Tobacco Road Golf Club, the master work of late golf course architect Mike Strantz in Sanford, N.C., has a new general manager. Scooter Buhrman, head golf professional at Champion Hills Club in Hendersonville, N.C., the past four years, has moved from the mountains to the Sandhills.
Buhrman will oversee golf operations, agronomy, food and beverage, retail, and sales and marketing for the award-winning property, managed by Troon.
Prior to Champion Hills, Buhrman was the head golf professional at Gates Four Golf and Country Club in Fayetteville, N.C.. before getting into the golf business, Buhrman played professional golf for two years.
“I am very excited to join the team at Tobacco Road and be a part of such a unique place,” said Buhrman. “This was a great opportunity professionally, but also personally it allowed my family to get back closer to where we are from. I look forward to continued success at Tobacco Road and working hard to take the operation to the next level.”
Buhrman was born and raised in nearby Fayetteville. He attended Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia where he played Division I golf and majored in business administration with a concentration in marketing. He is a Class A PGA professional and is active with the Carolinas Section PGA.
“We are delighted to announce the promotion of Scooter Buhrman to the role of general manager at Tobacco Road Golf Club,” said Dana Schultz, Director of Operations, Troon. “His focus on the customer experience, service delivery and understanding of the local community make him the perfect choice to lead our team to new heights.”
Located just 25 miles north of Pinehurst, Tobacco Road Golf Club was built on land tended by the weather-worn hands of tobacco farmers, later shaped and moved through mining and sand excavation before finally being crafted and molded by Strantz’s imagination and revolutionary eye, Established in 1998, the par 71, 6,557-yard design has been described as a” master class” in decision-making and composition.
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Photo: Scooter Buhrman (Troon Golf)