(April 10, 1953- November 22, 2008)
Miller Park Golf Course – Omaha,Neb
Steve Hogan, a PGA member since 1997, is head professional at Miller Park Golf Course in Omaha, Neb., home of”Hogan’s Junior Golf Heroes,” one of the country’s most remarkable inner-city golf success stories. Hogan, 40, is the first Nebraska PGA Section member to win the PGA Junior Golf Leader Award, which is presented to a PGA Professional who demonstrates leadership in junior golf and reflects the ideals of those who work with youth.
Hogan, who attended Bellevue (Neb.) College for two years before turning professional in 1989, is a two-time (1999, 2002) Section PGA Junior Golf Leader Award winner. Among the many community service awards he has received are the 2001 Dr. Martin Luther King Living the Dream Award and the 1997 American Institute for Public Service Jefferson Award. He also received the 2003 Nebraska Hall of Fame’s Dr. Herbert H. Davis Memorial Award.
“When someone asks me where I went to college, I say The PGA of America,” said Hogan. “The PGA is my college. Being a golf professional is an ongoing education. For me to pass through Business School II was very hard. Thanks to my wife and kids, who quizzed me as I was studying, I made it. I have tried to instill in kids I meet that it is never too late to reach your dreams. I came off a tractor and I had dreams. You have to never give up on yourself and never quit working.”
Hogan and his lovely wife, Denett, are the parents of two children: Steve Jr. and Sierra.
