Golf News | Environmental Institute Elections shake up golf board

Bob Wood the reigning president of Nike Golf has been announced as the new chairman of The Environmental Institute for Golf. Elected as the vice chairman and treasurer is the president of Leading By Serving LLC, Ken Melrose. Key industry figures were added to the board of trustees on a three year basis including, Rae Evans the founder of the Evans Capitol Group who also holds a position on the LPGA board and James R. Fitzroy of the Wollaston Recreational Facility.

The Insistute however has lost the Former GCSAA chief executive Steve Mona, Bill Kubly, CEO of Landscapes Unlimited LLC; and Roger Twibell the sports news reporter who all have retired from the  board of trustees.  However the president of PGA Tour Golf Course Properties, David Pillsbury, has been allowed to stay on the board for a further year as a response to his work in the previous year. Both Pillsbury and Kubly will continue to serve on the Institute’s advisory council though Spanish Valderrama Golf Club’s Jaime Ortiz-Patiño has retired his place.

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