Rick Gehr
Fallen Oak
Billy Allen
Deerfield Golf Club and Dancing Rabbit Golf Club
Year elected to membership: Apprentice but professional since
2006
When did you know you wanted to have a career in the golf
industry?
When I started playing golf, I saw how everyone loved the golf pro.
Pros were always the life of the party, and everyone respected them.
That’s when I knew that is what I wanted to be.
Who introduced you to the game?
My father Bob Allen
Who are your mentors?
Jay Jordan, David Lingle, William Earl Morgan, Anthony Price,
Mark Powell, Leigh Brannan
How old were you when you began playing golf? 11
What is your best golf memory? My dad was a really good
player when I was young. He still is. He used to love finding ways to
push me. He came up with an idea to not allow me to get my drivers
license until I beat him in a round of golf. About tw