Green House Golf Academy Proclamation 2022

It is my pleasure to recognize Green House Golf Academy, under the leadership of Executive Director Vincent Shack, on the 2022 Heart & Soul Community Luncheon, held for the first time on site during The American Express tournament in the Coachella Valley.

This luncheon is a special event promoting the goals of the Green House Golf Academy, to create opportunities to expand diversity and inclusion in golf and extend a positive invitation to golf for youth who would not otherwise benefit from having these opportunities.

Thank you for your efforts, as a nonprofit based in the Coachella Valley since 1998, to grow the game of golf and provide youth and community programs to pursue greater inclusion and diversity in golf. Best wishes for continued success.

V. Manuel Perez, Fourth District
Board of Supervisors

Productions

The Green House Academy produced two Community Cable T.V. programs (2002, 2004), a Tribute to the late Mr. James Jessie, Director at the City of Palm Springs for his work with The Black History month program and the 2nd cable T.V. program was History of The Knight, Tribute to Mr. Joseph Beaver for his work with the Coachella Valley Black Cultural Society.

Over the years our academy has also paid tribute to two African American USGA National Champions, Mr. Alton Duhon (1982 U.S. Senior Amateur Champ) and Mr. Bill Wright (1952 USGA Public links Champion). The media produce are a rewarding way to give thanks to our great program supporters.

Bill Wright, 1952 U.S. Publinks Champion seated on the left. Alton Duhon, U.S. Senior Amateur Champion 1982 seated on the right.

We will continue to use public & community access cable television programing to provide great entertainment and information to the public.

Special events

• Heart and Soul Community Luncheon Coachella
• Heart and Soul Community Luncheon San Diego

The Golf, Education, & Direction Program

(GED Program)

GOLF & EDUCATION
The GHGA will start the golf learning process with an Optimistic Invitation to try a new sport. Simply come out to one of our free / low cost clinics, and take some of your natural abilities out to hit a ball. These introductions at the right time in the life of a young person will increase the likelihood, or probability TODAYS young person will find his or her way to their prospective high school golf program. The high school golf programs are in a great position to provide a tremendous amount of learning. The GHGA will work to insure there will be a healthy number of young golfers eager to join their prospective high school golf teams.

The GHGA will use golf facilities (i.e. courses, driving ranges, indoor golf centers.) to provide free / low cost golf clinics. Golf instructions will be provided by PGA Professionals, and qualified volunteers to young people at approximately Junior High School level. These clinics will ask for the parent or guardian of the participant to also participate in the free golf introduction. This kind of increased familiarity to golf will result in a better chance of keeping those families around the game of golf.

DIRECTION
The Green House Golf Academy will provide direction to participating youth through our golf programming. Golf is growing in some specialized areas for athletes. College golf is now being televised on national broadcast. For a young golfer to be ready for interscholastic golf an early introduction is required. Also there is a resurging interest in bring Golf back into the Historical Black College & Universities. Those HBCU are starting new programs, or providing more support to existing programs. The work of the GHGA will assure a healthy wave of golfers from diverse backgrounds to help fill those teams.

I, Vincent Shack, am an African American, always have been. In my position as Executive Director of the GHGA I represent the less than 1% of minorities on the business side of the golf industry. The direction provided is in my actions, and commitment to participate. I chose to work, and to be apart of the game and industry of golf. People of all ages need role models and in my presents, or present roll in the golf industry, I enrich the direction of inclusion & diversity within my chosen profession. Other people will be encouraged to pursue their own goals within the golf industry.

The Executive Director

Mr. Vincent W. Shack

Vincent W. Shack, the executive director began his golf experience at an early age as a part of the Southern California Junior Golf Association (age 10 -17) where he was competitive and won more than a few golf tournaments. He continued to play at the high school level winning league championship titles in both team and individual play, and advancing to state finals regularly.

He received a golf scholarship to attend California State University, Dominguez Hill where he earned a Bachelors degree Sociology with a minor degree in Parks, Recreation & Leisure. During his matriculation at Dominguez Hills the golf team was ranked 5th in the Nation NCAA Division II. He was in the inaugural class of recipients of the prestigious Bill Dickey scholarship Award in 1982. This scholarship is awarded to outstanding students athletes, and it’s qualifications & standards still lead the way for minority college bound golfers.

As a professional, he became a second-generation executive in the automotive and housing industries.

He has 15 years of experience in the automotive industry at the executive level. In this role he exercised strong leadership skills to effectively manage relationships with both internal and external stakeholder to achieved desired business outcomes.

With more than 20 years as an executive housing developer, he executed business development, marketing, strategic planning development, and successful project development. He successfully directed and coordinated acquisition and land development activities, assisted with budgeting and forecasting, designed and implemented homeowner associations of three successful housing tracks in Yucca Valley, California.

In 1998, he founded the Green House Golf Academy. While serving as the Executive Director, the Academy was recognized by the Golf Journal as one of the nation’s top junior golf programs.

Over the years the Green House Golf Academy has introduce over 350 youth and community members to the game of golf.

This will be the Third-year of moving Green House Golf Academy into a new phase of “Growing the Game of Golf through Community Awareness and Opportunities for Diversity & Inclusion”. The event will be held on Monday, January 15, 2024, from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm at the PGA WEST GARY PLAYERS CITRUS GOLF RESORT located in La Quinta, California.