Tennessee Golf Hall of Fame

Tennessee Golf Hall of Fame at Golf House Tennessee, Franklin, 2018

The Tennessee Golf Hall of Fame is a non-profit corporation established in 1991 by the Tennessee Golf Foundation. ^[1] The hall of fame is located at the Golf House Tennessee ^[2] a 21,000 square foot golf complex ^[3] in Franklin, Tennessee (near Nashville), which houses administration all of the state's golf activities, including pro golf, amateur golf, women's golf, junior golf, and turfgrass research." ^{[4] [5]}

Induction in to the hall of fame includes one or more of the following criteria for Tennesseans: ^[1]

• a significant record as a championship player
• a benefactor, promoter, administrator, or volunteer for the game
• one who embodies the core values and honorable traditions of the game

Among the first inductees in 1992 were Lou Graham, Cary Middlecoff, Mason Rudolph. ^[6] As of 2024, the hall included 54 members. ^[1]

Tennessee Golf Hall of Fame Members

1991

• 1991 – Lou Graham
• 1991 – Dudley "Waxo" Green
• 1991 – Cary Middlecoff
• 1991 – Lew Oehmig
• 1991 – Curtis Person, Sr.
• 1991 – Betty Probasco
• 1991 – Mason Rudolph

1995

• 1995 – Gibby Gilbert
• 1995 – John T. "Jack" Lupton
• 1995 – Hillman Robbins
• 1995 – Judy Eller Street

1997

• 1997 – Ted Rhodes

1999

• 1999 – Harold Eller
• 1999 – Sarah LeBrun Ingram
• 1999 – Don Malarkey

2002

• 2002 – Pat Abbott
• 2002 – Ed Brantly
• 2002 – Polly Boyd
• 2002 – Marguerite Gaut
• 2002 – Katherine Graham
• 2002 – Margaret Gunther Lee
• 2002 – Emmett Spicer

2004

• 2004 – Harry A. "Cotton" Berrier

2005

• 2005 – Vince Gill

2006

• 2004 – Loren Roberts
• 2004 – David Stone

2007

• 2007 – Joe Campbell
• 2007 – Connie Day
• 2007 – Ann Baker Furrow
• 2007 – Bobby Greenwood

2009

• 2009 – Danny Green
• 2009 – Tim Jackson
• 2009 – Beverly Eller Pearce

2010

• 2010 – Lew Conner
• 2010 – Willie Gibbons
• 2010 – Bill Greene

2011

• 2011 – David Meador

2012

• 2012 – Joe Taggert

2015

• 2015 – Edyth Duffield
• 2015 – Horace F. Smith
• 2015 – Gene Pearce
• 2015 – Maggie Scott

2016

• 2016 – Mack P. Brothers Jr.
• 2016 – E. E. "Bubber" Johnson
• 2016 – Roy Moore
• 2016 – Marguerite Solomon

2017

• 2017 – Mike Kaplan
• 2017 – Joe Kennedy
• 2017 – Toby Wilt

2018

• 2018 – Jean St. Charles

2019

• 2019 – Dick Horton

2022

• 2019 – David Gossett
• 2019 – Shaun Micheel

2023

• 2023 – Rob Long

Source: ^[7]

References

1. "Tennessee Golf Hall of Fame". tngolfhalloffame.com. Tennessee Golf Foundation. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
2. Smith, Wendy (August 1, 1998). "Horton Fixture in State Golf". The Tennessean. p. 3–C. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
3. Rexrode, Joe (November 8, 2018). "Horton is the godfather of Tennessee golf". Vol. 114, no. 312. The Tennessean. p. 1–C. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
4. Pearce, Gene (2002). The history of Tennessee golf : 1894-2001. Franklin, Tennessee: Hillsboro Press. ISBN   978-1-57736-260-9.
5. Boclair, David. "Dick Horton named to Tennessee Golf Hall of Fame". nashvillepost.com. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
6. Coleman, Anthony (November 10, 1992). "Charter members dedicate state Hall of Fame today" . The Tennessean. p. 12. Retrieved December 9, 2018– via Newspapers.com.
7. "Tennessee Golf Hall of Fame Inductees". tennesseegolfhalloffame.com. Retrieved May 11, 2025.

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