Pinehurst promotes Robinson and Jeffreys

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Kevin Robinson, CGCS, has been promoted to golf course maintenance manager, supervising maintenance over all nine courses at Pinehurst Resort. Photo by: Seth Jones

Pinehurst Resort & CC will soon formerly announce the promotions of Kevin Robinson to golf course maintenance manager and John Jeffreys to superintendent of Pinehurst No. 2.

Both played instrumental roles in Pinehurst’s successful hosting of this summer’s U.S. Open and U.S. Women’s Open on Pinehurst No. 2 — where Robinson served as superintendent and Jeffreys as assistant superintendent.

“Kevin and John both have showed tremendous leadership and expertise, particularly in leading Pinehurst through the challenges of hosting two major championships in consecutive weeks,” said Bob Farren, director of golf course & grounds management at Pinehurst Resort. “We’re excited about what they will continue to bring to Pinehurst.”

In his new role, Robinson will be responsible for the daily golf course management of all nine courses at Pinehurst. A native of Morganton, N.C., and an N.C. State graduate (’92, B.S. Agronomy), Robinson has been at Pinehurst since 1992. He first worked as a spray tech on Pinehurst No. 7 before becoming superintendent of Pinehurst Nos. 3 and 5 in 1998 and superintendent of Nos. 6 and 7 in 1999.

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John Jeffreys has been promoted to superintendent of Course 2 at Pinehurst Resort. Photo by: Seth Jones

He was named superintendent of Pinehurst No. 2 in 2010, and since then effectively guided the course through a major restoration project, two major championships and the recent greens conversion to Ultradwarf Bermudagrass.

Jeffreys, a native of Wendell, N.C., and also a graduate of N.C. State (B.S., Agronomy), has been at Pinehurst since 2000, when he served as an intern on Pinehurst No. 7. He was named assistant superintendent on Pinehurst No. 6 in 2001 and assistant superintendent on Pinehurst No. 2 in 2006.

For video interviews with Robinson and Jeffreys, as well as Pinehurst No. 2 restoration architect Bill Coore and the USGA’s Chris Hartwiger, click here. To read Golfdom‘s May 2014 cover story on Pinehurst’s efforts to host back-to-back U.S. Opens, click here.

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About the Author: Seth Jones

Seth Jones, a 25-year veteran of the golf industry media, is Editor-in-Chief of Golfdom magazine and Athletic Turf. A graduate of the University of Kansas School of Journalism and Mass Communications, Jones began working for Golf Course Management in 1999 as an intern. In his professional career he has won numerous awards, including a Turf and Ornamental Communicators Association (TOCA) first place general feature writing award for his profile of World Golf Hall of Famer Greg Norman and a TOCA first place photography award for his work covering the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. In his career, Jones has accumulated an impressive list of interviews, including such names as George H.W. Bush, Samuel L. Jackson, Lance Armstrong and Charles Barkley. Jones has also done in-depth interviews with such golfing luminaries as Norman, Gary Player, Nick Price and Lorena Ochoa, to name only a few. Jones is a member of both the Golf Writers Association of America and the Turf and Ornamental Communicators Association. Jones can be reached at sjones@northcoastmedia.net.


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