Nebraska PGA April 2015 Newsletter by David Honnens

In this issue: KPMG Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s PGA Championship Junior Series Schedule April Rules Tip of the Week

Local Qualifiers Saturday, June 13, 2015

Hillcrest Country Club (Lincoln)

Saturday, June 27, 2015

Eagle Hills Golf Club (Papillion)

Friday, July 10, 2015

Riverside Golf Club (Grand Island)

For a complete list of qualifiers nationwide, visit drivechipandputt.com.

Posting Your Player Development MSRs The end of the MSR cycle is quickly approaching so it’s important to make sure you’ve received credit for everything you’ve done during this period so that you are able to maintain your PGA Membership. To check your current status, you may click here to log in to PGA.org. In June 2011, The PGA of America announced it would now award MSR credits for Player Development. The credits for Golf 2.0/Player Development must be earned via the reporting of actual creation, activation and engagement of golfers into programming that supports Golf 2.0 initiatives and related program administration. These player development credits count toward the “Required” category just like meetings and education have in the past. The key is you must report your programs to receive credit. There are a number of ways to report your player development programs and we will highlight them below. 1. Did you post your programs to ACTIVE? Programs posted on PGA of America websites through ACTIVE Works are actually ready for MSR posting. You simply have to go in and select which PGA Professionals at your facility receive the credits. Visit the MSR Center on PlayGolfAmerica.com and select your program and you will be prompted through a series of screens to award MSRs.

2. MSRs for Player Development Programs not Posted on PGA of America Websites Visit the MSR Center on PlayGolfAmerica.com To continue reading the about the various ways to report your player development programs, please click here.

As the “Experts in the Game and Business of Golf” the power of education is the single most important way to help enhance and transform our industry. Many of today’s thriving industries outside of the golf industry have alluded to the fact that there is a strong correlation between the economic viability of an industry and its education attained by those who work in it. The current MSR cycle is roughly 4 months away from coming to a close and it is a priority of the Section to provide meaningful educational opportunities for you to meet these requirements. To review your current MSR status, please go to www.pgalinks.com and login. Under “your membership data” will be your current credits earned and what is still required. To receive MSR’s for your Player Development Program, please complete the “MSR Report Form” and submit it to Nebraska Section Player Development Coordinator, Joe Canny, PGA at jcanny@pgahq.com or by fax 402-489-1785.

WHAT:

NEW Online Education - Golf 2.0

INFO:

Click Here for Log In Earn 1 to 2 MSR’s for each video completed - Toward PGA Required

MSRs:

WHAT:

Update PGA.org Profile

MSRs:

1 MSR Credit - Toward TOTAL MSR Category

Many other opportunities are available in surrounding Sections If you would like more information on those opportunities, contact Renee Tyson at 402-489-7760 or rtyson@pgahq.com.

Your child or grandchild has brought home a basket of Easter eggs collected during an Easter egg hunt at your local country club. You wake up hungry in the middle of the night, so you decide to whip up a batch of egg salad sandwiches. However, when you start to crack and peel open the first Easter egg, you discover that the local PGA professional has printed a Rules tidbit on each egg. In this monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quiz, your job is to identify the relevant Rule and, if possible, the relevant Decision for the following Easter eggs:

2015 Annual Operations Survey Your Input Needed

most welcome. As you know, members and apprentices are billed based upon where they are The 2015 Annual Operations Survey is now available located and what they are doing as of May 1. to the highest ranked PGA Professional at each PerformanceTrak facility, or to any Professional with proxy rights through PerformanceTrak. In addition to earning up to 2 MSR credits by completing the survey by June 10, 2015 (Provided the maximum for this category has not been met), PGA Professionals will also What your employer expects you to know PGA benefit with important research data that can help: PerformanceTrak: Monthly Rounds and Revenue Reporting Employers expect you to know where you • Benchmark your facility's performance with other stand in relations to the market. In only minutes each "like" facilities in your region of the country. month, you can report and compare your facility’s • Obtain your own customized reports. performance through PGA PerformanceTrak and • Prepare for your annual budgeting process provide sound business information to help drive your facility’s bottom line. Please either click here or log in to PGA.org and participate in the 2015 Annual Operations Survey • Demonstrate your expertise to increase your today! credibility and industry knowledge • Benchmark your facility’s performance and identify FY 15/16 Annual Dues Billing areas that may be under performing The invoices for • Generate reports that showcase your business and FY15/16 annual PGA support future budgeting efforts PGA Professionals dues billing will be can earn MSR credit by participating online. available on PGALinks.com/PGA.org the week of May 4, 2015. Don’t miss out on this valuable service. If you are the Each individual with an email address will receive a highest ranked PGA Professional at your facility, notification by email advising them that the invoices click here to submit your data. If you wish to are available. Once an individual logs on, there will participate in this service on behalf of your highest be an active dues billing link with the dues balance ranked PGA Professional, ask them to click here to displayed that will take them to the secure website to assign access to you. HOW CAN WE HELP? view, print and/or pay the annual dues. Those Contact us by phone at: (800) 477-6465 Ext. 8574 or persons without an email address will receive a by email at: PerformanceTrak@pgahq.com. printed invoice by mid-May. Remember, apprentices will be billed for Term Life Insurance that become effective July 1, 2015 at an annual cost of $34. ARE YOU ON TRACK? Therefore, all apprentices will see an increase in their MSR Cycle Ends 06/15/2015 annual dues invoice. Assistance from the Section is See Where You Stand: always appreciated with these major projects. Your Log into PGALinks.com to see your continued review and approval of employment, class current MSR status and/or Section changes in a timely manner will be Nebraska Section PGA | 610 J Street, Ste 10 | Lincoln, NE 68508 | Ph: (402) 489-7760 | Fx: (402) 489-1785 | www.nebraskapga.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 23, 2015 Media Contact: Dave Brostrom dave@allstarprogolf.com ALL STAR PRO GOLF, THE INDUSTRY’S PREMIER NATIONAL DISTRIBUTOR OF WHOLESALE GOLF ACCESSORIES, HAS BEEN NAMED A DISTRIBUTOR BY STANDARD GOLF & EAGLE ONE GOLF. ALL STAR PRO GOLF WILL SUPPLY A FULL LINE OF RANGE EQUIPMENT AND COURSE SUPPLIES. Des Moines, Iowa – All Star Pro Golf’s commitment to the PGA Professional has taken another major step according to company CEO, Dave Brostrom. Brostrom announced today that two of the industry’s foremost suppliers of range and course accessories have named All Star Pro Golf as a full line distributor. According to Brostrom, “The addition of these lines was really a natural progression for us. Because of our involvement and commitment to PGA Sections and their members we needed to address their driving range needs.” Range accessories were the driving force behind this decision, but due to the substantial size of All Star’s national customer base, both Standard Golf and Eagle One requested that the company carry their full line of course accessories as well. For further details call 800-247-4830 to reach a member of All Star Pro Golf’s sales staff.

2015 OMEGA Holes Of The Week Schedule Date

Event

OMEGA Holes OMEGA Holes

May 4

Champions Run Pro 3-Am

#9 Par 4

May 11

Country Club of Lincoln Pro 3-Am

#13 Par 5

May 18

Iron Horse G.C. Pro 3-Am

#11 Par 3

June 8

Fremont G.C. Pro 3-Am

#8 Par 5

June 15

Happy Hollow Club Pro 3-Am

# 8 Par 3

June 22

Wilderness Ridge Pro 3-Am

#7 Par 4

June 29

ArborLinks Pro 3-Am

#11 Par 3

July 6

Whispering Creek Pro 3-Am

#13 Par 4

July 13

Golf 4 The Troops

#4 Par 3

July 18-19

Green Valley 36 Hole Pro 3-Am

#2 Par 5

July 27

Shadow Ridge C.C. Pro 3-Am

#13 Par 3

August 17

Oak Hills C.C. Pro 3-Am

#8 Par 5

#14 Par 5

#10 Par 4

*1st Place Tie Breaker1. Player who has played the greater amount of Omaha Steaks Holes of the Week 2. Player with the greater amount of Cup Series Points 3. Coin Flip

Bob Walker and his teams stellar play all day catapulted them to capture the low team title at 26under-par. Walkers amateur partners included Pat Omaha, Nebraska – O’Brien, Dave Nissen, Neil Huseman. Finishing in Despite gusty winds second place was the team of Shane Zywiec, PGA, and tough playing Scott Buller, Rich McLaughlin and Jon Cole. conditions there was The Nebraska Section PGA would like to thank some outstanding presenting sponsor, Harris Yamaha Golf Cars and golf played at the regional representative, Mark Mooberry, PGA and first in-state supporting sponsors, OMEGA and Vinnie Krikac Nebraska Section State Farm for their support of this great event. PGA event of the Lastly, this event would not be possible without the year at The Players Club at Deer Creek. Kevin Drew, support of the Tiburon Golf Club staff led by General PGA of the Field Club of Omaha, Nick Wanderscheid, Manager, Bob Hill Jr., Matt Wollum and Golf Course PGA of Green Valley G.C. and 2014 Player of the Superintendent, Matt Petrick. Click here to view Year, Shane Zywiec, PGA of Seward paced the field more. by posting a one-over-par 72. Drew was one-underMatt Shaner, PGA Leads Team To Capture par for the day heading into his 18th hole but an National Car Rental PGA ProAm Series Event untimely double-bogey finish put him in a tie for first Lincoln, NE. – Area with Wanderscheid and Zywiec. Click here to view amateur and PGA more. Professional golfers teed off Vermeer captures the Harris Golf Cars for first of two National Car Pro-Am in record fashion Rental PGA Pro-Am Series at Hillcrest C.C. Omaha, Nebraska –Near Professional and Amateur perfect scoring conditions golfers competing in one of welcomed participants to the Nebraska’s largest first in-state Nebraska Section Pro-Am’s of the year were treated to near perfect golfing conditions. Tom Hearn, PGA Pro-Am of the year at PGA of The PGA TOUR and Shane Zywiec, PGA of Tiburon G.C. for the Harris Seward C.C. capitalized on these conditions to share Yamaha Golf Cars 27-hole the low professional title at even-par 72. Both Pro-Am. Ryan Vermeer of professionals had a rocking front nine but finished in Tiburon G.C. used some home style by birding the par 4 #17 and par 5 #18 hole. course knowledge to pace the Finishing one stroke back at one -over-par 73 was professional field by posting a Nick Wanderscheid, PGA of Green Valley G.C. and tournament best, eight-underRyan Vermeer of Tiburon G.C. par 100 total. Vermeer made The team competition featured two net best balls of six birdies, one eagle, and no bogeys on the day. Player of the Year in 2012, Jon Petersen, PGA also of four. It was a shootout with Matt Shaner, PGA of Kearney C.C. and his amateur partners, Bill Shaner, Tiburon G.C. finished five strokes back at threeJohn Clare and Mark Morrissey at an impressive under-par 105. Rounding out the top three was a tie 14-under-par. Two strokes back with a strong between Jim White, PGA MP of Firethorn G.C. and performance was Jon Petersen, PGA of Tiburon G.C. Shane Zywiec, PGA of Seward CC who shot and his amateur partners Kelsey Petersen, Tony Roth two-under-par 106. and Ben Maschka. Click here to view more. Drew, Zywiec and Wanderscheid Pace The Field At First Professional Event of 2015

2015 Nebraska PGA Tournament Schedule Date

Tournament

Info

May 4

Club Car Pro - 3 Am Champions Run - Omaha, NE

Info

May 11

Club Car / Cutter & Buck Pro-3 Am

Info

Harris Yamaha Golf Cars Asst. Match Play Champ May 14 - Sep 25 Tiburon GC - GWH - Omaha, NE Harris Yamaha Golf Cars Match Play Championship May 14 - Sep 25 Tiburon GC - GWH - Omaha, NE Dodge Riverside - Council Bluffs, IA E-Z-GO Pro 3-Am May 18 Iron Horse GC - Ashland, NE Mizuno Pro/Assistant Championship May 26 Oak Hills - Omaha, NE All Star Pro Golf Pro - 3 Am Jun 8 Fremont GC - Fremont, NE Laser Link Foundation Pro-Am Jun 15 Happy Hollow - Omaha, NE National Car Rental Pro-3 AM Jun 22 Wilderness Ridge - Lincoln, NE HCIS Pro - 3 AM Jun 29 ArborLinks - Nebraska City, NE Nebraska JR PGA Championship (13-18) Jul 1-2 Wilderness Ridge - Lincoln, NE Nebraska JR PGA Championship (12 & U Jul 3 Jim Ager Memorial GC - Lincoln, NE Siouxland Golf Charities Pro - 3 Am Jul 6 Whispering Creek - Sioux City, IA Golf Fore The Troops Jul 13 Firethorn GC - Lincoln, NE TaylorMade 36 Hole Pro - 3 Am Jul 18-19 Green Valley GC - Sioux City , IA E-Z-GO Facility Championship Jul 27 Shadow Ridge CC - Omaha, NE Nebraska Assistants Championship Aug 3 Riverside GC - Grand Island, NE

Info Info Info

Info

Opens 05/26/2015

Info

Opens 11/28/2015

Aug 3-4

NE PGA Senior Professional Championship Riverside GC - Grand Island, NE

Info

Aug 10-11

Nebraska PGA Professional Championship ArborLinks - Nebraska City, NE

Info

Aug 17

E-Z-GO/Bushnell/Bolle Pro 3-Am Oak Hills - Omaha, NE

Info

Aug 24

All Star Pro Golf Team Championship Beatrice Country Club - Beatrice, NE

Info

Sep 11-13

Wells Fargo Nebraska Open Elks Country Club - Columbus, NE

Info

Opens 05/15/2015

Sep 21

Nebraska PGA Cup Series Championship Quarry Oaks - Ashland, NE

Info

Opens 09/21/2015

Kenneth Evans

B-8

York Country Club

Alex Janssen, PGA

A-8

Sioux City Country Club

Samuel Jonell, PGA

A-8

Seth Scollard, PGA A-1

Tyler Lane

B-8

Firethorn Golf Club

Stone Creek Golf Course

Sherman L Adkins Jr., PGA

A-6

Eagle Hills Golf Course

4/1/2015

Kenneth C Evans

B-8

York Country Club

4/23/2015

Sonya L. Freese, PGA

A-1

Firethorn Golf Club

4/13/2015

Alex N. Janssen, PGA

A-8

Sioux City Country Club

3/31/2015

Tyler S Lane

B-8

Stone Creek Golf Course

4/3/2015

Joseph R. Madsen, PGA

A-4

Dismal River Club

4/1/2015

Seth R. Scollard, PGA

A-1

Firethorn Golf Club

4/13/2015

Zach P. Wetovick, PGA

A-8

Woodland Hills Golf Course

4/6/2015

Jim B. White, PGA

A-4

Firethorn Golf Club

4/1/2015

Joseph Finnegan, PGA Thomas Everett, PGA Scott Harmelink, PGA Kyle Huse, PGA Tyler Lane Jonathan Hoesing, PGA Timothy Kruse, PGA Mardi Kvidera, PGA Mark Mooberry, PGA Brian Steventon, PGA

5/2 5/3 5/7 5/7 5/11 5/14 5/16 5/16 5/18 5/18

Kyle Bullerman, PGA Seth Scollard, PGA Kevin Doby, PGA Thomas Potvin, PGA Kirk Hogen, PGA Thomas Jeffers, PGA Loudan Steffes, PGA Jacob Burling Cliff Yohe, PGA William Keane

5/19 5/19 5/21 5/21 5/22 5/25 5/27 5/29 5/29 5/31

STAFF David Honnens, PGA Executive Director dhonnens@pgahq.com

Sean Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill, PGA Tournament Director soneill@pgahq.com

Joe Canny, PGA Junior Golf Director/ Player Development Coordinator jcanny@pgahq.com

Renee Tyson Operations Manager rtyson@pgahq.com