Norby is now the only member of the ASGCA located in Minnesota. In fact,according to Smith, there are no other members headquartered in North or South Dakota, Iowa, Montana, Wyoming or Nebraska.

The recognition comes following a rigorous application process that includes review of four completed courses by current ASGCA members, discussions with project owners and a personal interview. It typically takes two years for an applicant to complete the process.

“It’s a great honor to be recognized by other golf architects and accepted into the Society,” Norby said.

Norby started his career as a land planner and landscape architect in 1976, but he didn’t discover golf course architecture until 1990, when he met Don Herfort, a Minnesota based golf architect and ASGCA Fellow. Don Herfort had suffered a heart attack while designing improvements at Superior National Golf Course in Lutsen, Minn. and Norby was asked to help finish the project.

For the next 10 years, Norby worked with Herfort, and was responsible for more than 80 projects throughout the central United States, Canada and the Caribbean. Herfort passed away in 2011. Today Herfort Norby is located in Chaska, Minnesota and specializes exclusively in the design of golf courses and long-range master planning for golf courses.

For his application to the society, Norby included:
* The Preserve, recognized in 2009 by Golf Inc. as the Best New Course of the Year and by Golf Digest, Golf magazine and Links magazine as top 10 best new course of the year.

* The Refuge Golf Club, recognized as one of the top public courses in Minnesota, and commended by the Department of Natural Resources for the design’s environmental sensitivity;

* Greystone Golf Club, Sauk Centre, Minn., completed in collaboration with PGA Tour professional Tom Lehman;

* Pleasant View Golf Course, Middleton, Wisc., which included a nine-hole expansion, new practice facilities and renovation of the existing golf course.

Herfort Norby Golf Course Architects currently has projects underway in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wyoming and Colorado. Norby recently completed a long-range master plan for Coal Creek Golf Course near Denver, Colorado and a new 9-hole addition at Rush Creek Golf Club in Minneapolis, Minnesota is scheduled to open in May of this year.

For more information, you may contact Kevin Norby at (952)361-0644 or via email at golfnorby@earthlink.net.  You may also visit Herfort Norby’s website at www.herfortnorby.com.

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Nike Golf Schools & Junior Golf Camps and the University of Minnesota have agreed to host two week-long Nike Junior Golf Camps in Minneapolis during the summer of 2012.

“We are excited to align with the University of Minnesota for obvious reasons,” explains Jason West, vice president of Nike Golf Schools & Junior Camps. “Minnesota has a prominent Division I golf program, a beautiful campus with its own championship golf course, and a great coaching staff led by John Carlson and Michelle Redman. We feel this could quickly become one of the best junior golf camp locations in the country.”

The Nike Junior Golf Camps at University of Minnesota are scheduled for June 24 – 28 and August 12 – 16, 2012. The programs are coed for junior golfers of all ability levels, ages 10 – 18. All golf activities take place at the University’s Les Bolstad Golf Course. Overnight campers are housed in dorms on campus at the University of Minnesota. Golden Gophers head men’s and women’s golf coaches, John Carlson and Michelle Redman, will serve as camp co-directors with support from their assistant coaches, Tyler Stith and John Cleary. Overnight and commuter options are available for both camp weeks.

“University of Minnesota golf is proud to partner with Nike Golf Schools to offer 2 great weeks of instruction and fun in a great college camp atmosphere in the summer of 2012,” says Head Men’s Golf Coach, John Carlson. “Nike has been a very generous sponsor of our golf program and we are excited to continue this relationship by giving campers the ultimate golf camp experience.”

About Nike Golf Schools & Junior Camps

Nike Golf Schools & Junior Camps (NGJC) is a division of US Sports Camps, Inc., America’s largest sports camp network. NGJC offers junior overnight and day camps, and advanced player schools at over 80 locations nationwide. Since 1994, more than 140,000 junior golfers have participated in the camps.

About the University of Minnesota Athletics

A NCAA Division I affiliate and proud member of the Big Ten Conference and the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA), the University of Minnesota Department Of Athletics is one of the nation’s premier intercollegiate sports programs. Located in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota Athletics sponsors more than 700 student-athletes competing in 25 sports and is a consistent top-25 finisher in the annual Learfield Directors’ Cup standings. Winners of 23 national championships and 176 regular season Big Ten and WCHA championships since beginning intercollegiate competition in 1876, Minnesota Athletics also boasts a proud academic tradition and has produced 101 Academic All-Americans. To learn more about University of Minnesota Athletics, please visit http://www.gophersports.com.

Players, coaches, parents and others interested in the 2012 Nike Golf Camps at University of Minnesota can visithttp://www.ussportscamps.com/golf/nike/nike-golf-camp-minnesota/ or call 1-800-645-3226.
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