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  Assistant in the shop Dean Yeats, 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!

Dean Yeats

Dean was born and raised in Aberdeen. For the last 12 seasons Dean has been playing golf at both junior and gents level. Dean currently plays off a handicap of +1 and has been Gents Club Champion at both Bon Accord & Newmachar Clubs. Deans key moments as an amateur includes representing Newmachar in Spain at the Daily Telegraph Junior Championship and played a key part in the team winning the Scottish title for two years in a row. Other key points in Deans amateur career also include finishing runner up in the Scottish Boys Matchplay Championship at Southerness Golf Club in 2004 and going on to represent his country at Boys level in the Home Internationals. Dean went on to be selected as part of the Grampian Houston trip of 2003 and enrolled in a golf scholarship at college in the USA. Dean moved back home to his homeland and brings a wealth of playing experience to the Pro shop and will in May 2010 begin his 3 year PGA Training programme under the guidance of the other senior Dean!