Brand Brings PGA Tour Experience to SNGA Role

Tim Brand is a true golfer and excited to be your new Director of Competitions. He brings varying levels of experience to his new role with the Southern Nevada Golf Association. He officially starts April 6 at the Short Game Championship at Desert Willow. Brand served for the last five years in varying roles for the Century Club that operates the PGA Tour’s Farmers Open. He is also a low handicapper and has worked in several roles at different golf courses. — By Brian Hurlburt, Las Vegas Golf Insider.

“I have been working in the game of golf for about the last 14 years in many different roles, and I have played the game for a long time and really love and appreciate the sport,” Brand says. “Due to my work at green grass golf shops and as an administrator for the Century Club and my experience as a player, I think I can come to this new role from all sides and understand pretty much every facet. That will help me be successful.”

While in the San Diego area, Brand worked at Barona Creek, Riverwalk and The Grand courses, in addition to his work with the Century Club, where he served as Pro-Am coordinator, Honorary Monitor Chairman and varying other roles. Now Brand sets his sights on growing the SNGA tournaments and making them as high quality as possible.

“I am excited to be here and there seems to be a very strong core group of players in the Southern Nevada Golf Association and I look forward to getting to know them and helping enhance their experiences,” Brand says. “I had the chance to be in Las Vegas and be a part of the Summerlin Amateur and watched Brady Exber defeat Ben Sawaia in a playoff. That was very exciting and it is clear to me that there are some very good and talented players here, and it is exciting to be a part of that.

“My main goal is to get everything organized and up to date and utilize technology to help with Player of the Year lists and other ways. I also want to help grow participation and make sure every tournament is at maximum capacity. If I can help make the players’ experiences memorable and very special, then I believe they will tell their friends about it and more and more players will want to get involved in every division, from Championship to net to senior to Silver.”

Welcome, Tim. Look for him at a course near you, soon, and say hello.