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Meet
Ed Kirby - Alpine’s Club Pro
Alpine
Country Club is proud to be the only area club with a former-PGA Tour
Professional as its Club Pro and considers Ed Kirby to be the cornerstone
of its golf program for years to come.
As a former PGA Tour Professional and four-time U.S. Open
participant, Ed fell in love with golf at an early age. At
Cumberland
High School
, he
was selected to the Rhode Island All-State Team three years in a row before
heading to
Furman
University
in
Greenville
,
South Carolina
on a
full scholarship. There, Ed was quickly named to the All-American Team and
was crowned the 1989 Rhode Island Open Champion.
Soon after, Ed began to hone his skills on the Hogan Tours,
competing on tour from 1990 through 1992. On the national and international
scene, Ed reached the final cut in the U.S. Open in 1987, 1989 and 1993. He
then qualified for the U.S. PGA Tour in 1994 and played on the Asian PGA
and the South African PGA Tours.
In his travels around the world, Ed discovered his love for
teaching the game. Returning to the
United
States
, he became a
PGA Teaching Professional, and has never looked back. Ed was named the Club
Pro at Alpine Country Club in 2001.
In 2006, Ed won the RIPGA Match Play Championship and was the Player of The Year in the RIPGA Chapter.
Today, Ed resides in
Wakefield,
Rhode Island
with
his wife Susan and their daughter Marissa.
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