Brian Carroll, General Manager and PGA Head Golf Professional, is in his 15th season at The Hawk Country Club and 13th as the Head Golf Professional. He is a graduate of The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with concentrations in Finance and Sport & Event Management. While at GW, he was a three-year captain on the golf team, was twice selected as an NCAA Academic All-American, and was named a finalist for the 2006 Byron Nelson Award, considered by many to be the most prestigious award in college golf.

Following his collegiate career, he turned professional and pursued his dream of playing on the PGA Tour. In 2008, he momentarily reached his goal by qualifying for the PGA Tour’s John Deere Classic. Later that season, he came up one level short of reaching the Final Stage to earn a tour card at PGA Tour Qualifying School. He competed on professional tours full-time for four seasons against many of the top players on the PGA Tour today before deciding to change course and become a PGA Golf Professional.

Brian has enjoyed continued success in his playing career as a PGA Professional in the Illinois PGA Section. Since 2011, he has won 29 IPGA events, including three major championships, most notably the 2022 and 2024 Illinois PGA Championship. The other major victory was the 2023 Illinois PGA Players Championship. In addition, he won the 2014 IPGA Assistant Championship and is a two-time winner of the IPGA Assistant Match Play. He has represented the IPGA eight times in the Radix Cup matches vs. the top amateurs in Illinois and three times in the Royal Cup matches vs. the top Assistant Professionals in Wisconsin. He has been named the Illinois PGA Player of the Year in 2022 and the Illinois PGA Assistant Player of the Year in 2014, has qualified for the PGA Professional Championship 8 times and the PGA National Assistant Championship three times.

He runs the PGA Junior League team, PGA Family Golf, and junior golf program at The Hawk CC in St. Charles. He teaches private lessons to golfers of all ages and skill levels, including during the winter months indoors. His favorite part of the game to teach is short game.