Doug Dannevik This is Me

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1. 1. Pala Mesa Resort

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   Published on: 9/7/2004   Last Visited: 3/20/2005

   Spotlight: Pala Mesa's Doug Dannevik
   
   Pala Mesa Names Doug Dannevik Head Golf Pro
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   Dannevik wanted to get in the guy's face and tell him he was a respected faculty member at UCSD; that he'd coached volleyball there for 17 years and had won six national championships in his tenure. He wanted to tell him he was a 42-year-old man; not a boy.
   
   But he took a deep breath and bit his tongue.
   
   "Boy, do I have a lot to learn," Dannevik concluded. "I have to learn how to suck it up."
   
   At the time, Dannevik couldn't have possibly connected in his head all the dots on the map that would lead him to his dream job. But he's arrived now, and the bag room is a fond and distant memory.
   
   In July, Dannevik was hired as the head pro at the Pala Mesa Resort. He got the job under tragic circumstances, as the replacement for Dana Gunderson, the popular pro who was killed in a car accident.
   
   But while mourning the loss of Gunderson, with whom he worked previously at Pala Mesa, Dannevik, a Patrick Henry High and San Diego State alum, felt a quiet joy.
   
   "To have overcome a ton of road blocks, and now to be chosen for this job " Dannevik said, his voice cracking with emotion.
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   Dannevik's fellow volleyball coaches thought he was nuts when he decided to quit in 1996, 17 years after he started at UCSD when the sport was intramural. His women's teams won six national titles, including the Tritons' first in any sport in 1981.
   
   But Dannevik burned out. "It's almost like a mid-life deal -- I don't want to call it a crisis," he said. "I had no passion for it anymore."
   
   With the support of his soon-to-be wife, Cindy, Dannevik started at La Jolla for $6 an hour. He took a pay cut to be a Pala Mesa assistant (where he and Cindy held their wedding), and over the next seven years he worked at the Welk Resort, PGA of Southern California Golf Club in Beaumont, Desert Princess in Cathedral City, Quail Ranch in Moreno Valley and the private Canyon Crest in Riverside.
   
   Dannevik was a single-digit handicap as a volleyball coach, but it took him seven tries to pass the PGA's Players Ability Test. Meantime, he was working extra jobs as a basketball referee and a waiter to make ends meet.
   
   "At times, it was pretty rough," Dannevik said.
   
   All along, he was convinced he had something special to contribute to golf. That was affirmed in 2003 when Dannevik was named the PGA's Inland Empire Teacher of the Year.
   
   "As an older guy," he said, "you have life skills that a 22-year- old can't possibly have.

2. 2. Southland

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   Published on: 8/1/2004   Last Visited: 1/2/2007

   Doug Dannevik has been appointed head golf professional at Pala Mesa Resort in Fallbrook, which has been a North San Diego County destination landmark for four decades.
   
   Prior to joining Pala Mesa Resort, Dannevik was head pro at Canyon Crest Country Club in Riverside.
   
   Dannevik also held the post of head golf pro at Quail Ranch in Moreno Valley and Welk Resort San Diego, and was the first assistant at Pala Mesa Resort early in his career in 1996.
   
   "We're pleased to announce Doug Dannevik as our new head golf professional," said Jan McCormick, general manager at Pala Mesa Resort.
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   Our members and guests will certainly benefit from Doug's experience in running a high level golf operation."
   
   Dannevik is active in the local PGA Section as Chairman of the SCPGA Apprentice Program, is a Junior Golf PGA Faculty Member and a Board Member of the Inland Empire Chapter. He was also named 2003 PGA Teacher of the Year in the chapter.
   
   Pala Mesa Resort has undergone a $10 million renovation, including new guest rooms, lobby, enhancements to its championship golf course and introduction of the Aqua Terra restaurant, showcasing creative California Coastal cuisine.

3. 3. Canyon Crest Country Club

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   Published on: 9/5/2004   Last Visited: 9/5/2004

   Doug Dannevik - PGA Head Golf Professional