Matthew Kirlin
About
I was born in Calgary, but spent the bulk of my childhood in Abbotsford, BC. During this time I was lucky enough to be a junior member at Ledgeview Golf & Country Club. The home of PGA Tour winners, Adam Hadwin and Nick Taylor. Looking up to these two during my junior golf days was a blessing and showed me how hard we must all work at this game to improve. In 2007, I moved with my family back to Calgary where I became a junior member at Lynx Ridge Golf Club. From 2007-2014 I golfed and worked at the club. Holding positions in the Back Shop and Pro Shop. In 2014, I moved to Phoenix to pursue a career as a Touring Professional. After a humbling winter playing against North America's best golfers, I realized I may be more suited for a career on the business side of golf. In the spring of 2015, I joined the PGA of Canada and joined the Golf Professional team at Glen Eagles in Cochrane, AB. Working alongside some of the best Professionals in our Province, Slade King and Kevin Graf I learned an unbelievable amount about the industry. In 2016, I found my way back to Lynx Ridge as the Assistant Professional. Since then I have held many different management positions.
2017 - Head Professional
2018 - Assistant General Manager
2019 - Assistant General Manger
2019 - July to Current Day - Director of Golf
Currently, I am the Director of Golf at the club and one of my proudest accomplishments was being named such at age 25. I look forward to continuing to grow as a Golf Professional and Businessman. My approach to the business is all based around the experience our patrons receive while at the club and the reputation Lynx Ridge and myself have at the club and beyond our walls in the industry. I hope I can be an example to new golf professionals that through hard work and a desire to always be learning that being in the golf business can not only be rewarding but a very promising career.