Biographys & Photos

Dean G. Vannet

Dean was born in Arbroath in 1964 and raised in Carnoustie where he started to learn to play golf from the age of 7. Dean achieved a handicap of scratch at 16 yrs of age and represented both club and country from Scottish schoolboy international to boy international with his main highlight coming when he captured the European Schoolboy title over the tough links of Portmarock in Ireland.

Dean moved to take up his role as Assistant Professional at Banchory GC in 1985 and trained for 5 years alongside former Open Champion Paul Lawrie. After a brief spell in England he moved to take up the role as the clubs first PGA Professional at Peterculter GC in May 1992.

In 2001 he was appointed as the clubs General Manager and combine both roles. With the assistance of his new Assistant in the shop Ross McConnachie, they strive to offer all our customers with the best possible service.

Although his playing has reduced greatly at the present time due to his other duties at the club, Dean has managed to win several Pro Am events with particular highlights coming in 1996 where he scored 62 (10 under par) in winning the Portlethen Pro-Am and establishing a new course record which still stands to date. Also in the same year he scored a 64 (8 under par) over the Nairn Dunbar course playing in Nabors Drilling Pro-Am, and while the score itself was enjoyable, the most memorable part of the round was scoring 9 consecutive birdies from the 5th to the 13th - those were the days!

Ross McConnachie
 

As an amateur Ross  won some prestigious tournaments and managed to reduce his handicap to 1.  As a Junior he won his Club Championship at Lossiemouth GC on three occasions and  is also a two-time North District Order of Merit winner .  Ross was also selected as part of the Grampian Houston trip of 2001.  His main achievements in the amateur game have come in local five-day tournaments, winning the Moray G.C and Duff House Royal G.C Tournaments in 2003 and 2008 respectively and being runner up on a further two occasions in similar tournaments.

• Ross attended University in Aberdeen where he gained a degree in Sports and Leisure Management.  He also represented the men´s golf team in competitions around the UK and was a runner up in the Scottish Universities Championships.

•Since graduating Ross has achieved a level 3 teaching diploma from the European Golf Teacher´s Federation and he has been working in Lanzarote and more recently Fuerteventura (where he met Dean incidentally) as a golf teacher.

•Away from golf Ross likes most sports but is a keen footballer, having played Higland League football and is a previous Captain of Aberdeen University.

Ross will take up his new position as Trainee PGA Assistant at Peterculter as from 14th March.