Board of Directors’ Meeting
Ben Hogan Learning Center – Fort Worth, Texas
June 10, 2012
Meeting Minutes
Call to Order
President Bleakney called to order a meeting of the Northern Texas PGA Board of Directors at 3:03 p.m. In attendance
were the following Board Members: President Bleakney, Secretary Tony Martinez, Honorary President Billy Harris,
District 12 Director Ronny Glanton, At-Large Director Simon Buckle, At-Large Director Casey Paulson, At-Large
Director Courtney Connell, At-Large Director Todd Harbour, Metro Chapter President Craig Brown, East Texas President
Ben Burns and West Texas Chapter President, Jason Hase.
Staff members Mark Harrison, Ryan Kossick and Harold Geyer were also present.
Tour of Ben Hogan Learning Center / NTPGA Home Site
First Tee of Fort Worth Executive Director, Kevin Long provided an overview of the new Ben Hogan Learning Center,
home to the First Tee of Fort Worth. Following, Development Director and PGA Member, JR Holland then gave a tour of
the facility and answered questions about the facility from the Board.
Philip Bleakney and Mark Harrison explained that such a facility may be an option for the Section in the future and that
the current office space lease expires in 2016. The Board agreed that a green grass home site is not a necessity and if such
an opportunity does arise, it would need to be able to accommodate significant Foundation programming and also events
for the Section. A non-green grass home site without the ability to conduct programming would be an option if owning
verses leasing would be beneficial for the Section long term. The Board gave staff approval to start to explore possible
opportunities for a home site for Section in the future.
PGA of America Report
Ronny Glanton shared with the Board an update on the Association’s activiti