Warren J. Rebholz Distinguished Service Award Winners
Valliere is a former officer of the Minnesota Golf Association (he was president, 2007-2008), a long-time tournament volunteer and board member, and is an ongoing committee volunteer with the USGA (Regional Affairs). He left his mark on the local golf scene thanks to his knack for getting in on the ground floor: he was a founder of the Midwest Public Golf Course Managers’ Association, and served as its first president. He was one of the founding members of the Explore Minnesota Golf Alliance, an organization which was instrumental in putting Minnesota golf on the national map; and he is also a two-term member of the Governor’s Tourism Council. And, as general manager of Braemar Golf Course, among Valliere’s numerous innovations was the establishment of the first league for golfers with disabilities more than 30 years ago, and one of the first leagues to serve executive women golfers.
Upon his retirement from Braemar in 2010 after 41 years, Rob Tennant, MGA president, commended Valliere on his years of service to the game and wrote that Minnesota golf owed him a tremendous debt of gratitude for his passionate promotion of the state’s golf facilities and public golf, for his boundless enthusiasm in support of MGA’s mission, and for his tireless efforts as a leader and mentor to those in the golf industry.
