CCU Golf Pro Chip Weisgerber

Chip Weisgerber has been named head golf professional of Quail Creek Golf Club at Coastal Carolina University, and Charles Johns has been named assistant pro, effective today. Coastal assumes control of the course today as part of a five-year lease agreement with the new owner of the property, Glenmark, Inc.

Weisgerber, who earned a business degree from Coastal in 1997, comes to Coastal from Wachesaw Plantation Club, where he served as head pro since 1999. Formerly, he was first assistant golf pro at Sandhill Link, Inc., in Myrtle Beach and an account executive for MBNA America Bank NA in Wilmington, Del.

Since graduating from Coastal's Professional Golf Management program in 2004, Johns has served as first assistant golf pro at Pine Lakes International Country Club in Myrtle Beach. As a PGM student at Coastal, Johns worked as an intern at the Country Club of Virginia in Richmond, Va.; Sewickley Heights Golf Club in Sewickley, Pa.; the Roaring Fork Club in Basalt, Colo.; and Olde Stonewall Golf Club in Ellwood City, Pa.

Quail Creek Golf Club at Coastal Carolina University is a public course operated through the university's PGM program, one of only 17 such programs in the nation accredited by the Professional Golfer's Association of America (PGA). The course will serve as a classroom and laboratory for students in the program, who will help staff the facility. In addition, Horry-Georgetown Technical College students will play a vital role in maintaining the course as part of the college's Golf Course Management Technology program.