Tag Archives: PGA
Ted Bishop Honored By The Met PGA Section
By Mike May The Metropolitan Section of the Professional Golfers’ Association of America (Met PGA) has proudly announced that Indiana’s Ted Bishop will receive the prestigious Sam Snead Award. This accolade recognizes Bishop’s exceptional contributions to the Met Section and the broader golf community. “Ted Bishop’s impact on the Met Section has been […]
Senior PGA Visits Harbor Shores For Last Time
By Mike May Last month, the 84th Senior PGA Championship was held at Harbor Shores Golf Club in Benton Harbor for the sixth time in the last 12 years. It was also the last time it will be held there. Harbor Shores Golf Club is located in southwestern Michigan, not too far from the […]
Should Ryder Cup Players Be Paid?
Back 9 Report wonders if Ryder Cup participants should receive compensation.
Gabe Beronja Receives Master Golf Professional Designation
The PGA of America has announced that Gabe Beronja, PGA, Director of Golf at Knollwood Country Club in Granger, Indiana, has earned PGA Master Professional status, the highest educational designation a PGA Member can obtain. Beronja, a member of the Indiana PGA Section, joins a special group of 434 PGA Members who have earned PGA Master Professional […]
Muirfield Village’s Larry Dornisch Wins PGA’s Bill Strausbaugh Award
Larry Dornisch, PGA, a 47-year PGA Member in the Southern Ohio PGA Section and Director of Golf at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, is the recipient of the 2020 Bill Strausbaugh Award. This award recognizes a PGA Professional who demonstrates exceptional character, integrity and leadership, by way of teaching and mentoring other […]
Bob Sowards Wins AGAIN!!
Bob Sowards capped off another successful tournament in December and banked $5,000 for winning Event No. 6 of the PGA Tournament Series at PGA Golf Club at Port St. Lucie, Florida. Sowards started the week with a win at the Indian River Grapefruit Pro-Am in Vero Beach, but lost Event No. 5 in a […]
Todd Casabella Ranked Top Teacher in Ohio
Barrington Golf Club’s Todd Casabella is the highest ranked Northeast Ohio golf instructor in the ‘2019 Golf Digest Best Teachers by State’ rankings, as listed in the magazine’s December issue. Other Northeast Ohio swing coaches on the list include Jon Jones of Youngstown CC, Mike Emery and Gary Robison of Canton Brookside, Nick Paez of GolfTEC Cleveland West, Rob Moss of Pepper Pike, and Patrick Milkovich of Canterbury. Top 10 Listing […]
PGA of America is Moving to Dallas, Texas
By: Fred Altvater The PGA of America’s main headquarters have been located in Palm Beach, Florida, since 1965. When they moved to Palm Beach, it was a sleepy community with few paved roads or golf courses. Today Palm Beach is one of the most prestigious zip codes in the country with tall high rises, hundreds of golf courses and traffic at […]