Welcome to the summer edition of the PGA Golf Management’s newsletter! There are so many activities and events happening both on campus and away from campus that it will be extremely difficult to capture everything that is happening in the program. Continue reading…
Alex Beach, PGA Assistant Professional at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, NJ and 2012 graduate of the PGA Golf Management Program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will tee it up in the 99th PGA Championship at Quail Hollow and compete against the world’s best. Continue reading…
Ms. Margo McKendree joins our program to fill the shoes of the recently retired Pam Murray as the Center for Grassland Studies Administrative Coordinator. Filling the shoes of Ms. Murray is no small task but we are sure that Margo is up to the job! Continue reading…
Player of the Year honors goes to Kramer Samuelson!
Kramer won two individual events for the year but came in second an impressive seven times. Kramer also participated in the 2017 Kelbel Cup, the 2016 Jones Cup, and the 2016 CONE Cup and made $1,106 in tournament winnings. Continue reading…
Making the CASNR Dean's List demonstrates high academic achievement (semester grade point average of 3.75 or higher). For the Spring 2017 semester, the PGA Golf Management Program had seven students who achieved this honor. Continue reading…
I will write this in the first person, because writing it in the third person just feels weird. In May I graduated from my Master's program earning my Master's of Science in Leadership Education. Continue reading…
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PGA professionals Jim White (PGA) and Greg Johannesen (PGA) gave lessons this spring in the program’s Teaching and Simulation Labs during the month of February to assist students with their game improvement plans. Continue reading…
The annual Kelbel Cup was held in Las Vegas on March 21-22. The schools that participated this year were the University of Nevada at Las Vegas (UNLV), University of Idaho, New Mexico State University (NMSU), University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (UCCS) and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Continue reading…
Brian Fauss and James Brod graduated May 6, 2017 with their BS in PGA Golf Management from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln at the Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska. Continue reading…
The PGA Golf Management Student Club elected new officers at their April meeting. Continue reading…
It is really hard to believe that 10 years have gone by already since my last year at UNL. The PGM program came along in a time of my life (I was 25 years old) where it just made perfect sense. I was proud to be a part of the first class to go through the program. Continue reading…
The PGA Golf Management program facilities saw a major face-lift over the past few months! All technology associated with the facility upgrade has been received and installed. We are now busy working out the bugs that come with such an overhaul. Continue reading…
Also new in the office is someone who is no stranger to the program or CASNR in general. CASNR Dean Steve Waller has stepped in as Director of the Center for Grassland Studies after the retirement of Dr. Martin Massengale. Continue reading…
The very end of May and the first couple of days of June saw a gathering of titans right here on the grounds of the PGA Golf Management Program at UNL! UNL played host to the annual Spring Meeting of all PGA Golf Management Universities along with the education staff from the PGA of America. Continue reading…
The Spring Scramble was a success again this year. The 4-person scramble was held at Wilderness Ridge on April 22 and the weather was great with a solid turnout (over 100 players participated this year). Continue reading…
The Inaugural PGM PGA Alumni Celebration will be held on Friday, September 22, 2017. On Saturday, there will be an Open House in Room 203 Keim Hall to showcase the renovated facilities and to allow alumni and guests to tryout the new technology in the simulation lab. Continue reading…