Section Saturday SPRING TEE OFF TriState.PGA.com 2023 | ISSUE 05 | APRIL 08 NEWS We teed it up at Guyan Golf & Country Club with the WVGA.
Happy Birthday wishes to our TSPGA Members, Associates, and to GABE FREROTTE, our Player Engagement Coordinator.
COLIN T. DEEP, PGA
HARRY N. TOSCANO, PGA
PAUL BAILEY, PGA
RYAN C. KIRK
GREG BOWSER, PGA
ALBERT G. HROMULAK JR.
JOSEPH KLINCHOCK, PGA
ADAM M. SCOTT
MICHAEL F. MAROVICH, PGA
BILL KURP, PGA
SHANE R. RICE, PGA
SAMUEL DEPE III, PGA
ROY VUCINICH, PGA
ERIC S. TEASDALE, PGA
RONALD W. YARDS III
MATTHEW E. FELBER, PGA
STEPHEN J. KUSENKO, PGA
BENJAMIN J. POPES, PGA
CHARLES E. WEIDEBUSCH, PGA
JOHN P. ROSS JR., PGA
DAVID M. RAU, PGA
MATTHEW T. RAJKOWSKI JR., PGA
STEVE R. SINNING
JAMES ANTKIEWICZ. PGA
PHILLIP A. LOCKHART, PGA
GEORGE AUBREY, PGA
BOB COLLINS, PGA
FRANK R. BLAZEWICK, PGA
MICHAEL R. STONE, PGA
PETER J. MICKLEWRIGHT, PGA
MATTHEW P. BLACK, PGA
JOHN J. OPLINGER, PGA
JESSE L. CANTLEY
TIMOTHY P. JOHNSON, PGA
April 10th - GOLFER'S DAY
- Celebrating the game of golf and the people who play and enjoy it.,
APRIL SCHEDULE
MONDAY (10)
Trackman University Seminar | St. Clair CC
FRIDAY (14)
Pro-3 Am | Southpointe GC
Sponsored by: Links Brewing & Nettles Group
MONDAY (17)
Senior-Junior | Valley Brook CC
(One 50+ PRO and One Under 49 PRO) * In Good Standing
Presented by: Dick's Sporting Goods, Cleveland Golf / Srixon / Asics, PGA Tour, & Maui Jim.
SATURDAY (15)
Isaly's Junior Golf Tour | Totteridge GC
WEDNESDAY (19)
PGA Hope Training | Chartiers CC
SUNDAY - TUESDAY (23-25)
The Greenbrier Pro– 4 Amateur | The Greenbrier
Sponsored by: Linksoul, and Links Brewing Co.
2023 PRO-AM TOURNAMENTS
APRIL REGISTRATION DATES
2023 Pro-Am Tournament Sign-up Procedures
APRIL 10 – Member Registration Begins at 9:00 AM for the Remaining 2023 Events.
APRIL 11 – Associate Registration Begins at 9:00 AM for the Remaining 2023 Events.
PGA Members (in good standing) of the TSPGA and TSPGA Associates (in good standing) can register for the remaining events/openings listed below, starting on April 10th and 11th.
* ONLINE REGISTRATION LINK
April 14
April 17
May 1
May 4
May 8
May 15-16
Pro-3 Am
Senior-Junior Championship
Pro-3 Am
Pro-3 Sr. Am
Pro-3 Am
Mercer County Pro-Am
Southpointe GC (4 Spots)
Valley Brook CC
Green Oaks CC (2 Spots)
Sewickley Heights GC (Sold Out)
Sunnehanna CC (Sold Out)
Tam O’ Shanter & Grove City CC
* All TSPGA Point Events Will be Open to All Members & Associates that are Through LEVEl 1 *
Wednesday, April 19th, 2023, at Chartiers Country Club.
Free to all attendees, this is an excellent opportunity to learn and impact our local veteran community through golf.
Thank You to our PGA Hope Program Coordinator, Ron Lucas, PGA, for continuing his dedication and commitment.
PGA HOPE (HELPING OUR PATRIOTS EVERYWHERE)
* ONLINE REGISTRATION LINK
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PGA EDUCATION
PGA HOPE TRAINING
A VIDEO MESSAGE FROM JAY MULL, ST. CLAIR CC.
centennial season.
Thank you to Ronald Lucas, PGA/USGA member, for providing photos of the event..
READ LINK: R&A and USGA announce 2023 Rules of Golf update.
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** REGISTRATION CLOSES TODAY (APRIL, 8) AT 5 PM
This event will take place at the St. Clair CC driving range. Golf Attire. (Dress for the weather)
Troy Williams, PGA Associate - Junior's
James Brod, PGA - General Instruction
Mike Frisina, PGA - Fitting
Jay Mull, PGA
Adam Corson, PGA
* ONLINE REGISTRATION LINK
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Thank You to our panel for their time and commitment, and thank you to our own, Lexi Tofanelli and Gabe Frerotte for their work in presenting a wonderful Junior Golf Night event.
JR Pond, PGA
Program Director and Professor
PennWest California Professional Golf Management
Dave Gedris, PGA
Golf Instructor- Oakmont Golf Center
2022 Tri-State PGA Teacher Of The Year
Chris Kulinski, PGA Employment Consultant and Recruitment Specialist
Dan Rodgers, PGA Head Coach, Carnegie Mellon University Golf
RICK ELLISO
Host Profession
Guyan Golf & C
STUART WI
Assistant Golf P
Guyan Golf & C
STEVE SUPE
Cobra Puma Go
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EENBRIER PRO-4 AM IONS TROPHIES HAVE ARRIVED E READY FOR YOUR HANDS TO HEM.
GREENBRIERCLASSIC Pro-4Amateur
Sunday-Tuesday April 23-25, 2023
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DAVID WRIGHT TSPGA Executive Director/CEO Founders Circle Greeter
BEVERAGES
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Pamela's Diner Crepe-Style Hotcakes (3) Deluca's Diner French Toast 3.00 2.00 Jenny Lee Cinnamon Swirl Toast Mancini's Toast 1 00 50 Fiori's or Beto's Pizzaria (Slice) Mrs T's Pierogies Isaly s Chipped Chopped Ham Sandwich 1.50 1 00 Turner's Iced Tea Iron City Beer Links Brewing Co. ALE Arnold Palmer Half & Half Coors Light Yuengling 2.00 2.50 1 50 2 00 3.00 1 00 Prantl's Burnt Almond Tort Oakmont Bakery Paczki Heinz Pickle 1.50 1 00 2.00 1 50 Jumbo (Baloney) Sandwich 1 00 Snyder of Berlin Chips Eat'n Park Smiley Cookie Sarris Candies Chocolates 1.00 1.00 1 00 Isaly's Whitehouse Cherry 1.00 Klondike Bar Clark Bar 1.50 Potato Patch Fries 1.00 MISCELLANEOUS
BREAKFAST SNACKS&
PGA REACH TRI-STATE
DROP THE PUCK ON CANCER
The 10th Annual Drop the Puck On Cancer Dek Hockey Tournament occurred at Brentwood High School on Saturday, March 25th.
As the 'Official Goals Sponsor' Tri-State PGA Executive Director/CEO, David Wright was on hand to participate and present a $2,500 check on behalf of our PGA REACH TRI-STATE foundation. (For every goal scored, PGA REACH Tri-State will donate $20 to $2,500.)
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OFFICIAL Goals Sponsor
DROP THE PUCK began in 2011, created by a group of friends, the Duttine-Cavataio Fund, a 501(3)c non-profit, after the untimely death of two young Brentwood Alumni. The first DTP hockey tournament held in Brentwood Park became a smashing success. Proceeds went directly to the families devastated by the death of their loved ones.
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PGA STORIES
PGA Members Trish Holt and Glen Griffith Named Head Professionals of Fields Ranch at PGA Frisco. (Via PGA.com on March 29, 2023)
Fields Ranch, PGA of America and Omni PGA Frisco Resort have named Trish Holt, PGA, and Glen Griffith, PGA, as the first-ever Head Professionals for the upcoming debut of Fields Ranch at PGA Frisco.
Holt, a PGA Member since 2019, will oversee the daily operations and logistics serving Omni PGA Frisco Resort daily guests and public play of Fields Ranch, including on-course play, the caddie program, The Dance Floor putting course and the 10-hole short course The Swing.
Griffith, a Quarter Century PGA Member, will be responsible for the Fields Ranch membership experience, golf shop operations, and member play and programming, while ensuring members of Club 1916, a private club within Fields Ranch, will enjoy a high-touch membership experience
* FULL STORY LINK
Photo: Trish Holt and Glen Griffith will serve as the first PGA Head Professional for Fields Ranch at PGA Frisco.
PGA STORIES
'The Whole Reason for Augusta National': How Marion Hollins
Became a Golf Course Design Pioneer (Via PGA.com on April 4, 2023)
She was an influencer before the turn-of-phrase meant anything. She was a heavy inspirational hand in most of golf’s most prominent layouts. She did it all and played it all. She died young – too young – but left a lasting legacy.
Marion Hollins was a bit of everything. And now, 70 years after her passing, she continues to be celebrated.
“Because of her family’s wealth, they had access to all these hobbies and then having all these brothers … she was good at everything,” says Emily Chorba, the historian at California’s Pasatiempo Golf Club – an iconic layout that came to life thanks to Hollins.
“Samuel Morse wrote she had the best personality ever. That’s the ‘je ne sais quoi’ and she had it.”
* FULL STORY LINK
Photo Credit: Marion Hollins tees off No. 11 at Monterey Peninsula Country Club (Julian P. Graham/Loon Hill Studios)
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