clothing Allowance. Season is March 15 - December 15 (approx). (March)

Frank Mattei, Bonnie Briar Country Club (resumes to famgp@gate.net) – Seeking Golf Shop Manager for the 2015 season (April – November). Compensation to include salary, meals, clothing allowance and end of season bonus.

Victor Romano, PGA - Hamlet Golf & Country Club (Please send resume to victor.romano@ourclub.com) – 1st Assistant Golf Professional. PGA / LPGA member or apprentice preferred. Seeking a personable, outgoing individual to assist with all facets of the golf operation, including tournament and league play, merchandising and outings. Looking for individuals who want to further their career with aspirations of becoming a head professional. Terrific teaching opportunities for individual instruction, clinics and junior programs. (March)

Michael Turnesa, Rockville Links Club (email Mike Turnesa at mptrock@hotmail.com ) - 1st assistant position. Responsibilities include teaching, tournament operations, pro shop merchandising and club-fitting. Computer skills a must and experience with or ability to learn event-man will be important.

Jim Wahl, Whippoorwill Club (resumes to jkwahl@optonline.net) Seeking Assistant golf professional. Duties to include golf shop operations, tournament management, membership services, playing with members, junior camps and some additional teaching. April through October.

Jim Wahl, Whippoorwill Club (resumes to Greg at whippoorwill@pga.com) Seeking Outside Operations assistants. Duties to include bagroom, range operation and member services. 20 – 30 hours/week, April through September.

We also have the following outside staff positions available:

Pete Stefanchik, PGA, Elmwood Country Club (Please send resumes to pete@elmwoodcc.org) Caddie Master-Elmwood is looking for highly motivated and energetic individual to manage the Caddie Program while assisting the Head Golf Professional in managing other areas of our Outside Operations. Duties also include, but not limited to: Golf Car Services, Bag Room Duties, Practice Facility Maintenance, Member Relations, Player Management, and Tee Time Management. The caddie program consists of 50-60 caddies on the weekends and 30-40 during the week. Salary commensurate based on experience, clothing allowance, meals, major medical contribution.

Ronnie Wright, The Golf Club at Middle Bay (resumes to proshop@thegolfclubat middlebay.com or call 516-766-1880) Seeking: Assistant Starter- weekday afternoons with one weekday & weekend day off. 30-40 hours a week job description running first Tee-box for a busy semiprivate facility as well as some supervising of outside operations staff. Also, seeking Outside Operations- 25 to 40 hours per week, full or part-time positions available job description and duties consisting of cart management driving range and customer service. Also seeking-Food and Beverage personnel- this busy on course café is seeking 2 to 4 people to work the counter mornings, mid-day, closing shifts operational hours from 6AM to 7PM. All positions have the potential to receive gratuities and golf privileges.

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Employment Update Continued

We also have the following head professional position outside the Section available:

Kopplin & Kuebler has informed us that they are handling the search for Point O’ Woods Golf & Country Club in Benton Harbor,

MI. Click here for the full position description and for credential submission instructions. Kemper Sports has informed us that they have a Director of Golf/GM position available at Lincoln Park West, Jersey City, New

Jersey. Click here for the full position description and for credential submission instructions. We also have the following sales rep and non-professional positions in the Met Section:

Independent sales representative for Brooks Brothers and Page & Tuttle. Territory includes Long Island, Central NY and CT. Compensation to be discussed during the interview process. Please email resume to: Scott Smith, National Sales Manager at ssmith@riversendtrading.com (904 616-6036)

JBA awards is seeking a sales representative for Westchester and Connecticut. If interested please reach out to Lorna Boas at info@jbaawards.com.

Randall’s Island Golf Center is seeking part time help to run their front desk. Daytime and night shifts are available. No experience is needed. Those interested should contact Victoria at 212 427-5689.

We also have the following information on golf courses for sale:

Wedgefield Golf Club, 18 hole Arthur Hills design daily fee course for $1.2 M. Click here for more info.

Golf Links Properties in Upstate New York has a number of facilities available for sale and is handling sales of golf properties. Con-tact PGA Professional and realtor, Rolf Bruckert at rbruckert@golflinksproperties.com (315 622-5757 or 315 935-3244) for more info.

The Evergreen Club, 18-Hole Private Golf Club, Palm City, FL offered at $2,250,000. Click here for more info

Palm Cove Golf & Yacht Club, 18-Hole Daily Fee, Palm City, FL offered at $1,200,000. Click here for more info

Big Fish Golf Club, daily-fee, 18-hole golf course Hayward, Wisconsin offered at $995,000. Click here for more info

Demo Tech Position available:

Jonathan Margolies, COBRA PUMA GOLF (Contact Jonathan at NYPGA@aol.com) - seeking a demo tech for Westchester and Long Island from April-July. Club fitting experience a plus, SUV preferred. (March)

Carl Montanye, TaylorMade (Email Carl carl.montanye@tmag.com) - Seeking NYC /North Jersey Tech Rep. 10-15 hours per week from April-July (March)

We also have the following golf administration positions available outside our Section: Western NY PGA seeking Tournament Director—Click Here (March) Western NY PGA seeking Player Development Manager-Click Here (March) New England PGA seeking a Tournament Director—Click here

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Previously Listed Employment

We also have the following assistant and staff positions available in the Met Section for 2015:

Carl Alexander, Golf Club of Purchase (Send resumes to Carl.Alexander@golfclubofpurchase.com or call 914-328-2298) - Assis-tant Player Services Position. Join a successful team and learn new skills to advance your career in the golf business. Unique op-portunity to gain experience in a 5 star member/guest service program as well as Junior Golf, Clubfitting, Trackman, Sam Putt Lab, V1 video lessons and Sam Balance Lab. Work in Tournaments and Outings and develop experience in teaching golf and working on your golf game. 40 hours a week with competitive pay and generous benefits. April to November. Opportunity for Advance-ment for motivated individuals. (FEB)

Fred Gipp, West Sayville GC (Please send resumes to thegipper_5@msn.com or call 772-489-9417) - 1st Assistant needed. Re-sponsibilities include pro shop, outside services, teaching and tournament operations. Good Opportunity for advancement. (FEB)

Dean Johnson - Leewood Golf Club (Resumes to DJPRO97@AOL.COM—or call Dean at - 914-450-4329) seeking Entry Level Assistant - Duties include 40- 50 hours in the Golf Shop. Participate in our Junior Program through the year. Play with the Mem-bers. Involvement in every aspect of the Golf Shop operation. Also, Golf Shop Assistant - Strong customer service and detail orient-ed. Experience is great but willing to train the right candidate. Full or Part time options available. (FEB)

Patrick Langan, Trump National Westchester (resumes to plangan@trumpnational.com) seeking assistant professional for 2015 sea-son. Successful candidate will be responsible for tournament operations, private instruction, golf shop operations, and merchandis-ing/inventory control. The candidate should be self motivated and team oriented. Emphasis on customer service and attention to detail a must. Competitive compensation based on qualifications. (FEB)

Doug Miller, Gold Coast Golf Center (call 516.682.4776 or email:info@goldcoastgolfcenter.com) -looking for Full time and Part time Golf Instructors to start in March/April 2015, as well as an assistant to work shop and teach. Opportunity is endless for private lessons. Other instructional opportunities include but not limited to group programs for adults and juniors, golf in schools pro-grams, summer camps and family golf programs, community programs, and so much more. PGA, LPGA, and all other affiliate asso-ciations welcome. Multi/Bi-Lingual a plus for large Asian clientele. Set your own schedule, utilize facility to teach non-members, establish your own teaching business, salary plus commission (optional opportunity) (FEB)

Frederick Moore, GolfTEC Westchester/Stamford (Resumes to fmoore@golftec.com) – seeking a teaching professional. The candi-date must be computer literate and have some experience with video instruction and of course want to teach year round indoor lessons in the winter and outdoor/playing lessons in season along with indoor lessons. Medical/dental insurance benefits are in-cluded as well as one weekend day off. Salary is negotiable and of course dependent on experience. (FEB)

Quaker Ridge (Contact Richard Uva at uva@sbcglobal.net) -seeks a full time outside service position. Duties will include but not be limited to: overseeing bagroom staff and all bagroom duties. Outing and member shotgun set up with attention to detail, cart maintenance, limited starter and range duties. We will offer a very competitive package which includes playing privileges and some caddying. Quaker Ridge members and guest receive the highest level of customer service, an experienced applicant pre-ferred. (FEB)

Christopher Toulson, Sunningdale CC (contact christoulson@gmail.com and 954-205-2088) seeking entry level assistant for outside service position for 2015 season, This opportunity is ideal for recent PGM grad or PGM senior completing final 7 month internship. Duties include bag room and customer service for outside ops. 35-40 hrs wkly / housing / meals / full practice and playing privileg-es / opportunity for advancement. (FEB)

Demo Tech Position available:

Dean Middleton (Email Dean at deanmid@yahoo.com) Seeking Long Island Tech rep for Srixon, Cleveland and XX10 Brands…to handle 30 events for April-July/Clubfitting/sales exp and SUV preferred. Also seeking an Office manager near Fairfield CT, part time to start. (FEB)

We also have the following summer job opportunity: Camp Coach Recruiters has residential children’s camps with salaries plus housing for golf coaching. Contact jerryah@optonline.net or call 866 808-2146 for more info. (JAN)

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