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PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – The PGA of America’s Career Services Department today announced that Andrew Shuck, PGA, was named PGA Head Golf Professional at Cherry Hills Country Club, a historic private club in Denver.
An accomplished and well-respected PGA Professional, Shuck will be responsible for managing golf operations, including tournaments, outings, membership programming and golf shop merchandising, among other tasks.
Prior to assuming this new role, Shuck spent the past 20 years successfully serving in multiple PGA Head Golf Professional positions including: PGA Head Golf Professional at Charlotte Country Club (2011-’21); PGA Head Golf Professional at the Ocean Forest Golf Club, in Sea Island, Georgia (2006-’11); and PGA Head Golf Professional at McArthur Golf Club, in Hobe Sound, Florida (2001-’06).
Shuck received a Bachelor’s in Business Administration in 1995 from Methodist University, in Fayetteville, North Carolina, an accredited PGA of America professional Golf Management University. Shuck went on to earn his PGA Membership in 2000, prior to holding numerous Assistant PGA Professional positions throughout the golf industry, where he honed the business and leadership skills needed to become a PGA Head Golf Professional.
Recipient of the prestigious 2017 Carolina PGA Section Bill Strausbaugh Award, which recognizes a PGA Professional who demonstrates exceptional character, integrity and leadership by way of teaching and mentoring other PGA Professionals, Shuck has mentored 21 former Assistant Golf Professionals who went on to earn PGA Head Golf Professional positions throughout the industry.
“On behalf of Cherry Hills Country Club, I would like to thank the team at PGA ExecuSearch for their true professionalism and tremendous service they provided in guiding our Search Committee through a detailed set of steps in a very efficient manner to deliver such an outstanding result for our club,” said Cherry Hills Country Club President Dave Lee. “We are thrilled and honored to welcome Andrew Shuck as the seventh Head Golf Professional in our club’s storied 99-year history.”
ExecuSearch powered by the PGA of America, a premium executive placement service for the golf industry, assisted with this search/placement. The service enables clubs and businesses to identify and place top candidates in key executive leadership positions, while utilizing the expertise of the PGA of America’s Career Services Department to align their business for success. PGA Career Services offers a toolbox of invaluable resources to meet the hiring requirements demanded by employers today while better serving employers, PGA Members and individuals seeking to gain employment within the golf industry.
“PGA Career Services was honored to partner with an iconic club like Cherry Hills, with its championship history, its stature in the industry and superb membership, to find the Club’s next PGA Head Golf Professional,” said PGA Career Consultant Keith Soriano. “Andrew Shuck is one of the country’s most outstanding PGA Professionals, a true credit to the profession, and will do a magnificent job as the seventh PGA Professional at Cherry Hills Country Club. His pedigree has prepared him to lead the golf operation at Cherry Hills into a prosperous and exciting future.”
For more information on PGA Career Services, please visit PGA.org.
Contact:
Michael Abramowitz PGA of America mabramowitz@pgahq.com 561-624-8458
Jared Minski Mastro Communications jared@mastrocomm.com 732-469-5700
