Pete Ballo

Named the 2020 Metropolitan Golf Writers Association Family of the Year...79 year-old father Mike Ballo Sr. has been a PGA Professional since 1965, and competed in a total of six Majors in his career - three U.S. Opens, one PGA Championship (1967 at Columbine Country Club in Columbine Valley, Colorado) , 1993 Sr. PGA Championship, and the 1995 U.S. Senior Open where he made the cut at Congressional CC...Mother, Page is a PGA Life Member and is one of the top 5 current longest serving female PGA Members. She was an All-America golf standout at the University of North Carolina, after first playing at Furman University alongside future LPGA Hall of Famers Beth Daniel and Betsy King...After graduation from North Carolina, Page was an assistant professional for PGA coaching legend Jim McLean, and then her husband Mike...Older brother, Mike Jr., was a standout men’s golfer at St. John’s alongside Keegan Bradley from 2006-10, and has competed on the Korn Ferry Tour, and is now a PGA Associate Professional at Westchester CC...Peter is a PGA Jr. League Captain at Silvermine. He attended Trinity Catholic High School in Stamford, and captained the golf and hockey teams....won the 2019 Met PGA Section Championship at Sleepy Hollow, and the 2021 Westchester Match Play Championship at CC of New Canaan on May 6th...Spent two seasons at St. John’s University, and transferred for his final two years to Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut.