JIM REMY, PGA

Jim Remy is the PGA Execusearch Consultant for the Connecticut and New England PGA sections. Jim is part of a team of career and employment service professionals placed throughout the country, whose efforts are a key component to PGA Professional career enhancement and employer relationships in the market area. He believes strongly in PGA professionals and their positive impact on both the golf operation and the local community.  Jim Remy brings his insight in the business of golf and as a leader in Association affairs to the role of PGA Honorary President. Elected in 2008 as the 36th PGA President. Remy holds the distinction of having served in virtually every capacity within the areas of PGA governance, including an unprecedented six-and-a-half-year term on the PGA Board of Control, which reviews and rules on membership issues.

"I am extremely excited to join the talented team of PGA of America Career Consultants as the New England and Connecticut Sections Consultant. Employment has always been a passion of mine. At this point in my career, I am very proud to serve and assist PGA Members with Career Planning and Industry Employers in finding the right PGA of America candidate for their facility."

He also served on the Folds of Honor Board of Directors, a foundation created by PGA Professional Dan Rooney. The foundation provides post-secondary educational scholarships for children and spouses of military service men and women killed or disabled while serving our great nation. Remy was inducted into the PGA of America National Hall of Fame in 2010.

Remy has also served in almost every capacity within the New England PGA Section, including as the Section’s president from 1995-97. Among various awards, he was named the 1997 New England PGA Golf Professional of the Year and was inducted into the New England PGA Section Hall of Fame in 2008.

A PGA member since 1984, Remy was the vice president and general manager of the Okemo Golf Division at the Okemo Valley Golf Club in Ludlow, Vermont for over 20 years. He began his career as a PGA assistant professional at Worcester (Mass.) Country Club, and later served as an assistant professional at Mount Pleasant Country Club of Boylston, Mass before serving as the Director of Golf at Killington Golf Resort in Killington, VT from 1985-97.

Remy and his wife, Darlene, live in Ludlow, Vt., and have a daughter, Niki.