Island Sports Center Golf Professionals

Jim Cichra

Jim Cichra is the Director of Golf at the RMU Island Sports Center.  He is a Class "A" PGA Golf Professional and was the 2001 and 2004 Tri-State PGA Teacher of the Year. Jim has won the following playing awards:

• PGA Tri-State Player of the Year in 1991
• West Penn Open Champion in 1995
• KDKA TV Match Play Champion in 1996
• 2004 Stableford Golf Championship
• 2007 Seven Springs Open Champion

Jim has over 25 years of teaching experience and is the PGA Coordinator for the Pittsburgh Youth Golf Foundation Catholic Division.

Jodi Renner

Jodi is a LPGA Teaching and Club Professional division member. One of her strengths as a teacher is her strong background as a competitive tournament player. She qualified for the LPGA Tour in 1994 and played for two full seasons. She has also played on the Asian and Futures tour, and was named the Futures Tour Player of the Year in 1992. Jodi has been a popular figure in local golf circles for years. She played her high school golf at Hopewell where she won four high school WPIAL Championships and two State Championships. These victories, along with her play as an AJGA Tour junior golfer, earned her a full golf scholarship to Stanford University.

Bill Kurp

Bill has been head golf professional at Brackenridge Heights and Uniontown Country Clubs, Director of Golf at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, and first assistant to U.S. Open Champion Lew Worsham at Oakmont Country Club. He has served on the Tri-State PGA Board of Directors, Tournament Committee, and several rules committees. Bill attended Wisconsin State on an athletic scholarship, and has been a runner-up in the Tri-State PGA Championship. Bill has over 25 years of teaching experience, and also does all of the dome's custom club-fitting & club repairs.