Tony
Rohlic,
PGA
Tony
Rohlic was born on October 8th, 1968 in
Eau Claire, Wisconsin and attended Chippewa Falls
Senior High where he lettered
in Basketball and Golf. Tony was first introduced
to golf by his dad, Bill
Rohlik, at the age of 9. A few years later Tony
would start caddying for his
dad in 
CVGA events in which
his dad played for 5 decades as a Championship and
Senior player; he also served on the CVGA board of
directors along the way. It
was during that time of caddying for his dad and
seeing the love and passion
that his dad had for the game of golf that
convinced Tony that golf was what he
wanted to do for his profession.
After
Tony graduated High
School in 1987 he started playing in CVGA
tournaments. He also started playing
golf on a daily basis with other CVGA regulars
like Bob Johnson, Matt Garber,
Tom Kristo, and CVGA Hall of Famer Joe Springer
who took Tony under his wing
and started to teach him how to really “Play” golf
and swing the club. After
each summer, Tony would head south to Texas where
his mom lived so he could work
on his golf game. Finally in 1989 Tony started to
see the fruits of his labor
when he finished tied for 1st in a CVGA event at
the Elks Club in Chippewa
Falls. Unfortunately, Tony lost in a playoff that
day but the fire for
competition had been lit. In 1990 Tony won his
first 2 CVGA Events and in 1991
won another 5 times including his first Major at
Hillcrest Country club
defeating some of the all-time CVGA greats and
fellow Hall of Famers including
Joe Springer, Steve Jensen, Leif Carlson, and Greg
Murphy. All in all, Tony won
over 20 CVGA Tournaments and finished Runner up
Player of the year 3 times (all
to Joe Springer).
Tony
also played college golf
for the Eau Claire Blugolds for 1 season where
he won 3 Individual titles and
helped his team win the Conference Championship
in the fall of 1990.
Thanks to the
CVGA, Tony’s love
for golf only grew and in the summer of 1991,
Tony decided to turn Professional
to begin his dream of playing golf for a
living. After a few more summers of
CVGA tournaments and winters playing on the
Texas mini tours, Tony was offered
an Assistant Professional job working for his
good friend and former CVGA
winner Tom Kristo at Lost Spur Country Club in
Eagan MN.
Over
the next 6 years Tony
would become one of the best Professional
players in Minnesota winning over 40
golf tournaments, winning Assistant Player of
the Year 3 consecutive years,
setting 4 course records, shooting a career low
score of 58, and making a Hole
in one to win a car during a tournament in 1998.
1998 was also the year that
Tony earned his membership as a PGA of America
class A PGA Professional which
would lead him to the next stage of his golf
career.
In
the year 2000 Tony applied
for and was hired as the Head Golf Professional
at Apache Wells Country Club in
Mesa, Arizona. Tony moved to Arizona in March of
2000 and not only became the
Head Golf Professional at a Country Club with
over 600 members, but also soon
became one of the top PGA Professional players
in the Southwest Section. In
2003 Tony would accomplish the most exciting
event of his Professional career.
He qualified for the PGA Tour Phoenix Open by
winning a 7-man playoff for 2
spots. Over the next 7 years in Arizona Tony
qualify for 6 more PGA Tour events
including 2 more Phoenix Opens, 3 Tucson Opens,
and a Frys.com event. He would
also qualify for 3 Korn Ferry Tour events during
that stretch. He also won
several tournaments during that time, but none
as big as the Southwest Section
Championship in 2005. This victory came with 2
of those PGA Tour invitations to
play in the Phoenix Open and Tucson Open.
Tony
has
over 100 career victories, played in 10 PGA Tour
Events, made 11 holes in one,
3 double eagles, and has set 10 course records
in 3 different states. But ask
Tony what his biggest accomplishment is, and he
will point to his 3 children.
Chase, Jordyn, and Sydney are what makes Tony
the proudest. His son Chase was
born in 2001 and now attends ASU Barrett’s
Honors College and his twin girls,
Jordyn and Sydney were born in 2005 and are
Sophomores in High School where
Jordyn plays volleyball and Sydney is involved
in Theater and Chorus. Tony has
been involved in Real Estate over the past
several years but recently purchased
a Retail Golf Store called Ace of Clubs East
Mesa in Mesa Arizona and will be
back playing and working in the golf business
full time