David Maraghy
Encyclopedia
David Maraghy, is an American CEO, Sports Agent and Attorney. He is a member of the Virginia and North Carolina Bar associations. He is the CEO of the Richmond based Sports Management International, LC and Adjunct Professor of Sports Leadership at Virginia Commonwealth University
. He currently resides in Richmond, VA.
that sailed up and down the east coast. During high school, he was a tour guide at Plimoth Plantation. Maraghy received his start in sports serving as the General Chairman of the 1986 Greater Greensboro Open, a PGA Tour
tournament.
in Williamstown, Mass, where he majored in History and Psychology and played varsity lacrosse
. He earned his Juris Doctor
in 1977 from Wake Forest University
in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
.
It is a professional sports management and marketing firm, specializing in golf. SMI has three major areas of concentration; player management/agent, event management/consultation, and SMI Productions, LC. SMI has a client list which includes several PGA Tour players and events.
for the Crown Royal Golf Championship and the SunTrust Virginia State Open. The final two rounds of both events were televised live to an audience of more than 10 million households each, across the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast United States from Pennsylvania through Florida. The SunTrust Tournament is the only State Open in America with live television coverage. Both tournaments are unique in that they are the only such events in the United States which offer such television exposure without the benefit of any affiliation with the PGA Tour
, LPGA Tour, or any governing bodies of golf. Maraghy has been involved in these efforts since 1988.
, a graduate program offering a Master's Degree in Sport Leadership. He served as Executive Director
of that program until 2002 when he returned full-time to the world of sports.
, Payne Stewart
, Peter Jacobsen
, Lanny Wadkins
, Curtis Strange
and Davis Love — played with lucky amateurs
, for which he brought to Korea for the first time such PGA Tour
stars as John Daly
, Curtis Strange
, Craig Stadler
and Justin Leonard
. He also packaged that event for ESPN
. The following year Maraghy returned to Korea for the Ssang Yong Securities Challenge where he brought Tom Watson
, Corey Pavin
, Sandy Lyle
and Sam Torrance
.
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Commonwealth University is a public university located in Richmond, Virginia. It comprises two campuses in the Downtown Richmond area, the product of a merger between the Richmond Professional Institute and the Medical College of Virginia in 1968...
. He currently resides in Richmond, VA.
Early life
Maraghy was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts, March 17, 1952. As a youth, he served on the crew of The Tabor Boy, a 100-ft schoonerSchooner
A schooner is a type of sailing vessel characterized by the use of fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts with the forward mast being no taller than the rear masts....
that sailed up and down the east coast. During high school, he was a tour guide at Plimoth Plantation. Maraghy received his start in sports serving as the General Chairman of the 1986 Greater Greensboro Open, a PGA Tour
PGA Tour
The PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...
tournament.
Education
Maraghy earned his bachelor’s degree in 1974 from Williams CollegeWilliams College
Williams College is a private liberal arts college located in Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States. It was established in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim Williams. Originally a men's college, Williams became co-educational in 1970. Fraternities were also phased out during this...
in Williamstown, Mass, where he majored in History and Psychology and played varsity lacrosse
Lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
. He earned his Juris Doctor
Juris Doctor
Juris Doctor is a professional doctorate and first professional graduate degree in law.The degree was first awarded by Harvard University in the United States in the late 19th century and was created as a modern version of the old European doctor of law degree Juris Doctor (see etymology and...
in 1977 from Wake Forest University
Wake Forest University
Wake Forest University is a private, coeducational university in the U.S. state of North Carolina, founded in 1834. The university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina, the state capital. The Reynolda Campus, the university's main campus, is...
in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Winston-Salem is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina, with a 2010 population of 229,617. Winston-Salem is the county seat and largest city of Forsyth County and the fourth-largest city in the state. Winston-Salem is the second largest municipality in the Piedmont Triad region and is home to...
.
Sports Management International, LC
Sports Management International, LC is based in Richmond, VA.It is a professional sports management and marketing firm, specializing in golf. SMI has three major areas of concentration; player management/agent, event management/consultation, and SMI Productions, LC. SMI has a client list which includes several PGA Tour players and events.
SMI Productions, LC
SMI Productions, LC produces televised golf. Maraghy served as an Executive ProducerExecutive producer
An executive producer is a producer who is not involved in any technical aspects of the film making or music process, but who is still responsible for the overall production...
for the Crown Royal Golf Championship and the SunTrust Virginia State Open. The final two rounds of both events were televised live to an audience of more than 10 million households each, across the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast United States from Pennsylvania through Florida. The SunTrust Tournament is the only State Open in America with live television coverage. Both tournaments are unique in that they are the only such events in the United States which offer such television exposure without the benefit of any affiliation with the PGA Tour
PGA Tour
The PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...
, LPGA Tour, or any governing bodies of golf. Maraghy has been involved in these efforts since 1988.
Player clients
- John Rollins - PGA Tour golfer, three-time winner on Tour.
- Daniel ChopraDaniel ChopraDaniel Samir Chopra is a Swedish professional golfer.Chopra was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He represents Sweden and his mother was Swedish, but his father was Indian and Daniel moved to India at age seven where he was raised by his grandparents. He won the All-India Junior Golf Championship at age...
- PGA Tour golfer, two-time winner on Tour. - Omar UrestiOmar UrestiOmar David Uresti is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.Uresti was born in Austin, Texas. He attended the University of Texas in Austin and graduated in 1991 with a degree in organizational communication...
- PGA Tour golfer - Ted Brown - Golfer, winner of 2008 Southern Open and Firethorne Open on EGolf Professional Tour
- Ewa Mataya LauranceEwa Mataya LauranceEwa Laurance is a Swedish–American professional pool player, most notably on the Women's Professional Billiard Association nine-ball tour, a sports writer, and more recently a sports commentator for ESPN...
- Former World Champion of Women's Billiards, known as the Striking Viking
Corporate clients
- PGA TourPGA TourThe PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...
- Kiawah Island Golf ResortKiawah Island Golf ResortThe Kiawah Island Golf Resort is a resort located in Kiawah Island, South Carolina, United States, near the city of Charleston. The resort opened in May, 1976...
- Site of the 1991 Ryder Cup, 1997 World Cup, and 2003 World Cup. - Virginia Tourism Corporation
- US Air
- Crown RoyalCrown RoyalCrown Royal is a blended Canadian whisky, 40% alcohol by volume, 80 proof. The brand is currently owned by Diageo, who purchased it when the Seagram portfolio was dissolved in the year 2000. It is the top-selling Canadian whisky in the United States....
- University of VirginiaUniversity of VirginiaThe University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...
- Henrico County, VirginiaHenrico County, VirginiaHenrico is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia, a state of the United States. As of 2010, Henrico was home to 306,935 people. It is located in the Richmond-Petersburg region and is a portion of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area...
- The Copper Grill
- Ruth's Chris Steakhouse
- Brunswick CorporationBrunswick CorporationThe Brunswick Corporation , formerly known as the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company, is a United States-based corporation that has been involved in manufacturing a wide variety of products since 1845. Brunswick's global headquarters is in the northern Chicago suburb of Lake Forest, Illinois...
- PlayersNext
- Calamos Investments
- American AirlinesAmerican AirlinesAmerican Airlines, Inc. is the world's fourth-largest airline in passenger miles transported and operating revenues. American Airlines is a subsidiary of the AMR Corporation and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas adjacent to its largest hub at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport...
- SunTrust Bank
- Greater Richmond Transit Authority
- Richmond Metro Convention and Visitors Bureau
VCU Sportscenter
In 1999, Maraghy co-founded the VCU SportsCenter at Virginia Commonwealth UniversityVirginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Commonwealth University is a public university located in Richmond, Virginia. It comprises two campuses in the Downtown Richmond area, the product of a merger between the Richmond Professional Institute and the Medical College of Virginia in 1968...
, a graduate program offering a Master's Degree in Sport Leadership. He served as Executive Director
Executive director
Executive director is a term sometimes applied to the chief executive officer or managing director of an organization, company, or corporation. It is widely used in North American non-profit organizations, though in recent decades many U.S. nonprofits have adopted the title "President/CEO"...
of that program until 2002 when he returned full-time to the world of sports.
Fantasy Golf Camp
In 1993, Maraghy created the Fantasy Golf Camp in Las Vegas, NV where several professional golfers — John DalyJohn Daly
John Daly may refer to:*John Daly , former colonial Anglican bishop* J. Burrwood Daly , U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania* John Charles Daly , veteran radio & TV newsman and television host on What's My Line? 1950–1967...
, Payne Stewart
Payne Stewart
William Payne Stewart was an American professional golfer who won three majors in his career, the last of which occurred only months before he died in an airplane accident at the age of 42....
, Peter Jacobsen
Peter Jacobsen
Peter Erling Jacobsen is an American professional golfer, who has played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour. He has won seven events on the PGA Tour and two events on the Champions Tour, both majors.-Early years:...
, Lanny Wadkins
Lanny Wadkins
Jerry Lanston "Lanny" Wadkins, Jr. is an American professional golfer. He ranked in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings for 86 weeks from their debut in 1986 to 1988....
, Curtis Strange
Curtis Strange
Curtis Northrup Strange is an American professional golfer. He is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame and Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. He spent over 200 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between their debut in 1986 and 1990.-Early years through college:Strange and his...
and Davis Love — played with lucky amateurs
Hyundai Motor Golf Classic
In 1995, Maraghy created the Hyundai Motor Golf Classic in SeoulSeoul
Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...
, for which he brought to Korea for the first time such PGA Tour
PGA Tour
The PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...
stars as John Daly
John Daly (golfer)
John Patrick Daly is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour.Daly is known primarily for his driving distance off the tee , his non-country club appearance and attitude, and his rough-and-tumble personal life. Daly remains one of the most popular and intriguing figures on the PGA Tour...
, Curtis Strange
Curtis Strange
Curtis Northrup Strange is an American professional golfer. He is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame and Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. He spent over 200 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between their debut in 1986 and 1990.-Early years through college:Strange and his...
, Craig Stadler
Craig Stadler
Craig Robert Stadler is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level....
and Justin Leonard
Justin Leonard
Justin Charles Garrett Leonard is an American professional golfer.Leonard was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He attended Lake Highlands High School and graduated in 1990. He attended the University of Texas at Austin and was the individual NCAA champion in 1994. He was a two-time All-American...
. He also packaged that event for ESPN
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
. The following year Maraghy returned to Korea for the Ssang Yong Securities Challenge where he brought Tom Watson
Tom Watson (golfer)
Thomas Sturges Watson is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and now mostly on the Champions Tour....
, Corey Pavin
Corey Pavin
Corey Allen Pavin is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour. He spent over 150 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 1986 and 1997.-Biography:...
, Sandy Lyle
Sandy Lyle
Alexander Walter Barr "Sandy" Lyle, MBE is a Scottish professional golfer. Lyle has won two major championships during his career. Along with Nick Faldo and Ian Woosnam, he became one of Britain's top golfers during the 1980s...
and Sam Torrance
Sam Torrance
Sam Torrance OBE is a Scottish professional golfer and sports commentator. He was one of the leading players on the European Tour from the mid 1970s to the late 1990s, with 21 Tour wins. Torrance was a member of European Ryder Cup teams on eight occasions, from 1981 to 1995 consecutively; he was...
.
Publications
- Articles in On Tour Magazine and Meetings and Conventions Magazine
- “Reducing Risks in Event Management”, Sports at Risk: Issues and Strategies (1996)
- “Defamation in Sports”, Law and Sport: Critical Issues (1985)
- “Trends in Nonprofit Organization Law”, (1977)
- “Availability of the Duress Defense in Prison Escapes”, 12WFLR1102(1976); Chapter 6
Civic Activities
- 1979- CoachCoach (sport)In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:...
, Guilford CollegeGuilford CollegeGuilford College, founded in 1837 by members of the Religious Society of Friends , is an independent college whose stated mission is to: provide a transformative, practical and excellent liberal arts education that produces critical thinkers in an inclusive, diverse environment, guided by Quaker...
Varsity Lacrosse - 1981-1982- Chairman of the BoardChairman of the BoardThe Chairman of the Board is a seat of office in an organization, especially of corporations.Chairman of the Board may also refer to:*Chairman of the Board , a 1998 film*Chairmen of the Board , a 1970s American soul music group...
, Greensboro/Guilford Crimestoppers Inc., founded volunteer citizens committee which raised funds and established reward procedures to encourage citizens to provide valuable information to the police department, which led to many crimes being solved. - 1983- Rotary Award Winner, Grant from Rotary Foundation of Rotary InternationalRotary InternationalRotary International is an organization of service clubs known as Rotary Clubs located all over the world. The stated purpose of the organization is to bring together business and professional leaders to provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help...
for Overseas Exchange. Intensive six-week period of public speaking and personal appearance in EnglandEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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