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Meet Our Pros! Julie Cole Pat Mcgowan Event Beneficiaries Meet Our Pros! Julie Cole Pat Michael Before making teaching a career, McGowan “Radar” Reid Julie played Following a After earning professionally successful 15-year All-American honors on the Future’s, career (1978-1992) 1973-1976 while European, as a PGA Tour player, at Brigham Young Asian and LPGA Pat joined Pine Needles Lodge & Golf University, Michael Tour, winning 12 tournaments Club as the director of instruction. Reid earned his player card on the worldwide. In addition to her McGowan taught alongside LPGA first try in 1976. He played on the PGA outstanding playing credentials, Charter Member, Peggy Kirk Bell, at Tour from 1977 to 2001. In 581 starts, she has excelled in her teaching. her world renowned Ladies Golfaris. he won twice, was runner-up seven times and finished in the top-10 78 • She has been named to the • Golf Digest/ Rolex Rookie-of-the- times with earnings of just under prestigious list of Golf For Women Year in 1978 $4.7 million. Michael played in five Magazine’s Top 50 Teachers • Winner of 1980 Northern California Web.com Tour events before joining • Golf Digest Top 17 Teachers Open the Champions Tour in July of 2004. • Golf Magazine’s Top 475 Teachers • Winner of 1984 Sacramento Classic He earned his first Champions Tour Nationwide in the Tournament Players Series victory by defeating Jerry Pate and • She has been twice voted by her during which he defeated Steve Dana Quigley in a playoff at the 2005 peers as LPGA Southeast Section Hart in a play-off Senior PGA Championship at Laurel Teacher of the Year • Served on the PGA Tour Policy Valley Golf Club in Ligonier, Pa. • In 2010, she was elected into the Board as a player director from Ohio University Sports Hall of Fame 1989-1992 • Earned the nickname “Radar” for his for the Lifetime Achievement • Director-First Tee of the Sandhills, accuracy off the tee. Award 2007-present • 78 Top ten finishes on the PGA Tour • Director of Instruction-Pine Needles • 20 Top Ten finishes on the PGA Julie has shown leadership in the Golf Academy, 1995-present Champions Tour golf industry by serving as an LPGA • First Golfer to earn a million National Evaluator and instructor for During more recent years, his game dollars prior to winning a single LPGA Practical Teaching Workshops. and career have been influenced by professional tournament. In addition to being Honorary Chair Peggy Kirk Bell, his mother-in-law and • Winner of 1987 Seiko Tucson Open of the Julie Cole Charity Golf Classic, one of golf’s leading instructors, and • Winner of 1988 NEC World Series of she also serves on the Board of David Orr, head teaching professional Golf during which he defeated Tom Directors for the First Tee of Charlotte. at Pine Needles. Watson in a playoff. • Winner of 2005 Senior PGA Championship on a three-way playoff. Event Beneficiaries • Winner of 2009 JELD-WEN Tradition Bridge Hospice Blanchard Valley Health System in a playoff with John Cook. Bridge Home Health & Hospice has been named Center for Simulation & Clinical • First two wins on the Champions a Top Agency of the 2016 HomeCare Elite™, a Educational Excellence tour were in major championships. recognition of the top-performing home health Simulation is a life-like representation of real Having done so, he became a agencies in the United States. This means that world experiences with real-time problem member of a prestigious small group Bridge has been identified as ranking in the top solving to enhance the exceptional care of players including Jack Nicklaus 25 percent of Medicare-certified agencies in the for our community members. Our entire and Arnold Palmer. U.S. This is the ninth consecutive year Bridge has health system will benefit from the clinical been featured in this ranking. • Member of the Utah Golf Association opportunities and increase quality staff Hall of Fame Julie Cole Junior Golf Fund retention. The educational environment will include innovative high fidelity mannequins, The Julie Cole Junior Golf Fund supports junior simulation rooms, and recording room for golf in Hancock County through the John Cook enriched learning. Foundation at Red Hawk Golf Club. More than 150 area youth participated in junior golf during 2017. Deadline for sponsorship payment is May 4, 2018. Please call 419.423.5457 or email [email protected] if you prefer to be invoiced. Thank you!.
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