Page 60 - Microsoft Word - Hot Shots CIM Version 1.9.2 Final
P. 60

HARRISON GOLF AND LEISURE – THE TEAM

























                                                PHIL HARRISON
                                               CHIEF EXECUTIVE



                  With 41 years ’professional golf experience and 23 years of senior golf management,
                  Phil Harrison is supremely experienced and uniquely connected in the worlds of golf,
                  leisure  and  property  development.  He  combines  strong  experience  with  sound
                  commercial sense and is a member of the PGA and the PGA European Tour and the 2016
                  winner of the prestigious PGA Toby Sunderland Award for his contribution to golf.

                  He became a golf professional in 1977, qualified with a PGA degree in 1980 and was one
                  of the youngest PGA club professionals in the UK at Barnard Castle Golf Club. During
                  this time he played European Tour and Worldwide Tournaments on a full time basis for
                  14 years, becoming a Regional PGA Captain In 1990.


                  Phil  founded  Scenic  Golf,  specialising  in  all  aspects  of  golf  course  design  and
                  management, developing two golf clubs from conception - the Eden Golf Club in Cumbria
                  and the exclusive Wynyard Golf Club and David Leadbetter Academy in the North East
                  for Sir John Hall in 1995, which went on to host the prestigious Seve Trophy competition.

                  In 1999 Phil became director of golf at Aldwark Manor in Yorkshire, where he secured
                  planning permission for a 60 bedroom hotel and spa extension, attracting The British
                  and International Greenkeeper's Association (BIGGA) where it established its national
                  headquarters. In 2004, he became a shareholder and the Managing Director of Wildwood
                  Golf & Country Club and spearheaded a team to gain planning permission for an 84
                  bedroom hotel with 39 lodges, PGA Southern Region headquarters and a Golf Academy
                  and range.

                  He is also advising Staysure in their sponsorship of the European tour.

















                                                                                                     60
   55   56   57   58   59   60   61   62   63   64   65