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On the Job

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Renny Brown

Eight years working at Carlsbad’s Four Seasons Resort Aviara have been simply ‘awesome.’

By Eli MillerPublished: September, 2008

Renny Brown loves what he does, and it shows. The PGA head professional at Carlsbad’s Four Seasons Resort Aviara and the 2007 Southern California PGA Merchandiser of the Year in the resort category said his tenure has “flown by, in a good way.”

Explain your job in 100 words or less.
Awesome. I get to work at a world-class resort, I am surrounded by great people, I am around the game I love, and I get paid every day to come to a beautiful facility and golf course.

When did you get into the golf business?
I started my golf career as an outside services attendant at Singing Hills Golf Resort (now Sycuan Resort) in 1987.

How did you get involved in the golf business?
My father played a lot of golf and was a member at Singing Hills. As a teen, I would caddie for other players in his group during summer months.

What do you like most about your job?
I feel blessed to be at an upscale resort facility. I enjoy meeting people from all sorts of backgrounds. Whether it’s a visiting Saudi prince who played golf for the first time and then wanted to buy the course, or a father and son from Los Angeles spending the weekend — each day is a new adventure.

How old were you when you started playing golf?
I had dabbled as a teen, but my main focus was always soccer. At 17, I injured myself playing soccer and after recovering took up golf seriously.

How often do you get to play golf?
I try to get out once a week. Rick Ransburg, our director of recreation, encourages us to see and play other courses in Southern California. Doing this gives us ideas to work on improvements at Aviara, and getting out of the office once in a while reminds us why we all got into the game.

What’s your personal motto on the golf course?
It doesn’t take long to play bad golf.

What’s your handicap?
My beautiful wife and two energetic young boys.

What’s your most cherished golf memory?
I played a round at Singing Hills shortly after I left to come to Aviara. Three weeks prior to this particular day, I had my first hole in one. My dad has had eight! On this day, I was playing with my dad and future wife, who were talking in the golf cart when I recorded another ace. Neither of them saw it go in. When they realized it was a hole in one, my dad turned to me and said, “You know what they say, they come in bunches.” To this day, I don’t think he has congratulated me on that ace.