Hiwan’s Heyen to Lead District 9 of PGA

Patrick Salva

Kyle Heyen, PGA Head Professional at Hiwan Golf Club in Evergreen, has joined the PGA Board of Directors as District 9 Director. He was elected to the Board of Directors last week at the 98th Annual Meeting in Indianapolis and will serve a three-year term representing the Colorado, Rocky Mountain and Utah PGA Sections.

Heyen, 57, a past President of the Colorado PGA Section (2004-06), is co-chair of the national PGA Player Development Committee. From 2009-12, he served as a member of the PGA Board of Control. Heyen was co-chair of the PGA Governance Committee from 2006-08; he served on the Play Golf America Committee in 2009; and from 2009-10 was a member of the National Awards and Hall of Fame Selection Committees.

In 2009, Heyen was the first recipient from a private facility to be awarded the PGA President's Plaque (now PGA Player Development Award). He was inducted in 2011 into the Colorado Golf Hall of Fame.

“I am honored to be representing the men and women PGA Professionals in District 9 as a member of the PGA Board of Directors. It is a responsibility that I welcome and have looked forward to,” said Heyen. “We all are about growing me game or golf, and this is another important chapter for me as a PGA Professional.”

Born in Hastings, Nebraska, Heyen is a graduate of Westminster (Colorado) High School. He was elected to PGA membership in 1983 and began his golf career in 1978 as an assistant professional at Indian Tree Golf Course in Arvada. He then served as an Assistant Professional in 1979 at Sunrise Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, and in 1980 at Rolling Hills Country Club in Golden, Colorado.

From 1980-85, he was an Assistant Professional at Hiwan Golf Club, and in 1985, he became the club's PGA Head Professional . One of the most decorated members of the Colorado PGA Section, Heyen was the Section Golf Professional of the Year in 2005 and '06, and has been recognized with eight other Section awards.