The entire concept of the Mountains Chapter was to give those golf professionals living in western North Carolina an opportunity to compete in tournaments that were otherwise too far to attend via the Carolinas Section.

In 1974, golf professionals such as Tony D'Erico, Tom Smith, Craig Deer, Les Stradley and Glenn Roberson appeared before the Executive Committee of the Carolinas Section PGA with a written request to formulate a "Mountains Chapter". On June of 1975, The Section issued a grant of Simulated Chapter Status for one year. On July 1, 1975, the first meeting took place at Etowah Valley Golf Club following the first round of play at the Annual Pro Am event.

From there the Chapter requested a permanent position as the Mountains Chapter. Thanks to Sherill Austin, the President of the Carolinas Section PGA, we became an empowered Chapter of the CPGA.

In 1984 the general membership as reported by Cliff Collins, was at 50 professionals and now in the year 2008, we hope to have a roster of well over 100 representing over 70 facilities.

Any member of the Carolinas Section can become a member of the Mountains Chapter simply by following the link located on the front page of our website.

We have four meetings a year and two Area I meetings that are combined with our regular Chapter meetings which offer to those members attending one service point for each meeting and an additional service point with the Area I meeting.

The current 2008 officers are:
President: Duke McLauchlin golfshop@lakehickorycc.com
Vice President: Tim Laverty tlaverty@trilliumnc.com
Secretary/Treasure: Trey Wyatt trey@pga.com
Tournament Chairman: Jay King jay@kenmure.com
Area I Representative:Kelly Childs proccsv@dnet.net

If you are considering joining our Chapter and have any questions, please feel free to contact our president,Duke McLauchlin @ Lake Hickory CC. (828-256-2171).

The progress of our Chapter is to be that which will take the main interests of our great game and the membership to heart so that all involved will benefit as professionals from their association with the Chapter.Thank you for your interest in the Mountains Chapter of the Carolinas Section PGA!