Special Awards Feature
Colorado PGA Golf Professional of the Year, Russ Miller, Exemplifies Leadership, Service and Promotion of the Game H
onesty, loyalty and work ethic are at the core of this year’s recipient of the 2019 Colorado PGA Professional of the Year Award. Anyone who knows Russ Miller knows that he exemplifies these qualities in all that he is and in all that he does. When asked what winning this award means to him, Miller, Broadmoor’s Director of Golf, shares, “It’s like winning a tournament. You look at the list of previous winners and there are so many great names that it puts me in awe of my name being included this theirs. Guys like Clayton Cole and Keith Schneider took me under their wings when I came here 21 years ago and still today, when I’m not sure how to handle a situation, I call them and ask them what they would do. I am challenged each and every day to take the knowledge
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and experiences I received from my mentors and pass them along to the next generation of industry leaders.” With a dad who played professional baseball, Miller has been around sports his entire life. However, being told by his dad that he was not going to be able to play baseball for a living, his golf professional cousin encouraged him to get into golf. After playing high school golf in North Carolina, Miller attended the PGM Program at Ferris State University and that is how his commitment to the business of golf began. He played college golf and even tried to play professionally early on but wasn’t able to make a go of it. “I was always told to make it my goal to work for the best people in the business around the country and it
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