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Board of Advisors
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Nick Christiful
Nick has more than 18 years experience in retail development, lease negotiation and tenant representation. Mr. Christifulli was the Director of Development for Westcor where he managed and developed three million square feet of retail space and developed an exclusive residential community. He was a Retail Broker with Coldwell Banker and a Partner with DeRito Partners.
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Stewart Cink, PGA Tour
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Del Cochran
Del is President of Sunningdale Management Group Ltd., and Captain of the Club at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona. Del joined Grayhawk Development in 1992 and was involved in the master planning and entitlement for this golf course community. In addition, Del orchestrated the pre-opening construction and marketing activities for this 36-hole golf course facility. Since opening for business in 1994, Del has been responsible for the staffing, marketing, operation and overall management of Grayhawk Golf Club.
Under Del’s leadership, Grayhawk Golf Club was selected as the host site for the first three Andersen Consulting World Match Play Championships in 1995, 1997 & 1998. Grayhawk Golf Club was also selected as site for the inaugural 2000 Williams World Challenge hosted by Tiger Woods.
During the 11 years between 1971 and 1982, Del worked in several golf operations, with the last five of these years spent at Pinnacle Peak Country Club, where he was the club’s first PGA Professional.
Del served on the Board of Directors of the Southwest Section of the PGA for four years, with his final year as President of the Section.
With a desire to learn more the about the development process, Del left the golf business in 1982 to pursue a career in commercial real estate. He spent 6 years with Coldwell Commercial Real Estate and then became a shareholder with Iliff Thorn and Company, where he spent 4 years specializing in office development and land and building sales.
Currently, Del serves on the Board for the Student Loan Acquisition Authority of Arizona and is an Outside Director for the National Education Loan Network. He also has been a member of the Phoenix Thunderbirds since 1988.
On a personal note, Del is married to Joy Cochran and they have two sons, Kyle (9) and Cody (4).
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Todd Demsey, PGA Tour
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Tim Herron, PGA Tour
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Tom Lehman, PGA Tour
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Randy Lein, Men's Golf Coach - ASU
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Gary McCord, PGA Tour / CBS
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Phil Mickelson, PGA Tour
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Joe Ogilvie, PGA Tour
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Rick Whitfield
The Gateway Tour is pleased to announce that Rick Whitfield has joined the Board of Advisors. Previously, Rick served as Tournament Director for the West Palm Beach Series. He has provided valuable leadership to the Tour, becoming Tournament Director in 2005, when the Gateway Tour purchased the Golden Bear Tour from Jack Nicklaus. Rick was instrumental in helping Mr.
Nicklaus start the Golden Bear Tour in 1995, and continued to provide direction for the Gateway Tour since.
The Gateway Tour is the largest development tour in professional tournament golf, running 55 tournaments each year. Much of the
organization, direction, and policies of the Tour are influenced by Rick. The Tour is
honored to have Rick in his Board of Advisor position.
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Chris Stutts
Bio coming shortly!
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Irwin Smith
Irwin started playing golf and caddying in the early 1950’s before playing on his high school team. His love of golf relates as importantly to his several years as a caddy, because “his” player was like a second father to him, and was a terrific player, winning many amateur tournaments, and shooting his age from ages 64-84.
Professionally, Irwin progressed through various positions in the investment management business after receiving a BS and MBA degrees from the University of Wisconsin in the mid 1960’s. He retired from Columbus Circle Investors, a New York based investment management company in the late 1990’s, having served as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer for over 23 years. He is currently a managing director of Nakoma Capital, a firm investing client monies in the stock market, located in Madison, Wisconsin.
He is also a managing director of Nakoma Investments, a family-owned firm with investments in venture capital, private equity and real estate. He is on the Board of Advisors at Nat Nast, an apparel company, and Office Power, a company that designs and installs distributed generation to multi-tenant buildings in the New York City area.
He maintains his affiliation with the University of Wisconsin by serving on the Board and the investment committee of the University Foundation.
Irwin lives in north Scottsdale with his wife, Linda. They belong to both The Boulders and The Mirabel Club, and play regularly. They also have a non-resident membership to The Stanwich Club in Greenwich, CT.
Irwin's effect on The Gateway Tour is direct and influential, as he has also sponsored young professional golfers for most of the last six years.
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