Colorado PGA Pro Peaks October Newsletter

PROPEAKS The Official Publication of the Colorado PGA October 2014

Welsh Elected Secretary

What’s Inside?

Fall Meeting Preview PGA Member Survey West Chapter Championship Recap

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Mt. Sopris could not have been a better backdrop for the 2014 West Chapter Championship at Aspen Glen Club.

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While the views sure were stunning at the Sanctuary for the 2014 Pro-Assistant, mother nature wasn’t willing to let the players finish play.

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ED Message 6 Are You Ready for the Future?

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2014 Colorado PGA Fall Meeting Preview

Member Update 10 Member Update 11

MSR Cycle Coming to an End

Important Dates Employment 21 Staying Relevant - What

Can I Do? Player Development 22 Spotlight! PGA

Professional Kyle Voska Junior Golf 23 Recod Numbers for the

Last Team Golf Event

of the Season Tournament Corner 26 Where’s my Ball?

27 Player of the Year Update

12 Ben Welsh Elected

Secretary of the Colorado West Chapter PGA 22 Rohrbaugh Continues

Domination of West 16 Change in Store for

Chapter Championship

Las Vegas Pro Am 17 RMGSA to Host

2014 Fall Merchandise Show PGA Magazine Update 18

Imperial Cup 31 Imperial Cup Sponsors 32 Colorado PGA Partners

Visual Merchandisers Get a Whole New Tool

October 6, 2014 Season Championship The Ridge at Castle Pines Golf Club October 14, 2014 Fall Meeting and Pro-Pro-Pro Heritage Eagle Bend Golf and Country Club October 20, 2014 Omni Interlocken Tri-Am Omni Interlocken Golf Club

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Contents

October 20-21, 2014 RMGSA Fall Merchandise Show Crowne Plaza DIA October 22-23, 2014 Taylor Cup Sandia Golf Club and Resort October 27, 2014 Valley Country Club Pro Am Valley Country Club November 7, 2014 Colorado PGA Awards Gala Colorado Golf Club November 10-12, 2014 Las Vegas Pro Am Paiute Resort

Club of the Month 20 The Club at Flying Horse

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Strategic Planning: Are You Ready for the Future?

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ctober is one of my favorite times of the year. I love the fall season in Colorado. It is to me the most beautiful time of the year with all the changing colors, the cool crisp mornings, and how wonderful our golf courses look. I usually play more golf in the fall than any other time of the year. Another reason October is one of my favorite times of the year is it is the time of the year where we get to reflect on all that has been accomplished this past season and start planning for the next one.

Just like the four seasons of the year, the golf business is a never ending cycle.

With October comes our annual Fall Membership Meeting, which will be held on Tuesday, October 14th at Heritage Eagle Bend Golf and Country Club. I always get inspired by the opportunity to see so many of our PGA Members and Apprentices together in the same place. I enjoy catching up with people and hearing their success stories. I also know that when October arrives it gives us a chance to take a deep breath, reflect on the past year, and then the truly hard work begins. Planning for the future!

Benjamin Franklin once said, “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.” I can assure you that your Section works hard on develop-

Officers Barry Milstead, PGA President | 2012-2014

Leslie Core-Drevecky, PGA Vice-President | 2013-2014

Ty Thompson, PGA

Secretary | 2013-2014

Tim Lollar, PGA

Hon. President | 2013-2014

Eddie Ainsworth, PGA Executive Director

Board of Directors Jeff Carlson, PGA 2014-2016

Matt Cohen, PGA 2013-2015

Jim Hajek, PGA 2013-2014

Kyle Heyen, PGA 2012-2014

George Kahrhoff, PGA 2014

Charles ‘Vic’ Kline, PGA Past District 9 Director

Cathy Matthews-Kane, PGA 2013-2015

Steve Patterson, PGA 2013-2015

Ben Welsh, PGA 2014-2016

Shawn Wills, PGA 2014-2016

West Chapter President Darren Szot, PGA Independent Director Theo Gregory

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ing a Business Plan each and every year, and that this year, it is time to update our long term strategic plan. In the Colorado PGA we use the committee system to govern our association and develop our plan for the future. Committee Chairs are tasked with developing a mission statement with their committee, and from that mission statement, the committee is tasked to come up with their top three (3) priorities in serving the membership in their specific area. From here the committee chairs work with their Section Staff Member liason to develop a plan to present to the Board of Directors to be worked into the Section’s Business Plan for the coming year. Once this plan has been preliminarily approved, a budget is developed in conjunction with the Section’s Finance Committee to insure we have the resources available to deliver the plan. If all goes according to schedule, final approval of the plan takes place on Tuesday, December 16th.

you would like to see in the future from your Section, don’t worry. The entire Survey will be shared with those in attendance during the Fall Membership Meeting and each Committee Chair will openly discuss their area of responsibility and will be looking for feedback to insure we are meeting your needs the best we can as a Section.

The key to the success of this plan has already begun. Recently we sent out our Membership Survey asking you if the Section is currently meeting your needs as a PGA Member.

As I know all of you are ready to take a breather before the cycle starts right back up again, please allow me to remind you to take some time to plan to be with the ones you love. Far too often we fail to plan this out in our busy schedules. We may think about it. We may talk about it. We may even want to make it a priority, but we fail to make a plan to do it. And as Ole Ben stated…… That’s one of the reasons I love October. It’s the month my daughter was born and the month I married my wonderful wife, so I have to plan to make time to celebrate with them!

You can access this survey by clicking here.

We have developed a good road map to meet the needs of our Colorado Section PGA Members and Apprentices, but that success is dependent on YOU! Only with your input can we insure that our plan meets your needs.

I hope we get the opportunity to hear from each and every one of you. Like Ole Ben Franklin stated, “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail”.

There is also a very old proverb that goes right along the same lines; “Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisors they succeed.”

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Strategic Planning: Are You Ready for the Future? (continued)

In order for our plan to have the greatest opportunity for success, we need to hear from each and every one of our PGA Members and Apprentices. One specific request that I would ask from each of you is that if we are not currently meeting your needs in a specific area, please take the time to tell us how we are not, and what you would recommend we As always, please let us know if we can ever be asdo to meet your needs. This way the committees sistance to you in any way. have an idea on specific ways we can improve and can focus on addressing any shortcomings we may Very Respectfully, have. If these shortcomings fall within the mission statement of the committees, I can assure you that they will be addressed.

If you have already filled out the Membership Survey but did not provide us any specifics on what

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2014 Colorado PGA Fall Meeting Preview

The education seminar for the day will feature a Strategic Planning Session based on the results from the 2014 Colorado PGA Operations Survey. The following committees and programs will be discussed: Awards Heritage Eagle Bend G&CC

Apprentice Relations Tuesday, October 14, 2015 Communications Education

Employment Services presented by KBS Shafts, the Junior Golf PGA H.O.P.E. PGA Tour, Masek Golf Cars, and

Helping Our Patriots Everywhere GolfMD’s

Colorado PGA R.E.A.C.H. The Colorado PGA will host the 2014 Fall Membership formerly the CPGA Foundation Meeting on Tuesday, October 14th, 2014 at Heritage Player Development Eagle Bend Golf and Country Club.

Colorado PGA Tee Time Alliance Tournaments The meeting will open with presentations from the days sponsors; KBS Shafts, Masek Golf Cars of Colorado, The 2014 Colorado PGA Operations Survey will be Imperial Headwear, and GolfMD’s. available to take until Thursday, October 9, 2014.

Lindsay Pitts, PGA from the PGA of America Business Please click here to access the survey.

Development Department will be on hand to discuss new PGA Partner Programs and how to leverage those The meeting will conclude with the swearing in of three at your facility. new Colorado PGA Board Members: Scott Erwin, PGA; Jim Hajek, PGA; and Rick Ellefson, PGA, as well Scott Kmiec, PGA, Senior Director of PGA REACH as new Secretary, Ben Welsh, PGA. will also be on hand to update those in attendance on the changes to the PGA Foundation. Additionally, Following the meeting the Fall Meeting Pro-Pro-Pro Bruce Lubach, PGA Employment Consultant will be Championship will be held. The format event will partone hand to discuss what is coming down the road re- ner three Colorado PGA Members or Apprentices on a garding employment. team in an 18-hole scramble.

Schedule of Events

7:00a | Continental Breakfast and Registration 8:00a | Meeting Called to Order 10:00a | Strategic Planning Session and Survey Review 12:00 | Meeting Concludes 12:30p | Pro-Pro-Pro Championship (shotgun start) 5:30p | Scoring and Dinner

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The meeting will include remarks from outgoing board members including Honorary President Tim Lollar, PGA as well as President Barry Milstead, PGA.

Click here to register for the 2014 Fall Membership Meeting

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October Member Update Newly Elected Members Patrick Ruddy, PGA | A-13 | Cherokee Ridge Golf Course Sam T. Vosler, PGA | A-6 | First Tee of Pikes Peak Members Transferring to the Colorado PGA Reece McCall, PGA | A-13 | The Raven at Three Peaks | Transferred from the Southwest Section New Apprentices Walter R Schlomer | B-8 | South Suburban Golf Course Thomas Pankey | B-8 | Legacy Ridge Golf Course On the Move!

Joe Carlton, PGA | Moved from an A-8 at Legacy Ridge Golf Club to an A-1 at Legacy Ridge Golf Club

Happy Birthday!

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Bryce Bervig, PGA Jacob O’Dell, PGA

10/3

Irving A. Rosen Hank Franks, PGA

10/4

Billy Bernhardt

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Peter Hymes, PGA Jon Arnold, PGA Derek Rush, PGA Scott Ough, PGA Kelly Plaisier, PGA

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10/15 Sherry Andonian, PGA

Mike Northern, PGA

10/24 James Owens, PGA 10/25 Steven Bruening, PGA

Gregg Jones, PGA

Gregory Bryan, PGA

10/17 Danny Mourino

Geoffrey Strasser, PGA

Andrew Boston, PGA

10/26

Brad Thorberg, PGA

10/18 Michael Pickens, PGA

Justin Fox, PGA

10/27 Grant Wittenwyler, PGA

Craig Vollmar, PGA

10/7

Manny Martinez

10/19 Donald Cook, PGA

10/9

Phil Gerster, PGA David Heinly, PGA Scott Stevenson, PGA

10/20 Warren Smith, PGA

Nick Welch, PGA

10/28 Donald Fox, PGA

David Stewart

10/11 Joe Beling 10/12 Jaime Sniffin, PGA 10/13 Rynk Strothers, PGA

Eric Smith, PGA

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10/14 Rick Graves, PGA

Jeff Hanson, PGA

Caine Fitzgerald, PGA

10/16 Chad Miller, PGA

James Ewing, PGA Gene Miranda, PGA Dominic Principato, PGA Travis Morton, PGA Charles Stephenson, PGA Jesse Crowe

10/21 Daniel Ward, PGA

10/29 Patrick Tait, PGA

Stan Sayers, PGA

Benjamin Pilon, PGA

10/22 Christopher Johnson, PGA

10/30 Gary Washington, PGA

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10/31 Frank Jacobson, PGA

Jeremy Beck, PGA

J R Hamblet, PGA Bill Majure, PGA Stephen Arendt, PGA Ryan Coyne

Believe it or not, we are in the final year of the current MSR Cycle! The current cycle ends on June 15, 2015, and PGA Members are required to attain a total of 54 MSR credits, 36 of which must fall into the categories of PGA Meeting/PGA Education and/or Golf 2.0/Player Development. Many of you are already there, or at least very close! For those of you who may need a few more to get over the top, consider the following MSR options available to you: Golf 2.0 Conducting and Reporting Program Results Registering, promoting, conducting and reporting on Golf 2.0 Programs via PGA registration and reporting tools; examples include:

Get Golf Ready (2 credits per graduating class, minimum of three students per class)

Get Golf Ready 2 (3 credits per graduating class, minimum of three students per class)

Get Golf Ready Leagues/Outings (3 credits per reaching minimum thresholds)

PGA Sports Academy (2 credits per graduating class, minimum of three students per class)

TEAM Golf & PGA Junior League Golf (3 credits per team/season, max of two PGA members)

Drive Chip & Putt (Host PGA Professional – 2 PGA Required MSR credits; other PGA Professionals participating/volunteering – 2 PGA Required MSR credits for five to eight hours participation, 1 PGA Required MSR credit for four hours participation)

Future Golf 2.0 Programs (Credits awarded in a manner equitable with a through d above)

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Don’t Let the End of the MSR Cycle Sneak Up on You!

Golf 2.0 Online Training Complimentary online education training via PGALinks is developed by the PGA Education and the Player Development Departments.

PGA Required Education may be earned by watching a video and passing an assessment at the conclusion of the video.

Videos can be accessed by going to PGALinks>Education>Continuing Education>Complimentary PGA Education MSR

PGA members can receive one (1) to two (2) PGA Education MSR by watching a video from the list and taking an assessment at the conclusion of the video.

MSR credit may be earned only one time for any online MSR course. In order to earn MSR credit, you must score a 70% or higher on the assessment. If you do not score 70% or higher, you will be allowed one (1) re-take opportunity.

Colorado PGA Program Volunteer The Colorado PGA runs many player development and junior golf events throughout the year. Volunteering for those events will earn the participating Member MSR Points. Events include:

Drive, Chip, and Putt qualifiers/sub-regionals

Employee Talent Development Programs

Military Appreciation events

Denver Golf Expo

Colorado Golf Summit

TEAM Golf Professional Development and Education Professional development and education that are focused on your career in the golf industry may be eligible for MSR credits. Examples of those programs include, but are not limited to:

CPR/First Aid Training, GCSAA/CMAA educational opportunities, and Leadership & Management seminars

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Ben Welsh, PGA Elected Colorado PGA Secretary

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en Welsh, PGA Director of Golf at Eagle-Vail Golf Club in Avon, CO, has been elected the Secretary of the Colorado PGA. Welsh, a native of Ft. Collins, CO, was elected to PGA membership in 2003 and has served in a leadership role at the Section level since 2010.

“I'm most looking forward to working for the betterment of our Section members here in Colorado while having the opportunity to represent us on a national level,” Welsh not ed after being elected.

Ben was originally elected to serve a three-year term on the the Board of Directors in 2010 and was then re-elected when his term expired in 2013. He served on the Award Committee for three years and spent the final two as the committee chairman.

Since his re-election Ben has been the chair of the Education Committee. In this capacity Ben has been a strong proponent of the Section delivering a diverse and broad education schedule to meet the demands of an ever-changing business.

Awards and Recognition 2004 CPGA Assistant Professional of the Year 2008 CPGA West Chapter Merch. of the Year Public 2009 CPGA West Chapter Junior Golf Leader 2010 CPGA Junior Golf Leader 2011 CPGA West Chapter Merch. of the Year – Public 2012 CPGA West Chapter Horton Smith Award 2013 CPGA Charles “Vic” Kline Award Winner

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Ben began his career in his native Ft. Collins, Colorado where he worked for the City of Fort Collins at Collindale Golf Course and City Park Nine Golf Course. In early 2000, Ben moved to West Woods Golf Club in the Denver metro area where he served as an Assistant Professional.

After spending nearly two years at West Woods Golf Club he moved onto Inverness Golf Club and Hotel in the Denver Tech Center. This was where he truly blossomed as a golf professional and earned his PGA membership in April of 2003. Ben would spend two more years at Inverness Golf Club before an opportunity to become the PGA Head Professional would present itself at Eagle Vail Golf Club.

Ben will officially begin his duties as the Secretary upon being sworn in at the 2014 Colorado PGA Fall Meeting, October 14 at Heritage Eagle Bend Golf and Country Club.

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Ben spent nine years at Eagle Vail Golf Club as the Head a part of the driving force that continues to grow the game Professional before becoming the Director of Golf earlier and business of golf.” this year.

Second, and equally important, was the fact that he comes When asked why he ran for the Board and for the posi- from the West Chapter and that he wants to represent the tion of Secretary, Ben had two quick answers. “First and best interest of the entire section, including the West Chapforemost, a ‘service above self’ mantra that I apply in many ter. areas of my life,” Ben noted. “I believe that by serving our membership through the Colorado Section PGA, I can be “I live and work in the West Chapter and feel that representation of the West Chapter on our Section Board of Directors is important,” he noted. “Though our state is geographically large, the golf community is relatively small.

The West Chapter needs the support of the Section Board and the Section can certainly benefit by the participation of its western members.”

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Change in Store for 2014 Colorado PGA Las Vegas Pro Am

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he Colorado PGA is excited to announce new changes for the 2014 Colorado PGA Las Vegas Pro Am. Due to an increase at nearly every Las Vegas Hotel and Casino in their “Resort Fees” the host hotel for 2014 will be Treasure Island.

The details for the event are as follows: Colorado PGA Las Vegas Pro Am November 10-12, 2014

Format Day 1 - Low Gross/Low Net Pro Am Day 2 - 3-2-1 Pro Am Day 3 - 2 Low Net Pro Am Schedule of Events Monday, November 10, 2014 8:30a| Bus Leaves Treasure Island 10:00a | Shotgun Start - Snow Mountain 4:30p | Bus Leaves Paiute Resort Heading to Treasure Island Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:30a | Bus Leaves Treasure Island 10:00a | Shotgun Start - Sun Mountain 4:30p | Bus Leaves Paiute Resort Heading to Treasure Island

Golf Club Paiute Resort Hotel Treasure Island Cost $975 per amateur / $0 per PGA Professional This rate is based on double occupancy. Single rooms and additional room nights are $75 per room per night.

Wednesday, November 12, 2014 8:30a | Bus Leaves Treasure Island 10:00a | Shotgun Start – Wolf 4:00p | Bus Leaves Paiute Resort Heading to Airport

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he Rocky Mountain Golf Sales Association will be hosting the 2014 RMGSA Golf Merchandise Show this coming Monday and Tuesday, October 22-23, 2014. The show will be located, like it has been the past few years, at the Crowne Plaza DIA (Formerly Holiday Inn) I-70 East and Chambers in the John Q Hammons Trade Center.

If you would like to stay at the hotel reservations may be made by calling the Crowne Plaza (303-371-9494).

You can also register by returning the badge request form; please click here to access it.

Please register no later than October 3, 2014.

The show hours are as follows: Monday, October 20th 9:00a to 6:00p Tuesday, October 21st 9:00a to 6:00p

Be sure to ask for the Rocky Mountain Golf Sales Associa- For more information, please contact: tion $94 room rate. October 10th is the Deadline to receive this rate.

Peggy Barnes RMGSA Show Director You may register online this year, by clicking here and log- 720-323-1667 ging in as a Pro/Buyer. Please complete all the information peggybarnes@comcast.net and also register for the show.

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Visual Merchandisers Get a Whole New Tool Launched in August, PGAmagazine.com’s new Visual Merchandising Center allows merchandisers to share and communicate

By Matt Frey, PGA, Internet Manager

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s many golf merchandisers know, a merchandising display can make all of the difference when it comes to establishing a golf shop’s atmosphere, increasing foot traffic and, most importantly, selling the featured products. Because of this fact, merchandisers are constantly looking to create new and fun displays that can help tie the shop together.

In an effort to help merchandisers, PGA magazine.com has created the Visual Merchandising Center (PGAmagazine.com/vmc) to produce a Pinterest-like site for golf merchandisers.

PGAmagazine.com saw a need in the marketplace for such a product and worked with past PGA Merchandisers of the Year to discover exactly what PGAmagazine.com’s new Visual they would like to use. With the popularity of social Merchandising media sharing sites – such as Pinterest – and the Center offers golf desire for merchandisers to glean ideas from one merchandisers another, the VMC was a natural fit. hundreds of photos, “I was really excited to see PGAmagazine.com and the site will only keep growing. introduce the Visual Merchandising Center,” says

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Caroline Basarab-Dennison, the 2009 PGA Merchandiser of the Year for resort facilities and the PGA manager of retail at Sea Pines Resort in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. “PGA Professionals and buyers are always looking for new ideas to freshen up their visual presentations.”

This is a great tool to train new or existing staff on how to display products.”

One of the things Basarab-Dennison likes the most about the VMC is that PGA Professionals and AGM members can find inspiration for the type of displays they are looking to build themselves via different categories online. The 17 different groupings include: • • • • • • • • •

Men’s Apparel Women’s Apparel Outerwear Junior/Infant Goods Headwear Footwear Gloves Accessories Tournament/Outings

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Inspiration Equipment Golf Balls Golf Bags Clubfitting Lessons Props / Fixtures Video / How To

While PGAmagazine.com was developing the VMC, it was requested by several PGA members that it include photographs of displays from other

Merchandising Center

directly at PGAmagazine.com/vmc. retail shops outside the golf industry to help spur creativity in their own golf shops.

“I really like to look through a couple of the menu items, such as Inspiration, because it allows you to think outside the box when you are constructing a display,” says Basarab-Dennison.

The Inspiration category on the VMC features photographs from independent small businesses, as well as large retailers like Nordstrom, Brooks Brothers and American Apparel.

The Visual Merchandising Center, which can be found on the password-protected PGAmagazine.com, allows only PGA Professionals, AGM members and industry professionals to submit their photos and descriptions right on the website. Each photo submission includes the merchandiser’s name, picture, a brief biography and email address so users can reach out for more information about their displays or golf shops. The VMC also allows users to comment on photographs to encourage healthy dialogue and criticism among their peers.

Users can also share individual displays with their colleagues using the built-in email-sharing tool.

The site also includes an area dedicated to video and white papers submitted by PGA and AGM members and industry experts. All photograph and white paper submissions are subject to review for quality

by PGAmagazine.com staff prior to publication.

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PGAmagazine.com designed the look and feel of the site and then turned to PGA Professionals Erick Arbé and Nick Ondrako, partners at Golf Web Design, to develop the Visual Merchandising Center. Golf Web Design is a technology and marketing shop based in Greenville, South Carolina, that specializes in creating products that help golf courses to make more money.

Ondrako believes the VMC is a wonderful visual tool for any PGA Professional who is looking for ideas to continually refresh his or her golf shop and entice members and customers to buy more. He says the key is allowing PGA Professionals to actually see real-world examples of what some of the best in the business are doing in their shops.

While building the backend of the VMC, Golf Web Design made sure that the finished product would function properly and look great on any type of device that the user chooses to use.

“We have led the charge in responsive design for the last three years, so to us this is just how you view the web,” explains Ondrako. “For our fellow professionals who are still coming online with smartphones and tablets, it means that they can enjoy a complete experience wherever they choose to view the VMC. Building this site with the idea that it can be viewed anywhere, without sacrificing information, was really important to everyone involved.”

Many PGA Professionals have already expressed their desire to share it with their staffs to better their own golf shop operations, including Greg Mason, PGA head professional at Waverly (Iowa) Municipal Golf Course.

“I really love the new Visual Merchandising Center,” says Mason. “I have empowered my main merchandiser for the last five years to change merchandise displays every week. This new product will only add inspiration to all he tries to do.”

And it’s not just PGA Professionals who are excited about the VMC. Plenty of AGM members also have expressed their eagerness to use the site.

“I think this site is pretty cool. It’s always fun to see what other people come up with and can give you inspiration for your own displays,” says Becky Pohle, the AGM golf operations manager at the Philadelphia Cricket Club in Flourtown, Pennsylvania.

PGA Professionals, such as Mark Thush, seem to agree that it will help their retail operation become more efficient and help improve their business.

“The Visual Merchandising Center is a great idea and resource that we will be sharing with all of our staff,” says Thush, PGA director of retail at the Desert Mountain Club in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Based on early feedback and traffic, which includes more than 700 unique visitors in the first 30 days since the launch, the new area on PGAmagazine.com is off to a great start and is helping PGA Professionals, AGM members and golf merchandisers around the country improve their businesses. Visit the Visual Merchandising Center directly at PGAmagazine.com/vmc. ■

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Club of the Month The Club at Flying Horse

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he Club at Flying Horse is truly one of the hidden treasures of the Front Range. Hidden in the northern part of Colorado Springs just a few miles east of I-25, the Audubon Certified Golf Course was built and is still owned by the owners of Classic Homes.

Opened for play in August of 2005, this Tom Weiskopf design will test every club in the bag. The course features “not just one signature hole but 18 great holes of golf, each memorable in their own way,” PGA Director of Golf Glenn Wallace said in a recent interview.

“Each hole features a stunning view of Pikes Peak and the Front Range to the West.”

The PGA Professional Staff at the club includes Glenn Wallace, PGA Director of Golf, Jake O’Dell, PGA Head Professional, Tye Williams, PGA Assistant Professional, and Garrett Froggatte, an Apprentice Teaching Professional.

Glenn Wallace gained much of his experience at Castle Pines Golf Club where he served as an Assistant Golf Professional. After three years of leading the golf operation at Flying Horse, Glenn was given the additional responsibilities of: Fitness, Tennis, Aquatics and the Spa. He has been with the Club at Flying Horse since 2005.

Jake O’Dell has been with the Club since 2006. Jake previously served as an Assistant Golf Professional at With a current membership of 320 golf members and the Broadmoor and Glenmoor Country Club.

700 social fitness members, the club offers amenities for the entire family. The facility includes not only the golf Tye Williams is a graduate of the UCCS PGA PGM course and European resort-style Golf Clubhouse, but program in Colorado Springs. After mutliple internalso a World-class Athletic Club and Spa. The athletic ships, Tye spent the 2011 season at Colorado Springs club has a fitness facility that includes 5 outdoor tennis Country Club and has been at Flying Horse since early courts and 4 indoor Red Clay Tennis courts. The Club 2012. has produced numerous state champions out of their now successful tennis program. They have a full service Garrett Froggatte grew up loving the game of golf. An spa and 5 swimming pools, 2 of which are open year accomplished junior player, Froggatte played collegiateround. For the kids, they even have a Kid’s Cabin and ly at Baylor University in Texas. After college Garrett full size gymnasium. If that’s not enough, a 40 room became an Assistant Golf Professional and learned how lodge and 8 villa rooms are currently under constructo teach the game from Mike Bender. Garrett as been tion. at the club for nearly six years and has grown the junior golf program and the women’s programs many times The club hosts events to cater to everyone including over.

“Woods and Whites” tennis tournaments and 5k and 10k races on the golf course. “I usually keep the time, so it is fun for me as well,” Wallace went on to say.

Bruce Lubach, PGA | PGA Employment Consultant

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GA Professionals who have been at the same facility, in the same job, or in similar jobs for most or all of their entire career may struggle with becoming complacent or with keeping up with the ever changing demands of the business.

This is especially true as careers edge toward retirement .Staying relevant and productive is the key to late stage career success. I would also suggest this is true for ALL professionals regardless of where you are in your career. Becoming complacent, getting in a rut or getting too “comfortable” in any position or facility can be dangerous. Keeping things fresh and staying relevant are things we all should strive to do on a regular basis. Five keys to staying relevant are:

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Take Inventory – Take a fresh look at who you are, what you have accomplished and where you want to go next. Be frank and honest in your evaluation and ask for a third party’s opinion to get a true picture.

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Set Goals – Establish specific personal and professional goals for both the short term (current year) and long term (e.g. next career move and/ or retirement). Evaluate and measure your progress at periodic intervals to keep you fresh and moving forward.

5. S t a y Active – Remain active in your association.

Continue to attend meetings, play in tournaments, and consider serving as a volunteer at the chapter, section or national level. At any stage of your career but especially after you have several years under your belt, you have much to offer. You will have much to gain by continuing to broaden your network of professional friends and fellow professionals.

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For veteran professionals, age and experience can be viewed as good or bad in the marketplace. Use these five keys to stay relevant and make both your age and your experience work for you. For less experienced professionals who are early in their careers, understand staying relevant, never resting on your laurels, separating yourself from your peers and being on the cutting edge will serve you well over your entire

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Embrace Education – Learning keeps career. you up to date and helps prevent stagnation. The PGA Certified Professional Program is a tremen- Please do not hesitate to contact me with any quesdous value that enables you to stay relevant in your tions about this information or any other employspecific career path or a newly desired career path. ment related matters.

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Shake Things Up – It is too easy to fall into the trap of doing things the same way year after year, especially if it seems to be working. Resist the natural tendency to be afraid of change. Incorporate something new in each area of your personal life and each program area in your job to remain fresh and vibrant.

Bruce Lubach, PGA, is the PGA of America Employment Consultant for the Colorado, Iowa, Midwest, Minnesota and Nebraska Sections.

He can be reached at: blubach@pgahq.com or (402) 261-3604.

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Player Development

Keith Soriano, PGA | Player Develeopment Director

Spotlight! Kyle Voska, PGA | The Links Golf Course

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itting on the patio on a sunny Wednesday afternoon at the Links Golf Course in Highlands Ranch, one is immediately struck by the sheer volume of golfers going to and fro between the golf shop, the grill, the range, and the first tee. All of this over the soundtrack of laughter, the rattle of the driving range picker car, and the rhythmic sound of people digging their game out of the dirt on the driving range.

Amidst all of this is where PGA Professional Kyle Voska has found a home to put into practice his passion for Player Development. A former Head Golf Professional in the Southern Ohio PGA Section, where he most recently won the Player Development Award, Kyle and his family relocated to Colorado early this year. Now an Assistant at the Links, Kyle was tasked with re-invigorating the Player Development efforts at this executive 18 hole golf course tucked away in Highlands Ranch. And invigorate he did! In a 20-day stretch in August, Kyle ran 26 group lessons. It’s a frenetic pace that can only be embraced by someone with a high level of organizational discipline and a passion for making others happy.

from his Junior Camps and a new program for 2014, his Junior Golf Academy.

The women’s programs at the The Links took on the same upward trend as the junior programs. Focused on social gatherings and fun on the golf course, the Lady 9ers league and the Golf FORE Women events filled up in short order.

Each program featured social gatherings before or after the instruction, and the Golf FORE Women program offered program graduate reunions as an invitation to apply newly learned skills.

When pressed for his secret to running such successful player development programs, Kyle simply stated; “I show them that I care”. While the nuts and bolts of the programs all had operational goals; utilizing and filling traditionally vacant spots on the tee sheet, collecting demographic information on students and categorizing them for future email communication, driving students to the first tee to become regular golfers; each operational goal was satisfied by getting to know and understand his consumer. For example, getting to know his student’s wants, needs, and lifestyle, he was able to identify consumer groups that had the flexibility to fill those Focusing on the junior and ladies markets, Kyle has devel- vacant tee sheet times. By creating a league that played at oped a series of programs that are designed to take beginner those times, and personally contacting those students, he and lapsed golfers from the lesson tee to the first tee – a key demonstrated that he had taken their lifestyles into account to the success of his programs. Every program that he de- which made each student feel as though the program had velops has a clear path to the first tee, a series of graduated been created especially for them, with their needs in mind. steps aimed at developing not only the skills necessary to play golf, but the confidence and the support system to do so.

Jason Brandt, PGA General Manager at the Links summed it up; “We knew what kind of person we were looking for The Links Junior Golf programs expanded in a way that when we created this position. What we couldn’t anticipate took PGA Professional and owner of The Links, Bill Loef- was finding someone of Kyle’s ability, enthusiasm, and profler, by surprise. “There are kids everywhere! It’s awesome, fessionalism. He’s made a positive impact, not only on the you look out on the practice green or the driving range and bottom line of this facility, but on the community in which you’ll find 10-15 kids just hanging out there at any given time. we live and work.”

Kyle started a summer junior league that filled up in a cou- If you’re ready to take the next step and have a positive imple of days, so we talked about possibly doing a fall league. pact on YOUR community through player development, When he offered the fall league, it filled up in a matter of contact Keith Soriano, PGA to schedule your consultation hours.” Testaments to Kyle’s insistence that all programs today. have a clear “next step”, his leagues were filled by students

Erin Diegel, PGA | Junior Golf Director

Record Numbers for the Last Team Golf Event of the Season Some things go together like Peanut Butter and Jelly. As we wrapped up the final Team Golf Event of the season, we saw a lot of things fit together like the go-to sandwich. With 82 participants, we had some strong team combinations, a great lunch and everyone enjoyed a round of miniature golf and a Go-Kart ride. It was a perfect Saturday for some golf and fun at The Greg Mastriona Courses at Hyland Hills and Adventure Golf.

While there was some tough competition on the go-kart track, the Eisenhower Blue Team seen here with PGA Professional, John Trujillo “squeaked” out a 5 point win in the Blue Course division over the PGA Bears. The steady team of Indian Tree Mayhem finished 3rd. The PGA Bears Team was a compilation of junior golfers that were brand new to the Team Golf experience.

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The Courses at Hyland Hills September 20, 2014 Par 3 Overall Hyland Hills Golf Ballers TGA Pumas CCA Bulldogs 1 Flying Horse Foothills Albatross Eisenhower Silver Castle Pines CC

220 215 165 155 128 120 113

Blue Course Overall Eisenhower Blue PGA Bears Indian Tree Mayhem CCA Bulldogs 2 TGA Putt for Dough Cherry Hills CC Foothills Bogey Busters

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Luke Trujillo and Liam O’Halloran of Eisenhower Blue shot an 8 under 28 to clinch the 100 points in the Blue 14-17 age division, not to be outdone by Hailey Schalk and Lauren Lehigh who shot a 9 under par 27 to rack up 100 points in the Blue 11-13 Age division. Mena-Song Lew and Lauren Jaworowski of the Eisenhower Blue Team secured their 100 points in the Blue 7-10 Age division.

Things stayed heated in the Par 3 division with the Hyland Hills Golf Ballers touting home course advantage with a 5 point win over the Timm Golf Academy Pumas. The

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Cornerstone Christian Bulldogs slide into third for their first Team Medal win.

Ryan Ruffunnach of Cheyenne Shadows Golf Course and his partner Jacob Burnett from Flying Horse, represent the southern region talent with their 3 under par score for 100 points in the Par 3 14-17 age division. Aubri Braecklein and Mia Blackard of the Hyland Hills Golf Ballers shared their first place points with Blake Sullivan and Kylie Winkler of the TGA Pumas by shooting a one under par 26 in the Par 3 11-13 age division. The race was tight in the Par 3 7-10 age division where Lauryn Chapman and Lael Temple of the TGA Pumas tied with Mia Huerta and Mahala Lamphshire of the CCA Bulldogs with a 7 over par score of 34.

On behalf of the Colorado PGA Staff, we would like to thank everyone who participated in Colorado PGA Team Golf this year. We are excited to be breaking ground in this Team format and look forward to serving you for seasons to come.

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Tournament Department Justin Limon, PGA | PGA Tournament Manager

Where’s My Ball? - Rule 12, Searching for and Identifying Ball As the leaves begin to fall and the season changes, it is a good assessed. These two instances involve subsections 12-1b and time to brush up on a common situation this time of year. 12-1c.

Where and how can a player move leaves when searching for their ball?

Under the Rules (12-1b), there is a penalty if the ball is moved during the touching or moving of loose impediments while Most of this covered in Rule 12- Searching For And Identifying searching for or identifying the ball in a Hazard when it is beBall. lieved to be covered by loose impediments, in which rule 18-2a applies and a penalty of one stroke is assessed. If however, the This rule is further broken into four subsections including; 12- ball is moved 1a Searching for or Identifying Ball Covered by Sand, 12-1b during the reSearching for or Identifying Ball Covered by Loose Impedi- placement of ments in Hazard, 12-1c Searching for Ball in Water in Water loose impediHazard and 12-1d Searching for Ball Within Obstruction or ments, there is Abnormal Ground Condition. no penalty and the ball must As a little precursor to this rule, let’s review the definition of a be replaced. If loose impediment. “Loose impediments’’ are natural objects, the ball was enincluding: stones, leaves, twigs, branches and the like, dung, tirely covered and worms, insects and the like, and the casts and heaps made by loose imby them, provided they are not: fixed or growing, solidly em- pediments, the player must re-cover the ball but is permitted to bedded, or adhering to the ball. Sand and loose soil are loose leave a small part of the ball visible. impediments on the putting green, but not elsewhere. Snow and natural ice, other than frost, are either casual water or loose The second instance (12-1c), occurs when searching for a ball impediments, at the option of the player. Dew and frost are in water in a water hazard. If the moved ball was not lying in not loose impediments. water or the ball was accidentally moved by the player other than while probing, Rule 18-2a applies.

It is pretty straight forward that leaves are loose impediments.

Under the Rules, there is no penalty if a player accidentally caus- While this may seem like a pretty difficult situation, it really is es his ball to move in searching for a ball that is covered by sand, not. The simple thought here is that the player can move loose in the replacement of Loose Impediments moved in a Hazard impediments to find their ball anywhere on course. If the ball while finding or identifying a ball, in probing for a ball lying in lies anywhere other than on the putting green and the removal a water hazard or in searching for a ball in an Obstruction or of a loose impediment by the player causes the ball to move, an Abnormal Ground Condition. In most instances, you can the player must replace the ball and add one stroke. If the playsearch for your ball and if you move it, while searching for or er is on the green, they simply must replace the ball. identifying a ball, then a penalty is not assessed.

If you have any Rules Question on Rule 12 or any other situHowever, there are two instances in which when searching ation arise, please do not hesitate to call the Section Office for for or identifying a ball and if you move it, then a penalty is guidance.

1 Caine L. Fitzgerald Murphy Creek Golf Course 2 Geoff M. Keffer Murphy Creek Golf Course 3 Doug Rohrbaugh Ironbridge Golf Club 4 Kyle A. Voska The Links Golf Course 5 Rob V. Hunt The Links Golf Course 6 David R. DiMartino Aspen Golf Club 7 Blake C. Sharamitaro Lake Arbor Golf Club 8 Sherry Andonian Valley Country Club 9 Graham T. Cliff Colorado Golf Club 10 Barry B. Milstead Valley Country Club

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4,673.72 4,485.00 4,017.50 3,923.10 3,161.17 2,823.77 2,799.03 2,288.16 2,224.50 2,216.50

Senior Player of the Year

1 Doug Rohrbaugh Ironbridge Golf Club 7,257.50 2 Michael J. Zaremba Desert Hawk at Pueblo West 3,360.33 3 Gregg C. Jones Sand Creek Golf Course 3,245.00 4 Bill R. Loeffler The Links Golf Course 3,235.55 5 Sherry Andonian Valley Country Club 2,891.16 6 Ron Vlosich Life Member 2,657.50 7 Mike E. Northern Valley Hi Golf Course 2,607.10 8 Perry A. Holmes Colorado National Golf Club 2,560.50 9 Doug Perry City Park Nine Golf Course 2,145.37 10 Rick D. Cole Eaton Country Club 2,102.50

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Apprentice Player of the Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Daniel L. Augustine Andrew M. Hebert Kyler A. Booher Tim J. Richardson Garrett D. Froggatte Kyle M. McGee Dane Reese Brian R. Eckley Bo F. Baker Derek W. Eley

The Country Club at Castle Pines Indian Peaks Golf Course River Valley Ranch Golf Club Todd Creek Golf Club The Flying Horse Club Overland Golf Course Murphy Creek Golf Course Saddle Rock Golf Course Devil’s Thumb Golf Club Legacy Ridge Golf Course

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921.67 906 881.83 848.2 822.33 773.5 718 586.83 578.17 562

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West Chapter Player of the Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Doug Rohrbaugh Geoff M. Keffer Eric M. Bradley Bill R. Loeffler Caine L. Fitzgerald Barry B. Milstead Ari A. Papadopoulos Rob V. Hunt Sherry Andonian Mike G. Swan

Ironbridge Golf Club Murphy Creek Golf Course Eagle Ranch Golf Club The Links Golf Course Murphy Creek Golf Course Valley Country Club Red Sky Golf Club The Links Golf Course Valley Country Club The Club at Crested Butte

2,570.00 1,020.00 761 748 739 612 605 600 475 464

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Rohrbaugh Continues Domination of West Chapter Championship Presented by Colorado Golf and Turf, Club Car, and the PGA Tour

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all in the Rocky Mountains could not be a more spectacular setting for championship golf.

Aspen Glen Club was that and more for the 2014 West Chapter Championship, September 22-23, 2014.

first since 2012. He previously won three in a row from 2000-2002 and four in a row from 2006-2009.

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Like most West Chapter Championships in the past decade, Doug Rohrbaugh put himself in a position to contend after firing a first-round three-under-par 69. Rohrbaugh saw his overnight lead vanish quickly as he stumbled on fourth and fifth holes, playing them three-over-par. Geoff Keffer, PGA Assistant Professional at Murphy Creek Golf Course, who sat two shots behind after the first round, played them in one under to pull ahead by a stroke.

Coming in second was Keffer who closed with a three-under-par 69 to finish three strokes behind the leader at 140.

Rob Hunt, PGA Head Professional at The Links Golf Course came Rorhbaugh wasn’t discouraged as he righted the ship and in third after rounds of birdied two of the next three holes to pull ahead by one 70-71 to finish at three-under-par 141. after Keffer bogeyed the par-3 8th.

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“From hole six on, I hit it very well and close to the flag,” Rohrbaugh noted after the Championship.

“I only missed one green.”

Doug took the lead for good with a birdie on the long par-5 12th hole. He then put the pedal to the medal, closing with four birdies for a four-underpar 32 and a three shot victory. Rohrbaugh fired rounds of 69 and 68 for a seven-under-par 137.

“I had 6 putts for birdie in that stretch from 10 feet or less and made all of them.”

This was, by his best guess, the ninth West Chapter Championship victory for Rohrbaugh and the

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The IMPERIAL CUP awards points to Section professionals who participate in approved IMPERIAL CUP section activities (S.). In addition, bonus points will be awarded to individuals based on performance in the selected Colorado PGA tournaments (T.). Finally, special Imperial Points will be distributed to all Section members at facilities that purchase selected Imperial Headwear products (I.) Click here at access a complete list of Imperial Cup criteria.

Gregory Bryan Roaring Fork Club 1450 Chris Farrelly Roaring Fork Club 1400 Sam G. Broome Roaring Fork Club 1400 Penn G. Saad Roaring Fork Club 1350 Brady R. Jones Roaring Fork Club 1350 Kraig L. Butler Roaring Fork Club 1350 John D. Ogden Cherry Hills Country Club 1235 35 Joe M. Brown Cherry Hills Country Club 995 45 James R. Owens Cherry Hills Country Club 960 10 Michael S. Marsili Cherry Hills Country Club 950 0 100 Casey Brittain Cherry Hills Country Club 950 0 Tristen B. Fay Denver Country Club 910 Andrew A. Boston Cherry Hills Country Club 900 0 Derek J. Rush Denver Country Club 875 Robert L. Haldeen Denver Country Club 850 Jeff C. Hanson Red Sky Golf Club 760 Geoff M. Keffer Murphy Creek Golf Course Donald Hurter Castle Pines Golf Club 725 Dan J. O'Shaughnessy Fitzsimons Golf Course 710 Leslie J. Core-Drevecky Murphy Creek Golf Course 660 Meghan P. Hunter Denver Country Club 650 Will Panella Buffalo Run Golf Course 620 170 Kelly L. Plaisier Denver Country Club Ari A. Papadopoulos Red Sky Golf Club 600 Ed Oldham Ranch Country Club, The 600 0 Caine L. Fitzgerald Murphy Creek Golf Course 595 Seth R. Kaplan Castle Pines Golf Club 585 Dennis Murray Valley Country Club 580 Will C. Paddock Denver Country Club 550 0 George C. Kahrhoff Country Club at Castle Pines 550 Jeff M. Covington Castle Pines Golf Club 535 Zachary G. Anderson Castle Pines Golf Club 535 Kevin P. Carlson Fitzsimons Golf Course 530 130 Kyle A. Voska Links Golf Course, The 520 Tyler G. Parsloe Country Club at Castle Pines 520 Kevin Vena Pinehurst Country Club 510

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