Special Awards Feature
Jeremy Beck Accepts the Bill Strausbaugh Award “I have a passion for improvement whether it's my own golf game, or life in general, it comes into play with everything I do including my work." A frequent keynote speaker at various PGA events, Beck has also been recognized as the 2001 GOLFTEC Coach of the Year and 2005 GOLFTEC Manager of the Year. This is Jeremy’s first award from the Colorado Section. What does this award mean to you? This is an incredibly huge honor. I have the utmost respect for the Colorado Section, and everyone involved, so to be chosen as the recipient is a humbling honor, because I know there are many deserving candidates. Growing up, I was always encouraged to follow and do The Bill Strausbaugh Award is presented to a what I love as a profession. I got into the game Colorado PGA Member who has shown with my mother and grandpa when I was in the outstanding integrity, commitment to mentoring 3rd grade, playing a 9-hole public course in PGA Professionals and has made a significant eastern Iowa. I used to just walk and putt, but impact on the careers of PGA Professionals. This quickly fell in love with the game, and spending year’s recipient of the award has recently time with my family. I started making friends on celebrated twenty years in the industry with the course, and it turned into a social outlet for GOLFTEC. Congratulations to Mr. Jeremy Beck, me to also be competitive, so to be able to turn PGA, GOLFTEC for being the recipient of the 2021 that into a career has been rewarding in itself. Bill Strausbaugh Award. As a 20-year PGA Member and having spent his last 22 years with GOLFTEC, Jeremy Beck is all too familiar with what it means to be a mentor, coach, and colleague. Beck has made his way through the industry, specifically around instruction and operations. As he now acts as the Chief Operations Officer for GOLFTEC, Jeremy focuses on mentoring and developing former coaches into executives with skills to be award winning leaders in the industry.
18 SEPTEMBER 2021
Jeremy and his wife Kelsey on vacation
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