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Tre Dang-Miller joins SOPGA as Junior Golf Manager
Dayton, OH – Tre Dang-Miller, recently joined the Southern Ohio PGA team as our new Junior Golf Manager. In this role, Tre will lead day to day
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Clubs Fore Kids: One set of clubs can change everything
Columbus, OH – On a humid August afternoon in Licking County, the girls’ golf team at Utica High School stood in a semi-circle around a row of
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Kern, Sowards Shine at PGA Winter Championsihps
PORT ST. LUCIE, FL – There’s an ATM joke to be made about how Bob Sowards and Ben Kern treat the PGA Winter Championships every year. When the
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65 days.
$1.1 million down.
Plenty of yellow left to play.
May can’t get here soon enough.
65 days.
$1.1 million down.
Plenty of yellow left to play.
May can’t get here soon enough.
That’s a wrap for our second Junior Golf Summit of the year at the Golf Club of Dublin! Thank you to all of our presenters, juniors, and their parents for a great day of fun and learning!
That's a wrap for our second Junior Golf Summit of the year at the Golf Club of Dublin! Thank you to all of our presenters, juniors, and their parents for a great day of fun and learning!
That’s a wrap on our Heatherwoode Junior Golf Summit!
We had an incredible time yesterday at Heatherwoode Golf Club for our first Junior Golf Summit of the year! A massive thank you to our expert presenters for sharing their wisdom and to all the junior golfers and families who joined us... to level up their game. 📈
Missed out? Don’t worry—we’re doing it all again!
Next Stop: 📍 The Golf Club of Dublin
When: February 22
That’s a wrap on our Heatherwoode Junior Golf Summit!
Huge thanks to everyone who made February 15 such a success. To our presenters: thank you for investing your time and expertise into the next generation of golfers. And to our attendees: your passion for the game is what makes these ...events so special!
Round 2 is just around the corner:
📅 February 22
📍 The Golf Club of Dublin
Register for Golf Club of Dublin: https://bit.ly/46eTGga
Highlights from our Junior Teaching Summit this morning! A big thank you to Kim Shafer PGA, Chase Wilson PGA, and Kelly Morrow PGA for being the energy and expertise!
Win Free Golf for a Year with the Southern Ohio PGA!
Enter for your chance to play some of Ohio’s top courses with a guest, score a year’s supply of Srixon golf balls and win bonus prizes from Golf Gummies, GOLFTEC and Vortex Golf!
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Win Free Golf for a Year with the Southern Ohio PGA!
Enter for your chance to play some of Ohio’s top courses with a guest, score a year’s supply of Srixon golf balls and win bonus prizes from Golf Gummies, GOLFTEC and Vortex Golf!
Enter here: ...https://thesouthernohiopga.com/free-golf-2026/
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