A New Champion is Crowned President’s Message...3 NEPGA Credit Card...18-19 Membership Updates...40 Executive Director’s Message...4 Joan’s News 22-23 What’s Trending in Social media..41 Tournament News...6-13 PGA of America News...23 Bulletin Board...42 Bob Beach Retirement...11 Junior League News...24-25 NEPGA Championships 14 Junior News...26-27 PGA PNC Recap….16-17 Chapter & Assn. News...28-39 FRONT COVER: New England Open winner Braden Shattuck of Aston, PA poses with the New England Open trophy after posting a final round score of 66 (-6). He won the New England Open for the first time with a two-day total of 136 (-8)! Ron Bibeau, PGA Allan Belden, PGA Mike Bradshaw, PGA Rob Jarvis, PGA President Vice President Secretary Honorary President [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Brian Bickford, PGA Dave Tiedemann, PGA John Fields, PGA District Director District Director District Director Maine Rhode Island MA - Eastern (207) 829-2225 (401) 322-2107 (617) 484-5360 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Dan Gillis, PGA Joanne Flynn, PGA Scott Hickey, PGA Senior Director District Director District Director (978) 692-4606 New Hampshire MA - Central [email protected] (603)- 434 2093 (508) 869-9900 [email protected] [email protected] Lou Rivers, PGA David Soucy, PGA Glenn Kelly, PGA District Director District Director District Director MA - Southern Vermont Cape Cod (508) 543-4661 (802) 422-4653 (508) 548-2932 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] CONNECT NEPGA.com Ron Bibeau, PGA Dear NEPGA Professionals and Committee went through a rigorous process which included Associates, phone conversations with each candidate, conference calls as well as attending the super-regional meetings in Atlanta where the four candidates presented and met with Section As the summer solstice has passed leadership. and the days are starting to get shorter, it amazes me how quickly our season here in New England goes by. Before you know it, we will be at our ...it is with great pleasure that I Fall Meeting recapping what I hope announce the New England Section will have been a highly successful season for the New England PGA, and hopefully for you will be supporting John Lindert, PGA both personally and professionally as well. for National Secretary. For those of you that have met your MSR requirements, Congratulations!!! The deadline came and went on June After many conversations it was decided at the last board 15th, and I am extremely proud of our NEPGA Education meeting we would support John. John was selected for his Committee led by Co-Chairs Mike Bradshaw and Graham experience and passion for the PGA brand, and we felt he Cunningham, and the quality education they put forth was a genuine Professional and has the best interests of the during this cycle to not only provide MSR opportunities, but PGA Professional in mind. I can assure you that we have tangible learning opportunities for our PGA Professionals in taken this responsibility very seriously and feel John is the all corners of the Section. right candidate for our Section to continue providing our members a voice at a national level. While we made great progress in the last 6 months leading up to the MSR Deadline, there are still some of our PGA In closing I would like to thank all the Staff, Board Professionals who were unable to meet the requirements. Members, Committee Chairs and especially my fellow To those of you that have come up short, I encourage you Officers of the NEPGA for their commitment, passion and to still try and accomplish the goal of 54 credits. If you did dedication to making the NEPGA the best section in the not meet the requirements as of June 15, you will be asked country. to make up the amount you are short PLUS that same amount during our next cycle before you are moved out of Class F and back into Active status of PGA Membership. Respectfully Submitted The PGA of America governance continues to be active and Ron Bibeau PGA your NEPGA Officers are very involved and representing our President of the New England Section Members on a national level. With the upcoming PGA of America Secretary election this November in Palm Springs, it is with great pleasure that I announce the New England Section will be supporting John Lindert, PGA for National Secretary. John is the Director of Golf at Country Club of Lansing, a Member of the Michigan PGA Section, and is the District 5 Director on the PGA Board of Directors. Your Board of Directors and Executive John Lindert, PGA Mike Higgins Recently I was group of persons closely associated in a each other’s jobs. It’s more a means to listening to my son task, cause, enterprise. a synergistic way of working, where the sing while he was sum is greater than the parts. Properly cleaning up his Teamwork can be likened to two managed, teamwork maximizes the Legos. Many of compounds, almost essential to strengths of each individual; it brings you have probably modern life and certainly essential to out the best in each team member. heard the same the golf operation at a facility. It’s the These specific, possibly unique song sung in your glue that keeps a team together, a individual strengths are then home. bond which promotes strength, unity, complimented by the strengths of reliability and support. Golf is for the others, or of the team as a unit. One “Clean up, clean up, everybody do your most part an individual sport, and even PGA Professional may enjoy conducting share.” When I came into the room he though it’s the player who finally hits events, another may have a passion for said “Dad you can help if you want. Did the ball, playing with a caddy creates a instruction and a third might be you know teamwork makes dreams team aspect in the event. The caddy is excellent with member relations. work?” I said “I would love to help crucial in the road to victory in a Together as a unit they are a finely you,” but I also saw this as a bit of a tournament, as he plays an important tuned machine! teaching/learning moment for both he role measuring distances, reading the and I, so I said “what does that mean?” greens or simply motivating the player. I was fortunate to interview a few He said, “If we do it together we can With the right caddy he can actually recent New England PGA Golf get it done faster and we can elevate the players game with his input. Professional of the Year recipients. I accomplish more as a team.” I am not asked each of them the same question. sure as a five year old he fully “What do you attribute to the success understood what he was saying, or if he of your team?” Communication was was just repeating what he heard in the overwhelming response. Knowing Kindergarten, but either way it certainly every team members role and made all the sense in the world to me. responsibility was also very important to creating a synergy and a flow that When I started thinking about article gives the perception that the team is all topics for the July newsletter I thought on the same page. Supporting one about how relevant this topic could be another and “having each others back” for our PGA Professionals. There are was also a common discussion. several ways to define teamwork, but Everyone is headed in the same for some more “couleur,” why not think direction, is in unison and strive for the of it as the French do. The French same common purpose. language has an excellent expression to describe it: esprit de corps. I always It can be a team effort to win a golf I had some wonderful conversations remembered that from my 601 SAT tournament, but it is also a team effort and really enjoyed the input. I hope Prep class from high school! for a successful golf operation at your this article makes you take a look at facility. Conducting golf events, your team and the role you each play in Everything sounds better in the French organizing and training staff, your successful operation. The right language, but it means the same thing conducting clinics and the many day to team can take your operation to the no matter what language you speak. day activities are the result of a strong next level. We are very fortunate at the Esprit de corps is a sense of unity, of team. So why is teamwork important? New England PGA to have a very enthusiasm for common interests and It doesn’t mean everybody is doing the talented team that enjoys serving our responsibilities, as developed among a same thing or everybody is able to do PGA Professionals. As always please reach out to any of our team if we can be of assistance to your team. “So why is teamwork important? It doesn’t mean everybody is doing the same thing or everybody is able to do Have a wonderful summer and I look forward to seeing you soon. each other’s jobs. It’s more a means to a synergistic way of Respectfully, working, where the sum is greater than the parts.“ Mike Higgins CONNECT NEPGA.com Stroke Play Series in Full Swing after event #2 -Canton, MA Blue Hill Country Club in Canton, MA welcomed the second NEPGA Stroke Play Series event of the season.