About me.... I have been teaching and playing the game of golf since I was 3 years old! Honest! I live in a small town in NC across the railroad tracks from the public golf course. My Dad who was an avid golfer wanted to keep me out of trouble so at the age of 3 sawed off one of his golf clubs and we begin golfing. From there I played Junior Golf where I won many high school honors. I went to East Carolina on a golf scholarship but along came VIETNAM and I decided to do my civic duty and the ripe old age of 18 went off to join the Army. Once I entered the Army I was selected to be a combat medic and sent to VIETNAM. In Vietnam I served at mass units, worked in the morgue and gave golf lessons in the jungles (seriously) My friends at Powerbilt sent me a set of clubs so that I could keep up with my golf. Considering we had little time between shooting people and putting peole back together, I did find comfort in my golf clubs. After spending 18 months in Vietnam I returned to a not so friendly USA. I will forgo my feelings about that part of my life.
So I return to civilian life and my career as a golf pro. I had a cool gig-worked in Clevland in the summer and in Florida in the winter. During my years in Florida I had the chance to get to know a young rookie, Fuzzy Zoeller who would of course later become one of the greatest guys in golf. Not only was he a great golfer but he was a lot fun. Fuzzy and I have remained friends over the years as he headed to the touring pro route and I choose the club route.
I have had great experience working in the golf industy from teaching college students (including coaching womens golf), high school golf, weekend golfers and those who were serious about golf as a career. I have played and taught in the mountains of NC- Brevard, Hendersonville and eight great years at Fairfield Mountains at Lake Lure. I have helped build golf courses (the Apple Valley Course at Fairfield). I also was the head golf pro at Fords Colony in Williamsburg, Virginia. Unfortunately the game of golf also took a toll on my marriage! Never being home cost me my first marriage so I have committed to never letting golf get in the way of relationships with family ever again.