Dartmouth College Women's Golf

Kirk enters his fifth season as the head women's golf coach at Dartmouth in 2016-17. The head golf pro at the Hanover Country Club was appointed the Carolyn A. Pelzel '54a Head Coach of Women's Golf in July of 2012. In 2014-15, Kirk led the Big Green to a seventh place finish at the Ivy League Championship. During the fall season, the Big Green had a pair of third-place finishes at the Dartmouth Invitational and the Chesapeake Bay Invitational. The team defeated Brown in an Ivy League match prior to the championship. Senior Jane Lee  finished with the best individual average score on the team (79.2) with freshman IsabelleKane right behind her at (79.3). In his third season at the helm, Kirk's team finished sixth at the Ivy League Championship and placed third at the Harvard Invitational in October. Senior Sarah Knapp finished 15th at the Ivy League Championship. In 2012-13, Dartmouth had a pair of top-four finishes and four top-ten team results. Two different players shared low individual medalist honors as Sarah Knapp won a pair of events and Janet Lee won at the Roar-ee Invitational. The best finish for the team was at the Wofford Invitational where they placed third out of 16 teams. During his first year at the helm of the Big Green program, Kirk led Dartmouth to a seventh place finish at the Ivy League Championship. A veteran of New England golf, Kirk has been a Class A Member of the Professional Golfers Association of America (PGA) since 1999, and is the President of the New Hampshire PGA (NHPGA) after serving as the Vice President for three years. He is also currently the District Director on the New England PGA (NEPGA) Board of Directors and was a member of the PGA President's Council on Growing the Game from 2006-10. As the head pro at HCC, Kirk has developed and coordinated clinics for all ages and levels, including Dartmouth physical education classes, with a focus on fundamentals, etiquette and networking through golf. He has established the Golf in School Program, which has grown from two local schools to 27 schools across the state. Kirk oversees the HCC Junior Golf Program as well and received the NHPGA Junior Golf Leader Award in both 2009 and 2010. Prior to his arrival in Hanover, Kirk was an assistant pro for nearly two years at Manchester Country Club in Bedford, N.H., and the first head pro at Pistol Creek Golf Club for two years in Berlin, Conn. His career as a golf professional began in 1996 as an assistant pro at The Woodcrest Club in Syosset, N.Y., where he remained for five seasons before taking another assistant position for two years at Middle Bay Country Club in Oceanside, N.Y. Kirk graduated from Nichols College in Dudley, Mass., with a degree in business administration in 1991. He was a four-year letterman on the Bison soccer team, serving as team captain in his senior year, plus played rugby for four years. He went on to take part in the PGA of America's Golf Professional Training Program and has won various Pro-Am Tournaments throughout New Hampshire and New England.