Staff Spotlight featuring Digital Content Coordinator, Grace Hand

November 20, 2025Southern Texas PGA

The STPGA is excited to introduce our new Digital Content Coordinator, Grace Hand. We are thrilled to have her on board the team and are eager to see her grow the game for our junior golfers!  Here's a little more about her:

Name: Grace Hand
Hometown:
Darien, Connecticut
Began Full Time:
November 10, 2025
College(s):
Arizona State University & Sacred Heart University
Major:
MA Sports Journalism, BA Sports Media & Communications

Favorite Teams: New York Rangers, New York Knicks, and New England Patriots
Favorite Food:
Any kind of pizza or pasta
Who is your favorite artist?
  Noah Kahan
What is your favorite song?
  A Couple Minutes by Olivia Dean (right now)

Favorite Course You’ve Been To: Grass Clippings Rolling Hills in Tempe, Arizona

What’s your favorite golf accomplishment? Getting a hole-in-one on a chip and putt course when I was five!
What’s one thing people don’t know about you?
 I was a Division I fencer and went to the Junior Olympics.
What’s your favorite way to spend a day off?:
Exploring new restaurants and coffee shops and spending time with my friends.
What would you sing at karaoke night?
Piano Man by Billy Joel
What was your first job?
 Sacred Heart Athletics intern
What’s the farthest you’ve ever been from Texas?
 Maine or Vermont!

What are some of your favorite hobbies, and how did you get into them? I love being active (I've played sports in some way since I was four or five years old) which these days includes going to the gym or walking in nature. I also love going to concerts or sports games, especially with my friends. More recently, I've gotten into cooking and baking!

How were you first introduced to golf? My family has always been a huge golf family. We always have two family tournaments a year and everyone grows up playing in them!
What did you want to be when you were little?
 A lawyer!
Who is your favorite PGA TOUR Pro? Why?
Jordan Spieth. My family loved him when he made the tour, and his Masters win in 2015 is the first time I remember watching the tournament. 

What is your favorite sport outside of golf? Hockey!

What is your favorite quote or a motto you live by? Life is full of possibilities, you just need to know where to look.

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