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John has been at Prairie Isle for 10 years. He
joined previous golf professional, George Jackson, in 1999 as George’s
assistant and was being groomed to take over the head professional and
general manager’s duties when George retired.
John completed the PGA’s education program in
2002 and received his PGA Class A card. He received a scholarship from Titleist
for scoring the highest out of all the Illinois apprentices completing the PGA
Golf Management Program. John entered the golf business relatively late in his business career. After
working as a professional photographer for 15 years, he found that his passion for
sports and specifically, golf, was calling him. |
He started out as an assistant at Bull Valley
Golf Club in Woodstock from the fall of 1997 thru 1998. From there he moved
directly to Prairie Isle and worked with Mr. Jackson for 2 years while studying
to get his PGA card. In 2002, when Mr. Jackson retired, he was
given the Head Professional and General Manager’s titles.
John would like to find more time to work on his own game and enter more local
tournaments, but until then he is content on giving lessons, running the golf
course and making the golfing experience at Prairie Isle a pleasant one.
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