Jim Boughner, 64, of Mount Vernon, passed away on Monday, November 20, 2023. Jim served as WPGA President in 2014 and was a long-time volunteer and committee member, serving on the Advisory, Audit & Finance, and Championship committees. A graduate of The Ohio...
Ken Flisek, The Club at Nevillewood, was elected President during the WPGA Annual Meeting on October 9. He succeeds Jim Beck of Hannastown Golf Club and is the 104th President of the WPGA. Other Executive Committee members elected include Carol Onufro, Sunnehanna,...
The native Scotsman was born in Carnoustie in 1885. He showed up on the 1891 census as a schoolboy, and as a 15-year-old club making apprentice on the 1901 census. He became an outstanding player at the Carnoustie Club, and showed just how outstanding when, as the...
Many times, people have goals in life that center around being the best they can be every day, but also find something in which they excel. Dr. Jane Fassinger is one of those people, except she’s managed to excel in two aspects of life, and one of those is the reason...
Jerry McGee wasn’t born in Pittsburgh and didn’t grow up here, either. But he did have an affinity for a lot of things about Western Pennsylvania, especially. “Dad loved the Steelers, Pirates and Penguins,” said his son, Mike, on the eve of Jerry being inducted into...
As the story goes, Harton “Bud” Semple led a crusade that allowed the area in and around Sewickley to become the eventual home to Sewickley Heights Country Club and prevent the construction of a potentially busy and noisy airport in that area. “That’s what I’ve always...
