Mike Zinni

A PGA Member since 1976, Michael Zinni has successfully combined service to the Minnesota Section PGA with top level playing like no one else in Minnesota. Zinni has served on the on the Minnesota Section Board of Directors for more than fifteen years, highlighted by being named President in 1995 and 1996. Zinni has also served on the PGA of America Board of Directors for two terms and was named Minnesota Section Professional of the Year in 1990.

A top player, Zinni has consistently been one of the top professionals on both the local and national level. Zinni won the 1985 Tapemark Pro-Am, the Minnesota Section PGA Senior Championship in 2003 and 2006, the Minnesota Senior Open in 2006, 2007 and 2008 and named Minnesota Section Senior Player of the Year five times. On a national level, Zinni has played in nine PGA National Professional Championships, six PGA Senior Championships and four USGA Senior Open Championships.

The 2012 honorees will be inducted into the Golf Hall of Fame at various PGA, MGA and allied golf association events throughout the year. Established in 1987, the Minnesota Golf Hall of Fame was recently renovated and reopened to the public in 2011 at the Bunker Hills Golf Course clubhouse in Coon Rapids, Minnesota. It is operated and supported by the Minnesota Golf Association and the Minnesota Section of the Professional Golfers’ Association of America.