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mike antonio, pga

MIKE ANTONIO, PGA
Nebraska Section PGA | 610 J Street., Ste 10 | Lincoln, NE 68508 | Ph: (402) 489-7760 | Fx: (402) 489-1785 | www.nebraskapga.com
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Mike Antonio, PGA, Director of Golf at Happy Hollow Club Named
2014 Nebraska Section PGA “Golf Professional of the Year”
LINCOLN, Neb.—Mike
Antonio, PGA, Director of Golf
at Happy Hollow Club, was
selected for the Section’s highest
honor bestowed on a PGA
Member as the 2014 Nebraska
PGA Golf Professional of the
Year. Antonio was elected to
membership into the PGA of
America in September of 1984. Antonio’s
professional career began at Council Bluffs Country
Club, then to Happy Hollow Club, Norfolk Country
Club and back to Happy Hollow Club where he has
served as the Director of Golf since 2001. Antonio
was the 1990 Nebraska Section PGA Champion and
runner-up in 1993, 1994 and 2002. He has also
teamed up with numerous of his Assistant
Professionals to capture the Pro-Assistance
Championship seven times. In addition to his stellar
playing career Antonio has been recognized as the
Merchandiser of the Year – Private in 1999, the
Horton Smith winner in 2009 and recently in 2010
Happy Hollow Club was recognized as the Facility of
the Year in the Nebraska Section PGA.
Antonio’s contributions to the Nebraska
Section PGA span four decades and during this time
frame he has served on the Junior Golf Committee,
Education Committee, Player Development
Committee, Finance Committee, Scholarship
Committee, Tournament Committee and an at large
member of the Section Board of Directors. As an
officer of the Section, Antonio was very instrumental
in establishing a Section investment policy that
diversified the Section portfolio and resulted in
considerable growth since 2010. Happy Hollow Club
is also the host site for the largest Pro-Am of the year
in Nebraska that benefits the Nebraska Section PGA
Foundation. Antonio also played a vital role in the
2013 U.S. Open Junior Golf experience at Omaha
Country Club that featured over 90 PGA Members
volunteering over 300 hours of instruction to over
1,400 youth during this major championship.
As President of the Nebraska Section PGA,
Antonio’s desire to see the next generation of golfers
come to the game is evident in the Nebraska Section
PGA establishing a charitable arm through the
Nebraska Section PGA Foundation which he currently
resides as the President. Since the launch of this
foundation, over 8,000 youth have been introduced to
golf through the Golf N Schools program. In 2014,
this foundation featured over 70 PGA Professionals
volunteering over 450 hours to Golf N Schools,
Neighborhood Golf, Boys & Girls Clubs and TEAM
Golf. Antonio embodies the PGA of America’s
mission in establishing and elevating the standards of
the profession and growing interest and participation
in the game of golf and this latest achievement
solidifies these accomplishments.
The Nebraska Section PGA is a non-for-profit
organization comprised of approximately 220 PGA
Members and 37 Apprentices who strive to promote
the enjoyment and growth of the game of golf.
Nebraska Section PGA encompasses the entire State
of Nebraska, western fifth of Iowa and a small portion
of South Dakota including Dakota Dunes and
Yankton. The Section office is located in Lincoln, NE
and acts as a resource for local and national golf
information for the golf professional and amateur
player alike. Our members are often referred to as
“Club Professionals”, not to be mistaken as PGA Tour
Professionals.
Each Nebraska Section PGA professional
serves as an expert in the ever-changing business of
golf. They are the leading expert players and
teachers, skilled business managers, community
leaders, and superior merchandisers who have
dedicated their careers to the local delivery of these
services.
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NEBRASKA SECTION PGA
SPECIAL AWARD WINNERS
Golf Professional of the Year - Mike Antonio, PGA – Happy Hollow Club
Assistant Golf Professional of the Year - Jeff Henry, PGA – The Country Club of Lincoln
Facility of the Year - ArborLinks – Jeff Porter, PGA
Horton Smith - Tom Hearn, PGA – PGA TOUR
Junior Golf Leader - Adam Coates, PGA – Spencer Golf & Country Club
Merchandiser of the Year – Private - Dawn Neujahr, PGA – Champions Run
Merchandiser of the Year – Public - Denis Vontz, PGA – Highlands Golf Course
Salesperson of the Year - Mike Long – adidas/Ashworth
Teacher of the Year - James Sieckmann, PGA – Shadow Ridge Country Club
Bill Strausbaugh - Joe Canny, PGA – Nebraska Section PGA
Player Development - James Kinney, PGA – GolfTEC – Omaha
NEBRASKA SECTION PGA
PLAYERS OF THE YEAR FOR 2014
Shane Zywiec, PGA
Player of the Year
Jim White, PGA, MP
Sr. Player of the Year
Ryan Vermeer
Asst. Player of the Year
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the
Nebraska PGA
Spring Meeting
Monday, March 23, 2015
Country Club of Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
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Our Condolences on the Passing of….
Brad Kai, PGA
A member in our Nebraska
Section PGA family, Brad
Lee Kai, PGA, 59 of Lincoln
passed away on Saturday,
January 3, 2015 after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer.
He was born June 4, 1955 to
Clair and Marcella Kai. Brad
was married to his wife Vicki
for 38 years and together
they had one daughter,
Kaci. Brad was a 26 year member of The PGA of
America having served at Seward Country Club, Iron
Eagle Golf Course and was employed with the City of
Lincoln as the Player Development Coordinator at the
time of his passing.
In addition to Brad’s love for the
game of golf, he was a dedicated,
loving, sharp and witty Husband,
Father, Papa, Son, Brother, and so
much more to everyone who met him. He will be
greatly missed.
Brad is survived by his wife Vicki, daughter Kaci and
husband Derek, Grandchildren Claire and Reed
Johnson. Mother Marcella Kai, Sister(s) and Brother
(s) in Law(s): Nedra (Jerry) Dickey, Nancy (DW)
Duhachek. Sister(s) and Brother(s) in Law(s): Sherry
(Dave) Fitzpatrick, Marilyn (Jay) Oxton, Lori (Jim)
Rausch. Nieces, Nephews and a host of friends.
Memorial services were held on Friday, January 9th at
First Lutheran Church.
Michael Brown, PGA
Michael George Lewis Brown
spent his 33 years pursuing
his dreams. He was born in
Colorado in 1981 to Angela
Bishop Brown and George
Michael Brown. From the
beginning he was a Broncos'
fan and that remained constant
throughout his life. An avid
golfer since childhood he
aspired to become a PGA
Member. Michael was
elected to PGA Membership
in 2011 while serving Pacific Springs Golf
Course. He got to work in the field he loved at a
variety of establishments ending up at Olive Branch
Country Club in Olive Branch, MS as the PGA Head
Professional. He graduated high school in
Englewood, CO and got his degree from Ottawa
University in Kansas in 2007. While in college he met
the girl of those dreams and married Andrea Wieseler
Brown in 2008. They were blessed to become the
parents of two remarkable little boys in 2010. The
twins inherited their Dad's fighting spirit and loved
visiting him at the course. Enjoying his friends and
family was one of Michael's favorite things from
cheering on his favorite sports teams, to bowling, to
playing in the park with the boys. A result of his
traveling and "never met a stranger" personality he
leaves an impression with friends and family from
coast to coast.
Michael's survived by his loving wife Andrea,
precious boys John and Deekan, his parents, and
Grandparents. He'll also be missed by a large extended
family of nieces nephews and cousins.
If you would like to send cards or condolences to his
family, please send cards to their home at: 5857
Michaelson Dr, Olive Branch, MS 38654.
Please keep the Brown family in your thoughts and
prayers in the days and weeks to come.
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EMPLOYMENT CORNER
ARE YOU READY?
I recently attended the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando and was fortunate to visit with some of you
who attended. Some of you attended an Education Seminar I conducted with a fellow colleague, Ken Ferrell,
PGA. The title of the seminar was, “Career Fitness for the 21st Century”. I enjoy conducting seminars and my
goal when doing them is to hopefully leave enough of an impression that evokes some type of change in
behavior, attitude or day to day activities by those in attendance.
Change is kind of a threatening word to some of us. Our comfort level in how we do our jobs is
typically about routine and following a preordained or predetermined way of doing something. The change I
am going to get you to think about today is relatively simple. This change is going to revolve around the word
ACCOMPLISHMENTS! The career fitness you are hopefully establishing should and must be tied to this
word.
This isn’t necessarily about trying to accomplish something new and exciting every day. Rather, this is
about keeping track or remembering by documenting these accomplishments. Each one of us is sometimes
our own worst enemy. We are taught to be humble, to not “brag”, and to let our successes speak for
themselves. You all accomplish so much on a daily basis! But you know what? Does the board, your boss, the
person in charge always notice?
We have developed a tool for your use to help you with these accomplishments and a way to track
them. I want you to go to pgalinks.com, sign in, highlight the Employment page, go to the middle of the page
where there is a heading “PGA Employment Department”. Scroll down and highlight “Employer
Communication Planning”. Within this document very close to the top, you will see some blue letters which
say “Click Here”. I am asking you, no imploring you, to highlight this and start the process of change with the
“Executive Summary Report”. This is a 30 day recap or a weekly recap and can be changed or revised in
whatever way you desire to fit your needs. ARE YOU READY TO CHANGE??
Bruce Lubach, PGA, is the PGA of America Employment Consultant for the Colorado, Iowa, Midwest,
Minnesota and Nebraska Sections. He can be reached at: [email protected] or
(402) 261-3604.
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Nebraska Section PGA | 610 J Street, Ste 10 | Lincoln, NE 68508 | Ph: (402) 489-7760 | Fx: (402) 489-1785 | www.nebraskapga.com
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Measure Your Impact in 2015
In the coming months as you begin to plan your player development and
league schedule make sure to put tracking measures in place. In 2015 you
will want to capture key metrics such as rounds played, incremental
revenue generated and the like as they relate to your various programs.
Being able to quantify your impact shows employers or board the value you
bring to the facility. This can lead to job security and increased
compensation.
Figuring out how to measure incremental revenue generated can be
daunting and difficult. Luckily The PGA of America has developed a great
new tool which allows you to easily and professionally track and report the impact at your clubs. This
tool is the Revenue Scorecard and available now on PGA.org. This editable PDF shows the total yearly
incremental revenue through your instructional programming.
The core components of the Revenue
Scorecard are junior instruction and
adult instruction along with key
instructions for daily fee/municipal
clubs or private facilities. You simply
work through the document,
entering what information you do have
to generate a professional report
specific to your course.
This document can be edited
throughout the season so I would
recommend saving a copy on your desktop to edit throughout the year for easy tracking and reporting at
the end of the season. You can find this document as well as read best practices from PGA Professionals using the
Revenue Scorecard by clicking here.
Having tracked player development programming through excel and golf software I would strongly
recommend this new PGA Member benefit. It is the easiest and most professional way I have found so
far and free for use to PGA Professionals and Apprentices such as yourselves.
If you have any questions or would like additional support in using the Revenue Scorecard please reach
out Nebraska PGA’s Player Development Coordinator, Joe Canny, PGA at (402) 730-8364 or
[email protected].
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MEMBER SERVICES
Member services continue during the winter months at the Country Club of Lincoln. Each off season the golf
professional staff takes a complete club inventory of each of our member’s golf bags that utilize club storage at
CCL. Each member’s clubs are reviewed and recommendations are made for such things as club repairs,
condition of their grips, missing clubs, shaft name labels and any other items that may need attention.
Members’ are then sent the list of recommendations along with the price to complete any recommendations
that are made. This also gives the golf shop, as well as the member, an accurate description of their current golf
equipment. This process also generates some revenue for the golf shop during a slow sales portion of the
season!
Jeff Henry
PGA Golf Professional
Country Club of Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68502
(Office) 402-423-2271
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Did you know that throughout our nation’s history, all of our Presidents have issued Executive Orders during their
terms of office? Our early Presidents (from George Washington through Zachary Taylor) issued only one or two
Executive Orders per year. Thereafter, our Presidents issued Executive Orders more frequently, with Franklin D.
Roosevelt (pictured to the right) being the most prolific, averaging 307 Executive Orders per year. A couple of
significant Executive Orders are Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, and FDR’s creation of the Works
Progress Administration that put more than 8.5 million Americans back to work at the height of the Great Depression.
In this quiz, it seems that some of our more notable golfing Presidents have issued golf-related Executive
Orders. You, as Congress, must either “approve” or “veto” these Executive Orders based on whether or not they
comply with the current Rules of Golf.
1.
William H. Taft orders that a player may deem his ball unplayable on the putting green.
2.
Woodrow Wilson decrees that a player may obtain free relief when his ball is in a burrowing animal hole in
a water hazard.
3.
FDR instructs that, in foursomes match play, if a player plays, when his partner should have played, the
side may correct the error.
4.
Dwight D. Eisenhower commands that a player may continue to play with a ball that is visibly cracked.
5.
John F. Kennedy orders that a player may take relief from casual water when his ball is in a puddle on a
concrete cart path.
6.
Gerald Ford mandates that a ball played from anywhere on the golf course may strike the flagstick in the
hole.
7.
George H. Bush dictates that the hole must be 4½ inches in diameter.
8.
Bill Clinton orders that a player may practice pitching shots near the teeing ground of the next hole to be
played.
9.
George W. Bush declares that a stipulated round may consist of only six (6) holes.
10.
Barack Obama decides that a legal hole location may be as close as twelve inches (12”) from the edge of
the putting green.
Answers:
1. Approve Rule 28 [Ball Unplayable] indicates that the player may deem his ball unplayable at any place on
the course, except when the ball is in a water hazard.
2. 2. Veto Rule 25-1b [Abnormal Ground Conditions] says that the player may take relief from
interference by an abnormal ground condition, except when the ball is in a water hazard.
3.
Veto Rule 29-2 [Threesomes and Foursomes – Match Play] states, “If a player plays when his
partner should have played, his side loses the hole.”
4.
Approve
Rule 5-3 [Ball Unfit for Play] states, in part, “If it is determined that the ball has become
unfit for play ….the player may substitute another ball ….” [Emphasis added]
5.
Approve
In this case, the player may take relief from either the casual water under Rule 25-1b
[Abnormal Ground Conditions] or the cart path under Rule 24-2b [Immovable Obstruction].
6.
Veto Rule 17-3c [Ball Striking Flagstick or Attendant] advises that the player’s ball must not strike the
flagstick in the hole, unattended, when the stroke has been made on the putting green.
7.
Veto By Definition, the hole must be 4¼ inches (108 mm) in diameter.
8.
Veto Rule 7-2 [Practice – During Round] indicates that putting and chipping are the only types of strokes
that a player may practice between the play of two holes.
9.
Approve
By Definition, the number of holes in a stipulated round is 18 unless a smaller number is
authorized by the Committee.
10.
Approve
There are no Rules regarding hole locations, so there is no such thing as an "illegal" hole
location per the USGA.
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State of the Game to debut Wednesday, January 28,
2015 at 8 pm ET.
NEW YORK – SiriusXM announced today that Pete
Bevacqua, the PGA of America’s Chief Executive
Officer, will host a new show on SiriusXM PGA
TOUR Radio (Sirius channel 208, XM channel 93).
State of the Game will make its live debut on
Wednesday, January 28, at 8:00 pm ET and air
monthly throughout the year. Bevacqua and co-host
Brian Katrek will discuss the world of golf, focusing
on the important role that the PGA of America and
PGA Professionals play in growing the game and
putting on some of the world’s most high-profile
championships. They will also examine the health
and growth of the game in the U.S. and abroad.
Bevacqua and Katrek will talk with PGA
Professionals, industry leaders and other special
guests, and will take calls from listeners around the
country.
“This show is another example of a great partner in
SiriusXM providing us with a platform to showcase
the impact of PGA Professionals in delivering the
game to millions of golfers each day,” said
Bevacqua. Click here to continue reading.
America. The five-year agreement features National
serving as the Official Rental Car of the PGA
Championship and Senior PGA Championship
presented by KitchenAid; an Official Partner of the
2016 and 2018 Ryder Cups; Title Sponsor of the
National Car Rental PGA Assistant Championship
and Founding Partner of the KPMG Women’s PGA
Championship.
As an Official Partner of the PGA of America,
National joins a select group of companies that
provide significant, broad-based support of the
Association, its Championships and membership
programs. National also plans to continue its support
of PGA REACH, the charitable foundation of the
PGA of America, created to “improve lives through
golf” through its three pillars of Youth, Military and
Diversity/Inclusion.
“Since 2012, National Car Rental has supported our
most cherished spectator championships and has
played a key role in celebrating the work of PGA
Professionals nationwide while helping us grow the
game of golf at the local level,” said Pete Bevacqua,
PGA of America Chief Executive Officer. “We are
very pleased to continue our partnership with
National, whose commitment to personalized service
reflects one of the most trusted brands in the
transportation industry.” Click here to continue
reading.
PGA Professionals are able to go to PGA.org (or
click here) and take the 2015 PGA Golf
Online registration for a 2015 Professional Compensation Survey, which seeks data
from 2014. The survey will be live through March
PGA/USGA Rules of Golf
Workshop is now open. You 23rd to earn MSR credit, provided the
maximum MSR requirement has not been met. All
can register via phone.
active PGA Professionals (except A-3s) are asked to
More information
participate in this confidential survey.
The annual PGA Compensation Survey is the
industry standard for providing invaluable data on
golf professional compensation levels.
 Provides key information to ensure PGA
Professionals are employed at the correct
As an official Partner, National joins a select group
compensation level
of companies that provide significant, broad-based
 • Better understand your compensation
support of the Association, its Championships and
compared to other PGA Professionals
membership programs.
 • Helps you know current compensation levels
and employee benefits
ST. LOUIS - National Car Rental and the PGA of
 • Determines which factors (region, facility type,
America today announced the renewal of their
etc.) are most likely to affect earnings
partnership at the 2015 PGA Merchandise Show,
extending National’s designation as an Official
Results from previous years are available online now
Partner and the Official Rental Car of the PGA of
on PGA.org.
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Rob Brown, PGA
2/1
Michael Ten Eyck, PGA 2/3
Bentley Benson, PGA 2/8
Sid Holtmeier, PGA
2/12
Christopher Hartman 2/16
Jacob Pribnow, PGA
2/16
Brian Radebaugh
2/16
Nickolas Muller, PGA 2/20
Brett Mayo, PGA
2/24
Steve Boveia, PGA
2/25
Scott Holly, PGA
2/25
Ron Gunia, PGA
2/26
Robert Saffer, PGA
2/26
STAFF
David Honnens, PGA
Executive Director
[email protected]
Sean O’Neill, PGA
Tournament Director
[email protected]
Joe Canny, PGA
Junior Golf Director/
Player Development Coordinator
[email protected]
Renee Tyson
Operations Manager
[email protected]
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