PGA REACH announces 2019-2020 PGA WORKS Golf Management University scholarship recipients

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – PGA REACH has awarded scholarships to 10 students through the PGA WORKS Golf Management University Scholarship Program for the 2019-2020 academic school year. These $8,000 scholarships are designed to improve the recruitment and retention of talented and motivated students from diverse backgrounds, who are pursuing PGA Membership through PGA Golf Management University Programs nationwide.

 

The PGA WORKS initiative is designed to evolve the demographic composition of the golf industry’s workforce and the PGA of America’s Membership. Scholarship recipients will pursue fulltime undergraduate studies at one of the 18 accredited PGA Golf Management Universities during the 2019-2020 academic year, with an ultimate goal of obtaining PGA Membership.

 

“PGA REACH is proud to award these outstanding students with a PGA WORKS Golf Management University Scholarship, as they pursue their dream of earning PGA Membership and a college degree,” said PGA President Suzy Whaley. “We congratulate them for their academic success, and we’re delighted that they represent an exciting future for the game and our industry.”

 

Scholarship recipients were selected on the basis of: Academic record; demonstrated leadership and participation in school and community activities; honors and work experience; a statement of goals and aspirations; unusual personal or family circumstances; an outside appraisal; demonstrated active participation in the game of golf; and playing ability.

 

The 2019-2020 PGA WORKS Golf Management University Scholarship Program recipients:

 

Addison Blome

Simpsonville, South Carolina 

Coastal Carolina University 

PGA Golf Management University Program Class of 2020

 

Macrae Conrad 

New Holland, Ohio

Methodist University 

PGA Golf Management University Program Class of 2021

 

Brianna Fleming

Monaca, Pennsylvania

Coastal Carolina University

PGA Golf Management University Program Class of 2022

 

Brandon Garcia

League City, Texas

Sam Houston State

PGA Golf Management University Program Class of 2020

 

Elizabeth Hildebrandt

Brookings, South Dakota

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

PGA Golf Management University Program Class of 2022

 

Mariah Kuranga

Decatur, Georgia

Methodist University

PGA Golf Management University Program Class of 2021

 

Young Lee

Mount Airy, Maryland

University of Maryland Eastern Shore 

PGA Golf Management University Program Class of 2020

 

Luka Van der Merwe

Yakima, Washington

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

PGA Golf Management University Program Class of 2021

 

Devyn Olds

Lee, Massachusetts

Coastal Carolina University

PGA Golf Management University Program Class of 2020

 

Yuqin Xu

Las Cruces, New Mexico

New Mexico State University

PGA Golf Management University Program Class of 2020 

 

To ensure success and perpetuity of the program, as well as objectivity in the selection process, PGA REACH retained Scholarship America as a third-party administrator. Scholarship America is the nation's largest designer and manager of scholarship, tuition assistance, and other education support programs for corporations, foundations, associations and individuals.