Assistant Golf Professional
Matt Carey
Matt is a PGA Associate who started here at NVCC as the Assistant Professional in August 2024. He recently graduated from McDaniel College in 2024 with a major in kinesiology and minor in coaching. Matt has a passion for teaching and looks forward to building the junior golf program here at NVCC. Matt is working through the PGA coursework and looks forward to full membership in the near future, he also is very invested in the exercise element of golf and is looking to be TPI certified. Matt is also Villa Joseph Marie’s high school head golf coach, his passion for golf shines through in his coaching through creating a team like atmosphere in a traditionally individual sport.
Pro Shop Assistant
Mike Simone
My journey in golf started at the young age of 14 as a caddie at Springdale Country Club in Princeton, NJ where I realized my desire to become a golf tour professional. In pursuit of this goal, I worked at the Weldemere Resort in the Catskills as a both a assistant and student to the golf pro who honed my golf playing skills. From 1968 to ’71 served as Club Tour Professional at both Rolling Hills CC and Normandy Shores GC in Ft. Lauderdale and North Miami Beach Florida. In 1983 opened and developed a unique chain of 8 golf stores with driving ranges called ‘Caddie Shoppe’ the first being in Bensalem, PA. The stores were so unique that, in our first year of business, we were awarded Golf Digests annual award as the Top 100 Golf Store in the country. Today’s golf chains are patterned after the Caddie Shoppe.