Harry Hammond
PGA Pro Emeritus
Harry Hammond served as Director of Golf at Whitford Country Club from1969-2007. In 2005, he had the opportunity to join a group of business men in purchasing Penn Oaks Golf Club where he serves as a partner and their Director of Golf. Teaching the game to our young men and women has been a passion for Harry and he has had over 40 of them selected to play college golf. The junior program at Penn Oaks has grown every year and now includes over eighty children learning to play. He also enjoys working with adults to insure they gain the maximum enjoyment from the game.
Harry serves as a member of the PGA of America’s National “Growth of the Game” committee. He is a fifty year member of the Philadelphia Section PGA of America and serves as President of their foundation as well as a member of the junior golf committee.
Honors received by Harry include:
National:
PGA of America: 2012 William Strausbaugh Award
PGA of America: 1999 Junior Golf Leader Award
US Kids Golf: 2012 Master Teacher award
US Kids Golf: 2005, 2009, 2011 Top 50 Teachers
Philadelphia Section:
2005, 2009 William Strausbaugh Award
1992,1993,1996,1998 Junior Golf Leader Award
1991 Professional of the Year Award
2001 Elected to Section Hall of Fame
Other:
2000 Golf Association of Philadelphia names top Junior Award in my name
2010 Recognized for work with juniors by “Women Golfers Give Back Organization”
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