Mr. Miller

Dean Miller

Director of Agronomy

La Quinta Resort & Club / PGA West

Dean Miller is the director of agronomy for La Quinta Resort & Club and PGA WEST, a world-renowned golf destination with nine championship-caliber courses designed by golf greats Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Tom Weiskopf, Pete Dye and Greg Norman.

As the resort’s director of agronomy, Mr. Miller manages a staff of over 230 employees, including six superintendents, and is responsible for all aspects of golf course maintenance and landscaping for five public courses, four private courses and five clubhouses. He has helped implement all golf course sustainability methods, overseen all golf course renovations and construction projects, as well as developed maintenance practices that create standardization and consistency throughout all the courses.

Known as the “Western Home of Golf in America,” La Quinta Resort & Club and nearby PGA WEST – a spectacular master-planned country club community on 2,200 acres and the site of numerous important tournaments – offer resort guests full access to five challenging golf courses – the dramatic Pete Dye-designed La Quinta Resort Mountain™ and Dunes™ Courses, and the highly rated TPC® Stadium Golf Course, Jack Nicklaus Tournament Course and Greg Norman Course at PGA WEST.

Mr. Miller joined La Quinta Resort & Club and PGA WEST as an assistant superintendent in 1998, and has held several positions during his tenure with the resort, including superintendent of both the Arnold Palmer and Greg Norman Courses.

He holds a turf grass management degree from Rutgers University in New Jersey, as well as a Bachelor of Science with a minor in plant science from Nicholls State University in Louisiana. A Class A member of the California Hi-Lo Golf Course Superintendents Association and the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America, Mr. Miller holds a California State Pesticide, Right-of-Way and Aquatic License.

Mr. Miller can be contacted at 760-564-7674 or drmiller@pgawest.com

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