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Dean Ingalls

Current Golf Facility: Carnmoney GC
Member Classification: Head Professional
Education Background: Golf Complex Management Degree - San Diego Golf Academy; Business Diploma - Mount Royal College
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Dean was born and raised in Hanna, Alberta. The youngest of three sons, Dean grew up playing all sorts of different sports. He enjoyed baseball, basketball, competitive swimming, tennis, hockey, curling, track and field, and of course golf. He was fortunate to have a nine hole designed Les Furber course to play on as he learned the game. After graduation from school in Hanna, Dean went on to play hockey at Mount Royal College in Calgary and completed his Business Diploma. Dean then decided to pursue the game of golf and becoming a Golf Professional so he headed down to the San Diego Golf Academy and completed the two year training and was subsequently hired on at the Rossland Trail Golf and Country Club. He spent 3 years at Rossland Trail and then moved back closer to home to marry wife Julie and start a family. Dean worked two years at the Highwood Golf Course in High River and then was hired on at Pinebrook in 1996. Dean’s two daughters Gillian (7 years old) and Emma (4 years old) will have difficulty not becoming interested in both Golf with instruction from Dad and Highland Dancing with instruction from Mom. In November 2001, Dean took over full time as the Head Professional and Manager of Golf Operations at Pinebrook. He is extremely thankful to Pinebrook for making his place of work as enjoyable a place to be as he could have ever imagined. In his 11 years at Pinebrook he has become trained by such renowned instructors as Butch Harmon, David Leadbetter, Jim Flick, Scotty Cameron, Jim Hardy, Jimmy Ballard, Rick Smith, and Dave Pelz. Dean’s philosophy on teaching is to first of all find out what people want to achieve from the game of golf and from there create an enjoyable learning atmosphere that will help them achieve their goals.

Q. What do you enjoy most about the game and the business of golf?
Being able to do something that I enjoy for a living is very gratifying. The diversity of jobs that you do as a Golf Professional really keeps you enthused at all times. The best part of the business for me still is to be able to coach a golfer and see
Q. What or who influenced you in becoming a Golf Professional?
My older brother introduced me to the game and then once I started playing the game I knew that I wanted to be around it all the time.
Q. What would you be doing if you weren’t a Golf Professional?
Teaching something else as that is the part of this business that I enjoy most.
Q. What is your favourite golf course in the world?
Augusta National
Q. Who is your favourite PGA Tour player?
Tiger Woods
Q. What is the first club you take out of your bag on the driving range?
Wedge
Q. What is the most number of holes of golf you have played in one day?
When I was a Junior. 63 holes which was 7 times around my 9 hole course in Hanna.
Q. What is your career low round and where did you shoot this score?
67 at Pinebrook and Carnmoney.
Q. What significant accomplishments are you most proud of?
My Wife and Kids are what I am most proud of.
Q. What other interests, hobbies and passions can you share?
A lot of other sports. Hockey, baseball, basketball, football, tennis just to name a few.
Dean Ingalls

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