The Central Counties Chapter has announced the 2026 slate of nominees for open officer and district director positions. The election is scheduled to take place at the Chapter’s Fall Membership Meeting at Moselem Springs Golf Club on Monday, November 2. The Nominating Committee has put forth a slate of endorsed candidates, as listed below. 

2026 Slate of Endorsed Candidates

President
Jason Gebhart, PGA
The Bridges Golf Club
(Endorsed Candidate)

Gebhart, the current Chapter vice president, earned his PGA Membership in 2010, and is currently a PGA teaching professional at the Bridges Golf Club in Abbottstown, Pennsylvania. Previously, he served as PGA head golf professional at Out Door Country Club in York, Pennsylvania, and was named the Central Counties Chapter PGA Golf Professional of the Year in 2021.

Vice President
Matt Hoffman, PGA
Hanover Country Club
(Endorsed Candidate)

Hoffman was elected to PGA Membership in 2015, and is the PGA head golf professional at Hanover Country Club in Abbottstown, Pennsylvania, and serves as the Chapter’s current secretary. Prior to Hanover, he was the PGA head golf professional at Carlisle Barracks Golf Course in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, the PGA director of golf at Pilgrim’s Oak Golf Course in Peach Bottom, Pennsylvania, and head golf professional at Atlantic Pines Golf Club in the New England PGA Section. Hoffman is a trained PGA HOPE instructor and has been active in supporting PGA REACH Philadelphia’s veterans program.

Secretary
Steve Wager, PGA
Toftrees Resort Golf Course
(Endorsed Candidate)

Wager has been a PGA Member since 2001, and is currently the PGA director of golf at Toftrees Resort Golf Course. Prior to his current role, Wager served as PGA head golf professional at Toftrees, PGA director of instruction at Penn State University Golf Courses in State College, Pennsylvania, and PGA head golf professional at both Mountain View Country Club in Boalsburg, Pennsylvania, and Tussey Mountain Golf Course, also in Boalsburg. Wager has been a recipient of the Philadelphia PGA Section’s Player Development Award two times.  

Director of Tournaments
Bill Kindoll, PGA
LedgeRock Golf Club
(Endorsed Candidate)

Kindoll was elected to PGA Membership in 2014, and is the current PGA head golf professional at LedgeRock Golf Club in Mohnton, Pennsylvania. Before arriving at LedgeRock, Kindoll also served as PGA head golf professional at HoneyBrook Golf Club in Honey Brook, Pennsylvania, and worked as PGA assistant golf professional at Bent Creek Country Club in Lititz, Pennsylvania, Chester Valley Golf Club in Malvern, Pennsylvania, and Heidelberg Country Club in Bernville, Pennsylvania.  

District 1
Andrew Geesey, PGA
Quail Valley Golf Club
(Endorsed Candidate)

Geesey became a PGA Member in 2022, and currently serves as PGA general manager at Quail Valley Golf Club in Littlestown, Pennsylvania. Before Quail Valley, he worked as PGA head golf professional at Indian Creek Yacht and Country Club in the Middle Atlantic PGA Section, and at Regents’ Glen Country Club in York, Pennsylvania. Geesey is PGA HOPE-certified and has hosted PGA HOPE Philadelphia Chapters both at Quail Valley and Regents’ Glen.

District 2
Chad Yogan, PGA
Hershey Country Club
(Endorsed Candidate)

Yogan was elected to PGA Membership in 2025, and is the current PGA head golf professional at Hershey (Pennsylvania) Country Club, a facility he was worked at since 2016. 

District 3
Matt Goudie, PGA
Lancaster Country Club
(Endorsed Candidate)

Goudie earned his PGA Membership in 2009, and has served as PGA director of instruction at Lancaster (Pennsylvania) Country Club since 2022; prior to being named PGA director of instruction, he worked as a PGA assistant golf professional at Lancaster since 2007. Goudie has also helped to organize and host a Central Counties Chapter Teaching & Coaching Summit at Lancaster Country Club.

District 4
Ross Brown, PGA
Fox Hill Country Club
(Endorsed Candidate)

Brown was elected to PGA Membership in 2018, and has served as PGA head golf professional at Fox Hill Country Club in Exeter, Pennsylvania, since 2021. Prior to his current role, Brown worked as a PGA assistant golf professional at Fox Hill, Shell Bay Golf Club, and North Palm Beach Country Club in the South Florida PGA Section.  
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