Meet the Staff

Caleb Cox

Executive Director

caleb@idahoga.org

  • Caleb has lived in six different states in his lifetime, but calls West Texas near Abilene his home more than anywhere else. He started working in the golf industry while in high school. Caleb graduated from Oklahoma Christian University in Edmond, OK. Post-college, Caleb worked as a youth pastor for five years before returning to the golf industry as a Pro Shop Assistant and then Assistant Professional at Oak Tree Country Club in Edmond, OK.

    Caleb made his way to the Treasure Valley in 2015, accepting a position as an Assistant Professional at Hillcrest Country Club and was there for a year and a half. He began to work for the IGA in 2017 when a vacancy opened up in the Handicapping and Course Rating position. Caleb has loved working for the IGA ever since.

    Caleb is married with three kids.

Cecilia Baney

Director of Junior Golf

juniortour@idahoga.org

  • An Ontario, OR native, Cecilia played golf for Treasure Valley Community College and transferred to the College of Idaho in Caldwell, ID, earning her degree in Business Management and Marketing. After graduating from the College of Idaho, Cecilia worked as the Assistant Professional at TimberStone Golf Course for 6 years, working primarily with juniors and in tournament operations.

    In 2017 Cecilia was hired on as the men’s & women’s Head Golf Coach for the College of Idaho, and held the position for two years. In September, 2017 Cecilia accepted the role of Junior Golf Director with the Idaho Golf Association.

Beaux Yenchik

Director of Marketing & Communications

beaux@idahoga.org

  • Beaux was born and raised in Salt Lake City and started playing golf at the age of 7. Having had aspirations of being a sports broadcaster, he attended what is now called Utah Tech University (formerly called Dixie State University) in St. George, Utah, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in mass communication (media).

    Beaux began working in golf at the age of 16 when he took a job at the Country Club of Salt Lake as a bag boy, which he did for five years—taking a two-year break in the middle to serve a mission for his church in London. While in school, Beaux covered DSU athletics—including men’s and women’s golf. After graduating in 2017, Beaux continued working as a golf club technician at Dicks Sporting Goods Store and was hired on as a freelance sports writer by the St. George News. He and his wife returned to the Salt Lake area in 2018, where he interned for the Utah Golf Association. Returning to the sport, Beaux joined the Idaho Golf Association at the beginning of 2022 as the Manager of Media and Communications.

    Beaux is married to his sweetheart, Lauren, and they have three children.

Lexie VanAntwerp

Director of Member Services

lexie@idahoga.org

  • Lexie grew up in Boise and started playing golf at the age of five. She played collegiate golf at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah where she studied Communication with an emphasis on Digital Media. Lexie began her career in golf at BanBury Golf Course when she was 15, working on the outside staff and then as a pro shop assistant. She landed her first assistant professional job at Falcon Crest Golf Club in 2016, and found herself called to the Oregon Coast in 2017 as an assistant professional at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort. While living in Bandon, she also served as head girls golf coach at Bandon High School.

    Lexie and her husband, Jace, relocated back to the Treasure Valley at the end of 2018 with their cat, Rogan, their golden retriever pup, Drifter, and their son, Bridger. They enjoy all things outdoors including fly fishing, hunting, hiking, and snowboarding.

    Lexie asks all IGA members to please contact her if you see her father, Keith, at Starbucks without her.

Nicole Rutledge

Director of Course Rating & Finance

nicole.r@idahoga.org

  • Born and raised in Jerome, Nicole Rutledge started playing the game of golf at an early age. Her love for the sport came from her dad, who often took her and her siblings to play Jerome or Blue Lakes Country Club. At a younger age, she played competitively in Idaho Junior Golf Association events, now called the Idaho Junior Tour, and a year at the College of Idaho. Nicole did accounting for 23 years in the auto industry before joining the IGA—having spent time at both her dad’s dealership in Jerome and the Peterson Auto Group here in the Treasure Valley. She started her current position as Manager of Course Rating and Financing for the IGA in July of 2021.  

    Nicole loves the outdoors and spends her free time hiking, golfing, camping, skiing, hunting and fishing. 

Kyle Weeks

Director of Rules & Competitions

kyle@idahoga.org

  • Born and raised in Boise, Kyle moved to New Plymouth in middle school and became the first ever member of the New Plymouth High School golf team. Kyle went on to play for the golf team at Treasure Valley Community College for a year before entering the PGM program at the University of Idaho. Honoring his true rooting interests, he transferred to Boise State after two years in Vandal-land.

    Kyle began working in the golf industry at Terrace Lakes Golf Resort in 2006 and became assistant professional in 2009. Earning his PGA Membership in 2012, Eagle Hills Golf Course hired him as head professional where he served for three years before taking an opportunity at Bend Country Club in Oregon. Eventually, the Treasure Valley called him home, returning to Eagle Hills as Director of Golf.

    Weeks lives in the Eagle foothills with his wife, Lindsey, and two daughters. When he’s not working or on the golf course, he enjoys spending time outside with a slate of hobbies familiar to Idahoans such as hiking, hunting, and fishing. 

Chris Carew

Manager of Junior Golf

juniortour@idahoga.org

  • Chris, a California native, has called the Treasure Valley home since the age of 8. Having grown up around the game of golf, Chris always knew his future path would somehow be intertwined with the sport. Starting at the age of 13, Chris has played competitive golf at nearly every level: the Idaho Junior Tour, high school (Eagle High School), college golf (California Baptist University, University of Idaho and College of Idaho - graduating with a bachelor’s degree in marketing), and as a professional. In the summer of 2020, Chris interned with the IGA as a USGA P.J. Boatwright and then worked part-time as the Southwest District Coordinator for the Junior Tour over the following two summers. Chris has also helped coach the men's and women’s golf teams at the College of Idaho.

    Outside of work, Chris enjoys spending his free time with his girlfriend, Belén Montgomery. The two of them enjoy the outdoors, whether that be camping or hiking with their two dogs, Simba and Emma. They recently welcomed their first daughter, Alora Moon.

    When his brittle back allows, Chris also enjoys wincing his way around the golf course.

Shane René

Administrator of Media & Communications

shane@idahoga.org

  • Shane was born in Melbourne, Australia and likes to mention it, but it’s really not that interesting. He’s lived in Boise since he was five and sounds like it. Australia is, however, where he first picked up a plastic golf club at the age of two and he’s yet to put them down. Because baseball was the family sport, Shane grew up using the diamond as his primary competitive outlet — achieving a glorious peak at the 2010 Little League World Series regionals where he made an ESPN Top-10 appearance at No. 5 (beating out LeBron) — but found his way into competitive golf in middle school. After an outstandingly mediocre high school and junior career, Shane dropped golf to study journalism at DePaul University in Chicago where he spent four years ignoring classes to run the campus newspaper, covering Big East sports (mostly basketball), university finances, local politics, and penned columns about a variety of issues. After a break from school during Covid-19, he worked at Shadow Valley golf course and transferred to The College of Idaho where he played on the men’s golf team.

    Shane lives in Boise where he plays as much golf as is physically and financially possible.