Meet the Greenville-based busiest golf course designer in South Carolina (GSA Business Journal)
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Greenville native Beau Welling fell in love with golf when he was just 6 years old, when he made his first hole-in-one on the ninth hole of the Pines Nine par-3 course.
“I immediately dropped my clubs out of excitement and ran up the hill to find my mother at the pool,” Welling shared.
After that, his passion for the game continued to grow and he was able to learn under the watchful eyes of Greenville Country Club’s PGA professionals. Then, he graduated to the big courses – Riverside and Chanticleer before playing collegiate golf at Brown University.
While he was in college, Welling became increasingly interested in golf design. So, he enrolled in classes in landscape architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design – which was right across the street from Brown’s campus. He secured a summer internship with famed golf architect Tom Fazio and held the role throughout college. Welling earned his undergraduate degree and then went on to complete a graduate degree at the University of South Carolina before he accepted his first job in investment banking.
But golf kept calling him – and so did Tom Fazio.
(Full story at GSA Business Journal)