EXETER COUNTRY CLUB - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• PGA Professional & General Manager

Bill was born and raised in Hudson, Ohio where he graduated high school and obtained his Bachelor's Degree in Communications and minored in Management/Marketing and General Business from Ohio University. Bill's golf career began in Great Falls, Virginia at Riverbend Golf and Country Club where he served as the Assistant Golf Professional from 1986 through 1988. During these years, he completed PGA Business School 1 in Lancaster, Ohio and PGA Business School 2 in Phoenix, Arizona. Transferring to the northeast in 1989, Bill spent the next 8 years at Abenaqui Country Club in Rye Beach, New Hampshire working under PGA Professional Jim Sheerin. He obtained his PGA of America Membership in October of 1989 and completed PGA Business School 3 in 1995. During the winters, Bill would travel to Florida to work at such facilities as Wyndemere Country Club and The Vineyards Country Club in Naples, and Fox Hollow Golf club in New Port Richey. Bill became the Head Professional at Rochester Country Club in Rochester New Hampshire in 1998 through 2013 and developed a strong reputation through his professionalism, teaching, tournament execution, and attention to detail. Please let Bill know if there's anything he or his staff can do to enhance your experience as a member or guest at Exeter Country Club.

The legendary Manny Francis, who redesigned Exeter Country Club in the 1950s, was a noted architect of many New England courses. But he was more well-known as the developer of "Vesper Velvet," the turfgrass that revolutionized putting surfaces. First used at luxurious Vesper Country Club in Lowell, Manny's hybrid velvet grass quickly became the norm for elite clubs everywhere.