Robert E. Remitz

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About Robert E. Remitz

from Wikipedia Rob Remitz grew up in Austin, Texas and graduated from Westlake High School in West Austin. Mr. Remitz is known for being the last living full time student by Mr. Harvey Penick, co-author of the Little Red Book which was number 1 for several weeks on the NY Times best seller list. Mr. Penick taught the likes of 2 Time Masters Champion, Ben Crenshaw and US Open Winner, Tom Kite. Mr. Remitz attended Murray State University on a golf scholarship and graduated in 1995 with a BA in Organizational Communications and golf veteran letter achiever. Upon graduation, Mr. Remitz took a job with Hiram Walker and Sons which owned distilled spirits brands like Makers Mark, Canadian Club, Kahlua, and many others. He was part of the first On-Premise team ever created by a Manufacturer of Distilled Spirits. The TOP Team was founded in 1995 and lasted up until the sell out of Hiram Walker brands to Allied Domecq and then was sold to several suppliers like Fortune Brands. He moved to Chicago and worked for Hiram Walker as an On-Premise Manager and eventually moved to Houston, Texas where he worked on brands like Makers Mark and Tuaca. He lived with Rob Samuels, who was the Off-Premise Manager for the same company. Rob Samuels is now the President of Makers Mark Distilleries owned by Fortune Brands in Louisville, Kentucky. Mr. Remitz decided to take a break and try his luck as a professional golfer and saved up almost He qualified twice through local US OPEN qualifying and nearly missed playing in the US OPEN in by 2 shots. Robert Remitz played in the Illinois Open twice making the cut once and missed the cut at the Chicago Open, then a Nike Tour event. After running out of money in he decided that golf was not his career. Mr. Remitz decided to become an entrepreneur in the healthcare industry and he founded an On-Line medical equipment distribution company called GoSouthernMD.com in 2006 in Phoenix, Arizona which is still in business today.