Mitch & Julie Camp

She did not know anything about golf until she met Mitch. Julie lived in the country and had horses. Mitch and Julie are from Orrville and were high school sweethearts. Neither one of them ever dated anyone else.

After graduating from Orrville High School, they got engaged in 1976 when Mitch was a member of the golf team at The Ohio State University and Julie worked at an Orrville bank. They were married after his freshman year in college in 1977 at a small hometown wedding and reception at the Orrville Church of Christ. They honeymooned in Virginia Beach then returned to Ohio State.

After college graduation, the couple moved to Orlando, where Mitch was trying to make the mini tour. They lived there for four years and Mitch got a job as an assistant at the Fairlawn Country Club, so they moved back to Ohio. After that, Mitch became the golf pro at Walden and they have been here for 34 years. Their son Ryan lives in Cincinnati with his wife Chasity and their three kids. Ryan works at Crown Plastics in Cincinnati.

Julie has learned the game of golf and has a pretty good teacher! Julie golfs with the Nine and Wine group at Walden and the couple spends their winters in Florida, where she golfs a couple of days a week. Mitch golfs every day while in Florida.

Julie works part-time in the pro shop and does the ladies' buying, something she has always done. She has enjoyed getting to know the members better that way.

The Camps’ secret to a successful marriage is having the same goals in life and working together as a team to achieve those goals.