Firestone Country Club is a private golf club in the United States, located in Akron, Ohio.It was a regular stop on the PGA Tour and has hosted the PGA Championship three times. It is the current home of the Bridgestone Senior Players Championship through 2022. The club comprises three courses—those of the North, South, and West.
I have been the Director of Golf Course Operations at Firestone Country Club since 2008. I have been a part of the ClubCorp family for the past 25 years. Prior to Firestone, I worked at Treesdale Golf and Country Club, a 27-hole Arnold Palmer Design ClubCorp facility in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania where I served as the Director of Greens and Grounds ...
Aug 18, 2018 · With the acreage up for sale after a youth golf program failed to grow into a nine-hole golf course, 900 Firestone Ave. in Frayser comes on the market as the ... the board chairman of the Memphis ...
Dec 20, 1987 · It could have built a new office complex on the golf course (at the Akron-Firestone Country Club).'' ... Bell & Howell Co. Chairman Donald N. Frey. ...
ClubCorpApollo Global Management has agreed to purchase ClubCorp for $1.1 billion. ClubCorp owns more than 200 golf and country clubs, including Firestone.Jul 12, 2017
Robert Trent JonesFirestone Country Club is a private golf club in the United States, located in Akron, Ohio. It was a regular stop on the PGA Tour and has hosted the PGA Championship three times....Firestone Country Club.Club informationNorthDesigned byRobert Trent Jones (1969)Par72Length7,125 yards (6,515 m)28 more rows
In 1929, Harvey Firestone began construction of the Firestone Country Club for his employees at the Firestone Rubber and Tire Company. The club is located in Akron, Ohio, and today consists of three separate golf courses.
Bridgestone Senior Players ChampionshipThrough over the last 65 years of professional tournament golf, Firestone Country Club has achieved an incredible history of stories from the greatest to ever play the game. The South Course is now home to hosting the annual Bridgestone Senior Players Championship through 2022.
Steve StrickerSteve Stricker wins Bridgestone Senior Players Championship title at Firestone. Steve Stricker won the Bridgestone Senior Players Championship title Sunday on the South Course at Firestone Country Club. Stricker finished the tournament at 7-under 273 for 72 holes.Jun 27, 2021
AKRON, OhioAKRON, Ohio — The third major of the 2021 PGA Tour Champions season returns to Firestone Country Club with the 2021 Bridgestone Senior Players Championship. Fans will be able to attend this year's tournament after last year's was held without spectators due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Jun 23, 2021
Bridgestone Senior Players Championship fans' guide to tournament at Firestone Country Club. Firestone Country Club hosts a PGA Tour Champions major event for the third straight year when the four-round Bridgestone Senior Players Championship begins Thursday.Jun 23, 2021
Jim Furyk, Fred Couples, Steve Stricker, Ernie Els and defending champion Jerry Kelly highlight the 81-player field for the 2021 Bridgestone SENIOR PLAYERS Championship, the tournament announced Friday.Jun 18, 2021
$3 millionThe 2021 Bridgestone Senior Players Championship purse is set for $3 million, with the winner's share coming in at $450,000 -- more than the standard 15 percent payout according to the PGA Tour Champions' prize money distribution chart.Jun 24, 2021
StrickerEight strokes ahead in the third round and 4 shots in front entering the final round, Stricker closed with an even-par 70 for a 6-stroke victory over defending champion and Wisconsin friend Jerry Kelly.Jun 27, 2021
Prior to his role at Firestone, Jay served as the General Manager/Chief Operating Officer at Frenchman’s Reserve Country Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
Having an extensive background in commercial real estate, I began my career working for Cleveland-based developer, Stark Enterprises. I continued my career abroad working as a Partner for Johnson Fellows, a property consultancy company in the United Kingdom.
I joined ClubCorp in the Spring of 2017 as a Golf Shop Assistant at Diamond Run Golf Club in Sewickley, Pennsylvania. After filling in for the Private Events & Member Relations Director for several months at Diamond Run, I was fortunate enough to begin my own role as the Member Relations Coordinator at Firestone in the Spring of 2018.
Christine has been in the event planning industry for over twenty five years and during that time she has worked in many different roles. From planning large scale fundraising Gala events to creating interactive events.
Tommy is a PGA Certified Golf Professional in Golf Operations. Tommy brings a unique and distinctive style to his golf operations, club leadership, staff management and golf instruction. He has developed a solid reputation as one who incorporates the highest level of visibility, integrity and character.
I have been the Director of Golf Course Operations at Firestone Country Club since 2008. I have been a part of the ClubCorp family for the past 25 years.
That palace of a clubhouse was designed by modernist architect William F. Cody. Coming off the course, golf carts could drive under the building for parking. The dining room with its soaring 14-foot ceiling was enclosed by glass on three sides.
Millionaire industrialist Robert McCullough became a founder of Eldorado Country Club and permanent chairman of the board, putting it on the golf map. A consortium of businessmen golfers was formed to develop the ranch. Construction started with the golf course. The front nine was carved from a citrus grove and grape vineyards.
Hardin’s legacy (per Floyd) is that he worked obsessively on the tournament at the expense of the club. As Joe Torre was a players’ manager, Jack Stephens was a members’ chairman. “I once said to Jack, ‘You’ve got everything here but a practice bunker,’” Floyd said. “Jack said, ‘Go ahead and build one.’”.
We were sitting in Floyd’s office, in his house in South Florida, at Old Palm Golf Club. (Floyd designed the course.) There was a LeRoy Neiman painting — Raymundo, in action — on a nearby wall. Floyd is 77, with a big boat and a lady friend.
Served as the Executive Director accountable to direct overall operations with key decision making authority on a multitude of issues including strategic planning, human resource management, operating policies and procedures, food and beverage operating standards, membership development and retention, golf and course conditioning standards, and best practices for this original George Fazio and Tom Fazio designed golf course consistently rated by all major golf publications as the number one….
Oversaw golf operations, managed golf shop and directed all talent acquisition/development initiatives. Implemented operating procedures, established men and women’s associations and spearheaded successful efforts to elevate membership satisfaction.
Activities and Societies: NCAA Division I Golf Scholar Athlete, Captain
NCGOA Jemsek Award annually honors the world’s top golf course, which are widely known for superior quality, having hosted major amateur and professional tournaments and for being venues to which golfers travel from far and wide.