Honoring Jeff Burey & Phil Miller

The Kansas Golf Foundation will be inducting Phil Miller and Jeff Burey into the Kansas Golf Hall of Fame on October 8, 2022 at the Marriott in Overland Park.

Welcoming their family, friends, and supporters, the event will honor their achievements in golf and individual dedication to growing the game.

The Kansas Golf Hall of Fame was founded in 1991 to honor men and women who have made outstanding contributions to golf in Kansas. Past inductees include KS golf greats like Tom Watson, Wally Beets, Frank Kirk, Ross Randall, Marge Page, and Jim Colbert. Categories of Hall of Fame members are: Amateur Player, Professional Player, Club Professional, Golf Course Superintendent, Coach, and Contributor to the Game.

Phil will be honored under the Contributor to the Game category and Jeff will be honored under both the Contributor to the Game & Club Professional categories.

Born in Parsons, KS, Phil Miller was introduced to the game early playing for the Parsons High School team and later as a walk-on at the University of Kansas. He became the first Executive Director of the Kansas Golf Foundation in 2003, which he developed into a self-sustaining nonprofit organization.  He created the Foundation’s Kansas Junior Golf Scholarship and put on twelve Kansas Golf Hall of Fame banquets over his 17-year tenure. Since 2004, he has volunteered as a Rules Official for the KGA, KCGA, and now Central Links Golf. On the national level, he is a USGA Rules Official and member of the USGA Rules of Golf Committee.

Jeff Burey holds a distinguished career in golf spanning over 45 years. Originally from CT, Jeff has travelled across the country promoting the game of golf as a Class A PGA Member, Head Golf Professional at Pinehurst, General Manager of Wolf Creek Golf Club and Prairie Dunes Country Club, Owner of Twin Oaks Golf Complex, and Director of several local junior golf programs. He has served on the Board of Trustees for the Kansas Golf Foundation since 2009.