Staff Report U.S. Kids Golf Senior Director of Academy Development Jim Hardy, PGA, and Carolinas PGA Hall of Fame professional Rick Murphy are partnering to create a youth golf program in the Triad. Rick Murphy, PGA, has been an instructor in the Piedmont Triad for more than 30 years. Murphy teaches his students from the…
By Steve Huffman Jay Dee Draper is experiencing a homecoming of sorts with his recent hire as golf professional at Forest Park Country Club in Martinsville, Va. Draper, 42, assumed the role May 1 and said he wants to help return the course to its former glory, to the days in the 1990s when he…
By Steve Huffman Rick Murphy is running for office with the PGA of America and said he’s doing so solely for the good of the game. “I’ve got nothing to add to my resume, I’m done,” he said. “This is simply my way of giving back.” Ultimately, Murphy, a Greensboro golf professional, wants to be…