Zane Zwemke has over 23 years of experience in the golf industry as a PGA Class A professional, including 3 years as a head golf professional. He currently works as the First Assistant Golf Professional at Aurora Hills Golf Shop in Aurora, Colorado, where he manages golf shop operations, teaches lessons, trains staff, and oversees outdoor operations. His objective is to continuously improve his abilities and promote golf.

1. ZANE T. ZWEMKE
15827 East Kenyon Ave • Aurora, CO 80013 • 720-281-0658
Email: zanezwemke@yahoo.com
CAREER SUMMARY
• A PGA Class A Member since 1992 with over 23 years experience in the golf industry; three
years experience as a head golf professional.
• Extensive golf operations, customer service, teaching, and playing expertise.
OBJECTIVE
• To continuously seek ways to improve my abilities as a PGA Golf Professional and to promote
golf and the enjoyment of the game to all who play.
EXPERIENCE
First Assistant Golf Professional 2005 – current
Aurora Hills Golf Shop, Aurora, Colorado
• Manage golf shop functions: Coordination of tee times through the use of computer reservation
system, regular handling of monies, minor club repair, and overall general knowledge of all golf
shop operations.
• Manage tournaments through booking and coordination of all dates, times, and payments.
• Teaching lessons: Private, group, junior camp week, and family free clinics.
• Train assistant professionals and all new golf shop staff to include shop & course open and close
procedures, tee time reservations, first tee coordination, merchandise inventory, and all financial
transactions.
• Manage all outdoor staff hiring and all scheduling and training.
• Merchandise buying and inventory control for special orders and maintaining daily inventory.
• Participate in Colorado Section events including Pro-Ams, State open and section championship.
• Manage the cart fleet from general maintenance to extensive repairs.
Assistant Golf Professional 2004 – 2005
Fitzsimons Golf Shop, Aurora, Colorado
• Managed golf shop functions: Coordination of tee times through the use of computer reservation
system, regular handling of monies, minor club repair, and overall general knowledge of all golf
shop operations.
• Teaching lessons: Private, family clinics and Mother's Day group lessons.
• Assisted with Fitzsimons outdoor course maintenance as needed.
• Aurora Hills golf shop assistance during the interim period.
Bonnie Brae Golf Learning Center, LLC
Denver, Colorado 2004 -
2005
• Managing Partner in the operation of an indoor golf facility and custom club fitting center for
private members that provided 24/7 facility access.
• Promoted all aspects of the facility; recruited new membership via personal networking,
advertising and target mailings.
• Responsible for private lessons which including video instruction and custom club fittings.
• Continued to play competitive golf.
Assistant Golf Professional (part time) 2002 - 2003
Box Elder Creek Golf Course, Brighton, Colorado
• Administered promoter and instructor of junior golf; increased participation by 100 percent.
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2. • Prepared budget forecasting models for the new owners (revenue per round vs. actual costs).
Budgeting issues for the course maintenance department.
Golf Professional 2000 - 2005
• Traveled and played golf full time by competing in many State Opens, Mini Tours, and Pro-Ams.
• PGA Championship participant at Whistling Straits Golf Course, Kohler, Wisconsin, 2004
• Qualified for Canadian Tour and maintained tour card for the 2001 and 2002 seasons.
Head Golf Professional
Lakewood Country Club, Lakewood, Colorado 1997 - 2000
• Managed entire golf operations to include supervision of 25 employees in the golf shop, outdoor
services, starter, and course patrol.
• Hired and trained the staff to include; assistant professionals, outdoor service personnel, course patrol
and all cart and range personnel.
• Taught over 400 individual lessons each year; conducted group lessons and playing lessons. Trained
assistants in various teaching techniques.
• Managed merchandising operations and inventory control with annual sales exceeding $300,000.
• Budget preparation (capital improvements, golf shop, outdoor services, and cart maintenance).
• Redesigned and supervised the Caddie Program to include hiring a caddie master, training caddies,
and increasing membership interest and use of over 60 different caddies per week.
• Led all aspects of junior golf program to include participant registration, scheduling and staffing
classes, junior club championship and final banquet. Increased program participation during 3-year
period from 45 juniors to over 100 juniors.
• Managed all aspects of 16 corporate outings, 26 member tournaments, and the annual member-guest
signature event. First to have the score cast scoring system in place wired to all computers.
• Active member of the golf committee, green committee, caddie committee, junior committee, and
member guest committee.
First Assistant Golf Professional
Lakewood Country Club, Lakewood, Colorado 1996 - 1997
• Managed the daily operations of golf shop; supervised and scheduled all outdoor service personnel.
• Primary teaching professional; increased total club lesson productivity by 42 percent.
• Instrumental in increasing shop profit margin from 19 percent in 1996 to 29 percent in 1997.
• Merchandise buying and inventory control.
• Coordinated women weekly clinics.
• Coordinated the junior program to include weekly clinics, play days, and club championship.
• Responsible for all club repairs.
• Tournament management of 16 corporate events annually.
• Handicap monitoring and assist with handicap committee decisions.
Teaching Professional
Lakewood Country Club, Lakewood, Colorado 1992 - 1994
• Hired by and replaced the Head Professional Earl Svenningsen as the primary teacher.
• Teaching responsibilities: group and individual private lessons, weekly group clinics, monthly all-day
clinics, weekly free ladies clinics, playing lessons, and junior golf programs.
• Attended various PGA sponsored education classes, with an emphasis on business and teaching skills.
• Attended the PGA Teaching Summit in Denver, Colorado that entertained some of the great teaching
professionals such as David Leadbetter, Hank Haney, as Mike Hebron.
First Assistant Golf Professional
Hiwan Golf Club, Evergreen, Colorado 1989 – 1991
• Supervised all assistants and shop personnel for the golf shop, driving range and bag storage areas.
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3. • Primary teacher for the professional staff.
• Coordinated Corporate Monday Outings; scheduled and supervised 15-20 events annually (most were
double shotgun events).
• Junior program, tournaments, special activities, lessons and all staffing.
• Responsible for posting all scores into the handicap computer.
• Implemented merchandise buying program that gave membership an incentive to buy, resulting in
increased sales of 12 percent over the first year.
• Planned and helped implement the first Men’s Golf Association at the club.
• Club repair, re-shafting, re-heading, grip replacement and all minor repairs.
Assistant Golf Professional
University of New Mexico, South Golf Course 1987 - 1988
• Responsible for accounting and bookkeeping records of two golf courses.
• Merchandise sales and inventory control (receiving and shelving merchandise).
• Club repair and extensive club making operation (built custom clubs, re-shafting, wood refinishing,
grip replacements and all conceivable repairs).
• Teaching responsibilities to include individual, group, and college class lessons.
• Daily operations of the golf shop.
Interim Head Coach
University of New Mexico Men’s Golf Team 1987 - 1988
• Hired to be the Head Golf Coach for the University. Hired on the recommendation of the leaving
Head Coach Mr. Dwayne Knight (currently UNLV Head Coach).
• Organized all team qualifiers, team selections and continued to recruit for the university.
• Organized and planned all team trips and traveled with the team on all such trips.
• Maintained my assistant’s position at the University Course during this time.
EDUCATION
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1983 – 1987.
Matriculated toward degree in accounting and business management.
NOTABLE PLAYING ACHIEVEMENTS
• PGA Championship Participant at Whistling Straits, Wisconsin, 2004
• Golf Professional of the Month in May 2004 by the Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colorado.
• Colorado Cup Team member for 11 years.
• Set course records at four golf courses:
 58 at Aurora Hills Golf Club, Aurora, Colorado, March 2004
 62 at Walking Stick Golf Course, Pueblo, Colorado, April 2003
 62 at Indian Tree Golf Course, Arvada, Colorado, March 1992
 62 at Fitzsimons Golf Course, Aurora, Colorado, October 2005
References:
Cary Callihan :(303) 739-1550 - Head Golf Professional Aurora Hills GC
Chuck Shaffer: (303) 908-2821- General Professional V. Supervisor of Staff (State of Colorado)
Lowell Keppel: (720) 364-3085 – Chiropractor/Health Medicine Specailist
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