Golf Center of Excellence

The Legacy golf course

Constructed: 1998
Holes: 18
Yardage: 6,500 yards
Course Rating: 71.5 
Indoor Facility: 2,800 sq ft. chipping and putting green, video analysis swing room, heated outdoor hitting bays, team locker rooms, and team rec room.
Home To: The Shattuck-St. Mary's Golf Center of Excellence

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The Legacy Golf Course, a beautiful 18-hole golf course located across the street from the Shattuck-St. Mary’s campus, allows Shattuck-St. Marys Golf Center of Excellence athletes and local patrons to practice and perfect their skills right in the heart of Faribault. 

Student-athletes in the Golf COE have access to the following facilities at The Legacy Golf Course:

• Unlimited access to 18-hole, 6,500-yard championship course
• Year-round access to the indoor golf training facility with 2,500 sq. ft. putting and chipping green for short game work
• Four heated hitting bays for athletes to work on their drives and irons while staying warm in the cold Minnesota temperatures
• State-of-the-art swing analysis technology including FlightScope Launch Monitor, E6 golf simulator, and more
• Locker rooms to store clubs, uniforms, and more
• Spacious study room for COE members to use to complete school work

On the campus of Shattuck-St. Mary’s, students can continue their training by utilizing the following:

• Fully-staffed athletic training department
• Spacious (10,500 sq. ft.) and well-equipped weight training and conditioning facility
• Brand new Severy that rivals the nutritious college mealtime experience with food stations offering customized or small-batch entrees

To learn more about The Legacy Golf Course, please visit their website at https://www.legacygolf.net/

Directions

From the main campus: The Legacy is located north of the main campus on Shumway Avenue. As you leave Shattuck-St. Mary's, turn left on Shumway Ave and you'll see The Legacy less than a mile down the road on your right side.

1515 Shumway Ave.
Faribault, MN 55021 

Tim DeSormeau, Golf COE Director & Head Coach

Email: tim.desormeau@s-sm.org

Phone: 507-333-1766

Tim has been a PGA professional for over 30 years, and most recently served as the head golf coach at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay while also running his own highly successful golf academy. Previously, Tim worked at the Green Bay Country Club for 14 years, splitting time between serving as the Director of Golf and the Director of Operations. 

Teaching and coaching have been major focuses during Tim’s career. He is a certified Arnold Palmer Golf Academy Instructor, and was named the 2001 PGA Wisconsin Section Teacher of the Year.  Earlier in his career, Tim was also the head coach for four years at Briar Cliff College.  Tim developed a successful junior golf program while at Green Bay CC, and helped his students earn multiple Golfer of the Year awards. Currently four of Tim’s students are competing collegiately at the Division 1 level.

Tim has also been an active member in the PGA during his career. From 2001-2003, Tim served as the Secretary of the Wisconsin Section PGA, and followed that with serving as the Vice President for two years before becoming the President from 2005-2007.

 

Kelly sorensen, Assistant Coach & Operational Advisor

Email: kelly.sorensen@s-sm.org

As a two-sport professional and master’s degree recipient, Kelly has a 30-year proven track record in coaching, leadership and improving operational efficiencies.  He has recruited, trained, and motivated numerous athletes and management level professionals and possesses a natural ability for organizing and mobilizing people toward the achievement of a clear goal.

Kelly earned his Professional Golfers Association (PGA) Membership status and went on to teach the game while managing Semi-Private Golf facilities for California based American Golf Corporation. During his tenure with American Golf, Kelly was promoted to Regional Operations Executive and had direct oversight on golf operations, food and beverage, maintenance, administration, and human resource management of more than a dozen Golf Facilities.

As our Golf COE Assistant Coach and Legacy Golf Course Advisor, Kelly shares his operations experience with our Management Team at The Legacy and applies his coaching and teaching philosophies with our Golf COE Student Athletes.  Recently, Kelly became a certified instructor of “FlowCode”.  FlowCode is a framework for in-game mental strategies, principles, and techniques that take athletes from fear to the state of flow, the state of optimal performance, the zone where our athletes can perform at their best.  As a FlowCode certified Coach, Kelly provides our students with an effective and straightforward approach to mental game preparation.