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MARK ASHTON - Director of Golf and Head Golf Professional
Mark Ashton is the director of golf and head golf professional at Baker Hill. A Vermont native, Mark grew up in St. Albans and learned to play golf as a child. His first summer job was at a local country club. After earning a degree in finance from the University of Vermont, he pursued a business career for eleven years, advancing to the position of comptroller and general manager of a small manufacturing company. Deciding to switch careers and enter the golf business, Ashton passed his PGA playing ability test and became a full PGA Class “A” member. Before coming to Baker Hill Mark was the assistant golf professional at the Myopia Hunt Club in South Hamilton, Massachusetts.
In his first years at Baker Hill, Mark has become well known for his teaching skills. He enjoys teaching and is a real student of the golf swing. Golfers of all abilities have profited from Mark's tutelage. Ashton is a trained Titleist, Ping and Henry Griffitts club fitter and firmly believes that properly fitted clubs directly affect performance.
Mark and his wife Lori have two children, Eleanor and Ben. They own a home in New London.
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Mark Ashton - 603-763-8900 x222
mgashtonpro@yahoo.com
BOB TURCOTTE - Golf Course Superintendent
The beautiful tees, greens and fairways at Baker Hill are a tribute to the skill of Bob Turcotte, our golf course superintendent. The first staff member hired by the club, Bob arrived in the fall of 1999 when the first golf holes were just beginning to emerge from the woods and fields on Baker Hill. Working closely with architect Rees Jones and his associate Keith Evans, he supervised the "grow-in" of the golf course from start to finish. When the full 18 holes were opened in 2002, Bob agreed to stay on to handle course maintenance.
Bob has excellent qualifications for his job. He received a degree in turf management from the Stockbridge School of Agriculture (part of the University of Massachusetts) in 1983 and started his career as assistant superintendent at Portland Country Club in Falmouth, Maine. His next job took him to North Conway where he oversaw a "grow-in" at Hale's Location Country Club, a new nine-hole course. After eight years at Hale's Location, he went to Goffstown, New Hampshire, to supervise the "grow-in" at Stonebridge Country Club, which opened in 1998. From there he came to Baker Hill.
Bob lives in Henniker. He and his wife Donna have two daughters and a son.
Bob Turcotte - 603-763-8910
rturcotte2@verizon.net
BRIAN SNIDER - Baker Hill Clubhouse Manager
In the spring of 2006, Brian Snider joined Baker Hill as the clubhouse manager. Although this is Brian's first job in a golf club, he has had 35 years of experience in all aspects of the hospitality industry. Before coming to Baker Hill, he spent seven years as the director of catering at the Tuck Business School of Dartmouth College. Prior to that, he served for ten years as the food production manager/chef at New London Hospital.
Brian earned his associates degree in hotel and restaurant management from Oakland College in Farmington Hills, Michigan, and he has studied business management at Western Michigan University and Granite State College in New Hampshire.
Brian and his wife Daina have four grown children. They live in Sunapee.
Brian Snider - 603-763-7300 ext. 223
Mark Ashton is the director of golf and head golf professional at Baker Hill. A Vermont native, Mark grew up in St. Albans and learned to play golf as a child. His first summer job was at a local country club. After earning a degree in finance from the University of Vermont, he pursued a business career for eleven years, advancing to the position of comptroller and general manager of a small manufacturing company. Deciding to switch careers and enter the golf business, Ashton passed his PGA playing ability test and became a full PGA Class “A” member. Before coming to Baker Hill Mark was the assistant golf professional at the Myopia Hunt Club in South Hamilton, Massachusetts. |
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Interior of the pro shop- the reconstructed historic barn. |
Mark and his wife Lori have two children, Eleanor and Ben. They own a home in New London.
Click here for:
Mark Ashton - 603-763-8900 x222
mgashtonpro@yahoo.com
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Bob Turcotte |
The beautiful tees, greens and fairways at Baker Hill are a tribute to the skill of Bob Turcotte, our golf course superintendent. The first staff member hired by the club, Bob arrived in the fall of 1999 when the first golf holes were just beginning to emerge from the woods and fields on Baker Hill. Working closely with architect Rees Jones and his associate Keith Evans, he supervised the "grow-in" of the golf course from start to finish. When the full 18 holes were opened in 2002, Bob agreed to stay on to handle course maintenance.
Bob has excellent qualifications for his job. He received a degree in turf management from the Stockbridge School of Agriculture (part of the University of Massachusetts) in 1983 and started his career as assistant superintendent at Portland Country Club in Falmouth, Maine. His next job took him to North Conway where he oversaw a "grow-in" at Hale's Location Country Club, a new nine-hole course. After eight years at Hale's Location, he went to Goffstown, New Hampshire, to supervise the "grow-in" at Stonebridge Country Club, which opened in 1998. From there he came to Baker Hill.
Bob lives in Henniker. He and his wife Donna have two daughters and a son.
Bob Turcotte - 603-763-8910
rturcotte2@verizon.net
BRIAN SNIDER - Baker Hill Clubhouse Manager
In the spring of 2006, Brian Snider joined Baker Hill as the clubhouse manager. Although this is Brian's first job in a golf club, he has had 35 years of experience in all aspects of the hospitality industry. Before coming to Baker Hill, he spent seven years as the director of catering at the Tuck Business School of Dartmouth College. Prior to that, he served for ten years as the food production manager/chef at New London Hospital.
Brian earned his associates degree in hotel and restaurant management from Oakland College in Farmington Hills, Michigan, and he has studied business management at Western Michigan University and Granite State College in New Hampshire.
Brian and his wife Daina have four grown children. They live in Sunapee.
Brian Snider - 603-763-7300 ext. 223
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