Staff Profiles
Brendon R. Elliott, PGA- Owner, PGA Professional, Top 50 Kids Teacher
Melisa B. Elliott- Owner, Vice President, Treasurer
Brendon R. Elliott was born and raised in the small upstate New York town of Norwich. He is the oldest of three and turned 35 in May of 2010. Melisa B. Elliott is a native of Bradenton, FL. She is the oldest of two and turned 32 in February of 2010. Brendon & Melisa were married in July of 2000 and have a beautiful daughter who was born in March of 2005 and a wonderful son who was born in August 2009. They currently reside in Deltona, Fl.
Brendon is a 1993 graduate of Norwich High School in Norwich, NY and a 1996 graduate of the State University of New York at Delhi with a degree in Golf Course Operations. In September of 2009, Brendon completed the PGA of America’s Golf Professional Training Program and in doing so became a Class A PGA Professional.
Melisa is a 1996 graduate of Bayshore High School in Bradenton, FL and a 2000 graduate of the University of Central Florida with a bachelor’s degree in Legal Studies. She holds a License with the State of Florida in Life, Health & Variable Annuities, has a Series 6 Securities License and is a Notary Public.
Brendon is the former Head Golf Professional at the Winter Park Country Club in Winter Park, FL where he was from 1998-2011. He is a Children’s Golf consultant for the Littlest Golfer, Inc. and is a regular contributor to PGA.com. He sits on the PGA Communications and Public Relations Committee and was named a 2010 Top 50 Kids Teacher by US Kids Golf. He is also the 2011 NFPGA Section Junior Golf Leader award winner.
Melisa has been a member of the Wolfe Financial Group since 2001. She is an Assistant Financial Planner and Executive Assistant at Wolfe Financial Group. Melisa also formally sets up new businesses with the state division of corporations. Her primary focus is assisting in Financial Planning along with administration.
In January of 2008, Brendon Elliott Golf, LLC was formed which is the home-based golf instruction business of Brendon Elliott. In July 2008 the first Little Linksters program for kids 3-4 and 5-8 was held at the StarChild Academy in Lake Mary, FL.On January 1st 2010 Little Linksters, LLC was formed.
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Ashleigh Korzack- Instructor
Ashleigh Korzack, 28, was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. She earned a full-athletic scholarship, playing college golf at Division 1, SEC Mississippi State University and graduated with her Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. She then continued her education at MSU where she achieved her MBA, with a focus in Sports Administration. Ashleigh turned professional in the spring of 2008 when she was selected to become a contestant on The Golf Channel’s original show Highway 18. The experience opened up several doors for Ashleigh, which brought her to Orlando in the spring of 2009. Since her appearance on the show, she has worked with both The Golf Channel and extensively at Golfweek magazine and now is pursuing her passion at Orlando Social Golfer™ alongside Will Torres.
Upon meeting Brendon and witnessing his passion for Little Linksters during an OSG meeting, Ashleigh was excited and honored to be asked to join the Little Linksters team and is looking forward to helping develop the future of the game.
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Joe Paulus – Instructor/Media Liason
Joe is a current student at the Golf Academy of America studying Golf Business and Complex Operations Management and is also a graduate of East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Science degree in Media, Communication, and Technology. Originally from Wisconsin, Joe spent the latter half of his life on the East Coast and has recently moved to Florida to pursue a career in Golf related television and/or media relations directly involving the golf industry.
In addition to his role as a teacher with Little Linksters, Joe is also involved in creating materials to help promote the business such as commercials among other small productions. Joe is currently serving as a media liason with CEO Brendon Elliot to help reach a bigger and more broad audience with several powerful media related tools.
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AlexBarley – Instructor
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William F. Ehman – National Sales Manager
Bill is a graduate of Bowling Green State University, located in Bowling Green, Ohio. He is also a practical and professional salesman who has an intimate acquaintanceship with all that pertains to the Science and Art of Selling.
While at BGSU he met his wife Kathryn and they were married after graduation and moved to the Orlando Florida area after a two year stint in Oakmont just outside Pittsburgh. They are blessed with a daughter and son, Kate and Ben.
Since residing in the Orlando area since 1978, Bill has been employed in the golf industry for over thirty years. He has been an owner and golf instructor at a driving range, an off course retail golf shop owner, a company sales rep, an independent sales rep and most recently the territory manager for US Kids Golf, LLC. Bill will be part of the selection process in selecting franchisees. He will also assist in the developing of instructional and retail programs that will increase the multiple revenue opportunities for Little Linksters, LLC and their franchises around the country.
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