ProFile

Name

Matt Bunn

Course: Hayden Lake Country Club

Turned professional: 1994

Years at present course: Four, all as the head professional

Age: 45

Family: Wife, Stephanie, and children Landon, 2, and Haydin, 2 months.

Education: Graduated from Mead High School, and earned a degree in recreational management from Eastern Washington University (1995), after spending three years at Fresno State University on a golf scholarship.

Hobbies: Hockey, spending time with family and working in the yard.

Favorite winter getaway: Palm Springs, Calif.

Past experience: Spent three years as an assistant under Les Blakley at Spokane Country Club before playing for 11/2 years on the NGA Hooters (formerly Buy.com) Tour. Returned home and worked for four years as an assistant under Steve Conner at Downriver Golf Course before becoming the head professional at The Highlands Golf Club for two years and then moving on to Hayden Lake Country Club.

What’s in the bag

Driver: TaylorMade Tour Burner TP (91/2 degrees loft)

Fairway metal: Tour Edge Exotics 3-metal

Hybrids: None

Irons: Henry-Griffitts Big-to-Small protypes (3-PW)

Wedges: Henry-Griffitts RDHs (52, 56 and 60 degrees loft)

Putter: Scotty Cameron 350

Best golf tip received: Never give up, make each shot a new experience and simply play to the best of your ability.