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About the Minnesota PGA
Growing the Game With Over 600 Members
The mission of the Minnesota PGA is to promote the enjoyment and involvement in the game of golf and to contribute to its growth by providing services to golf professionals and the golf industry. The Minnesota PGA will accomplish this mission by enhancing the skills of its professionals and the opportunities for amateurs, employers, manufacturers, employees and the public. The Minnesota PGA geographic region includes the entire states of Minnesota and North Dakota; South Dakota (less areas surrounding cities of Rapid City, Vermillion, and Yankton); and a portion of Western Wisconsin that includes St. Croix County and Superior, Wisconsin.
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Congratulations to our 2020 Award Winners! 1/3
Golf Professional of the Year – Greg McCullough, Edgewood GC
Teacher of the Year – Joe Greupner, Braemar GC
Player Development – Chris Foley, Legacy Courses at Craguns
Youth Development – Andrea Kellar, Olympic Hills GC
Announcing our Players of the Year! These individuals earned their titles with their elite playing all season.
Player of the Year – Brent Snyder
Women’s Player of the Year – Angie Ause
Senior Player of the Year – Don Berry
Assistant Player of the Year – Thomas Campbell
We have seven members participating in the 32nd Senior PGA Professional Championship starting tomorrow in Port St. Lucie, FL! Good luck to our Professionals! You can follow along with scores starting on Thursday with the link below.
**all times eastern**
https://public.pgascore.net/leaderboards/lobby.cfm
Congrats to our Fall Scramble winners Bennett Smed, Kyle Scanlon, and Jacob Wherley! They shot a 13 under 59 to win by one stroke. Thank you to @DellwoodCC for hosting and all our members for playing today!
Full leaderboard: https://mnpga.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/mnpga20/event/mnpga2041/contest/1/leaderboard.htm
Good morning from beautiful @DellwoodCC and our last event of the season, the Fall Scramble! We have over 130 members playing in today’s 11:00 am shotgun event. Live scoring can be found below!
https://mnpga.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/mnpga20/event/mnpga2041/contest/1/leaderboard.htm
Today we posthumously awarded Otis Dypwick’s admittance into the Minnesota Golf Hall of Fame. The award was presented to Otis’ son Doug and grandson Andy.
Congratulations to Eric Rolland & Brent Snyder for clinching the 2020 MN PGA Four-Ball Championship! Rolland & Snyder won the finals match 3&2 over Scott McDonald & Luke Benoit. Thanks to the @MinikahdaClub for hosting today’s match.
Pars will tie the hole on 16 and end the match. Snyder & Rolland win the championship 3&2.
Both teams make par on 15. Snyder & Rolland are 3 up with 3 to play.
The teams tie hole 14 with pars. Snyder & Rolland 3 up.
Have you checked out Section Member Austin Harrington’s podcast series yet? If not, now is the time to start as he just had on 2020 Section Player of the Year Brent Snyder!
Austin’s podcast can be found on all major podcast platforms, simply search ‘AOG’, or on his website at AOGlifeofpassion.com
And finally, we have our Players of the Year. These individuals earned their titles by displaying their elite playing ability all season long. Congrats winners!
Player of the Year – Brent Snyder, Troy Burne Golf Club
Women’s Player of the Year – Angie Ause, Oak Marsh Golf Course
Senior Player of the Year – Don Berry, Edinburgh USA Golf Course
Assistant Player of the Year – Thomas Campbell, 2nd Swing Golf
Congrats to all the award winners
Congratulations Greg McCullough!! A well deserved recognition!!!
Our second wave of 2020 Minnesota Section PGA award winners:
Facility Promoter of the Year – Resort – Adam Haugen, The Preserve at Grand View Lodge
Facility Promoter of the Year – Public – Mark Hetland, StoneRidge Golf Club
Facility Promoter of the Year – Private – Ed Bialek, Oak Ridge Country Club
Patriot Award – Lisa Schwinden, Osgood Golf Course (Fargo Park District)
Bill Strausbaugh Award – Dan Simpson, Minneapolis Golf Club Minneapolis Golf Club
Full list of winners can be found at www.minnesotapga.com/news/minnesota-pga-2020-award-winners/
Congrats winners!
Congratulations to all. Well deserved.
Congrats everyone! Its nice to see 2 of www.holesforehope.org biggest supporters win! Nice job Dan and Ed!
We are proud to reveal the first wave of our 2020 Minnesota PGA award winners! They were announced yesterday at our Annual Meeting. A full list of award winners can be found at www.minnesotapga.com/news/minnesota-pga-2020-award-winners/.
Congratulations on all your hard work!
Golf Professional of the Year – Greg McCullough, Edgewood Golf Course (Fargo Park District)
Teacher of the Year – Joe Greupner, Braemar Golf Course
Player Development Award – Chris Foley, Cragun's Legacy Courses & Grille
Youth Development Award – Andrea Kellar, Olympic Hills Golf Club
PGA Professional Development Award – Nathan Ollhoff, Interlachen Country Club
Assistant Professional of the Year – Nick Sage, North Oaks Golf Club
Congratulations to all our well deserving and talented professionals on the worthy recognition of their accomplishments. Proud to say they are all good friends.
Congrats Greg⛳️⛳️⛳️
Congrats 🎊🎈
Way2Go Chris Foley
Congratulations Chris!
Congratulations!
Thank you for all that each of you day for the game of golf!!!!
As we start to see snow across the Minnesota Section, we wanted to linger in fall just a little longer! Minnesota PGA's last event of the year, the Fall Scramble, was held Monday, October 12, 2020 at Dellwood Country Club.
The Minnesota Section has seven members participating in the 32nd Senior PGA Professional Championship starting tomorrow in Port St. Lucie, FL! Good luck to our Professionals! You can follow along with scores starting on Thursday with the link below.
**all times eastern standard time**
public.pgascore.net/leaderboards/lobby.cfm
Good Luck!!🍀
Good luck boys enjoy the weather and play well
Fairways and greens guys! Play away!
Good luck to all!
Congrats and good luck
Congrats to our Fall Scramble winners Bennett Smed, Kyle Scanlon, and Jacob Wherley! They shot a 13 under 59 to win by one stroke. Thank you to Dellwood Country Club for hosting and all our members for playing today!
Full leaderboard: mnpga.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/mnpga20/event/mnpga2041/contest/1/leaderboard.htm
Congrats to our Fall Scramble winners Bennett Smed, Kyle Scanlon, and Jacob Wherley! They shot a 13 under 59 to win by one stroke. Thank you to @dellwoodcountryclub for hosting and all our members for playing today!
Good morning from beautiful Dellwood Country Club and our last event of the season, the Fall Scramble! We have over 130 members playing in today’s 11:00 am shotgun event. Live scoring can be found below!
mnpga.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/mnpga20/event/mnpga2041/contest/1/leaderboard.htm
Today at Deacon’s Lodge we posthumously awarded Otis Dypwick’s admittance into the Minnesota Golf Hall of Fame. The award was presented to Otis’ son Doug and grandson Andy.
Otis was selected to the Hall of Fame for numerous reasons, including his 30 years at the University of Minnesota as the Director of Sports Information and his coverage of golf while there, writing several books about the game, and promoting various tournaments as they passed through Minnesota, like the 1959 PGA Championship and 1970 U.S. Open.
Mr. Dypwick was a member at Hazeltine when I started there. He was a class individual and a wealth of information.
Congrats, Doug, on your father’s admittance into the MN Golf Hall of Fame. Best to you and Vicki
Have you checked out Section Member @austinharrington3’s podcast series yet? If not, now is the time to start as he just had on 2020 Section Player of the Year @brentsnydergolf!
Austin’s podcast can be found on all major podcast platforms, simply search ‘AOG’, or on his website at AOGlifeofpassion.com
And finally, we have our Players of the Year. These individuals earned their titles by displaying their elite playing ability all season long. Congrats winners!
Player of the Year – Brent Snyder, Troy Burne Golf Club
Women’s Player of the Year – Angie Ause, Oak Marsh Golf Course
Senior Player of the Year – Don Berry, Edinburgh USA
Assistant Player of the Year – Thomas Campbell, Second Swing
Our second wave of 2020 Minnesota Section PGA award winners:
Facility Promoter of the Year – Resort – Adam Haugen, The Preserve at Grand View Lodge
Facility Promoter of the Year – Public – Mark Hetland, StoneRidge Golf Club
Facility Promoter of the Year – Private – Ed Bialek, Oak Ridge Country Club
Patriot Award – Lisa Schwinden, Osgood Golf Course
Bill Strausbaugh Award – Dan Simpson, Minneapolis Golf Club
Full list of winners can be found using the link in our bio. Congrats winners!
We are proud to reveal the first wave of our 2020 Minnesota PGA award winners! They were announced yesterday at our Annual Meeting. A full list of award winners can be found in our bio. Congratulations on all your hard work!
Golf Professional of the Year – Greg McCullough, Edgewood Golf Course
Teacher of the Year – Joe Greupner, Braemar Golf Course
Player Development Award – Chris Foley, Legacy Courses at Craguns
Youth Development Award – Andrea Kellar, Olympic Hills Golf Club
PGA Professional Development Award – Nathan Ollhoff, Interlachen Country Club
Assistant Professional of the Year – Nick Sage, North Oaks Golf Club
The Minnesota Section has seven members participating in the 32nd Senior PGA Professional Championship starting tomorrow in Port St. Lucie, FL! Good luck to our Professionals! You can follow along with scores starting on Thursday with the link in our bio **all times eastern standard time**
Congrats to our Fall Scramble winners Bennett Smed, Kyle Scanlon, and Jacob Wherley! They shot a 13 under 59 to win by one stroke. Thank you to @dellwoodcountryclub for hosting and all our members for playing today!
Good morning from beautiful @dellwoodcountryclub and our last event of the season, the Fall Scramble! We have over 130 members playing in today’s 11:00 am shotgun event. Live scoring can be found in our bio!
Today at Deacon’s Lodge we posthumously awarded Otis Dypwick’s admittance into the Minnesota Golf Hall of Fame. The award was presented to Otis’ son Doug and grandson Andy.
Otis was selected to the Hall of Fame for numerous reasons, including his 30 years at the University of Minnesota as the Director of Sports Information and his coverage of golf while there, writing several books about the game, and promoting various tournaments as they passed through Minnesota, like the 1959 PGA Championship and 1970 U.S. Open.
Congratulations to Eric Rolland & Brent Snyder for clinching the 2020 MN PGA Four-Ball Championship! Rolland & Snyder won the finals match 3&2 over Scott McDonald & Luke Benoit. Thanks to @theminikahdaclub for hosting today’s match.
The final match of the 2020 MN PGA Four-Ball Championship has begun! Scott McDonald & Luke Benoit v.s. Brent Snyder & Eric Rolland. Follow live scoring (link in bio).
Congratulations to Craig Brischke for winning the 2020 MN PGA Senior Match Play Championship! Brischke won the finals match over Ty Armstrong, 2 up. Thanks to @dellwoodcountryclub for hosting today’s match.
The final match of the MN PGA Senior Match Play Championship between Ty Armstrong & Craig Brischke has begun! Follow online for live scoring of the match (link in bio).
Angus Flanagan wins the 2020 Minnesota Golf Champions @goldenvalleycountryclub with a 54-hole, 12-under par total.
Congratulations to Bill Israelson, PGA for clinching the Past Masters Division at the 2020 Minnesota Golf Champions @goldenvalleycountryclub with a 36-hole total of 145 (-1).
Good morning from @goldenvalleycountryclub for the final round of the 2020 Minnesota Golf Champions! Nate Stevens and Andrew Israelson lead at 7-under par after 36 holes and tee off at 10:50 a.m. Follow live scoring (link in bio).
Round 2 of the 2020 Minnesota Golf Champions @goldenvalleycountryclub has begun! The low 21 & ties in the regular division will move onto the final round tomorrow. Follow live scoring (link in bio).
Round 1 of the 2020 Minnesota Golf Champions @goldenvalleycountryclub is in the books! Round 2 will start tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. Live scoring (link in bio).
The stage is set for the 2020 Minnesota Golf Champions @goldenvalleycountryclub! The first round starts tomorrow at 8:30 a.m. Make sure to follow live scoring (link in bio)!
Brent Snyder clinches the 2020 MNPGA Match Play Championship—winning 2&1 over Chris Borgen. Thanks to @somerbygolfclub for hosting today’s matches.
The final match of the MNPGA Match Play Championship between Chris Borgen & Brent Snyder has begun. Follow live scoring (link in bio).
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