Anne Moon (center) with husband Dan (right) and close friend Courtney Trimble (left).
Anne Moon could teach a college class on how to operate a business – “the art of it,” Kim Evans says.
Evans, the former head women’s golf coach at Auburn, ticks off Moon’s qualifications: she’s disciplined, cordial and excels at customer service. Hardly anyone meets Moon, Evans says, who doesn’t ask the former Tigers coach about her.
“What’s the girl’s name from Birmingham? Anne Hutto?” they ask.
Evans responds: “It’s Anne Moon now. She lives in Auburn. She’s back!”
Moon and her husband, Dan, are the co-founders of Moon Golf, a golf retail store that debuted in Melbourne, Florida, in 2015 and has since expanded to Vero Beach, Palm Beach and most recently – to much acclaim – Auburn, Alabama. That move brought the Moons back to their home state.
Anne and Dan have lived their lives in the golf industry, with stops at Edwin Watts and Callawa…