Richard Skinner

Richard Skinner is the owner, developer and PGA Professional at Indian Meadows Golf Club in North Platte. He has been nationally recognized for designing and fitting golf clubs and honored as the Nebraska Section PGA’s teacher of the year.

Among the pro golfers who have been his students is his daughter, Val, a six-time winner on the LPGA Tour who entered the Nebraska Golf Hall of Fame in 2002.

Richard came to Nebraska as head professional at North Platte Country Club in 1969, after starting as an assistant in Smithfield, Utah, and service for three years as head professional at Monpelier (Idaho) Golf Club.

While at North Platte Country Club, he advanced to Class A status in the PGA of America in 1971, was named one of the nation’s top 12 club-fitters by Golf Shop Operations magazine in 1987 and was honored as the state’s teacher of the year in 1988.

In 1991, he purchased the Willow Greens nine-hole course south of the city and renamed it Indian Meadows, which he still owns and operates with wife Sharon.