Tony Pesavento

Tony Pesavento enters the Nebraska Golf Hall of Fame in his 42nd year as a PGA Professional, the past 31 at Omaha Country Club.

He has been instrumental in the growth of the Nebraska Section PGA, twice serving as its president, and was the host PGA Professional of the 2013 and 2021 U.S. Senior Opens.

He received the Nebraska PGA’s professional of the year honor in 1991 and 2015.

Tony graduated from Omaha Creighton Prep in 1975 and lettered in golf in 1976 at Nebraska before transferring to Creighton, from which he graduated in 1979.

He worked for Nebraska Golf Hall of Famer Gene Johnson at Omaha’s Applewood (now Johnny Goodman) while in PGA Business School. He had the top score in a national class of nearly 600.

Before OCC, he was head PGA Professional at Skyline Woods (1983-84), Platteview (1985-86) and Field Club of Omaha (1987 to 1993).

Tony was the Nebraska Match Play runner-up in 1974, Omaha World-Herald Publinks and Omaha city champion in 1976 and a qualifier for the PGA Professional Championship in 1985.

He served on the Nebraska Golf Hall of Fame board for 12 years and was Creighton’s director of golf from 1988 to 2009.