A new golf-pro will be welcomed on March 1, after a three-year search by the Prince Rupert Golf Club, Iain Cullen, president of the club, announced on Feb. 16.
Shawn Fagan, who was born in Terrace, said returning to the Northwest was a goal he set 15 years ago when he left the region to start down this career path.
Back then, he had just returned from a trip around Europe and was deciding what to do next when a friend of his suggested he join him in Alberta to work on a golf course.
“… I cold-called the golf pro in Kananaskis and got a job there,” Fagan said.
“I didn’t even know what the process was to become a golf pro, to be honest, I just went there and got experience.”
Fagan said he has had ongoing conversations with Cullen and the Prince Rupert Golf Club’s board of directors for the last two years about filling the role and finally “the stars aligned.”
