Nebraska PGA June 2014 Newsletter by David Honnens

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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. 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.

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Complimentary PGA Online Education

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1 MSR will be received per video and upon completion of the assessments with a 70% or higher. You will be allowed (1) re-take opportunity. MSR credit may be earned only one time for any online MSR course. For the complete list of available online PGA Education, click here.

Something that has made a huge splash with our membership is something we call “Play with the Pros” for both the men and women members of our Club. This has been a great opportunity for our membership to sign up to play with their pros and have some fun in a laid back Club event. For each of the three pros we offered 4 groups at $100 per team for the men and 2 groups at $45 per team for the women. We play a 2 Net Best Ball of Four with the lowest group for each pro advancing to play

Country Club of Lincoln

in our “Play With the Pros Championship” late September. After presenting the coveted traveling trophy, we finish up with a nice filet dinner for the final three groups including the pros and spouses. It was such a big hit last year, we decided to add two more groups for each of the pros. This event has not only allowed the golf shop to make a little money but more importantly the staff spends valuable time with members on the golf course. I recommend every Club to do something similar by getting out and playing with your members.

Nick Muller, PGA Director of Golf Country Club of Lincoln

Baranowski and Soullier Capture All Star Pro Golf/E-Z-GO Pro-Scratch

Pro-Am Series event in at Happy Hollow Club. Professional and Amateur Ryan Vermeer wins Professional Division golfers competing in Nebraska’s largest BELLEVUE, NE- Ryan Pro-Am’s of the year were Vermeer, Apprentice treated to far from perfect golfing conditions with an Professional at Tiburon G.C. hour and forty minute delay in the morning and continued his dominance extremely windy conditions in the afternoon. Ryan this week at Platteview C.C. Vermeer of Tiburon Golf Club capitalized on his in the All Star Pro Golf/E-Ztimely putting to post a winning score of two-underGO Pro-Scratch after par 69 in the fierce winds. Finishing two strokes back shooting a two-under-par 70 for first place in the of Vermeer at even-par 71 was Mike Antonio, PGA of Professional Division. Vermeer’s four birdie Happy Hollow Club. performance led him to a one shot victory over Shane Zywiec, PGA Teaching Professional at Highlands It wasn’t close in the team division as the team with G.C. Matt Shaner, PGA of Kearney Country Club, amateur partners Rick Smith, Howard Dondlinger and Rod The team division went to the team of Tony Betke finishing at an impressive 18-under-par. Five Baranowski, Apprentice Professional at Shadow strokes back with a strong performance was at two Ridge C.C. and his amateur teammate Mark Soulliere way tie for second with the team of Ryan Vermeer of who combined for a six-under-par 66 in the four-ball Tiburon, amateur partners Jason Greatorex, David competition to beat the team of Steve Diehm, PGA James and Mike Vanier and the team of Chris Head Professional at Table Creek and Tim Diehm by Wiemers, PGA of Happy Hollow, amateur partners one shot. The bogey free 66 put together by Greg McDermott, Stephen Noel and John Schuele. Baranowski and Soulliere featured four birdies and Click here to view more. one eagle on the par 5 second hole. Team Tiburon Wins 2014 Nebraska PGA This event included a low amateur division, which Pro/Junior Championship was won by Bryce Brown after shooting a threeunder-par 69 which was three better then Joey Omaha, NE- The Field Club Baldwin who finished with an even-par 72. Brown’s of Omaha played host to the 69 featured four birdies to just one bogey. The 2014 Nebraska PGA Nebraska PGA would like to thank Bobby O’Keefe, Pro/Junior Championship on PGA General Manager of Platteview Country Club Monday where the team and today’s sponsors; JP Kramer of All Star Pro Golf, from Tiburon Golf Club Randy Prince of Miller and Sons E-Z-GO and Omaha claimed the championship. Steaks. Click here to view more. The winning team consisted of Ryan Vermeer, Luke Vermeer Breezes to Win at National Car Rental Gutschewski, Alex Zillig and Brandt Radloff. After Pro-Am Series Event shooting a 13-under-par round in the scramble format their total was good enough for a four shot victory over the team from GolfTEC-Omaha who consisted of Team Shaner captures team division Mark Stava, PGA, Harrison Holloway, Alex Furjanic Omaha, NE. – Area amateur and PGA Professional and John Eirinberg. Click here to view more. golfers teed off for the final National Car Rental PGA Nebraska Section PGA | 610 J Street, Ste 10 | Lincoln, NE 68508 | Ph: (402) 489-7760 | Fx: (402) 489-1785 | www.nebraskapga.com

Nebraska PGA 2014 Tournament Schedule Date

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Jul 7

Siouxland Golf Charities Pro - 3 Am Whispering Creek - Sioux City, IA

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Jul 8-9

Nebraska JR PGA Championship (13-18) Wilderness Ridge - Lincoln, NE

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Jul 14

Golf Fore The Troops Firethorn GC - Lincoln, NE

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Jul 21

Club Car Pro-Pro York CC - York, NE

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Jul 26-27

TaylorMade 36 Hole Pro - 3 Am Green Valley GC - Sioux City , IA

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Aug 4-5

Nebraska PGA Professional Championship ArborLinks - Nebraska City, NE

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Aug 11

Nebraska Assistants Championship Wilderness Ridge - Lincoln, NE

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Aug 11-12

NE PGA Senior Professional Championship Wilderness Ridge - Lincoln, NE

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Aug 18

TaylorMade/adidas Pro-3 Am Oak Hills - Omaha, NE

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Aug 25

E-Z-GO Facility Championship Shadow Ridge CC - Omaha, NE

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Sep 2

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

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Sep 12-14

Wells Fargo Nebraska Open Elks Country Club - Columbus, NE

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Sep 22

Nebraska PGA Cup Series Championship Quarry Oaks - Ashland, NE

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Opens 10/02/2014

Sep 29

Nebraska PGA Rookie/Veteran Challenge Wild Horse Golf Club - Gothenburg, NE

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Oct 13

Club Car / Cutter & Buck Pro-3 Am The Country Club of Linco - Lincoln, NE

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Local Qualifiers Saturday, June 28, 2014

Eagle Hills Golf Club

Papillion

Friday, July 11, 2014

Riverside Golf Club

Grand Island

Sub Regional Qualifier Saturday, August 16, 2014

Eagle Hills Golf Club

Papillion

messages appearing periodically on PGALinks. The 2014 PGA Fashion and Demo Experience, Las Vegas, NV in August 2014, the 2014 Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN in November 2014, and the 2015 PGA Merchandise Show, Orlando, FL in January 2015, are the remaining National events where MSR In its first year, the KPMG can be obtained. The complimentary video seminars, Women's PGA Championship will implemented on PGALinks in April 2014, are still be held June 8-14, 2015 at the available to take advantage of. Westchester Country Club in Rye, New York, and rotate annually among prestigious courses in major metropolitan markets. The Championship will be operated by According to the PGA Constitution and Bylaws, dues the PGA of America in close collaboration with the are payable by June 30, 2014 to avoid suspension and assessment of the $100 Late Fee. An email reminder LPGA. Click here to read more. and printed invoices to those without an email address has been sent as of June 4, 2014. Results are now in from the 2014 Compensation Survey with almost 15,000 PGA Professionals participating in the survey this year. To access the results from the 2014 Compensation Survey, as well as gain access to previous yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Compensation data, please go to PGALinks.com and navigate to the Research tab. The online interactive reporting tool is intended to provide invaluable information to assist with performance evaluations, contract renewals, staff budgeting and other employer/employee interactions. It allows you to know where you stand on the compensation scale in comparison with fellow PGA Professionals, as well as determining what components are most likely to affect your earnings, both locally and on a broader scale based on a variety of factors. Your PGA Employment Consultants are experts at working with this data and can be called upon to assist you in deciphering the surveyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s key findings as they pertain to you or your facility. Click here or log on to PGALinks.com and navigate to the Research area to begin using the tool immediately. Thank you for helping to ensure that one of our Association's most powerful employment tools remains effective for you and other PGA Professionals.

The deadline for submitting the monthly PGA PerformanceTrak reports has changed from the 22nd to the 24th of each month. Visit PGALinks.com for information about PGA PerformanceTrak and why you should be using it.

Commencing on July 1, the PGA of America will roll out its new Youth Safety Program initiative for all PGA and PGA Section junior golf. The program is designed to provide criminal background checks for individuals that have direct involvement with Junior Golf Programs throughout the country. With PGA of America members being recognized leaders in junior golf programs nationwide, the PGA Board of Directors strongly believed that all national and Section junior golf programs should be required to fulfill youth safety program requirements in order to conduct programs that carry the brand of the PGA. Click here to read more about the initial roll out plan for this program.

The end of PDP Cycle 14A slightly less than one year away; June 15, 2015. As of this writing, 29.7% of Nebraska PGA Members with an MSR requirement have met that requirement. A promotional plan is being created that will include email notifications, direct mail letters, PGALinks Newsletter articles and Nebraska Section PGA | 610 J Street, Ste 10 | Lincoln, NE 68508 | Ph: (402) 489-7760 | Fx: (402) 489-1785 | www.nebraskapga.com

July Birthdays

Gary Gabrielson, PGA Richard Gilliland, PGA Joseph Canny, PGA Brian Primavera John Frillman, PGA Rich Skinner, PGA Michael VunCannon, PGA Robert Spomer, PGA Mark Nygaard, PGA Maxwell Hadenfeldt Brent McGrew

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Gene Johnson, PGA Tad Petersen, PGA Ross Eickhoff, PGA Shane McClure, PGA Mark Ruhga, PGA David Honnens, PGA Scott Bruha, PGA James Sieckmann, PGA Thomas McAndrew, PGA Phillip Palmer, PGA Don Germer, PGA

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

Thomas Harmon, PGA Tournament Director tharmon@pgahq.com

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

Renee Tyson Operations Manager rtyson@pgahq.com