President’s Message
July - A Month to Celebrate!
Big Month for Colorado PGA REACH Foundation and our Award Winners
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e are celebrating quite a lot in this issue of The SUMMIT. Director of Golf Russ Miller, PGA from The Broadmoor leads this year’s Colorado PGA Section Award Winners as our Golf Professional of the Year. Our 2nd Annual Women’s Leadership Summit was a huge success with over 130 women in attendance. And our Colorado PGA REACH Invitational raised a record amount while presenting our 6th Mortgage-Free Home to a Combat Wounded Veteran. To be selected as a Colorado PGA Section Award recipient means that you’ve been recognized as one of the best-of-the-best in a PGA Section, a section that is viewed as one of the best-of-the-best. Each year, our Awards Committee, made up of the previous year’s award winners, has the very difficult job of selecting our recipients. They spend numerous hours reviewing each award package before they come together to decide who is the most deserving, earning the right to be recognized as best-of-the-best in Colorado. I would like to congratulate all of this year’s winners and look forward to celebrating each of you on Friday, November 1, at Colorado Golf Club. You might say the week of July 15 was the week of fulfilling our Colorado PGA REACH Foundation’s mission of making a positive difference in the lives of others through the game of golf. The week started on Monday when over 130 women came together to hear keynote speaker Anna Liotta talk about Generational Differences. Anna discussed how to unlock Generational Codes to better understand the people around you so you can effectively communicate and develop meaningful relationships with members of all the generations in the workplace and in everyday life. Anna’s keynote was followed by an outstanding Women’s Panel and four deserving young ladies received $1,000 “Inspire Greatness” College Scholarships.
Ben Welsh, PGA President Colorado PGA Head Professional Frost Creek bwelsh@pga.com P | (970) 328-2326 C | (970) 688-0115
Dan Bennett and Stuart Bruening, PGA, Owners of Southwest Greens of Colorado pose with Steven Klimtzak, the recipient of a mortgagefree home given away at the Colorado PGA REACH Invitational
Then on Wednesday, thanks to our partners PGA Professional Stuart Bruening and Dan Bennett with Southwest Greens, Wells Fargo and Military Warriors Support Foundation, we were able to present U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal Steven Klimtzak with the keys to a mortgage-free home. It truly is special to be a part of changing the life of one of our Combat Wounded Veteran’s and, to top it all off, we raised over $85,000 for Colorado PGA REACH. May your tee sheets and lesson books remain full. All the Best.
Ben Welsh, PGA Head Golf Professional President, Colorado PGA Section 970-328-2326 (Shop) 970-688-0115 (Cell)
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