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Director
Mr. Ed Kelbel, PGA
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(719) 255-3032
The Director
is Mr. Ed Kelbel, Kelbel has been a Class A member of the PGA of
America since 1984. His internships prior to that included stops at
golf courses in Florida, California and Michigan in the private,
public, resort and municipal golf venues. He became a Head Golf
Professional at age 24 and then worked his way up to becoming a
Director of Golf and part owner at an upscale public facility. His
professional playing accomplishments include taking three teams to the
national finals of the Oldsmobile Scramble in Florida as well as
winning the John Deere Club Professional-Superintendent 2 player
national championship qualifier in Michigan. He currently holds three
course records at golf courses in his home state. Golf careers run in
the family. His two brothers are PGA professionals and his father and
grandfather were golf professionals as well. Combined, they have made
12 Hole In One's! Ed has been active in his community by serving on
the local Chamber of Commerce Board and Rotary Club in cities where he
has worked. He serves on the Pikes Peak Golf Links Board of Directors.
Ed
was a High School All-American and State Champion Golfer and an
All-State Basketball player. He then went on to play for Michigan
State as a scholarship athlete in golf where he played in the Big Ten
Championship and was a Varsity Letter Winner. After earning a Business
Marketing degree from MSU in 1981, he furthered his education by
gaining a Masters Degree from Ferris State University in Occupational
Education in 1989.
Assistant Director/Internship Coordinator
Mollie Sutherland, PGA, LPGA
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(719) 255-3609
The Assistant Director/Internship Coordinator
is Mrs. Mollie Sutherland, Sutherland is a Class A member of the PGA of
America and LPGA Teaching and Club Professional Division. She has
extensive experience in the management and daily operations of both
private clubs and high-end daily fee facilities. She has worked for
private owners, management companies and member-owned club operations
for the last ten years. She has worked at properties in Arizona,
Nevada, New Mexico and Colorado. During her career she has served many
roles in the industry including Player Service Attendant to Assistant
General Manager. She was the first female Head Golf Professional in the
state of Nevada.
Mollie
earned a scholarship and played on the University of New Mexico Women's
Golf Team from 1993-1997. She graduated with a Degree in Education in
1998. She is married to Mark Sutherland who is also a Class A member of
the PGA of America and Head Golf Professional. They have daughter
Bethany Alice Sutherland.
 Academic Advisor
Dr. Paul Miller
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(719) 255-3590
The Academic Advisor
is Dr. Paul Miller, who is also Professor of Accounting in the College
of Business. Starting early in 2000, Paul headed up the extensive
team-based effort at UCCS to create the PGA Golf Management Program and
obtain initial accreditation from the PGA. His present responsibilities
involve working with the curriculum, the faculty, the admissions
process, and especially the students. He is very pleased to have a
position that combines his dual loves for young people and golf.
Paul
joined the business faculty in 1988, moving to Colorado Springs from
Washington, DC, where he had been serving on the staff of the
Securities & Exchange Commission. Prior to that, he had been a long
time member of the faculty at the University of Utah. He also served on
the staff of the prestigious Financial Accounting Standards Board.
In
addition to his success in bringing PGA Golf Management to UCCS, Paul
has been a busy author, with more than 15 books to his name, and more
than 200 other publications. He is sought out by journalists and others
for his views, and is a frequent speaker on topics related to financial
reporting and regulation.
Paul continues to teach in the accounting area while serving as the program's academic director.
He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin and holds two other degrees from Rice University.
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