Northern Texas PGA's Crall is selected to head the PGA Foundation

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. -- Darrell Crall, who has served since 1995 as executive director of the Northern Texas PGA Section while developing and guiding a wide range of members programs, junior golf and fundraising initiatives, has been named the executive director of the PGA Foundation.

Crall, who will continue his Section duties while living in Dallas, Texas, will assume the responsibility of building the PGA Foundation enterprise-wide through transferring best practices and leveraging current assets. Additionally, he will guide the promotion of the economic impact of The PGA of America, its membership, facilities and Sections in the charitable arena, and establish benchmark goals for major gifts and fundraising events.

"I am humbled by the opportunity to build upon past success of the PGA Foundation," said Crall. "I look forward to working alongside the Association's more than 28,000 men and women PGA Professionals and through its Sections as we grow the game of golf, making it accessible to all segments of every community, enhancing the lives of youth, the disabled and building diversity."

A native of Ashland, Ohio, Crall is a 1989 graduate of Duke University, where he captained the men's golf team. He joined the Carolinas PGA Section headquarters in 1990 as junior golf/tournament manager, and served from 1992-93 as director of education and employment. Crall was named director of tournament operations in 1993, where he was responsible for the largest golf professional tournament operations at the Section level.

He was named Northern Texas PGA executive director in 1995, and made an immediate impact by elevating the Section's annual budget, directing the marketing, promotion and management of the Section and Junior Golf Foundation, which includes an active membership of more than 5,000 PGA Professionals, junior golf and association members.

Crall organized and branded the nationally-recognized Help-A-Kid Play Golf and Golf In Schools Program, which introduces golf to more than 25,000 inner-city youngsters at city recreation centers and elementary, middle and high schools. From 1996 through 2007, Crall established and conducted the Ewing Charity Classic fundraiser to generate $2.6 million for children's charities; and since 1998, created and annually managed the Deloitte Justin Leonard Scholarship Program, raising $1.2 million for the academic and financial need-based college assistance for junior golfers.

Crall and his wife, Lane, live in Dallas, and are the parents of daughter Sarah Caroline, 5, and a son, Davis, 3.

The PGA Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit charity, is dedicated to enhancing lives through the game of golf. The Foundation provides people of every ability, race, gender, and social and economic background an opportunity to experience the game and learn vital life lessons.

The PGA Foundation achieves its mission through programs which provide instruction and access to playing the game of golf along with enriching those lives by providing educational and employment opportunities.