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Ryan Wilson :: General Manager
Ryan has been a Class A P.G.A. Member since 1995. Most recently serving as the Director of Golf and General Manager at The Westin Mission Hills Resort in Rancho Mirage, California (Palm Springs area). A 36-hole resort with two golf shops that played 70,000 rounds of golf, and had over $1M in merchandise sales. Prior to that Ryan was the General Manager at D’Andrea Golf Club, a semi-private 18-hole golf course located outside Reno, Nevada. Additionally he was the Head Golf Professional at The Westin La Cantera Resort in San Antonio, Texas. In that position, Ryan oversaw two golf shops at this 36-hole resort. During his tenure at La Cantera he was fortunate enough to manage the golf operations through 2 years of The Texas Open, a P.G.A. Tour Event that our facility hosted. Additional facilities that he has been the Head Golf Professional at include: Legend Trail Golf Club, Scottsdale, Arizona; The Ridge at Castle Pines, Castle Rock, Colorado; Rams Hill Country Club, Borrego Springs, California. Prior to going to work for Troon Golf in 1998 he was the Head Golf Professional at two daily fee facilities in the state of Washington. At the age of 23 he was the youngest Class A P.G.A. member and Head Golf Professional in the state of Washington.


Kyle Peigh :: Golf Course Superintendent
Kyle, of Terre Haute, IN, has been with The Sagamore Club since construction began in 2002. He has been a Superintendent with Troon Golf since June of 2000 beginning with the development of Shadow Lakes Golf Club in Brentwood, CA. His career path has taken him through the Country Club of Terre Haute, Brickyard Crossing GC, Pine Needles Golf Resort, Pinnacle Peak CC and Desert Mountain's Cochise and Geronimo courses. Kyle received his Turfgrass Management degree from Penn State University.


Zach Miller :: Membership Director
Zach is originally from Tipton, Indiana where his father is the Golf Professional at the Tipton Golf Course. He attended Indiana University where he played golf for a year and a half, was a Sigma Chi, and a member of the steering committee with the IU Student Foundation. After college, Zach moved to Chicago where he worked in sales for Black and Decker for 2 1/2 years. Upon returning to Indiana, Zach worked with Dunhill Staffing Systems as a Sales Branch Manager. However, when Zach saw an opportunity at Sagamore to mix his passion for golf with his passion for sales, he knew it was the perfect fit. Zach looks forward to working with everyone in the club to help Sagamore reach full capacity while maintaining the integrity and personality that has already been established, and making The Sagamore Club the best club in Indy!


Tim Davis :: PGA Professional
Tim joins The Sagamore Club with 12 years of experience as a PGA Golf Professional. Since joining the PGA in 1992, Tim has hosted virtually every major event for the PGA including the Indiana Open and the Women's Open Championship. Originally from Ft. Wayne, Tim received his degree in Golf Operations and Management from the San Diego Golf Academy. With a strong passion for the game of golf, Tim specializes in creating events for corporate and group customers as well as growing the game through specialized instruction. Tim is excited to be a member of the team that will deliver the "Sagamore Experience!"


Jeffery Jackson :: Executive Chef
Jeffery was born and raised in Shreveport, Louisiana, but has lived in much of the southeastern United States working as an Executive Chef for multiple country clubs and restaurants. However, Jeffery joins The Sagamore Club after serving as the Executive Chef for Persimmons Restaurant, located at Conner Prairie, since 1999. Jeffery has won many culinary honors including: Best Of, Indianapolis Monthly Magazine's Best Persimmon Dessrt Best of, Zoobilation 2000's 1st place Appetize: Wood Grilled, Proscuitto Wrapped Jumbo Shrimp with Herbed Indiana Goat Cheese Best of, Indianapolis Monthly Magazine's Best Smoked Corn Chowder Culinary Olympics, Paragon Restaurant Corporation, Winner: Seafood Beggars Purse with Roasted Tomato-Scallion Cream


Kendra Rothschild :: Clubhouse Manager
Kendra joined the Sagamore Club team in June of 2005. She came to us through Troon Golf and has worked at other golf facilities in Nevada. Kendra was the Property Accountant at the Revere Golf Club in Henderson, Nevada and then the Senior Property Accountant at Anthem Country Club also located in Henderson. While at Anthem Country Club, she won 2003 Outstanding Accountant of the Year for Troon Golf. She has worked with Troon Golf since May 2002. She joined Troon Golf after leaving the Aviation field where she managed an FAA repair facility and a parts brokerage company. Kendra received her accounting education at the Academy of Business College located in Phoenix, Arizona.


Matt Vaught :: Food and Beverage Director
From catering to fine dining and as a dishwasher to a general manager, over the past 15 years in the industry, you name it and he's done it. -Locally grown in Noblesville, IN since 1973. -Graduate of NHS, Class of 1991. -Math & Science studies, Indiana University Purdue University 1992-1996 -School of “Hard Knocks”, 1973-present. As an avid golfer and food & beverage professional it was a match made in heaven. “Being able to combine the two passions when joining the management staff in 2005 were a perfect fit for me.” “As a kid, I remember fishing and camping by Horseshoe Pond on this very pasture. To imagine then, that there would be a Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course some- day…Unbelievable!”


Bobby Steiner :: Teaching Professional
Bobby Steiner, a native Hoosier (originally from North Vernon, Indiana) works with golfers of all levels through many different channels. Since 1999, Bobby has spent the winter months teaching golf at The Westin Mission Hills Resort in Rancho Mirage, California. Bobby also worked as Director of Instruction (summers, 2000 – 2002) at Eagle Ridge Inn and Resort, a 63-hole facility in Galena Illinois. In addition to hands-on instruction, Bobby’s instruction column, *Golf, Heart and Soul, has appeared, since 2001, in newspapers across the country. His literary instruction book, MUNIE ~ The Jitterbug Collection, was named the 2006 Golf Book of the Year by Golf America Magazine; Bobby authored the instructional DVD, Power Golf Tips with Bobby Steiner.* Bobby is the current host of the *Golfpac Travel and Golf Show, based in Orlando, Florida and is the spokesman for Pro Golf Tools* and *Tempo Tuner.* Steiner’s teaching philosophy is simple: “Students don’t remember everything I say, but they do remember how our time together made them feel. If golf instruction feels like golf, they’ll work on it a fair bit. If it feels like geometry class, forget it.” Bobby says he’s looking forward to a summer back in Indiana. “My 20-year high school class reunion is this summer, and being so close means I’ll likely get to attend. North Vernon is only a little over an hour away, so I’ll get to spend time with my Dad too. It should be a great summer!”