He held the lead until Dick Burton, playing in the final group, caught him and won with a birdie on the last hole. He won the Massachusetts Amateur in 1949, a championship for which he qualified ultimately 12 times. He was the Indiana Elks Champion in 1951. He was a likeable bear of a man with massive strength and a fine rhythmic swing, who won sixteen PGA tour events between 1955 and 1961, including three in 1955 and four in 1956. Mrs. Bell was inducted into the Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame in 1983 and is also a member of the NC Sports Hall of Fame. From those humble beginnings in Burlington, Bulla went on to set a standard of great golf that was finally recognized earlier this year with his induction into the Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame. In 2008, Broce continued to pursue his passion in golf and shifted his focus to coaching, becoming the Assistant Golf Coach at Indiana University. At age 18, Bulla hitchhiked to Pinehurst to play in his first professional event. Mike David was born and raised inColumbus, Indiana. But there was also a behind-the-scenes hero of that Open who played a vital role in the success of the championship and the USGAs now long-standing relationship with one of golfs historic resorts. In 1988, Schaal was elected as national secretary of The PGA of America. Carol, before she became Mrs. Hensley, went out with a young WFU golfer with a first name of Arnold and a last name of Palmer. He was a member of the announcing team when the Masters Tournament was first telecast in 1956 and, since 1976, has directed the Masters Progress Report, as up-to-the-minute accounting of the tournament action that is available to newspapers, radio and television stations. Mrs. Jane Covington was inducted into the South Carolina Golf Hall of Fame in 1978. One of his biggest moments as a player came in the 1978 U.S. PGA Seniors Championship at Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL, where he nearly won. Irwin served as the CGRAs first president in 1957 and 1958. Was actively involved with the administration of the Western Golf Association and Evans Scholar Foundation. He has served as Executive in Residence for UNCs MBA program, on the Advisory Council at Furman University and the University of Massachusetts /Dartmouth, and a Trustee of the School of Social Work at UNC. From middle school through high school people would ask what I wanted to do and I would tell them I wanted to be a golf course superintendent. At the time of his induction, White had been involved with the game, in some form, for over 65 years. He finished early that day and was the leader in the clubhouse. Four-time winner on the PGA Tour and finished in the top 10 at the Masters Tournament, U.S. Open and PGA Championship. She attended college at Texas Tech University but didnt play golf in high school or college and was only a weekend golfer until the mid 1980s. Won the 1944 national PGA Championship and was a two-time winner of the North-South Open Championship. He qualified for the USGA Senior Amateur on seven occasions. He won 14 times with the Senior and Champions Tours in a career tallying 62 wins worldwide. In 1991, at age 60, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. And through Bobs vision, the Pinehurst Resort property continues to serve as a turfgrass testing site to the benefit of all golf courses globally, says Mike Davis, the CEO of the USGA. In miserable conditions, he drove flawlessly and never missed a fairway. "Bill brings extensive knowledge of the golf travel industry to the table," says Holly Spofford Bell, Director of Sales and Marketing with Pine Needles and Mid Pines. It was about the time that Arnold Palmer was getting popular and golf was getting very popular, and my dad Robert used to say Hey boys, you have this great opportunity to practice whenever you want so you ought to take advantage of it. So we did, Strawn said. The Veterans Category has since been dissolved. The Maples family, since Dans great-grandfather James, has been involved with golf either as professionals, superintendents, builders or architects. He also was a noteworthy author and has produced 22 instructional videos. One of the Carolinas greatest golf advocates. His victories also include the first PGA Tour event held at Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head, putting the golf course, the tournament and the island on the golfing map. Larry Boswell of Jamestown, N.C. holds thirteen Carolinas Golf Association championships which ranks third in CGA history behind Dale Morey (24) and Paul Simson (22). Won a total of ten times on the PGA Tour, including the 1967 Masters Tournament, and won the 1951 Kentucky Open as an amateur. His favorite design, Pinewild, was built for about $2.5 million a decade ago. He tied for second place in the 1967 and 1968 senior championships. Was also inducted into the Indiana High School Golf Hall of Fame, was an All American Honorable Mention at the University of Florida, is a lifetime member of the PGA Tour and the PGA of America, has participated in over 300 PGA Tour Events with thirty top ten finishes. Dickson Company, Wachovia Bank, and Paramounts Carowinds, the massive amusement park just south of Charlotte. Runnels was a three-time Letterman Winner at Richmond High School ('69-'71), the 1975 Ball State Invitational Champion, the 1992 & 93 IGA Match Play Champion, a USGA Team Championship Member ('95), the 2000 Richmond Indiana Golf Hall of Fame Inductee, the 2002 IGA Mid-Amateur Champion, the 2008 IGA Senior Amateur Champion, a winner of 7 IGA/IGA Senior Championships, a winner of 20 Plus Team Championships, a winner of 15 Club Championships, and the 2013 IGA Senior Player of the Year. The hallmark of Jim Ferrees career in professional golf has been courage. He was inducted into the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame in 1976 and the South Carolina Golf Hall of Fame in 1987. After a few years kicking around Bigger Better Burlington, Bulla found out you could make some good money as a caddie at Burlington Country Club. He had career earnings of $6,841,741 on the Tour. Tournaments; 2023 City Exempt List; 2022 Player of the Year; POY Points System; Policies and Procedures; Calendar; Contact Us; Related Links . At the 1935 Louisville Open, Bulla became friends with Sam Snead; and, for the next few years, they traveled together. New entrants in the Lifetime Achievement and Veteran's categories are announced at irregular intervals. He is now a golf commentator for ESPN. Long is one of the top donors for The First Tee of the Triad and is perhaps THE major donor of the First Tee of Wilmington. ", "Gene said to me, 'Tommy, that's fine, but it's going to cost a lot of money,'" Albin says. Mrs. Thigpen gave up competitive golf in 1924 to raise her family after having played in the North-South Championship in Pinehurst a year earlier. Scott Hoch was one of the most consistent players of his era on the PGA Tour. That architect, Tom Fazio, moved his home to North Carolina in his prime designing years, much as Ross did a century earlier. Dale played on two Walker Cup Teams, two Americas Cup Teams and a World Amateur Team. In 1953, the year she claimed North Carolina as home, she married Warren (Bullet) Bell, a former professional basketball player, and the couple, with Julius Boros and the Cosgrove family, bought a rundown golf course in Southern Pines. Following an outstanding high school career at Terry Sanford in Fayetteville , he attended the University of Georgiawhere he was a three-time All-American. Though her competitive career spanned a period of over 20 years, never once did her domestic or social life suffer thereby. Bullas father, a Quaker minister, moved the family from Asheboro to Burlington as young Johnny was starting grade school. I never considered another career, he says. Bobby Long, a Greensboro businessman, is credited with helping save the PGA Tour stop in Greensboro a decade ago. During this era, she played in the North-South Womens Tournament in Pinehurst, and gave golfing exhibitions across the state of North Carolina. While in this role, he has made his mark on both a state and national level and has become one of most well-respected Executive Directors in the country. Golf course architecture is a unique blend of artistic ability, science and engineering a combination of several different diverse disciplines, all of which Cobb had an abundance of. There he spent much of his free time caddying at the Stanley Country Club and learning as much as he could aboutthe game of golf. Cobb helped mentored LaFoy, who he worked with at Linville Ridge, and fellow Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame member Tom Jackson. The United States Blind Golf Association has met and exceeded those requirements and is therefore proud to introduce its Hall of Fame Inductees. Amateur. Winner; 1955, 1958, The Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame is located in the conference center of the Carolina Hotel,Village of Pinehurst, NC. A graduate of the legendary Wake Forest golf program, under Jesse Haddock, Haas became a fixture of golfs highest echelon for decades, setting the record for most cuts ever made in PGA Tour history. Then in 1938, feeling confident that he could earn a living playing golf, he turned to the professional tour. Roger Watson was inducted into the Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame in 1981. His best finishes in the British and US Opens were 6th in 1935 and tied for 6th in 1936, respectively. He knew as much about golf architecture as he did course construction, which is really, really important.. When Bobby saved our PGA Tour event, he also saved many charitable organizations that benefit from it each year. She dominated womens golf across the region in the 1920s, regularly scoring in the mid 80s during a period in which the top women players were shooting in the 90s. Had the tournament gone away, their donations would have followed.. Being on the USGA executive committee, and spending four of those years chairing the championship committee and two years as president, was really was an incredible eight years. When they arrived the doctor gave him 50 cents and told him to catch the bus back home. The owner of Linville Ridge Country Club talked to anyone who would listen about the great job architect George Cobb had done in creating the 16th hole, a dramatic par-3 that showcases an elevation drop equivalent to an 11-story building and a 50-mile view of the glorious Blue Ridge Mountains off in the distance. Later, John held sports editing jobs at Asheville and Greensboro before becoming a writer/electronic reporter under Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell during World War II. Brandon could have been a club professional and might even have pursued a playing career with a career-low handicap of plus two. That had a whole lot to do with me falling in love with the game.. As a young Club Professional, he won the 1969 North Carolina Open. Is the current President of the PGA of America, was the 1991 recipient of the Horton Smith Award, was a two-time Section Bill Strausbaugh Award recipient ('96-'97), served as President of the Indiana PGA Section ('97-'98), has twice been awarded the Sagamore of the Wabash by the Governor of Indiana for service to the communities in which he resided, is the General Manager at The Legends Golf Club in Franklin, Ind., has served on the PGA Board of Directors since 2006, served on the PGA Board of Control from 2002-05 and again as Secretary, and was Secretary of the PGA of America before becoming President. In 1987, Cook turned professional and in 1988 he joined the Asian Tour, where he competed for three years (88, 89, 96). Mr. Ross later became interested in golf course architecture and went on to design, build or remodel more than 600 courses, including Pinehurst No. I never cheated anyone again. Mrs. Thigpen enjoyed golf at the club level for over 50 years, and held the low score for women at four different venues in four different cities -- Charlotte Country Club, Hope Valley in Durham, Forsyth in Winston-Salem and Asheville Country Club. "That was very little money," Albin says. Surviving a plane crash in 1950 and despite injuries that would require 17 operations, he returned to golf and played on the 1951 Ryder Cup Team at Pinehurst. Started playing golf at the age of 12 and was competing by the age of 16. Ryan Palmer. When Jimmy DAngelo first saw Myrtle Beach in November 1937, as winter golf professional at the Ocean Forest Clubthe Grand Strand had one golf course. When I played pro golf I was young and traveling and it was kind of fun, but amateur golf really is more fun over the long haul. L.B. In all, he won two State Amateur titles, two State Open titles and one Boys State Junior title. Floyd in 1997. When it resumed Bulla picked up where he left off and finished second to Sam Snead in 1946. Palmer is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame, PGA Hall of Fame, American Golf Hall of Fame, the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame, among others. Has won 14 Country Club of Indianapolis championships, the Indianapolis Women's City Championship three times and the Indiana Women's State Amateur Championship in 1973. Golf Holiday hosts the World Amateur Handicap tournament each year, the largest single-site gathering of amateur players in the world, attracting nearly 5,000 competitors from all over the world. Is one of only two men to win the Indiana Boys State Junior, Indiana State Amateur and Indiana State Open Championships in the same year and he did it twice. Mr. Golf" in Indiana. Bill Clarke (Middle Atlantic PGA) https://mapga.com/about-us/hall-of-fame/. He ranked among the circuits top 60 money winners from 1965 to 1968 and was a two-time tour winner: the Utah Open and the Azalea Open, both in 1967. We needed a mentor for a very young staff and I needed a mentor. As the regionalism effort began to gain footing, companies that would never have done so if it remained a Greensboro event began joining as tournament partners.. Throughout his life, Palmer has maintained strong ties to Wake Forest, serving on its board of trustees from 1983 to 1986, 1988 to 1991 and 1993 to 1997. And, while he won a couple of titles, he wasnt really a championship caliber player. His golf resume did not sizzle until 1997, when he won the USGA Senior Amateur championship at the Atlantic Golf Club in Bridgehampton, N.Y. His senior career popped when he won his first North Carolina Senior Amateur championship in 1994. He received the Grantland Ride Award which is presented annually to a writer who carried on the Rice tradition. We can only continue to watch and see what comes next from his greenhouse and committed staff.. Amateur Championship at Winged Foot, his home club, Chapman won the qualifying medal with a four-under-par 140 total, then played 157 holes in eight-under-par on his way to the title. Julius was the Amateur's medalist in 1948 and again in 1949. He led the national qualifying for the 1948 U.S. He is a member of the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame, The Carolinas Section PGA Hall of Fame, and was inducted into the Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame in 1983. She won 55 tournaments, putting her third on the all-time winners' list behind Kathy Whitworth and Mickey Wright. Thompson is the first career superintendent to be elected to the Hall of Fame. He has also played in a few PGA Seniors events. Mrs. Thigpen died in 1989 at the age of 88 and joins the Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame 2020 class posthumously alongside Dan Brooks. Plus all the work he does to promote golf in North Carolina helps everyone in the golf industry.". In 2013, he ended his Tour career, and rejoined the Indiana Section PGA, where he once again began competing in state events. Mike Souchak was born in Berwick, Pa. Was sports editor for the Indianapolis News and was a graduate of Notre Dame University. I say this tongue-and-cheek but to a certain extent it is true that my department at Pinehurst Resort is responsible for everything green but the money, pretty much everything that grows and flows, everything from a tree falling on a green to our nutrition programs, Farren says. There was a slight disagreement over a portion of the course construction and the owner told Cobb, You know George, I can divorce you, too. Cobb, like he had done so many times in his four-decade career, smoothed it over and rolled on to complete yet another golfing masterpiece. I was one of the top four or five longest drivers on tour and I was very accurate. Julius Boros was inducted into the Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame in 2003. He is now professional emeritus there. You don't move as much dirt. Bulla endorsed Walgreens Drug Store's low-priced Po-Do golf ball. He was the Indiana State Amateur Champion in 1913, 1914 and 1920 and was runner-up in 1912, 1915 and 1925. Richard Tufts was inducted into the Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame in 1981. I wanted to do well and prove myself. Runner-up, 1953, USGA Amateur Championship During his two and a half years in the Air Force in World War II, he served as a side gunner aboard a B-29 and flew 32 missions over Japan. Inductees into the World Golf Hall of Fame include famed competitors such as Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Arnold Palmer, Sam Snead, Walter Hagen, Francis Ouimet, Bernhard Langer, Payne Stewart, Annika Sorenstam, Juli Inkster and Dame Laura Davies. In 1948, he supervised construction of Ross last course, Raleigh Country Club. He turned professional at age 18, taking his first job at Badin. His impressive list of courses includes many of America's finest. As an amateur, she won the North and South at Pinehurst, the Womens Eastern Amateur and the Titleholders in Augusta, Georgia, where she was the first to break 300 in that tournament. But neither situation developed as planned. 1908 US Open Champion and five top-4 finishes in the US Open. Before he retired in the 1992, his dedication to duty and the success of his program had made the position as respectable as football or basketball coach. He also designed the course at Prestonwood Country Cub in Cary, NC that hosted the SAS Championship on what was then the Senior Tour. He quietly endured taunts and insults for more than a decade before becoming the first black to play in a Tour event the 1961 Greater Greensboro Open, where he eventually finished fourth. But, he admits, I was probably the worst putter on tour. the stymie was abolished six weeks later. Skip Alexander was raised in North Carolina and won the Carolinas Amateur and Publinx, the North and South and was qualifying medalist in the 1941 US Amateur. It came off beautifully, to the great delight of the gallery; however, in all too often Harvey fashion, he three-putted the green to lose. His play in the Insurance City-Greater Hartford Open at Wethersfield brought him two seconds and eleven top-ten finishes. One of the biggest things I learned was his interaction with clients. Tom Jackson, from Taylors, SC has been actively designing and building golf course since 1965. Amateur, her best showings were in 1953 and 1956 where she reached the fourth round. She has competed in seven USGA Amateurs and 13 USGA Mid-Amateurs. From his Duke days in the late 1930 into the new millennium,his association with sports was unwavering and highlighted by accomplishments. The inaugural class of inductees included those LPGA Tour members who were already in the Hall of Fame of Women's Golf and the year of their induction into the Hall of Fame of Women's Golf was recognized as the year of induction for the LPGA Tour Hall of Fame. The NYSGA Hall of Fame Committee consists of Joe Enright (Chairman), John Blain, Marci Bevilacqua, Matt Clarke, Dick Galvin, Tom Reidy, and Doug Vergith. He also won national titles in France (twice), Canada and Italy. 1949 - Winner, The Titleholders, Augusta, Ga. 1981 - Received National Golf Foundations Herb Graffis Award for Service to Golf Bobby Jones. He was the captain of the Indiana University golf team and is an 11-time Bloomington City champion. My wife and I were able to meet a lot of wonderful people, make a lot of lifelong friends and travel to some fabulous places around the world. Jane Covington was inducted into the Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame in 1989. PGA in the Carolinas , Dugan is a member of the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame, was in the inaugural class of inductees into the Carolinas PGA Section Hall of Fame and was voted into the Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame in 1982. He experimented a good deal with his swing but never to the extent of damaging it. I guess I really havent known it any differently, Farren says. Hes my all-time sports hero. Fellow inductee Jim Hyler has had the pleasure of working alongside Farren during several USGA championships at the resort. Joe Cheves was inducted into the Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame in 1989. He was always extremely fair to the golf course contractors. From then to 1954, taking several years out for national service, he won two NCAA championships and the very first ACC championship. You can kind of put people in my profession into silos. At Louisiana State University, he was on a basketball scholarship and played on NCAA championship golf teams with such notables as Jay and Lionel Hebert, Gardner Dickinson, Johnny Pott, and Earl Stewart. The PGA of America staged the Club Professional Championship there in 1988 and the USGA brought the U.S. Women's Amateur the following year. As an administrator, however, he was one of the best. Winner, 1949, 1950, British Amateur Championship In 1949, he was fourth in the Masters Tournament and four back of winner Sam Snead. When I heard the news that I was being inducted into the Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame I felt completely unworthy because basically my deal has been to be a cheerleader, and all these other people do the work, and do it in such a wonderful way, Long said. From his home in Greer, South Carolina alongside the golf course at Thornblade, Haas has raised a family including sons Jay, Jr. and Bill, both of whom would play on the PGA Tour. Miss Burns, a native of Greensboro, NC, dominated womens amateur golf during her heyday as a player. The galleries werent always kind to him either. That event is schedule for 2021 at Quail Hollow and will solidify Charlotte as a popular site for major tournaments. One day Cobb interrupted the owner, saying I cant take all the credit; I have to credit God for this. Cobb then hesitated for a second or two before saying but we worked closely with him.. He graduated from Marshall University in 1979 and found his way to the Tar Heel State. 1116 Elmore Just DriveLouisville, Kentucky 40245(502) 243-8295kentucky@kygolf.org, Copyright 2019 KGA-PGA, Inc. All Rights Reserved. LaFoy laughs about one encounter he and Cobb had with a golf course owner, who had been divorced six times. You keep the greens smaller. Her Carolinas Golf Association titles include four 4-Ball, two N.C. Senior, four Carolinas Senior, two Match Play championships, the 2007 Amateur, seven Senior Amateur Championships, two N.C. Womens Golf Association championships, eight senior championships, the 2000 Womens Southern Golf Association Championship and three Womens Eastern Golf Association Seniors. ), Head Professional at Hillendale CC for 35 years. Although he had moved to Columbia in 1979, the folks in Florence didnt forget him. His first victory came in 85 with a win at the Indiana PGA Southern Open. He told me, I saw you cheating for Staley picking the ball up with your toes and teeing it up. As a 14 year old, Ellis Maples worked summers for his father, Frank Maples, who was the construction superintendent for Donald Ross and greenkeeper at Pinehurst Country Club. Twice in the mid-1950s, a young golf professional from Raleigh was promised head pro jobs, first in Jacksonville, N.C., and later in Durham . He was proud of working at Augusta National but he also knew it would not offend any of the other clients he had ever worked for. All three players were granted induction after new LPGA Tour Hall of Fame criteria was introduced in 1999 because they were retired and had met the new 27-point criteria during their playing careers. He resolved those doubts by beating a solid field in the North Carolina Senior at Rolling Hills Country Club near his home in Monroe, N.C. Amateur in 1973, losing to future Masters champion Craig Stadler. In 1935, he teamed with the great Henry Picard to win the International Four-Ball, beating the likes of Horton Smith, Denny Shute and Sam Snead. Today he lives in Chicago , Ill., with his wife Karen, and has played on the Champions Tour since turning 50 in 2006. Before he could attempt another defense of his title, he was suspended for a year by the USGA for allegedly accepting expense money by his employer for playing in amateur events. She has won 23 club championships, including 19 at Carmel Country Club, and six Moore County Amateur Championships. Brooks, a former star golfer at Oregon State and a self-proclaimed West Coast guy, flew to the East Coast in the mid-1980s, and was hired to lead the Duke womens golf team, along with assistant coaching duties with Myers on the mens side. Hensley graduated from Wake Forest when it was still located north of Raleigh. Ward penned what might've been the first national article on Michelle Wie for Golfweek when she competed in the 2000 WAPL Championship at Legacy Golf Links as a 10-year-old. David Strawn reached the final of the U.S. Born in East Orange, NJ, March 22, 1907, Mrs. Her record speaks for itself as an outstanding competitor. 4. Watsons greatest years as a player came in the mid-1970s. He now is the Women's Golf coach at Indiana University and was named the Indiana PGA Golf Professional of the Year in 1999. 8, Porters Neck P&CC, Treyburn CC and complete redesigns of Pinehurst No. He led through the first three rounds with scores of 68-67-73-208 was two ahead of Julius Boros and seven in front of Arnold Palmer. Born in Raleigh, N.C. in 1955, he spent his early years with his dad who ran the pools at Wildwood and Raleigh Country Clubs. Golfers, both professional and amateur, architects, journalists, innovators A short six years later, she was named LPGA Teacher of the Year, an award well earned from her years as a teaching professional at the Surf Club, Golf Acres Driving Range and Par Three, both in Myrtle Beach, SC and the High Meadows Country Club in Roaring Gap, NC. Chip Beck was inducted into the Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame in 2008. The CGA began honoring the Player of the Year in 1997 and Simson has won four times, in 1998, 2005, 2008 and 2009. Ive been pretty fortunate, so think about these kids who dont necessarily have the same access and opportunity like I did, Long said. Few amateurs in any country of the world made quite the same impact as Billy Joe Patton. He was voted Rookie of the Year and went on to become one of the legends of the game. He later turned pro in 1974 and went on to play golf across the world, including in the Dutch, German, Portuguese, French and Spanish Opens before regaining his amateur status in 1986. David went on to play collegiately at Ball State University, where he was a four year letter winner, an Academic All-American and had five top-10 collegiate college finishes. 1 and 4 in the early 1980s to his current position for a decade as of director of golf course maintenance, earning him induction into the Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame in 2019. A nominee should have been a member in good standing in the Central New York PGA Section for a minimum of 10 years. Actually, Van Hoy didnt retire from the CGA in 1991; he simply gave up the job of executive director to become director of a series of new one-day four-ball events for seniors conducted by the organization. Jeff Cook began his golf career in Muncie, Indiana. Paul Simson of Raleigh, N.C., is the most successful player in the history of the Carolinas Golf Association. He was inducted into the Carolinas PGA Hall of Fame Page made Chapel Hill, NC home since early childhood. To qualify for the LPGA Hall of Fame, Members of the LPGA Tour who were active in 1998 and going forward must meet a minimum point threshold of 27 points. That was it. Mike was again tied for third place at 283 - three shots back. Don Padgett was inducted into the Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame in 2006. "He told me if I needed work, to come on up to Wilmington, Delaware, where he was designing a golf course," Hamm says. He won four times and competed in the U.S. Senior Open, the U.S. Her husband, Hub, was the 1942 Carolinas Amateur Champion. After a brief stint on the PGA Tour, Lewis returned to Winston-Salem in 1975 to become head professional at Forsyth Country Club. The Cliffs at Glassy was the first course in the now nationally renowned Cliffs stable that has transformed the Upstates reputation as a high-end residential golf haven. Amateur Public Links. During his presidency he was instrumental in launching programs to enhance PGA professional careers through merchandising, employment assessment and lifelong learning programs. As a competitor, he won the 1970 Carolinas Father-Son with Clyde III and took the 1962 Dunes International Four-Ball title. As a competitor, he won the 1970 Carolinas Father-Son with Clyde III and took the 1962 Dunes International Four-Ball title. He was the first four-year recipient of the prestigious Buddy Worsham scholarship at Wake Forest University. Additionally, for a number of years, he served as either Vice President or President of the South Carolina Golf Hall of Fame. Now Ocean Forest is called Pine Lakes International; and the Grand Strand, at this time has many more courses. Credited with changing the face of golf in the area and generally known as its Patriarch of Golf. He won the Maine Amateur in 1937, the Massachusetts Amateur in 1949 and the New England Amateur in 1950. It is the highest honor that the PGA of America can bestow upon its membership or ambassadors of golf. Bill Hensley was inducted into the Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame in 2000. In 2022, the Indiana Golf Office will be moving to Indianapolis to better serve our state golf community, and reach even more First Tee-Indiana participants. In 1976 he became executive director of the Carolinas PGA Section and helped that group enjoy a period of tremendous growth and prosperity. Having experience as all three gives me an edge because I know what each is looking for.". Mrs. Thigpen also captured the womens championship at Hope Valley in 1928 and 1929. After his youngest brother Russell broke his streak in 1974, Randy came back to win the title three more times (1977, 80 and 81). Cobb never disagreed with his clients, but he was firm when he felt they were not right, LaFoy said. A veteran of World War I and graduate of Manual High School. I finished last and was embarrassed, laughed Bulla. Claim to Fame; 1912: Clarence R. Peck: Colonel US Army: 1918: Austin Cooley: Innovator/Inventor: 1921: Jack D. Mage: US Army Engineer: 1923: Ivar Haglund: Its a good thing that Hensley, now 75, can laugh and self-deprecate about a golf game that leaves a lot to be desired and is a source of almost constant ridicule from his peers in the golf writing and promotion business, not, it must be noted, that those peers can necessarily produce anything better. It's like a three-legged stool with equal parts spiritual, mental and physical. After a distinguished amateur career that included Walker Cup representation and the NCAA individual championship, Haas earned his PGA Tour card in 1976. the quality and the durability of his game was evident in the fact that he played on the U.S. Ryder Cup teams in 1983, 1995 as a 50-year-old captains pick in 2004. We needed a lot of things in that hire, Corso said many years later. 5, Greensboro Country Club (Carlson Farms); and Cedar Rock Country Club. Dick Taylor was inducted into the Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame in 1996. While the USGA had always recognized Pinehurst No. Ronny Glanton. Harvey qualified for the US Amateur 18 times and was named Golfer of the Year by the Carolinas Golf Reporters Association in 1973 after winning the Carolinas Amateur, the Lakewood Invitational in Florida, and the Amateur Tournament of Champions. After moving to Myrtle Beach, she was a five-time winner of the Carolinas Womens Amateur and a five-time winner of the South Carolina Womens Amateur. William C. Campbell (golfer) Donna Caponi JoAnne Carner Joe Carr Billy Casper Bob Charles (golfer) Frank Chirkinian Neil Coles Glenna Collett-Vare Harry Cooper (golfer) He was twice runner-up in the US Open and first came to public eye in the Open of 1939 at Medinah. Simson holds the all-time record that currently stands at 22 Carolinas Golf Association championships. Two years later, he would ascend to PGA vice-president and in 1992 became PGA president. In 1990, Cook began playing on the Ben Hogan Tour. Its been a love affair ever since, he said at his induction ceremony. 2 course. Winner, 1952 Charlie Bassler (File Photo/Baltimore Sun), Ralph Bogart (Maryland State Golf Association), Robert Brownell (Maryland State Golf Association), B. 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The contribution may be measured by the individuals leadership in the following areas: 5011 Jamesville Rd In 1989 she was honored with the LPGA Tour Samaritan Award. Credited with helping several regional players earn college scholarships in golf. A native of Chicago who grew up in Memphis, TN, Orville White was a club professional at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro and at Forsyth Country Club in Winston-Salem. 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