OUR LEADERSHIP
Don Sweeting, PGA
Senior Director
PGA of America Career Services
Don Sweeting earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, where he was a scholarship athlete for the golf team. Sweeting has a wide range of experience within the golf industry; he was the opening Head Professional at Pinewild Country Club in Pinehurst in 1989, until moving to Richmond, Virginia in 1999 to become the General Manager at Stonehenge Golf & Country Club. His experiences include hosting an LPGA and two Buy.com championships. Sweeting became a Regional Manager for ClubCorp with responsibility for 11 clubs from Virginia to North Florida. In 2006, he became the Executive Vice-President for Golf & Club Operations for famed Pinehurst Resort. The Pinehurst Resort also included a large membership of over 5,500 and multiple clubhouse operations and amenities in addition to golf.
In 2013, he joined the PGA of America in Career Services to assist PGA members, employers, and golf industry enthusiasts in the Carolinas and Middle-Atlantic PGA sections.
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Sweeting served a total of 10 years for the Carolinas PGA section in various elected positions, serving with fellow Board of Directors. He was also a Board member for the First Tee of the Sandhills and Rotarian, becoming local chapter president in 2012.
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In his current role as the Senior Director for PGA of America Career Services, Don Sweeting leads a national team that supports the golf industry across key pillars including career consulting, executive search, and recruitment.
Ken Ferrell, PGA
Executive Recruiter
PGA ExecuSearch
Ken Ferrell is a 37-year member of the PGA of America and was inducted into the Southern California PGA Hall of Fame in 2019. He previously served Southern California and the Aloha PGA Sections in Career Services for 14 years with additional interim support to Northern California, the Southwest, Sun Country, and North and South Texas Sections.
With experience at high-end private and resort facilities, his green grass experience includes positions as facility lessee, General Manager, Regional Director of Golf, and Head Golf Professional. He also led growth of the game instructional programs as Director of Golf Instruction for the Arnold Palmer Golf Company at multiple facilities while securing exclusivity for Nike Golf programs for the greater Los Angeles and Palm Springs regions. He founded two golf companies, one as the lessee of a state-of-the-art golf practice center, restaurant, and lounge, and the other which opened, managed, and/or consulted to over 30 new or existing golf properties in the Western U.S. and Mexico. Additionally, Ken served as the Director of Golf and Career Services for ten years at an accredited two-year golf management program and assisted them in the opening of three new campuses nationwide.
Ken co-founded the Southern California Section Associate Association and has held positions on their Board of Directors.
