Keith A. Ihms, CGCS

Director

Keith A. Ihms, CGCS, was re-elected for a second two-year term as a GCSAA director at the association’s 2009 annual meeting in New Orleans.

Ihms has been the director of grounds maintenance at the Country Club of Little Rock (Ark.) since 2005. Previously, he was superintendent at Bent Tree Country Club in Dallas; Pine Forest Country Club in Houston; Walden on Lake Houston Golf and Country Club in Humble, Texas; and Golf Crest Country Club, Pearland, Texas.

A 28-year GCSAA member, Ihms is a member of the Arkansas GCSA, and a past president of the Lone Star GCSA, the North Texas GCSA and the South Texas GCSA. He is also a member and past president of the Texas Turfgrass Association and a member of the USGA Green Section Committee.

A native of Llano, Texas; Ihms graduated from Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas in 1979 with a bachelor's degree in agronomy. He currently resides in Little Rock, and has a son, Clint and a daughter, Cathey, along with three grandchildren, who reside in Dallas, Texas.

[CGCS designates Certified Golf Course Superintendent, which recognizes the achievement of high standards of professionalism through education and experience.]