Our Club Staff
Meet the club pro and head groundskeeper at Hannastown Golf Club
Craig T. Mankins – Head Golf Professional
Craig is a native of Ohio, growing up in Malvern, where he graduated in 1994 from Malvern High School. After high school, he went on to attend Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) on an athletic scholarship for golf. While at IUP, he was a four-year starter on the golf team. In his senior year, the IUP golf team made it all the way to the NCAA Division II National Golf Championship and Craig was selected as a Third Team All American for NCAA Division II. In addition, he was named as a NCAA Division II Academic All American.
By the time he graduated from IUP in 1998 with a degree in Business Management and Economics, Craig had come to the realization that his real passion was golf and was immediately offered a position as assistant golf professional at Indiana Country Club, where he worked for five years before deciding to accept an offer to become the Head Golf Professional position at Punxsutawney Country Club in 2003. Craig served six years as Punxsutawney’s Head Golf Professional before accepting his position here at Hannastown Golf Club. While at Punxsutawney, Craig instituted several successful programs increasing membership; developed an extremely successful junior golf program and operated a very high volume pro shop.
In February of 2008, Craig graduated from The PGA Professional Golf Management Program in ceremonies conducted at the PGA Country Club in Port St. Lucie, Florida. The PGA of America’s mission is twofold; to establish and elevate the standards of the profession and to grow interest and participation in the game of golf. By establishing and elevating the standards of the golf profession through world-class education, career services, marketing and research programs, the PGA of America enables PGA Professionals to maximize their performance in their respective career paths and showcases them as experts in the game and in the golf industry.
During the off-season for several years, Craig served as an assistant basketball coach for Indiana High School. Presently, Craig is the Head Basketball Coach for the Greensburg Salem High School.
Our members have had ample opportunity to see up close and personal what a great fit Craig is for Hannastown. He has the skills, personality and background necessary for us to prosper under his leadership. In his initial year with Hannastown, Craig made many positive contributions for the betterment of the club and seems to only gets better as he becomes more familar with our operation. The membership and the Board have been pleased with the manner in which Craig and his Pro Shop associates work to develop rapport with our members and contribute his knowledge and expertise to operating our club.
If you’re interested in playing our course or interested in purchasing some new equipment, stop by and introduce yourself to Craig. You’ll find him to be very down to earth and a great presence both on and off the course. Plus you’ll find he has a well stocked Pro Shop, including an extensive inventory of top name brand merchandise and apparel, all offered at very competitive prices.
Craig, his wife Lisa (a teacher in the Greensburg-Salem school district) and their three children, Jeffrey, Abigail and Kaitlyn relocated from Punxsutawney to the Greensburg area in 2009.
Judd Pittler – Course Superintendent
Judd Pittler is in his thirteenth year as Course Superintendent at Hannastown Golf Club and has done a remarkably good job in his first opportunity as the man in charge. Something we often hear from both members and guests is that our golf course in the best shape they’d ever seen it – a real tribute to the knowledge, effort and commitment of Judd and his staff.
When we hired Judd away from Sunnehanna in February 2006, we were confident he was ready to take the next step, as his resume and his credentials were impressive. In addition to the fact that he came highly recommended, there were two additional factors that led our search committee and our Board of Directors to conclude that Judd was the right person for us at Hannastown. One, his experience working at three prestigious Western Pennsylvania golf operations and at a number of major events provided him with the background to prepare him for becoming a Superintendent and two, being a native of Greensburg, we knew he’d be familiar with and comfortable in the local culture.
Both Judd’s father and paternal grandfather were dentists in Greensburg, so we knew that his family had been in the area for a long time and were undoubtedly Greensburg people. Judd himself, actually grew up in Hempfield Township and graduated from Hempfield Area High School. His father Stanley was (and remains) a long-time member of Greensburg Country Club and Judd had cut his teeth as a teenager and young adult working on the grounds crew and learning the basics of golf course maintenance at the Country Club from 1996 through 1999. This is likely where he initially acquired a love for his craft.
In 1999, Judd decided to accept an offer to join the grounds crew staff at Oakmont Country Club. While learning the ropes and honing his skills working at both Oakmont Country Club and the Oakmont East public course, he decided to take it to the next level by enrolling in the Golf Course Turfgrass Management Program at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. After graduating with honors in 2002, he returned to Oakmont as the Second Assistant, a position he held until March, 2004, when he accepted a new challenge as the First Assistant at Sunnehanna Country Club in Johnstown.
Judd also has extensive tournament experience, having worked:
2002 Scottish Open in Lock Lomond Golf Club in Alexandria, Scotland
2003 Nissan Open at Riveria Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California
2003 US Amateur at Oakmont
2004 and 2005 Sunnehanna Amateur at Sunnehanna
2005 Senior PGA Championship at Laurel Valley Country Club in Ligonier
2007 US Open Championship at Oakmont.
Judd is a member of:
Golf Course Superintendents Association of America
Greater Pittsburgh Golf Course Superintendents Association
Mountain Valley Golf Course Superintendents Association
Judd and his wife Heather, daughter and son live in Greensburg.