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Bill Meyer began his avocation with golf with his Everett
High School friends who caddied and loved to compete.
Their State High School Team Championship record still stands
today with a 72-72-72-73! Bill also won the Washington State
Junior Championship. After college golf at Seattle University,
he went to Bombay, India as a Peace Corps volunteer, and then
served as an officer in the US Naval flight
program.
In the early '70s, while working as a Training
Manager for Seattle
First National Bank, Bill’s passion for golf led him to become
the golf coach at Seattle University. For the 8 years
he coached the
team won the Conference Championship 7 out of 8 times. Nineteen players of
Seattle University’s teams went on to join the PGA and are big
supporters of junior golf today. Bill’s popular "Mental
Side of Golf" Seminars, (used for fundraisers
for the Seattle University team’s travel budget) are still
well attended as he continues to share his insights about the
great game of golf.
In 1981, when Seattle University dropped its sports program,
Joan Teats contacted Bill on behalf of WJGA. She suggested that,"Since
you are no longer coaching at Seattle University, we need your
help and want you to be our President!" He accepted with
alacrity, and has been
involved with Joan’s vision ever since.
After being Vice President of Sales and Marketing with Family
Life Insurance Company, Bill founded Meyer & Associates,
Inc. where his main focus has been in the corporate world as a
national speaker and trainer, performance consultant and sports
psychologist. He is author of an award-winning software CD for
professional and personal growth entitled "Unlocking Our
Potential". In the golf world, he does presentations for
the PGA, The Club Managers Association of America, the
Superintendents Association, The Turf Grass Association and
individual clubs.
Bill was co-golf coach with Bill Tindall for 2 years at the
University of Washington, where he is now on the team’s
Advisory Board. He is a member of the Washington State Golf
Association Board of Directors, the Board of Glendale Country
Club, and 2001 marked his 20th year as
President of WJGA! Bill has a 1 handicap, won the 1999 PNGA Sr.
Men’s Championship, and is an 11-time Club Champion.
Bill, and his supportive wife, Barb, have four kids — three
of which participated in WJGA.
The lure of golf – with it’s traditions, essence of
challenge, and camaraderie – have always been intriguing to
Bill. He strongly believes in giving back to the game, has tried
to be a great ambassador of golf, and to this day plays the game
for sheer enjoyment and with much appreciation.
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