September, 2010 Volume: 21, Issue 9
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Billy Jack
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Charlotte Williams
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Billy Jack
Billy Jack is a Class A member of the Professional Golfers Association of America and has been a member of the team at St Ives since 2002. As Head Golf Professional of St Ives, Billy is responsible for the entire golf operation of the Club, including the management of the golf shop, all member tournaments, the junior golf program, golf outings, private lessons, and all instructional programs.
Prior to coming to St Ives, Billy spent 14 years as the Head Golf Professional at Treyburn Country Club in Durham, North Carolina.
Treyburn, like St Ives, was a Tom Fazio design and was a Golf Digest Top 10 golf course in North Carolina. Billy, a native of Glasgow, Scotland, was a member of the 1979 NCAA National Championship Team at Ohio State before graduating with a B.S. degree in Business Administration. Billy began his professional career at Frenchman's Creek Golf Club in North Palm Beach, Florida, and then served under Jim Gerring at Muirfield Village (Ohio) for five years before assuming his past position at Treyburn.
As a PGA Professional Billy has been a promoter of junior golf, charity fundraising tournaments, active in the Carolina's Section PGA as a Tournament Director, two-time national champion of the Golfweek "Pro-Pro" Championship, and a member of the North Carolina "Tarheel Cup" team.
Billy was the founder of the St Ives Charity Pro benefiting children with cancer through The Lighthouse Family Retreat. Over the past seven years Billy and the golf staff have helped raise over $500,000 for this cause.
Billy and his wife Stephanie live in Alpharetta and have three daughters, Julia, Lexi, and Delaney.
Sean Hanna
Sean Hanna joins St Ives after spending the last eight years at Naples Grande Golf Club in Naples, Florida. Naples Grande is a Rees Jones designed golf course and is listed on the Golf Digest Top 100 Resort Course list. Sean was elected to membership in the PGA of America in September 2008 and intends on continuing his PGA education by enrolling in the Certified Professional Program. While working at Naples Grande, Sean was responsible for managing all of the member events and corporate outings as well as overseeing the outside operations. Sean has experience in all aspects of the golf operation including teaching (group and individual), tournament operations and merchandising with a primary focus on customer service.
Sean is a native of Amsterdam, New York. He graduated from St. John Fisher College in Rochester, New York. Sean and his wife Kathryn have three children, Monica, Dominic and Abbygayle.
Hudson Garrett
Hudson Garrett has been a member of the St Ives team since 1994 and has proven to be a valuable asset to our organization. If there is ever a need that needs to be addressed, Hudson is your man.
Before coming to St Ives, Hudson was learning the skills of his trade as the assistant bagroom manager at Carolina Golf and Country Club in Charlotte, NC. Upon moving to Atlanta, Hudson learned his way around town by serving as a part-time bus driver and airport shuttle driver.
Gene Siller
Gene was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. He attended Purdue University and graduated with a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering. From there he moved to Indianapolis and worked as a new product design engineer for Ingersoll-Rand. After seven years developing projects he decided to pursue his dream thus changing career paths and went to work at The Fort Golf Resort in Indianapolis. From there he decided to go toward warmer weather and ended up here in Atlanta as an assistant golf professional at White Columns Golf Club.
Charlotte Williams
Charlotte Williams comes to us from Chapel Hill Country Club in North Carolina. She was elected to membership in the PGA of America in January 2008. At Chapel Hill Country Club, Charlotte gained experience in teaching, merchandising, junior programs, and tournament operations. She graduated from Methodist University with a degree in Business Administration and a concentration in professional golf management in 2007. At Methodist, Charlotte played four years of collegiate golf and won four division III national team championships and two individual titles. She is excited to be in Atlanta where her boyfriend of three years is the assistant golf coach at Emory University.