As the President of The PGA of America, Brian Whitcomb provides the Association with the business knowledge and skills of a successful golf course owner.
A PGA member since 1984, Whitcomb began his career in 1978, at the Arizona Biltmore Country Club in Phoenix. In 1981, he leased Paradise Valley Park Golf Course, also in Phoenix, and built an additional nine holes of golf. In 1989, he designed and built The 500 Club in Phoenix as well, which he operates with Tom Sneva, the winner of the 1983 Indianapolis 500. In 1992, he designed and built Club West in Phoenix, which he sold in 1998.
In 1995, he designed and constructed Lost Tracks Golf Club in Bend, Ore. Whitcomb also has partnered with three of his former employees to build The Golf Club at Beardance in Castle Rock, Colo., the new home of the Colorado PGA Section. In addition, he has led the extensive renovations to The PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie, Fla.
Since 1999, Whitcomb has served on the national PGA Properties Board. He also was a member of the national PGA Board of Directors from 1998-01, representing District 14. In 2002, he was elected to a two-year term as PGA secretary, and was elected PGA vice president in 2004.
From 1989-91, he served on the Southwest PGA Section Board of Directors. He was the Section's secretary from 1991-93, vice president from 1993-95, president from 1995-97, and honorary president from 1997-99. He also has served the Section as Tournament Chairperson, Education Chairperson and Golf Pass Chairperson. In 2001, he was named the Southwest Section's PGA Golf Professional of the Year.
Whitcomb attended Arizona State University from 1975-78, earning a Bachelor's Degree in Physical Education and competing as a member of the University golf team. He was a finalist in the National Long Drive competition in 1985-86.
Whitcomb is a Board Member and financial contributor to the Crystal Peaks Youth Ranch in Bend, which combines reviving orphaned horses with therapeutic care for socially, mentally and physically disadvantaged children of all ages and backgrounds.
Whitcomb and his wife, Stefanie, have two children, Ryan and Megan.
