Charles DeLucca III
Biography
Hometown: Miami, Florida
Birth Date: August
Birthplace: Miami, Florida
Present Employment: International Links Miami
Year Employed:
Position:
Turned Professional: 1986
Background
Partnered with the First Tee Miami in 2003. I have helped develop and made available a teaching curriculum based on golf skills and life skills combined including our 9 Core Valves which are: Sportsmanship, Responsibility, Perseverance, Confidence, Judgment, Courtesy, Honesty, and Respect. As a PGA professional I have inspired PGA members and apprentices to promote the game of golf through community involvement in all types of junior golf programs.
Associations/Awards, Etc.
Listed below are chapter or section awards and years received or other honors
received as they relate to my role as a golf professional:
- Junior Golf Leader Southern Chapter
- Certificate of Appreciation – Special Olympics
- Certificate of Appreciation – GBSL Board of Directors
- Certificate of Appreciation – Doral Publix Junior Classic
- Certificate of Appreciation – Greater Miami Urban League
- Certificate of Appreciation – Boys and Girls Clubs of Miami
- Certificate of Appreciation – American Cancer Society
- PGA Junior Golf Leader-South Florida Section
Experience
Accomplishments and performance highlights throughout my career as a Golf Professional:
- PGA Classification A4
- Third generation of Golf Professionals.
- Entered golf industry in 1986 at Melreese Golf Course.
Course Management:
- Have worked all aspects which includes, picking up the range, Finance Director, Budget manager, club repair and teaching instructor.
`94 Resident manager of Golf Club of Miami, South Course, overseeing all aspects of operation, food/beverage, maintenance of 18 hole public facility and lighted range. - Developed 200 member base in 16 months.
- Vice President of Dade Amateur Golf Association a successful - year round Youth Golf Program.
- `95 Partnered with Bunkers of Miami Management Group which completely renovated 18 hole facility and operates as International Links Miami.
- `97 Campaign for Tiger Woods to introduce golf to over 2,000 Inner-City community youths and the grand opening at International Links Miami.
- PGA of America member since 1998.
Service to the South Florida PGA section:
- Participate in clinics, tournaments.
- Attendance in annual meetings and seminars.
- Developed curriculum and conducted: Southern Chapter Junior Clinic Series for 2006.
Leadership ability:
- Vice President/Board of Director to the First Tee Miami/Dade Amateur Golf Association.
Presently Active in the following Programs
As Vice President and Board of Director with the First TeeMiami/Dade Amateur Golf Association, and reaching over 5,000 thousand youth annually both nationally and international throughout the year. The following is a list of programs I am involved with:
- The First Tee Miami/Dade Amateur Golf Association - Miami, FL
- Joe Roach Minority Golf Foundation - Miami, FL
- Boys & Girls Club of Greater Miami – Miami, FL
- The First Tee Miami-Joe Roach Foundation – Miami, FL
- Dade Amateur Golf Championship – Miami, FL
- Miami-Dade Schools Sports Program for Disabled – Miami, FL
- Big Brothers and Big Sisters - Miami, FL
- Miami Mega-City Special Olympics – Miami, FL
- Optimist International Local Qualifier – Miami, FL
- Summer Series Tournaments – Miami, FL
- Charlie DeLucca School of Golf Camps – Miami, FL
- GMAC Championship – Miami, FL
- Humana Day - Miami, FL
- Nat Moore Foundation – Doral, Florida
- City of Miami-Annual Golf Classic Person’s With Disabilities- Miami, FL
- Doral/Publix Junior Golf Tournament– Doral, Florida
