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Rick Pohle is a Life Member of the PGA of America with 40+ years of experience in the golf business. The bulk of his career was spent at the prestigious Taconic Golf Club which opened in 1896 on the campus of Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts where he was named the club’s head golf professional on August 1, 1983 and officially began his duties in the spring of 1984 as only the third golf professional in the club’s history. Dick Baxter was the club’s first professional from 1924-1962 and was followed by Rudy Goff from 1963-1983.
He began his professional career in 1974 as the head professional at Freeport CC in Freeport, Maine before becoming an assistant professional at the Brunswick GC (Maine) in 1976. In 1977, he accepted the head professional position at the Gorham CC in Gorham, Maine – spending the next 7 seasons there before moving to Williamstown, Massachusetts.
He became a “Class A” member of the PGA of America in 1978 and received his Quarter Century status in 2003. His list of accomplishments in the NENY PGA Section include:
1989 NENY Teacher of the Year
1992 NENY Section Player of the Year
1992 NENY Section Match Play Champion
1993 NENY Section Player of the Year
1993 NENY Section Stroke Play Champion
2001 inductee to NENY Hall of Fame
2003 NENY Roland Stafford Award for sportsmanship
2005 NENY Merchandiser of the Year
2006 NENY Senior Player of the Year
2009 NENY Senior Player of the Year
2010 NENY Bill Strassbaugh Award
2011 NENY Merchandiser of the Year
In addition, he has played in 7 National PGA Club Professional Championships, 7 National Senior Club Professional Championships and won the NENY Vardon Trophy for scoring average 4 times. In 2005, he won the New State Senior PGA Professional Championship @ The Turning Stone Resort which gathered the top senior PGA Professionals from the four sections of the state ~ Northeastern NY, Central NY, Western NY and Metropolitan NY.
Coaching the Williams College men’s golf team is another duty that was the responsibility of the club’s head professional and Rick’s teams continued the success that Dick Baxter’s and Rudy Goff’s teams previously had established. His team won the first NESCAC Conference Championship in 1984 and went to add another 10 titles (league record). In 1994, post-season play was adopted by the NESCAC Conference and his teams qualified for 10 NCAA Championships – another league record. Finally, every Williams athlete knows the value of a “Little Three” Championship and during his tenure his teams claimed 19 titles, including 14 in a row at one point. In 2006, he was awarded the Gordon McCullough Award by the New England Intercollegiate Golf Association for contributions to college golf. Most recently, he was the recipient of the 2010 Labron Harris Award by the Golf Coaches of America for his contributions as a PGA member whose duties include coaching college golf – he is the first and only NCAA Division III coach ever to be honored with this award. He finished his coaching career @ Williams with a 1936-541-8 record.
He retired in 2012 to spend more time with family in the Philadelphia, PA area and spent the next 2 summers helping his son (Joey) at the Indian Valley CC in Telford, PA as an assistant and teaching professional. In 2014 he tied for low professional honors at the club’s annual Pro/Member tournament posting a four under par 68 score and recording a hole-in-one on the 4th hole – the 11th ace of his career (he added his 12th ace this winter in Florida). In 2015, he moved into a similar role at Blue Bell CC in Blue Bell, PA when son, Joey moved into the head professional position there and another milestone was achieved when he shot his age (65) for the first time in 2015. Since then, he has posted a 67 at the age of 68 on the Ryder Course @ PGA Golf Club; since then he has maintained his game and regularly shoots his age. In 2017, he added the position of head golf coach at Gwynedd Mercy Academy HS to his resume in order to continue his coaching career.
Rick is a 1972 graduate of the University of Maine (Orono), where he majored in Physical Education and Biology and was a member of the varsity golf team. He and his wife Cathy reside in Hatfield, PA and Port St. Lucie, FL (off-season) - Cathy is the golf shop manager at the Bucks Club in Jamison, PA; while daughter (Becky) is the golf shop merchandiser at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, PA. Son-in Law (Albert Aldana) is the administrator for Outside Operations at Blue Bell Country Club.