Tom
Addis III served as president of the PGA of
America in 1995 and 1996. The PGA of America
is the world’s largest working sports
organization with more than 24,000 golf professionals.
Considered one
of the PGA’s most dedicated and active
members, Tom has devoted his entire career to
the game and business of golf and making the
game better for everyone. Tom is the owner and
president of Medallion Golf Inc. in San Diego,
California. Medallion Golf is a golf facility
design, construction, operations and management
services company. Prior to establishing Medallion
Golf Tom was Vice President of Golf Development
for Full Swing Golf and Director of Golf at
Singing Hills Golf Resort in San Diego.
In 1972 Tom was
elected to PGA membership. In two short years,
was elected to the Board of Directors of the
Southern California PGA Section, one of 41 PGA
sections throughout the United States. Tom was
also a member of the San Diego PGA Chapter Board
of Directors through the same period. He is
one of the very few PGA members who has served
as president of each branch of PGA governance
- chapter, section and national.
Tom is the recipient
of some of golf’s most prestigious national
awards. In 1981 Tom received the PGA’s
Horton Smith Award for his contributions to
improving educational opportunities for PGA
professionals. In 1988 he was awarded the National
Golf Foundation (NGF) Joe Graffis award for
contributions to the game of golf. In 1989,
Tom received the highest award that can be bestowed
on a PGA golf professional, the PGA Golf Professional
of the Year. He is also a member of the Southern
California PGA Hall of Fame.
Tom devotes considerable
time working in the community and with the physically
and mentally challenged person. He is a crusader
for children and adults with special needs,
community outreach programs, schools programs,
and works diligently to ensure that everyone
has access to golf facilities and the game of
golf everywhere. Tom is currently president
of the San Diego Junior Golf Association and
is a member of the board of directors for the
Cuyamaca College Foundation, ProKids Golf Academy
& Learning Center and the Burn Institute.
Tom and his wife
Susan own a successful Rocky Mountain Chocolate
retail store in California. Tom is also a partner
in The Hodges Golf Improvement Center in San
Diego, a staff instructor at the Professional
Golfers Career College, a business consultant
for National Golf Foundation Far East, lessee
of Golden Era Golf Course in Riverside County,
and a member of Rotary International. Tom’s
two sons are both involved in the golf business.
Tom IV is involved in golf course design and
construction in Asia and Bryan is a PGA golf
professional at the PGA of Southern California
Golf Club.
