Nebraska PGA October Newsletter 2012

NEBRASKA PGA OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER

October 2012

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Newsletter Contents October

2012

ON THE COVER 2012 Merchandise Show, Education Seminar & Fall Meeting

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INSIDE Letter from the Executive Director

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Sponsors

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Golf 2.0 Registration Solution

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In Every Issue...

Employment pg. 6 Tournament News pg. 7-10 Member Updates pg. 14

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Vendors Registration

Merchandise Show/ Education Seminar Registration

Fall Meeting Registration

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Dear Members and Apprentices: Hopefully you have been able to enjoy the beautiful fall weather we have been having this year. It’s a perfect excuse to get out and play a few rounds of golf. This past weekend I had the great opportunity to attend the 2012 Ryder Cup at Medinah Country Club with Vinne Krikac of State Farm Insurance Agency and a Nebraska PGA sponsor. We had a great time despite the fact that the ending didn't go as planned. It was great to see several of you who were able to make the trip, as well, and enjoy this tremendous event.

As the Nebraska Section PGA Tournament season draws to a close for 2012, I just want to thank each of you for your continued support and participation in our events this year. We had a fantastic season; with increased participation in nearly every event.

To finish up the season, I am asking that each of you plan on attending the 2012 Fall Merchandise Show/Education Seminar and Fall Meeting on October 14-15. Champions Run will again be the host facility for these events. There will be a lot of beneficial information presented to the membership through both the education and Fall Meeting. We promise it will be an exciting event to end a great year. I hope to see each of you there.

Thanks again for your commitment to our game.

Respectfully,

David Honnens, PGA Executive Director/CEO Nebraska PGA

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E M P L OY M E N T

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n my previous article, I wrote about the sixth and final step in the Player Development “Circle of Life”. That circle was completed with your tracking and reporting your success with your

employer in the Player Development arena. I may have been a little premature in the timing of the article, but nonetheless, if I got you to think about “telling your story”, then I accomplished my mission.

As the season winds down, PLEASE, PLEASE do not fail to do the reporting component. As I have mentioned before, pgalinks has an excellent template called the PGA Professional Report found on the PGA Employment page. Simply scroll down to the “Employment Services for You” and it is the first page to highlight.

I am getting ready to attend the Fall Meetings in Nebraska, Minnesota and Iowa in October. One of my topics I will be talking about is Player Development. I am hopeful that any facet of this initiative has been tried by you at your facility. I want to hear any success stories you can share with me and then I want you to assure me that your employer knows what you have done!

The one item I keep bringing to the forefront is the “It’s Personal” theme. The investment of your time and energy into Player Development surely does make it personal! Everyone seems to want a “piece” of you and the one finite area we have in our day is time! Time away from our family; time away from playing; where does the day go?? I want the time you invest in Player Development to make sense!

That is why in the last six months, I have attempted to give you a blueprint of “how” to incorporate a meaningful program at your facility. Hopefully, the time you have invested has created one of two things or both: more golfers and additional revenue! After all, isn’t that what matters to our employer?

Now is the time to step up and create that report and quantify your value! Prove to your employer that you are driving revenue and creating more players- a definite plus in enhancing job security!

Bruce Lubach, PGA, is The PGA of America Employment Consultant for the Iowa, Midwest, Minnesota and Nebraska Sections. blubach@pgahq.com | (402) 261-3604.

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T OURNAMENT N EWS Schellpeper and Vermeer Capture the Callaway Golf Team Championship Beatrice – NE, the only thing hotter than the temperature was the team of Kyle Schellpeper and Ryan Vermeer of Oak Hills who finished the event at 22 – under par to win the 2012 Callaway Golf Team Championship. The 36 – hole format featured 18 holes of best ball and 18 holes of scramble.

In the morning best ball format, 12 – under par 62 was posted by the teams of Ted DiGiacomo, PGA and Shane Zywiec, PGA and Kyle Schellpeper and Ryan Vermeer. One stroke back at 11 – under par 63 was Tom Hearn, PGA and Don Germer, PGA. Congratulations also goes out to Bob Walker, PGA who made an ace on the par 3 #11 hole.

We greatly appreciate the hospitality of PGA host professional, Brad Neunaber and the great course conditions that golf course superintendent, Andy Hamilton and staff prepared. Lastly, special thanks Todd Petersen, Callaway Golf Sales Representative for supporting this event and the entire Nebraska Section PGA all year long.

Place

Team

Score

Place

Team

Score

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Kyle Schellpeper Ryan Vermeer

62-60--122 -22

T16

Robert Johnson Denis Vontz

70-63--133 -11

T2

James Sieckmann Nick Wanderscheid

64-61--125 -19

T16

Devon Kastler Tony Baranowski

71-62--133 -11

T2

Tom Hearn Don Germer

63-62--125 -19

T16

Kevin Drew Sean O'Neill

68-65--133 -11

T4

Jon Petersen Jim White

66-61--127 -17

T19

T4

Chris Wiemers Mike Antonio

65-62--127 -17

T19

Tony Pesavento Jeff Porter

69-66--135 -9

T4

Ted DiGiacomo Shane Zywiec

62-65--127 -17

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Mark Christensen Greg Johannesen

72-64--136 -8

T7

Scott Harmelink Brad Neunaber

69-66--135 -9

Brett Evans Troy Harder

67-61--128 -16

T22 Charlie Borner Brian Kuta

72-65--137 -7

T7

Raul Cortes de la Riva Michael Stolarskyj

67-61--128 -16

T22 Chris Cover Nathan Kalin

71-66--137 -7

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Mike Cornell Mike Schuchart

67-62--129 -15

24

Kevin Chesnut Tom McAndrew

69-69--138 -6

10

Adam Bradfield Tim Kruse

66-64--130 -14

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Thomas Harmon Matt Meuret

72-67--139 -5

T11

Wade Foreman Bob Walker

69-62--131 -13

26

Douglas Dunbar Derek Benson

71-70--141 -3

T11

Jared Andersen James Kinney

70-61--131 -13

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Michael Brown Chris Hartman

76-66--142 -2

T11

Pete Hagen Brian Steventon

67-64--131 -13

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Nick Burkart Tom Johnson

74-69--143 -1

T14 Nick Shanahan Bobby O'Keefe

69-63--132 -12

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James Rolls Jon Casey

76-68--144 E

T14 Bryan Hughett Skip Tredway

68-64--132 -12

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Jerad Palmer William Jacobsen

79-67--146 +2

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Zywiec Claims Yamaha Pro-1AM Despite Difficult Conditions SIOUX CENTER, Iowa- The players were tested by extreme wind conditions all day at the Yamaha Pro1AM that was held at The Ridge Golf Club. Shane Zywiec, PGA of Highlands Golf Course was able to manage the difficult elements and finish at top of the professional leaderboard at even par. Zywiec’s even par round was good enough for a one shot victory over Troy Harder, PGA, Matt Nice, PGA and Nick Shanahan, PGA who all finished at one-over par.

The team division was easily won by the team of Troy Harder, PGA and his amateur playing partner Doug Rose. These two finished at nine under-par in one net contest, which was four shots better than the teams of Shane Zywiec, PGA and Brook Darnell as well as Jon Petersen, PGA and Tony Roth.

The highlight of the day went to Doug Rose who made a hole-in-one one the par three 12th hole.

Rose used a seven iron from 175 yards that carried the water perfectly and rolled into the hole.

The Nebraska PGA would like to give a special thanks to Randy Reardon and Blaine Foreman of Yamaha for their continued support of the Nebraska PGA.

PROFESSIONAL RESULTS Place

Professional

Score

TEAM RESULTS Place

Team

Score

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Shane Zywiec

34-37--71 E

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Troy Harder Doug Rose

30-32--62 -9

T2

Troy Harder

34-38--72 +1

T2

Shane Zywiec Brook Darnell

30-36--66 -5

T2

Matt Nice

36-36--72 +1

T2

Jon Petersen Tony Roth

34-32--66 -5

T2

Nick Shanahan

34-38--72 +1

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Matt Nice Tim Sandbulte

35-34--69 -2

T5

Nick Wanderscheid

36-38--74 +3

T5

Reed Schellen Steve Scollard

35-35--70 –1

T5

Ryan Vermeer

36-38--74 +3

T5

Nick Shanahan Tommy Christenson

34-36--70 -1

T7

Jon Petersen

40-37--77 +6

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Billy Keane John Keane

33-38--71 E

T7

Ted DiGiacomo

39-38--77 +6

T8

Nick Wanderscheid Tim Vaughn

35-37--72 +1

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Billy Keane

37-42--79 +8

T8

Devon Dembinski Blake Bengard

38-34--72 +1

T10

Karrie Van Ravenswaay

40-43--83 +12

T8

Ryan Vermeer Brian Deboer

36-36--72 +1

T10

Devon Dembinski

41-42--83 +12

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Ted DiGiacomo Eric Wilson

37-36--73 +2

T10

Mike Fiddelke

42-41--83 +12

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Adam Bradfield Dominic Zappia

34-40--74 +3

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Adam Bradfield

39-46--85 +14

T13 Karrie Van Ravenswaay Joey Sandbulte

37-40--77 +6

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Reed Schellen

44-44--88 +17

T13 Mike Fiddelke Randy Kroese

38-39--77 +6

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Wil Collins Wins Playoff to Capture Wells Fargo Nebraska Open Columbus, NE- Day one of the 2012 Wells Fargo Nebraska Open finished with Jon Hurley of O’Neil, NE leading the way after his stellar bogey free round of seven under-par, 64. Hurley has a one shot lead over the 2006 Wells Fargo Nebraska Open champion, Justin Herron, who finished the day at five under-par.

Scoring conditions were great at Elks Country Club on day one where 51 of the 132 players finished at even par or better. Hurley’s round was highlighted by back-to-back eagles on holes #12 and #13 and also threw in four birdies over the course of his round.

David Clouse of Friend, NE and Mitchell Klooz of Laurel, NE lead the way for the amateur division after shooting a two-over, 73. Klooz is continuing his stellar play from this summer after winning the Nebraska Junior Amateur and finishing runner-up at the Nebraska State Amateur.

With another beautiful day in the forecast and many great players in contention the second round should provide a lot of excitement. The second round will continue at 8:00 A.M. Saturday morning. After the second round the professional field will be cut to the low 49 and ties.

The second round at the Wells Fargo Nebraska Open proved to be moving day for several people as they made a run to the top of the leaderboard.

There will be a three-way tie for the lead heading into the final round but several close behind. Sharing the lead at eight under-par is Wil Collins of Albuquerque, NM, Brad Hopfinger of Lake Forest, IL and Zenon Brown of Arvada, CO. First round leader Hurley will start the day one back along with four others.

The low round of the day was shared by Zenon Brown and the 2012 Wells Fargo Nebraska Open low amateur, Brett Nymeyer of Canada, who shot a second round six under-par, 65. Brown and Nymeyer both propelled themselves up the leaderboard as Brown sits at top and Nymeyer is just one shot back. Both Brown and Nymeyer’s rounds consisted of six birdies and one bogey.

David Clouse of Friend, NE, will head into the final round as the low amateur. Clouse followed his first round 73 with a second round 70. This gives him a four shot

lead over Jayson Brueggemann of Lincoln, NE. The final round will begin at 9:00 A.M. at the Elks Country Club.

Fourteen players are within three shots of the lead which will provide for great excitement.

Wil Collins, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, outlasted Zenon Brown, of Arvada, Colorado, in a five hole playoff to win the 2012 Wells Fargo Nebraska Open.

Both players had a share of the lead heading into the final round and fired final round scores of three under-par, 68. Collins was able to make a par on their fifth play-off hole to capture the win in his first appearance at the Wells Fargo Nebraska Open.

Jayson Brueggemann, of Lincoln, Nebraska, shot an even par 71 in his final round to finish at five over-par and win low amateur honors defeating Mike Siwa of Omaha, Nebraska by one shot. Brueggemann made three birdies on his final nine holes to track down Siwa.

Nebraska’s own John Hurley, of O’Neil, Nebraska, made a run up the leaderboard, but a couple of late bogey’s ended his chances to claim the title. Hurley finished one shot out of the playoff at 10 under-par for the tournament.

Jim White, PGA MP, of Lincoln, NE, shared the low round for the day at six underpar 65 and captured the Senior Division.

The Wells Fargo Nebraska Open is endorsed and operated by the Nebraska Section of the PGA and the Nebraska Golf Association and coordinated by Nebraska Public Power District. Its proceeds are donated to the Nebraska Community College Foundation, which awards scholarships to hundreds of needy Nebraska students attending five community colleges in the state. These colleges include Central Community College, Columbus, Hastings & Grand Island; Southeast Community College; Lincoln, Milford & Beatrice; Northeast Community College, Norfolk; Mid-Plains Community College, North Platte & McCook; and Western Nebraska Community College, Sidney & Scottsbluff. The Nebraska Open has raised over $1,000,000 in the last 20 years for the Nebraska Community College Foundation.

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TROY HARDER, PGA AND JAMES SIECKMANN, PGA CAPTURE THE NEBRASKA PGA CUP SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP

Harder and Sieckmann Team Up to Win Championship in Playoff Ashland, NE – 18 holes was not enough to settle the Nebraska PGA Cup Series Championship presented by, Vinnie Krikac State Farm Agency today at Quarry Oaks Golf Club. The team of Troy Harder, PGA of Wayne Country Club and James Sieckmann, PGA of Shadow Ridge Country Club captured the title in a sudden-death playoff over the team of John Craw, PGA of Lincoln, NE and Ryan Vermeer of Oak Hills Country Club. Each team posted a terrific score of three under-par 68 in the modified alternate shot format.

The Nebraska PGA Cup Series Championship presented by, Vinnie Krikac State Farm Insurance Agency promotes the involvement of Nebraska PGA Members and Apprentices in Section Activities.

Members and Apprentices who participated in Section Tournaments, Meetings and other functions that benefit the growth and development of the PGA Professionals were awarded “Cup Points.”

These points earned throughout the year determined the top 40 Cup Point recipients who competed in this inaugural Nebraska PGA Cup Series Championship.

We greatly appreciate the support of our season long Presenting Sponsor, Vinnie Krikac State Farm Insurance Agency.

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Matt Nice, PGA Wins 2012 Callaway Golf Match Play Championship

LINCOLN, Neb- The season long Callaway Golf Match Play Championship came to an end at Firethorn Golf Club with Matt Nice, PGA of the The Ridge Golf Club defeating defending champion, Jon Petersen, PGA of Tiburon Golf Club 5&4. Nice was able to take advantage of some terrific shots to build an early lead.

Petersen was able to win the ninth hole with a great two-putt par but was unable to build off that momentum. Nice was able to close the match on the 14th hole after hitting a terrific tee shot into the difficult par three.

Ryan Vermeer of Oak Hills Country Club finished in third place after defeating Scott Holly, PGA of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln 3&1 in the consolation match. Vermeer got off to a hot start but Holly was able to hang in there and keep it close for most of the match.

The turning point of the match was when Vermeer looked like he was in trouble after finding the fairway bunker after his second shot on the par five 11th, but was able to pull off a terrific shot by hitting his approach to six inches. That birdie put him two up in the match. Holly tried to claw his way back after winning the 16th hole but could not find the green on the difficult par three 17th hole.

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Sponsors

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Golf 2.0 Registration Solution The PGA of America is pleased to announce the availability of a customized version of ACTIVE.com's event registration solution for your Play Golf America and Get Golf Ready events!

The new solution is powered by ACTIVE.com, the No. 1 platform for sports registration and participation, with 50 million annual transactions and more than one billion page views.

This enhancement to the PlayGolfAmerica.com and GetGolfReady.com registration tools provides new capabilities for you to better promote and sell your events, including promotion on ACTIVE.com and PGA.com, along with the convenience of credit card payment for your customer's event registration.

The upgraded solution powered by the ACTIVE Works event registration tool will be the exclusive solution for PlayGolfAmerica and Get Golf Ready event management beginning Jan. 1, 2013. We're working with everyone involved in Player Development and Get Golf Ready event posting and marketing for action steps for using the upgraded solution. This includes webinars from ACTIVE, several how-to guides and support staff from PGA and ACTIVE. Starting immediately, we recommend you use the upgraded solution for creating and posting all future events. Please complete the form below to register for an ACTIVE account and then create your events. You can also become familiar with the upgraded solution now by entering your existing events in the ACTIVE tool.

If you already have an ACTIVE account, you can log in using this link and your existing ACTIVE ID and password. You can still use the existing event registration method on PlayGolfAmerica.com with regard to events that are in progress for the remainder of 2012, although the old tool will no longer be available to post new events after Dec. 31, 2012.

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October Mark Stava, PGA 10/1 Jim Etter, PGA Cory Fletcher, PGA 10/2 Stephen Vieyra Derek Benson 10/3 Mike Fauver, PGA Tom Johnson 10/4 Joe Wiegand, PGA Bruce Lubach, PGA 10/6 Jon Robins, PGA Ross Barnes, PGA 10/7 Jason Harrell, PGA Chris Thomson, PGA 10/7 Bryan Hughett, PGA Greg Wiemers, PGA 10/10 Greg Spence, PGA Adam Person, PGA 10/11 Bob Vermeer, PGA Bob Schuchart, PGA 10/13 Tim McAndrew, PGA Robert O'Keefe, PGA 10/31

10/15 10/19 10/21 10/21 10/21 10/22 10/27 10/27 10/28 10/30

Updates between 9/1 - 9/28

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

CLASS CHANGES Name

Date Change

Joe Goar, PGA

9/26/2012

Class A-4

EMPLOYMENT CHANGES Thomas Harmon, PGA Tournament Director tharmon@pgahq.com Renee Tyson Administrative Assistant rtyson@pgahq.com

Name

Facility

Class

Bill Amundsen, PGA Bill Amundsen, PGA Marc Cruse, PGA Marc Cruse, PGA

Columbia Brooks Brothers I. Stern & Co. Certifresh Cigar

A-20 A-20 A-20 A-20

Marc Cruse, PGA

Clen Echo Golf Wear

A-20

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