February 5, 2007 – Birmingham, AL – Honours Golf Company is pleased to announce the appointment of Philip Oakes as vice president of human resources. Oakes will work from the golf management company’s corporate headquarters in Birmingham.
Oakes brings to Honours more than 20 years of experience as a human resources executive. Before joining Honours, Oakes owned and operated a popular Birmingham restaurant. Prior to that, he was employed by Birmingham Steel Corporation as their vice president of human resources. During his career before Birmingham Steel, Oakes worked his way from regional human resources manager to division vice president of human resources at Waste Management Inc. in Oak Brook, Illinois.
In his new position, Oakes will oversee all human resource matters including recruiting for the company and administration of employee benefit plans.
"Strong human resources leadership is vital to a rapidly growing company such as ours," said Honours Golf President, Rob Shults. "We are very proud of our company culture which emphasizes a family atmosphere among our team leaders. As we continue to add golf properties to our portfolio, we believe Phil will spread that philosophy while keeping up with the needs of an expanding team member network. We are thrilled to have Phil as part of our management group."
About Honours Golf Company
Based in Birmingham, Alabama, Honours Golf is the leading golf course management company in the Southeast, operating such renowned golf clubs as: The World Golf Village’s Slammer and Squire and King and Bear, St. Augustine, Florida; Limestone Springs Golf Club, Oneonta, Alabama; FarmLinks Golf Club, Sylacauga, Alabama; and Kelly Plantation, Destin, Florida. For more information, visit www.honoursgolf.com or call 866.HONOURS.
Contact:
Kelly T. Olshove
Director of Marketing
1960 Stonegate Drive
Birmingham, AL 35242
Phone: 205.298.0001
Fax: 205.970.0304
www.honoursgolf.com
