Peter comes to Ashley Plantation from Owl’s Nest Golf Club in central New Hampshire where he has been the First Assistant since 2000. Owl’s Nest Golf Club is an up-scale semi-private golf facility that is located in the White Mountains. The club also includes a residential development – Just like Ashley Plantation, it opened for play in 1999.

Peter was introduced to golf at age 13 when he started out as a caddy at the North Conway, New Hampshire Country Club. He quickly became hooked on the game and began working on the maintenance crew – remaining there in the summers through college.

Peter attended Plymouth State University where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education. His college golf aspirations were derailed when the University was forced to eliminate the golf team from its athletic program.

To this day Peter remains close and in fact still plays competitively with his college golf coach Joe Clark, Sr. a PGA Master Professional (the highest level of membership attainable within the PGA). Peter considers Joe Clark his mentor in professional golf and has learned much from Joe’s 40 years of experience in teaching golf.

After college, Peter decided to pursue a different path in life, and became a police officer. He eventually obtained the rank of Lieutenant where he was in charge of a division that was responsible for such tasks as investigations, prosecutions and communications.

Peter did however always know that he would pursue his ambition of becoming a golf professional. After obtaining his position at Owl’s Nest, Peter began working towards obtaining membership in the PGA of America and ultimately became a class A member of the PGA.

Peter’s most enjoyable part of being a golf professional has been the personal interaction with the members at his club. He especially enjoys playing with members both casually and in Pro-AM events.

Peter’s instructional theory relates to ball flight and helping players understand cause and effect in their golf swings. Peter’s students have characterized him as having a friendly and patient teaching style.

Peter and his wife Sandra are eagerly looking forward to their relocation in Virginia, and Peter is very much looking forward to working with Chip Sullivan and meeting the members at Ashley Plantation.