Dave Harner Dave Harner is the Director of Golf Operations the French Lick Resorts. In that role he is in charge of two of the finest golf courses, The Pete Dye Course and The Donald Ross Course, not only in the state, but in the entire country. Over the years, Harner has received many awards and honors such as the Indiana PGA Resort Merchandiser of the Year in 1994, 2004, and 2009. In 2012, he was named Indiana’s Professional of the Year and in 2020, was given the Bill Strausburgh Award by the Indiana Section of the Professional Golfers’ Association of America. This award is given annually to the PGA member who “by their day-to-day efforts have distinguished themselves by mentoring their fellow PGA Professionals in improving their employment situations and through service to the community.” Harner has worked in the golf industry for more than 40 years and been instrumental in the growth of golf at French Lick Resort. Tony Pancake The Director of Golf at Crooked Stick Golf Club, Tony Pancake has been at the club in Carmel for 17 years. He grew up in Seymour and was and all-state golfer for the Seymour High School. He was not heavily recruited by any major golf programs and chose to attend the University of Alabama, where he could work on his game throughout the winter. “I was determined to go to the warmest-weather school that offered me a scholarship,” says Pancake. Before becoming the head golf professional, he was asked to partner with course designer, Pete Dye, who lived in a home along the 18th fairway, in the Dye Cup at the course. Clearly, Pancake played well enough to impress Mr. Dye and the rest is history. Since his arrival at Crooked Stick in the early 2000s, he has had a guiding administrative role in every major tournament held there, including the 2005 Solheim Cup, as well as, both the 2012 and 2020 BMW Championships. Pancake is married to the former Libby Akers, who was a finalist in the U.S. Girls Junior Amateur in 1980 and a scholarship golfer at Arizona State University. They have four children, one of whom (Annabelle) plays collegiate golf at Clemson University.
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