June 2016 - Official Newsletter of the Northeastern NY PGA

June 2016 - Official Newsletter of the Northeastern NY PGA
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Be sure to check out our re-vamped Junior Golf website with videos, our
“life-cycle” of junior programming from Kids Play Golf to Drive, Chip & Putt
to PGA Junior League to NENY Junior Tour. Pass on our Junior Golf
opportunities to your family’s, neighbors, and friends.
Kevin Hughes
President
kevinhughes@pga.com
Ron Ireland
Vice President
ron@saratogagolfpoloclub.org
Mike Behan
Secretary
pgagolfcar@aol.com
Do you know a junior in close proximity to the NENY PGA Section Office
Headquarters, Town of Colonie Golf Course in Schenectady, NY looking for a
fun introduction to the game? Kids Play Golf Flex Programming – Sunday’s in
June, July and August.
Mike Kucera
Honorary President
mkucera@countrycluboftroy.com
DIRECTORS-AT-LARGE
Willie King
pburghgolf@yahoo.com
Limited to the first 200 participants who register. Three golfers from each
age/gender category from every venue advance to sub-regionals.
**Saturday, July 16
Saratoga National Golf Club
**Saturday, July 30
Town of Colonie Golf Course
Entries close Monday, July 11, 2016.
Starting times will be assigned after
registration. Winners advance to
sub-regional at Turning Stone.
Entries close Monday, July 25, 2016.
Starting times will be assigned after
registration. Winners advance to
sub-regional at First Tee of Connecticut.
Brian Lowe
brianylowe@aol.com
Kay McMahon
kay@edukaytiongolf.com
Anders Mattson
amattson@golfsaratoga.com
John Souza
souzajp1@yahoo.com
Josh Hillman
joshhillman@msn.com
The section has 5 Leagues have been formed and clubs are under-way and
recruiting players…do you know a junior ages 7-13 who is looking to join a
team for a great experience?? Most of the clubs will begin at the end of June
so there is still plenty of time to get a junior player on the roster!
Click HERE to view all of the leagues.
PAST NATIONAL
DISTRICT DIRECTORS
Derek Sprague
President,
PGA of America
dsprague@pgahq.com
Rick Wright
rwwpga@aol.com
The Junior Tour offers individual tournament play for boys and girls a chance
to compete with peers as individuals in separate age/gender divisions.
About 13 tournaments are offered throughout the summer (July-August).
The tour is open to juniors ages 8-18 who reside (or spend summer) within
the boundaries of the PGA NENY Section, which includes the Capital Region and Berkshire County
in Massachusetts. College students who meet these criteria are also welcome.
Learn more about the tour HERE.
INCOMING DISTRICT 1
DIRECTOR
Noel Gebauer
Ngebauer@pga.com
SECTION STAFF
Tracie Warner
Executive Director
twarner@pgahq.com
Doug Evans
Tournament Director/Asst. ED
devans@pgahq.com
P1...Junior Golf Season
P2... Section News
P3...Employment
P4...PGA Of America
P5...June Birthdays
Please be sure to welcome Thomas Sager who has joined the
NENY PGA Section staff for the 2016 season and will be working
officially as our Junior Golf
Coordinator. Thomas started on
May 23rd and will also be on site
at some of our NENY PGA Section
tournaments in addition to his
duties with our busy 2016 Junior
Golf Association & Tour through
August this season.
Thomas will be starting his junior
year at SUNY Albany studying
Business Administration with a
concentration in Financial
Analysis. He hales from Syracuse,
New York and previously worked
at Green Lakes State Golf course
for three years which is where he
discovered a passion for golf and
its culture. In the winters, he
spent his time snowboarding and teaching/instruction at
Toggenburg Ski Mountain for 5 years. He is also an avid volleyball
player and played for his high school and continued into collegiate
sport and now plays for the Albany’s Men’s Club Volleyball team.
Be sure to give him a warm welcome when you see him.
An official written welcome to Bob Cain, PGA Teaching
Professional who has joined the staff at Saratoga National
Golf Club. Bob was formerly an Assistant at SNG and has
worked as an Assistant Professional at Westchester CC in
the MET PGA Section for the past 7 years. Welcome back
Bob!
Welcome back to Edward Cano, Assistant Professional who
has joined the CC of Pittsfield staff this season. Edward was
at Waubeeka Golf Links as a non-Head Professional in 2014
and then relocated out of the section but we are pleased to
welcome him back!
Kevin Burnsworth has ended his employment as a
Bridgestone Golf sales representative.
New NENY PGA Registered Apprentices
Congratulations to Matthew Kiehle, Assistant Professional
at CC of Pittsfield has become a registered apprentice in the
PGA PGM Program.
Congratulations to Chris Hrycenko, Assistant Professional
at Stadium Golf Club who recently became a registered
apprentice in the PGA PGM Program.
Welcome also to Chris Carville, a new registered
apprentice into the PGA PGM Program at the very end of
April and who has accepted and is working as a non-Head
Professional at Rolling Hills at Antlers Country Club.
Thomas Sager, Hired as NENY PGA Section’s 2016 Junior Golf
Coordinator for Season
Kevin Pokorski, PGA Head Professional at Ausable Club has
accepted an Assistant Professional position at Myopia Hunt Club
in South Hamilton, MA in the New England PGA Section.
Ryan Callahan, PGA former Assistant Professional at Saratoga
Spa Golf Course has accepted an Assistant Professional position
at Ekwanok CC in Manchester, VT in the New England PGA
Section.
Larry Markowski, PGA Head Professional at Winding Brook CC
will be leaving his position and relocating with his family to Lake
Whales, Florida where he has accepted a position teaching P.E.
with a school that will include golf in schools curriculum and
attempting to revive a golf team for the school. Wishing Larry
and his entire family best of luck on their next endeavor!
Dennis Perrone, a former long-time NENY PGA Section Member
has relocated and transferred to the South Florida, PGA Section.
Greg Norman Collection is pleased to announce that Evan
Greene will be managing the territory of Upstate New York.
In addition to his responsibilities handling inside sales out of our New
York City corporate Headquarters, he will be traveling the territory to
service your account.
We look forward to servicing your at-once, staff and tournament
needs with Greg Norman Collection.
To view Greg Norman catalogs click here
To view the 2016 Greg Norman Tournament Program click here
Evan Greene, PGA - Upstate New York
Phone: 646.840.5241
Email: evan.greene@tlifestyles.com
Thanks for your patience!! BlueGolf has assisted
us and developed a membership and course/
facility directory that is linked in and a part of
our Northeastern New York PGA Section Blue
Golf App.
If you do not have the NENY PGA Tournament App – search your App store
by typing in “Northeastern New York PGA”
*Note there are 2 different NENYPGA Apps – one for
Professionals/Members and one for Juniors so be sure to
select the correct App
If you already have the App downloaded you may have to follow
one step in order to “catch” the new Directory and enable it: - just
close your App and re-open and in the menu bar you will now see a new
Tab titled: Directory.
A Head Professional CareerLinks notification is in the works for an opening at Winding
Brook Country Club as the current Head Professional, Larry Markowski will be
relocating to Florida with his family this July.
For immediate information please feel free to inquire with the Section Office or PGA
Employment Consultant, Mike Packard.
The owners (Austin Family) are receptive to direct inquiries as well. Click HERE for
more information.
Premier Western New York Area Golf Course
Diamond Hawk Golf Course
Cheektowaga, Erie County, NY
Contact Brokers For More Information:
Keith Cubba 702-836-3733 @ keith.cubba@colliers.com
OR
Ryan Fisher 216-239-5069 @ ryan.fisher@colliers.com
**Please do not contact current staff at the facility
PGA Professionals asked to complete the 2016 PGA Annual
Operations Survey by submitting results for the 2015
calendar or fiscal year. This annual survey allows you to
compare your top-line revenues and expenses against other
"like" green grass and off-course facilities and also serves as a
value guide during the budgeting process.
Prompt survey completion will allow results to be reported
back on a timely basis via the online interactive reporting tool
on PGA.org. You may earn up to two (2) MSR credits by
completing this survey with usable data no later than May 31,
2016. **A maximum of five MSR credits can be earned in one
cycle year for completing National/Section Surveys.
Click HERE to complete survey (enter your PGA.org login and
password).
Access Survey Results: Prior year data from 2005 through
2014 is currently available online at the same link.
Sofia Corelli, granddaughter of the late NENY PGA Lifetime
Retired Member, Ed Bosse was named the 2016 recipient of
the PGA Financial Assistance Fund Scholarship. In addition to
Sofia, a second NENY PGA recipient was Robert Jorgensen,
son of PGA Head Professional at Shaker Ridge CC, Mark
Jorgensen.
Sofia is a second time scholarship winner (2013) and is a
senior at the University of Wisconsin. Robert is a sophomore
at Methodist University’s PGM Program and is a first time
recipient. Both have been provided with scholarships for
$2,000 each.
The PGA Financial Assistance Fund is able to grow solely
through investment earnings and contributions from PGA
members. This year, due to available funds from the
endowment, PGA of America has given out a total of
$295,000 in scholarships.
Invoices have been released to PGA.org and every NENY PGA
member with an email address should have received an email
notification earlier this month advising you that you can view,
print and/or pay the FY2016/2017 dues online. Member’s with
email addresses will NOT receive a printed invoice!
For those individuals whose employer pays their dues, you
should log onto PGA.org to print an invoice to submit to your
employer for payment processing. If you pay via check, please
be sure to include your member/apprentice number in the
"Note" portion of the check and/or on the check stub.
DUES PROXY OPTION Also, new this year is the ability for
members and apprentices to Assign a Dues Proxy … giving
access to one other individual (such as employer, supervisor or
agent) to pay dues on his/her behalf. This process was
developed as a one to one relationship so each individual will
need to assign their own proxy, if so desired.
ACH ONLINE PAYMENT OPTION In addition, there is also an
online ACH Payment (Automated Clearing House) option – an
online Bank authorization to issue a payment to the PGA for
dues from either a checking or savings account. The Member/
Apprentice will need to input the Name on their Account,
Account Number, and the Bank Routing Number. The bank will
then generate a transaction.
Individuals without emails have been sent a mailed invoice.
PGA DUES DEADLINE DATE TO SUBMIT PAYMENT: The due
date for this invoice is June 30, 2016 to avoid suspension and
late fee assessment.
IMPORTANT - - > Payments by check should be mailed to: PO
Box 31089, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33420-1089.
Name
Birthday
Donald DeNyse
6/1
Glenn Davis, PGA
6/2
Mike Shpur, PGA
6/3
Michael Hillman, PGA
6/7
Jim Beauregard, PGA
6/8
Steve Jennings, PGA
6/12
Dave Arehart, PGA
6/15
Ian Breen, PGA
6/24
Robert Cain, PGA
6/27
Maite Cupp, PGA
6/29
Frank Mellet, PGA
6/29
The section office has changed telephone service providers and will keep our same office phone #,
however we have eliminated our dedicated fax line!
In lieu of faxing items, please scan and email to section staff or feel free to text photos/documents.
Northeastern New York PGA
Town of Colonie Golf Course
418 Consaul Road
Schenectady, NY 12304
Phone: 518-438-8645
Email: neny@pgahq.com
Web: http://www.neny.pga.com