April 13, 2015
Two prominent Utah Section PGA Professionals passed away this month. Both Tommy Williams and Gary White were much admired by their fellow professionals and the many people that they positively influenced over many years of service to the game of golf.
Gary White earned the respect of countless Southern Utah golfers as the Director of Golf at the Coral Canyons Golf Club in Washington, Utah for its first ten years of operations. Since that time Gary worked as a lead golf instructor in both Mesquite, NV and at the St. George area. Gary will be remembered by his colleagues and friends as an affable, long ball hitting professional, with a great positive attitude.

White was 64 years of age when he passed away of cancer.

As the 2015 Masters draws closer, two local Utah players prepare to participate in A Tradition Unlike Any Other. How often do you have a past Masters Champion and an 11 year old girl from the same state, compete on the same track in the same week? We dare to say, never.

The Utah Section PGA Teaching Summit was held at a new venue this year. Instead of travelling all the way to St. George, Utah for sunny warm weather, the Teaching Summit was held in Draper, Utah at the new Impact Golf Center. This new state of the game indoor teaching center was the perfect site for this member education opportunity.

Colby Cowan kept the same job this past summer, but he’s occupying a new office. The site is St. George’s Southgate Golf Course, that’s both symbolic and significant to Cowan, who declared himself “back in the golf world” as a result of that move. He never left, actually. It’s just that reporting to work at a golf facility reminds Cowan that he’s still in the game. That involvement occasionally became obscured when he worked in the city office building.

The quality of high school players has improved so much over the past few years, the difference between making an All-State team or not comes down to 1 stroke or even less.

Jeff Green owner/golf professional at Stansbury Park GC won his first Utah Section PGA Senior Match Play Championship today. There was a couple interesting facts regarding Green’s victory in this season-long match play event. Green defeated his longtime

PGA golf professionals Shawn Edwards (Hubbard GC) and Zach Johnson teamed up to win their second, consecutive Utah Section PGA Fourball Championship. They

Davis Park GC Assistant Professional Zach Johnson repeated as Utah Section PGA Assistant Professional Champion by beating nearly 60 other Utah Section

The Utah Section PGA lost one of its valued members on the eve of its fall meetings and Section Championship. Mark Baliff was known as a Utah Golf pioneer for his golf course architecture and his junior golf involvement. Mark Baliff began his multifaceted golf career at Ogden CC with the influence and support of both Ernie Schnieter Sr. and George

Utah Section PGA Professional Dustin Volk capped an unbelievably exciting golf season by winning his second Utah Section PGA Championship today at Toana Vista Golf Club. Volk posted twin 67’s for a two day total of 134 (-10) and a two stroke victory over Zach Johnson and Tele Wightman who both posted scores of 136 (-8). This was Volks’ second