The golf world mourns the passing of Brian Stubbs, the executive director of the Haskins Foundation, at age 54.
Stubbs. named the Georgia PGA Professional of the Year in 2013, suffered a stroke last week and passed away in Columbus.
Stubbs grew up in East Point, played golf at Berry College and began his career under the watchful eye of Bert Seagraves at Coosa Country Club in 1994 and worked there as an Assistant.
“Bert taught me what I had to do to be a Professional,” Stubbs said. “How you have to shave every day. How you show up early and you work late. Those are the kind of important lessons he taught me.”
After spending time as a Head Professional at Bear Creek, Stubbs became the Head Professional at the Country Club of Columbus in 2002 and stayed there for a decade before moving to grow the Haskins Award. He was president of the Georgia PGA from 2012-13.
Under his leadership, the Haskins and ANNIKA award ceremonies expanded into full‑scale honors events. The Haskins Foundation held those events on the eve of the NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s National Championships. He regularly hosted these presentation ceremonies himself. In fact, he personally welcomed finalists and legends like Ben Crenshaw.
Besides presenting these awards, he organized and promoted new college golf initiatives. This includes the inaugural Haskins Women’s Intercollegiate. The event will run on October 12-13, 2026, at the Country Club of Columbus in Columbus, Georgia. It is a Division I women’s collegiate stroke-play event. Because of the large scale of the event and the Haskins Foundation’s involvement, many see it as a new marquee team tournament on the fall college golf calendar.
