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Armen is the only person that has been a Superintendent at two Top 100 courses (Cherry Hills, Castle Pines) and General Manager at another Top 100 course (Shadow Creek). Additionally, Suny was the Tournament Director for the International PGA Tour event. Suny was the youngest Superintendent to host a major when in 1985 at the age of 27 he was the Superintendent at Cherry Hills Country Club for the PGA Championship. He hosted 6 PGA Tour events at Castle Pines. He was the Assistant Superintendent at Merion Golf Club for the 1981 US Open. He left Merion to become the Superintendent of Rolling Green Golf Club. He mowed his first green when he was 14 years old and was an intern at Aronimink Golf Club for the 1977 US Amateur. He has provided Superintendent and General Manager Searches for over 30 clubs in 14 states and Canada and is working with Kopplin & Kuebler, the preeminent Golf Executive Placement firm in the world. Suny has been involved with golf course residential projects and more recently the workouts of failed projects. And lastly Suny is a partner in Suny, Zokol Golf Design LTD, a Golf Course Design firm with PGA Tour Veteran Richard Zokol.
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The Anarchist's Favorite Sites

  • Anarchist's Guide to Golf Course Architecture
  • Suny's Grandfather in Smithsonian Magazine
  • Geoff Shackelford
  • Kopplin and Kuebler
  • Joshua C. F. Smith Golf Course Landscape Paintings
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