Verona resident Mike Strlekar, PGA director of golf at Montclair Golf Club, has been named the 2017 PGA Merchandiser of the Year for Private Facilities.
“Everything we do is about creating relationships with our members and guests,” Strlekar said in an interview with the Metropolitan Golf Association about the award. “Whether it’s playing, teaching, walking the range and putting green, or walking through the Grill Room, we try to talk to everyone. Dennis Satyshur, from Caves Valley, once told me he tries to have an interaction with every person that shows up at the club every day. Montclair is such a busy place it would be impossible for me to do, but I would be disappointed if every person that came to Montclair didn’t have some sort of positive interaction with somebody on my staff.”
