Greg Murphy
Greg Murphy was
born in June, 1958 at Fort Huachuca, AZ and grew
up in St. Paul, MN. “Murph’s”
passion for golf started early as he caddied,
worked the bag room, and serviced
the men’s grill at Hillcrest Country Club in St.
Paul. He competed in Minnesota
Golf Association (MGA) Junior Program as a
member of a very successful Keller Golf
Course Junior Golf Team. Greg also was a 4-year
letter winner as a varsity
member of the Hill-Murray High School golf team
- the team won the State
Independent Golf Tournament in 1974. Greg
attended the University of Minnesota from
1976 – 1981 but did not play on the golf team.
Instead, he played his
tournament golf on summer weekends in the CVGA
and various shortstops around
Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Greg
has 6 CVGA
championships, his first coming in 1984 at
Chippewa Elks. Other wins came at
Chetek, Colfax, Menomonie CC, Hudson CC and the
1993 Tournament of Champions at
Eau Claire Country Club. He also was the CVGA
Player of the Year in 2000.
Over
the years, primarily
being a weekend golfer, Greg competed in Minnesota
Golf Association (MGA) and
Minnesota Public Links Golf Association (MPGA)
tournaments. He won the 1991
Minnesota Players Championship and the 2015
Minnesota Senior Public Links
Championship. He partnered with Leif Carlson for 2
Minnesota Golf Association
Senior 4-Ball Championships (2015 & 2017).
Greg and Leif have partnered to
win 7 total MGA and MPGA Best Ball events over the
years. Greg also partnered
with Terry Moores to win 4 other MPGA Best Ball
championships. He played in the
1991 and 1992 USGA Mid-Amateur championships, the
1992 Western Amateur, the 1992
Sunnehanna Amateur, and played in the Butler
National Amateur twice.
Greg’s career
has had him involved in various technology &
technology leadership roles
since 1981 and he currently leads a sales team
at IBM. He and his wife Cathy have
been married and have lived in Woodbury, MN for
38 years. They are the proud
parents of two sons, Brad and Matt, and have two
grandchildren.