Pro Staff

Ryan Reynolds, our PGA head golf professional has been in the golf industry 1998. He began his journey in golf as a caddy at Great Oaks Country Club; from there he worked in golf retail, and then pursued PGA membership. Along his journey he has held assistant professional positions at numerous facilities from Dellwood Country Club in New City, NY; The Dunes Golf & Beach Club in Myrtle Beach, SC; Pine Lake Country Club in Orchard Lake, MI; and Gull Lake Country Club in Richland, MI. After serving as an assistant professional Ryan became the head professional at Gull Lake Country Club for five years. Ryan is a graduate of Rochester Adams High and Coastal Carolina University with a degree in Business Administration and Marketing. Along with his industry knowledge, Ryan has played in numerous amateur and professional events around the country and is a PGA of America class A member.

Derek Brown has been an assistant golf professional at Stonycroft Hills since 2000. Derek has endless hours of teaching experience from his days working at The Ken Venturi Golf Academy, which remains his industry passion. Derek has also served as the caddie master at Oakland Hills Country Club where he was also lucky enough to caddy for Omar Uresti in the 1996 US Open. Derek is the proud father of Brinley and husband to Jennifer. Derek is the longest tenured employee of The Stonycroft Hills Club.

Griffin Smith has been employed at Stonycroft Hills since 2012. He has been around the game his entire life. He was a standout golfer at Cranbrook Schools, where he won the individual state title (with an impressive two-day total of 141) in 2011 at the Forest Akers West Golf Course at Michigan State University. In 2012 as a senior co-captain, Griffin anchored a team that won the state championship in 2012 by a whopping 27 strokes. He then moved on to play golf at Bowling Green State University. Griffin graduated from Oakland University with a degree in communications and has recently completed his level 1 checkpoint of the PGA program. He is also the current varsity coach for the Cranbrook Schools boy’s golf team. Griffin looks forward to a long and successful career in the golf industry. We are happy to have him as part of our team.