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News Release

For Immediate Release: November 30, 2006 sample
Tom Landry


Headline: Landry to Step Down as Executive Director of the Massachusetts Golf Association

Norton, MA – After more than 13 years of service to the Massachusetts Golf Association (MGA), Tom Landry has resigned as executive director of the 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Effective January 2007, Landry will join the team at TA Associates Realty, a Boston-based real estate advisory firm.

"We are sad to see Tom resign as he has led our organization through some momentous changes and expansion efforts," said Richard Osborn, president of the MGA. "There is no doubt that Tom will be successful in all future endeavors. We wish him the best with his new position, and we thank him for his loyal and dedicated service to the MGA and the game."

As the MGA's Executive Director, Landry has led the organization through tremendous growth and change. Over the course of his career at the MGA, the organization has experienced a 20 percent increase in the number of member clubs and individual golfers and has seen its asset base more than triple over the past eight years. Perhaps the most notable achievement during Landry's tenure as Executive Director was the organization's successful $6 million capital campaign that resulted in the construction of the William F. Connell Golf House & Museum and the opening of MGA Links at Mamantapett.

A 1987 Brown University graduate who now resides in Hingham, Landry has served as MGA executive director since December 1997. Prior to his appointment as executive director, Landry worked as an assistant executive director of the MGA for two years. After working in the commercial real estate industry with a Dutch Pension Fund and Boston-based firm, Spaulding & Slye, Landry made his move to golf administration in September 1991 when he accepted a post as director of member services with the Georgia State Golf Association in Atlanta.

A former collegiate baseball player who now carries a 5.4 handicap index as a member at The Kittansett Club, Landry was recognized for his contributions to amateur golf on both the local and national level by being named the president of the International Association of Golf Administrators (IAGA) in 2004. Prior to his appointment as president, Landry had previously served as IAGA board member for six years and was instrumental in the development of the IAGA's Annual Conference program, which brings together more than 200 golf administrators from around the world.

The MGA will begin its search to replace Landry this month with a replacement likely to be named in the first quarter of 2007.