Fields Ranch, PGA of America, and Omni PGA Frisco Resort named Trish Holt and Glen Griffith as the Head Professionals for Fields Ranch at PGA Frisco.
Holt, a PGA member since 2019, will oversee daily operations and logistics for Omni PGA Frisco Resort daily guest and public play of Fields Ranch including on-course play and The Dance Floor putting course.
Griffith, a Quarter Century PGA member, will oversee the Fields Ranch membership experience and operations. He will also ensure that members of Club 1916, a private club within Fields Ranch will have a high-touch experience.
They will also be responsible to assist in the coordination, functional management and leadership of golf operations including guest and member experience, tournaments, retail, course, practice facility setup, and retail. They will manage a staff of six assistant professionals, a Merchandise Manager and Golf Shop Attendants at Fields Ranch.
“We’re incredibly excited to have Trish Holt and Glen Griffith onboard at Fields Ranch as our first PGA Head Professionals,” said PGA Frisco Director of Golf and Operations Paul Earnest, PGA. “This is a historic time for the PGA of America and their collective experience in the game and business of golf will bolster Fields Ranch and the Omni PGA Frisco Resort as one of the best golf resorts in the country, and help us achieve the goals and aspirations we have for this incredible property.”
Holt comes from Lakewood Country Club in Dallas, where she worked as PGA Head Professional since 2021. She was previously the PGA Head Professional at Stonebriar Country Club. In 2019, Holt earned the inaugural Northern Texas PGA Section Women’s Player of the Year award, and won it again in 2022. She also served as an assistant professional at Northwood Club in Dallas (2017-19), and started her career as an assistant professional at Stonebriar (2015)-17.
The third hole on the Fields Ranch East Course, PGA Frisco.
Holt also played four years of Division I golf for Bowling Green State University. She graduated with a degree as Sport Management. Holt has been in the golf business since 2015.
Griffith has more that 30 years experience in the golf industry. He has held PGA Head Professional and management roles at high-end resorts around the United States. Since 2016, he was the PGA Director for Membership Sales at Omni Tucson National Golf Resort.
Griffith graduated from the University of Montana, where he received a degree as a Business Administration major. An avid competitor, he also qualified to compete in the 2013 WM Phoenix Open, three PGA Professional Championships (2003, ‘08, ‘12) and, most recently, two Senior PGA Professional Championships (2021-22).
Fields Ranch at PGA Frisco and the PGA District will open in May before the 2023 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship. It is the first Major Championship that Fields Ranch East will host, May 24-28. The courses will be closed during the Championship, but will reopen during the Omni PGA Frisco Resort’s grand opening in June.
The eighth hole at PGA Frisco’s Fields Ranch West Course.
The 660-acre, $550 million PGA Frisco campus features two 18-hole championship golf courses — Fields Ranch East designed by Gil Hanse, and Fields Ranch West designed by Beau Welling; a world-class clubhouse; a performance center; the Omni PGA Frisco Resort with 500 guest rooms and suites and 10 private ranch houses; and the PGA District, featuring a one-of-a-kind indoor and outdoor golf-centered entertainment area, shopping and dining. The practice facility covers 30 acres and includes The Dance Floor and The Swing, a par-3 short course. PGA Frisco also boasts the newly opened Home of the PGA of America as well as the Northern Texas PGA Section headquarters.
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