Professional Golf Instructor Staff

Bob McHugh/PGA Director of Golf
PGA Class A Member Bob McHugh is the Director of Golf here at Sweetwater CC.  He brings a wealth of experience to the club, most recently serving as the Head Golf Professional at The Orchards Golf Club in South Hadley, Massachusetts where he hosted and directed services associated with the 2004 Women’s U.S. Open Golf Championship.  Prior to this professional experience, Bob served as the first Head Golf Professional at Harbor Lakes Golf Course in Port Washington, New York and received the prestigious Arnold Palmer Golf Professional of the Year Award in 2002.  Bob is the consummate Golf Professional with expertise and quality customer service standards in all operations relating to golf here at Sweetwater CC.  An accomplished and experienced teacher who credits PGA Top Teachers Brad Brewer, John O’Leary, Craig Shankland, Randy Smith, David Leadbetter, and Charlie Sorrell as influential models, Bob is also available for golf instruction and clubfitting., scheduled through the golf shop. Bob and his wife Kristin live here in Sugar Land with their twin daughters Emily and Elyssa.


Adult/Junior Lesson (30 minute)............................................................ $50.00

Adult/Junior Lesson (60 minute)............................................................. $85.00

Clubfitting Lesson Session (60 minute)…………………………………..$ 90.00


Deb Vangellow

LPGA Master Professional Deb Vangellow is the Director of Instruction here at Sweetwater Country Club. She is a two-time LPGA Central Section Teacher of the Year (2002 and 2009), a Golf Digest Magazine “50 Best Women Teachers in America”, an LPGA “Top 50” Teacher, a Golf Digest and GOLF Magazine “Top Regional Teacher”, a US KIDS GOLF “Top 50 Kids Teacher”, and was continually featured in the now retired Golf For Women Magazine as a “Top 50” teacher. Deb serves as the National Vice President of the LPGA Teaching And Club Professionals and is a lead instructor in the LPGA National Education Program.  An educator/coach who offers wellness based developmental programming integrated into her “student centered” philosophy, Deb can be reached at 281-980-4100 X296 or online at www.debvangellowgolf.com.

Assistant Golf Professionals

Our assistant golf professionals are actively involved in all aspects of the golf operation here at Sweetwater CC.  You will see these busy staff members working on tournaments and events for all of our golf associations here at the club, supervising our outside golf member services team, organizing and maintaining the golf apparel and merchandise in the golf shop, and most of all, working as an integral part of our golf member customer service in the golf shop.   Additionally, all of our assistant golf professionals are available for golf instruction, clubfitting, and club repair service, scheduled through the golf shop.

Ernie Annicchiarico
Steve Packard
Casey Russell
Sheldon Richardson
Josh Moore

Ernie Annicchiarico

Better know as Ernie A, he is one of four Assistant Golf Professionals  at Sweetwater CC.
 Ernie holds a Bachelors Degree in Psychology from the  University of  St. Thomas here in Houston.  He has 15 years of experience as a golf professional/instructor.  Ernie's teaching methods and style come from instructors Jim Murphy and Jim Hardy. Ernie is well known by most juniors and beginners for his methods in teaching.  However, players of all abilities have found substantial improvement in their games with the ideal of sound fundamentals and game management.

Steve Packard
Steve was born and raised in Houston, attending Episcopal High School before heading to Texas Christian University where he graduated with a B.S. in Radio/TV/Film.  His tenure in the golf industry began in 2005 and most recently, he worked at Sugar Creek CC here in Sugar Land.  Steve is excited about contributing to the growth of the game and wearing the many hats of the consummate golf professional:  tournament operations, golf shop services, teaching, and equipment consultations/repair.  We are glad Steve is here at SWCC!

Casey Russell
My name is Casey Russell.  I am from West Monroe Louisiana.  My wife, Ashley is a teacher and during the summer is a coach for the Sweetwater Surfer's.  I graduated in 2007 from the University of Louisiana at Monroe.  While at ULM I led the golf team to a Southland Conference Championship that was played here in Houston and won tournaments individually as well.  I have qualified and played in 2 U.S. Amateur Championships as well as a U.S. Public Links Championship.  I most recently worked as the golf professional at Trenton Street Golf in West Monroe, Louisiana.  While there I gave lessons and ran many Women's and Junior's golf clinics.  I am very happy to be part of the team at Sweetwater and want to help in any way with your golf game!

Josh Moore
Hello, my name is Josh Moore! I am very excited to be a part of the team here at Sweetwater Country Club. I am originally from Massillon, a very small town in Ohio. After graduating High School, I attended South Carolina State University. Knowing my passion was golf, I continued my education in Arizona at The Golf Academy of America, receiving an additional degree in Golf Management as well as my teaching certification. My passion is golf, I love teaching people while making it fun! I have worked with some of the top junior golf camps in Texas, so I understand people learn differently and play differently at all levels. Some of my current students have competed at state levels and others have went from Junior Varsity to Varsity their junior year in High School. I was also involved in preparing kids for the Southern Texas PGA Little Linksters. I currently live in Katy TX with my Fiancé Kelli Carlson and my 6 month old son David Moore. Again, I am so happy to be here, and look forward to meeting and working with all of you!

Adult/Lesson ( 30 minutes )--------------------------------$ 40.00
Adult/Lesson ( 60 minutes )--------------------------------$ 70.00
Adult/Lesson series ( six 30 minutes )-----------------------$ 200.00
Adult/Lesson series ( six 60 minutes )-----------------------$ 350.00
Juniors 30 minutes-----------------------------------------$ 30.00
Juniors 60 minutes-----------------------------------------$ 50.00