Gateway PGA Section's Nathan Charnes Elected PGA of America Secretary

On Thursday, November 3, Nathan Charnes, PGA, of O’Fallon, Missouri, was elected the new PGA of America Secretary.

Charnes, PGA/CMAA is the General Manager and Director of Golf of WingHaven Country Club in O’Fallon, and a member of the Gateway PGA Section. From 2004-11, he served as the club’s PGA Head Professional.

For the past 20 years, he has been involved extensively with the PGA of America, both locally and nationally. At the local level, he began as the Education Chairman for the Gateway PGA Section, which led to him being elected to the Gateway PGA Board of Directors from 2011-18.

His national involvement grew when then-PGA President Allen Wronowski asked Charnes to join the National PGA Membership Committee, one of five national committees on which he has served. He was later elected to the PGA Board of Directors as District 7 Director (Gateway, Midwest and South Central PGA Sections), serving a term from 2019-21.

Charnes is a six-time Gateway PGA Section Award recipient, including the Section’s 2012 PGA Golf Professional of the Year. Recently, he was selected to serve as a Life Trustee for PGA REACH Gateway.

A resident of Lake St. Louis, Missouri, Charnes is a 2001 graduate of the University of Evansville, where he played on the school’s golf team.

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