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profile Robert Brown, PGA Executive Director, Gulf States PGA of America Year elected to PGA? When did you know you wanted to work in the golf industry? Who introduced you to the game of golf? Who are your current and past mentors? 1985 At a very young age...by the time I was 15 Father Frank Gumpert, Ben Nelson, Ken Lindsay, JR Carpenter, Charlie Dugas, Frank Mackel, Butch Brooks, Oliver Counce, Ernest Ross, Joel Gann, Ham Carothers...and a number of others that can’t fit in this space! How old were you when you started playing golf? 5 Best golf memory? Competing in the 1987 & 1988 PGA TOUR USF&G Classic at Lakewood CC 20 Robert, Jan, Claire, Catherine, Bobby, and Carlie (14).