Our Team

PGA LINKS prides itself upon the engagement of respected key staff from the peak of the Australian, golf community and resort management industries. Our collective team represents decades of relevant industry experience; the benefit of which becomes universally available to all venues contracted to PGA LINKS.

 

Max Garske

Director PGA LINKS Management,
CEO Professional Golfers Association of Australia

Stephen Head

Director PGA LINKS Management,
Managing Director Links Living Limited

Mark Brayshaw

Chief Executive Officer PGA LINKS Management.
Mark Brayshaw joined ClubLINKS, a subsidiary of LinksLiving and the operator of its club management support activities in 2003 and has since also become CEO of PGA LINKS, the manager of LinksLiving's communities. He is therefore responsible for the management of LinksLiving's entire club management functions. Mark has over fifteen years experience in club management and was formerly the CEO of Richmond Football Club.

Wayne Sutherland

PGA LINKS General Manager, Golf.
Wayne Sutherland has 15 years experience in the service industry, including 5 years in Front Office positions with Rydges Hotel Group, 5 years as a senior manager of a major golf retail company and most recently in his role of Marketing and Sales Manager for the Australian Golf Exchange, a specialist organisation involved in transferable membership modelled golf clubs across Australia.

John Nielsen

PGA LINKS General Manager, Hospitality.
John has been working with leading global hospitality companies over 25 years.. Companies include the Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong, Hyatt International and Ritz-Carlton. Having lived in Europe and Asia Pacific, John arrived in Melbourne and took on the role of Food & Beverage Manager at Crown Towers in 1997 and co-founded Liquid Assets Wine Storage 1999. In 2003 he became Director of Food & Beverage at the Grand Hyatt Melbourne and in 2006 Regional Director of Sales & Marketing for Kiwi Collection, a global hotel marketing company. He is currently completing a Master of Business specializing in Tourism & Marketing.

Ross Williamson

PGA LINKS’ General Manager at Sanctuary Lakes Resort.
Until recently, Ross was PGA LINKS’ General Manager of the Geelong Golf Club and oversaw that club’s eventful journey.
Prior to his position with PGA LINKS, Ross performed a significant role with the Victorian Government State Facilities Division as a planning consultant. He was also a member of the senior management team at Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, Albert Park.

Nick Thornton

PGA LINKS’ General Manager at Sandhurst Club.
Prior to joining PGA Links, Nick was General Manager at Kooringal Golf Club in Altona and Churchill Park Golf Club. Nick has over 10 years experience in the golf industry in both operational and management roles. Nick has completed a Bachelor of Business with a major in Professional Golf Management at Queensland’s Griffith University.

Tyson Beswick

Tyson is a PGA professional who operates the Illawarra Golf Club near Wollongong NSW on behalf of PGA LINKS.
Prior to joining PGA Links in 2007, Tyson was Teaching/Assistant Golf professional at Wollongong Golf Club. He has also spent time teaching golf in Singapore and at Port Kembla Golf club.
Tyson now draws on his 8 years golf industry experience to manage and best maximise returns from the Illawarra Golf club. He has become part of the modern trend of an appropriately skilled and supported PGA Professional to successfully assume a venue management role.

Peter Jans

PGA LINKS General Manager, Course Maintenance.
Peter Jans has 17 years experience in the Golf Course Maintenance industry, including 8 years as Manager of Sanctuary Lakes Resort. Peter's previous roles include building a "state of the art" Driving Range and the extension of the golf course for Albert Park Golf Management. Prior to that he worked for the Woodlands Golf Club. Peter's vast tournament experience includes hosting the Victorian PGA and the Victorian Open a total of seven times. Peter also serves as the State Secretary of the VGCSA Association and gained his qualifications at Burnley University as a horticulturist.

 

Our team represents decades of relevant industry experience which is drawn upon as required through arrangement with the individual venues at which time personnel are domiciled. This provides for the availability of specialist advice in agronomy, golf services, hospitality and residential / body corporate solutions as required.