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Baucom named PGA Professional of the Year
Published in the Bozeman Chronicle, December 18, 2008.
The Rocky Mountain Section PGA has named P. David Baucom, general manager and director of golf at Black Bull in Bozeman, its PGA Golf Professional of the Year for the second time. Baucom, who previously won the award in 2001, is a 14-year member of the PGA of America and has been with Black Bull for the past two seasons.
The award is the highest honor paid to a PGA professional. The honoree is chosen based on his or her outstanding leadership abilities, exceptional performance as a PGA professional and distinguished service to the Association and to the game of golf.
Since his election to the PGA membership in 1994, Baucom has distinguished himself as a true professional. He has served both the Yellowstone Chapter and the Section as an officer and is the current President of the Rocky Mountain Section.
Prior to the establishment of Black Bull, David spent 10 years as the head professional at Riverside Country Club in Bozeman, and was the general manager at Ridgecrest Golf Club in Nampa, Idaho, for two years beginning in 1996. He served his apprenticeship at Crane Creek Country club in Boise in the early 1990's.
In addition to his Golf Professional of the Year awards, he has also been previously named, in the Rocky Mountain Section PGA, as the Teacher of the Year in 2003, Private Merchandiser of the Year in 2004 and 2006, and was the Bill Strausbaugh Award winner in 2007. He has also been recognized for numerous club fitting accomplishments from PING, Titleist, Taylor-Made and Cleveland Golf.
As the leader at Black Bull, Baucom has recently finalized an agreement with Callaway Golf to have the first-ever Callaway Test Center at a private club. Black Bull's practice facility will offer club fitting of the type only available to tour professionals. Golf Magazine named him as one of the top 425 instructors in the world and Golf Digest has previously nominated him for its list of top 100 teachers.