학교소개 설립자와운영진

Tim Somerville, Ph.D.
PGCC의 총장 & 설립자

Tim Somerville 박사는 PGCC의 총장이자 설립자입니다. 그는 체육과 골프 분야에서 특별한 교육 배경을 갖고 있습니다. 그는 그가 가르치고 코치했던 오하이오 주립대학에서 교육학 박사학위를 수여했습니다. 그의 교육 및 스포츠 관련 학력과 교육자로서의 경력은 대학 총장으로서의 자격을 갖는데 충분합니다.

그는 전국적으로 4년제 대학에서 대학 농구팀 코치, 운동선수 감독자, 골프 강사를 역임해왔습니다. 그는 텍사스 크리스챤 대학에서 농구 코치팀장이었고, 볼링 그린 주립 대학과 오하이오 주립 대학에서 보조 코치로 활동했습니다.

지난 24년 동안, 그는 골프 교육 사업을 해왔습니다. 그 중 8년 동안 그는 샌디에고 골프 아카데미의 사장이자 주요 감독자이기도 했습니다.

그는 또한 플로리다에 위치한 올란도 남부 골프 아카데미를 시작하였고, 그 곳을 떠난 뒤 PGCC를 설립하였습니다. 그는 모든 전문 골프 학교 사이에서 최고의 교육자로 인지되고 있습니다. 

Somerville 박사는 골프 교육계의 리더이며 골프 교육 커리큘럼 발전에 다양한 개념을 도입 발전시켜 왔습니다. 그는 프로 골프 비디오에 나오기도 하고 골프 팁스 매거진에 많은 교육적인 기사를 쓰고 있습니다.

그는 일본, 한국, 말레이시아를 포함하여 전세계에 골프 클리닉을 제공합니다. 맨 처음 쥬니어 골프 클리닉은 중국 본토에서 시작되었습니다.

그는 교육 프로그램과 대학의 실습 시설들을 계획하고 골프 역사 과정과 태도와 동기유발 과정을 가르칩니다. 지난 20년 동안 그는 1000명 이상의 학생들이 골프 업계에서 일자리를 얻도록 도와주었습니다.

Kent Brown
Executive Director
Temecula, California Campus

Kent Brown, one of the founding partners of the Professional Golfers Career College, is Executive Director and Placement Director for the College. Kent is a member of the PGA Advisory Board of Southern California. 

He is a graduate of California State University, Long Beach where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing. He was the number one player and captain of the Varsity Golf Team. 

After graduation, he played professional tournament golf until he joined the Ben Hogan Golf Company. During the next 14 years, Kent was one of the company's outstanding district managers and was honored as the company's number one Master Salesman.

Kent is an internationally recognized golf instructor, working with college, amateur, and tour players. He teaches our classes in Principles of Salesmanship and Career Planning & Placement.
Drawing on his extensive connections in the golf world and knowledge of the wide range of pro golf jobs, he works individually with each student in long-term golf career planning as well as practical job placement.

Jim Patch
Executive Director
Orlando, Florida Campus

Jim Patch is the Executive Director of the PGCC, Orlando Campus.  Jim has been employed in Career Education for over 30 years.  He brings broad experience in academics and administration serving as Dean, Vice President for Academic Affairs, and President of Jones College in Jacksonville, Florida.  He as also assisted many institutions in achieving licensure and accreditation in his role as a consultant.

Jim earned his Bachelor of Science Degree from California State Polytechnic University and his Master of Arts Degree from Western Michigan University.  He has completed additional graduate work at the University of Florida and Nova University.

Jim has been very active in State licensing activities and has served as a member of the Sate Board of Independent Education as well as numerous committees and boards to which he has been appointed by the Commissioner of Education.  Jim worked with others in completing a redesign of the licensing law, a reformulation which is still in effect.

He also has a broad range of experience in post secondary accreditation, having served as a commissioner for the Accrediting Council for and Schools.

Jim McLean
Director of Golf Instruction

“I am very excited to be associated with Professional Golfers Career College. I have hired PGCC graduates, and they are well-trained and have done well in my golf schools. There is no better place to start a career in golf than PGCC.”

Mr. Jim McLean, one of the world’s most recognized golf instructors, has helped develop PGCC’s comprehensive golf instruction program. Mr. McLean gives a golf clinic once a year at each of PGCC’s campuses and continually works with our golf faculty on teaching methods

Mr. McLean is a graduate of the University of Houston, where he was a college All-American. His playing achievements include qualifying for the U.S. Junior, the U.S. Amateur (4 times), the U.S. Open (2 times), and the U.S. Senior Open. He also made the cut at The Masters when he was just 21 years old.

He is probably best known for his research on the golf swing, and his work on the ‘X Factor,’ which describes in detail, body motions, body angles, and body positions. Mr. McLean’s ‘Eight Step’ video is the all-time best selling video on The Golf Channel, and the all-time #1 golf DVD in America. His ‘Eight Step Swing’ book was ranked by Sports Illustrated as one of the top golf instruction books of the 20th century. The Eight Step book is used in our ‘Methods of Teaching’ class, and serves as our instructional manual.

Mr. McLean is the author of the following top-selling instructional books, video, and CD-ROM’s:

The Eight Step Swing (book)
The X-Factor Golf Swing (book)
Golf Digest Book of Drills (book)
10 Fundamentals of the Modern Swing (video)
Sam Snead, A Swing for a Lifetime (video)
The Golf Swing ? Ben Hogan (video)
The X-Factor (video)
The Eight Step Swing (video)
20 Problems/20 Solutions (video)
Swing Thoughts (video)
The Putter’s Pocket Companion (book)
Wedge Game Pocket Companion (book)
Sportware Golf (CD-ROM)
The Final Check (video-Korea)
The Final Check (book-Korea)

Mr. McLean is also the owner of the Jim McLean Golf Schools at Doral Resort & Spa in Miami, Florida; PGA West in La Quinta, California; La Quinta Resort in La Quinta, California; La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California; and Grand Traverse Resort in Williamsburg, Michigan.

His professional achievements include: National PGA Teaching Committee member, National PGA Education Committee, National PGA Awards Committee, and PGA Master Professional. Jim is an Instruction Editor for Golf Digest, and the Instruction Editor and Advisor for The Golf Channel (where he appears regularly) since its inception in 1995.

Jim McLean
Director of Golf Instruction

“I am very excited to be associated with Professional Golfers Career College. I have hired PGCC graduates, and they are well-trained and have done well in my golf schools. There is no better place to start a career in golf than PGCC.”

Mr. Jim McLean, one of the world’s most recognized golf instructors, has helped develop PGCC’s comprehensive golf instruction program. Mr. McLean gives a golf clinic once a year at each of PGCC’s campuses and continually works with our golf faculty on teaching methods

Tom Addis
Mr. Tom Addis III has served as President of the PGA of America. Considered one of the PGA’s most dedicated and active members, he has devoted his entire career to the game and business of golf. Mr. Addis has developed the golf business curriculum for PGCC, which includes all of the golf operations classes. Tom also teaches the ‘Rules of Golf’ and ‘Golf Operations’ classes at PGCC’s Southern California campus. Mr. Addis is also the owner and president of Medallion Golf, Inc., a golf facility design, construction, operations, and management services company. He was Director of Golf for many years at Singing Hills Golf Resort before starting his own management company.

Mr. Addis is the recipient of some of golf’s most prestigious national awards. In 1981, he received the PGA’s Horton Smith Award for his contributions to improving educational opportunities for PGA professionals. In 1988, he was awarded the national Golf Foundation Joe Graffis award for contributions to the game of golf. In 1989, Tom was named the National PGA Golf Professional of the Year. He is also a member of the Southern California PGA Hall of Fame.
 

Ken Ferrell, PGA
Director of Tournaments

After excelling at golf in high school and college, Ken turned professional in 1981. He toured on American, European and Mexican PGA tours for four years. In 1984, Ken entered the business of golf working as an assistant at two Southern California private clubs, Yorba Linda Country Club, and then Big Canyon Country Club. During this time, he attained his PGA classification. During his apprenticeship, Ken also sat on the SCPGA Board of Directors for two years, and also helped as Assistant Golf Coach at California State University Fullerton.

In 1989, Ken was hired by PGA Senior Tour Professional Jim Colbert to open and manage Tustin Ranch Golf Club in Tustin, California. In 1992, he co-founded Team Golf Corporation, a golf management and consulting group. With Team Golf, Ken opened and operated three different golf learning and practice centers as well as serving as a consultant on twelve other projects including golf courses in the Pacific Northwest, California, and Mexico.

In 1997, Ken left Team Golf and joined American Golf Corporation to become the Head Golf Professional at Dove Canyon Country Club, an exclusive Jack Nicklaus-designed Southern California private club. Ken also served as a Regional Golf Professional, and sat on the National Merchandising Board for American Golf Corp. In 2000, Ken left his position at Dove Canyon to become a full-time member of the PGCC staff.

Ken teaches the Golf Shop Operations classes, Country Club Management, Tournament Planning, and Principles of the Short Game. In addition, he directs all of the tournament play for students, which includes golf tournaments and the prestigious International and President's Cup matches between faculty/staff and students. Ken also gives private lessons to PGCC students.

Gordon Severson, PGA

Gordon Severson has been teaching at PGCC since its inception in 1991. He teaches 'Techniques of the Short Game,'and classes in golf swing analysis. Gordon was the San Diego area PGA Player of the Year and was also Head Professional at San Luis Rey Downs Golf Club and the prestigious Pauma Valley, Country Club, in Pauma Valley, California.

Gordon was also the Golf Coach for the NCAA Division I Men's and Women's golf programs at United States International University in San Diego. He has taught many PGA and LPGA pros, including: Paul McGinley of Ireland (a European Ryder Cup player). Gordon is recognized as one of the top teaching professionals in Southern California.

Jack Miller

Jack Miller is a graduate of the University of New Mexico, where he was a member of four conference championship teams, in addition to being Conference Champion himself. After a career in the Air Force, he decided to become a golf professional, and served as Head Golf Professional at the Olympic Resort in Carlsbad, California for five years. Jack gives individual golf lessons to PGCC students.