Who Is Floyd Young?

Our father and patriarch of Bluffton and Hidden Creek Golf Clubs, Floyd Alan Young, was inducted in to the Lima/Allen County Golf Hall of Fame in 2014. Most of you know him to be a generous, easy going, honest and fair man. He has been our mentor, our role model and teacher, not only in golf but in life. He has taught us everything we know about the game of golf and the golf business, as well as many other individuals in Allen County and around the world.

Floyd A. Young’s History of Golf

Floyd spent time in Germany and Japan between 1967 and 1969 working at different golf courses playing and perfecting his game. He came back to the states where he turned professional and worked at the PGA National in Florida from 1969-75 during the winter months. In February 1971 he caddied for Jack Nicklaus during his PGA Championship (Major) win at PGA National. He moved to Akron, OH and was hired at Firestone Country Club and worked as an assistant to Bobby Nickels from 1970-1976.  During that time, he also married Drue and they began their family. Our father and mother moved to Cambridge, OH and he was hired at Cambridge Country Club as the Head Pro from 1975 to 1989. At Cambridge, Floyd headed up multiple Junior Golf Programs and hosted tournaments as well. He was a playing pro and offered lessons. He played in countless Pro Am Tournaments during this time. In July of 1989, they took a leap of faith and bought Bluffton Golf Club in Bluffton, OH.

Bluffton Golf Club—he took what many people believed to be “a goat track ” and he showed the Allen county golfing community and our family how he could transform Bluffton from 1989 to what it is today! A lush, green, beautifully maintained golf course with quick greens and multiple cuts of grass—Bluffton has always been Floyd’s baby!