LPGA professional and Long Island golf course operator Kelley Brooke recently sat down with Emmy Award–winning journalist Jimmy Roberts to talk golf — her career as a professional, her rise within the metropolitan New York golf industry, and the recent expansion of her course management portfolio. The interview will be featured tomorrow on the latest episode of Golf Channel’s “Big Swing with Jimmy Roberts.”
The episode premieres August 18 at 7:00 a.m., followed by repeat airings at 9:00 and 11:00.
Brooke, the operator behind Bethpage State Park, Montauk Downs and Harbor Links, talks with Roberts about the innovations she’s brought to Long Island golf courses since stepping into the management role at Bethpage nearly a decade ago. In the past two seasons, those three facilities have added high-tech practice ranges, expanded their instructional offerings and undergone major rebranding campaigns. Pine Ridge Golf Club in Coram, the sixth course under Brooke Management Group, is in the midst of an extensive renovation and rebrand following Brooke’s purchase of the struggling course earlier this season.
Winner of 16 Emmy Awards during his broadcasting career, Roberts features prominent golf figures on “The Big Swing” to talk intimately about the business of golf. Episodes are also available on YouTube and podcast platforms.