SC Golf Hall of Fame
Created in 1977 by the South Carolina Golf Association, the SC Golf Hall of Fame recognizes those individuals that have made a great impact on the game of golf in South Carolina either through their playing abilities, their dedication to the game or a combination of both. SC Golf Hall of Fame candidates are nominated by the general public and voted on annually by the SC Golf Hall of Fame Board, which consists of current Hall of Fame members. New SC Golf Hall of Fame inductees are honored each year at the South Carolina Golf Association’s Golf Day in January. Hall of Fame members are recognized throughout the year with a display of their portrait in the Hall of Fame Board Room located in the South Carolina Golf Association offices.
2023
Charlie Rountree III - Columbia, SC
Rountree sat on the SCGA Board from 1987 to 2007, serving as the SCGA Board President from 2006 to 2007 and remains associated with the Board as a current member of the Past Presidents Committee. A founding member of seven different organizations, he has facilitated the beginning and growth of numerous initiatives such as the South Carolina Junior Golf Association, South Carolina Junior Golf Foundation, Monday After the Masters, The Bobby Chapman Junior Invitational, Can-Am Junior Matches, Tiger Golf Gathering and The Golf Ball. After serving on the USGA Junior Committee for 25 years, Rountree was awarded the USGA Ike Granger Service to Golf Award in 2019. His impact on the game extends further than just junior golf since joining the Board of Trustees of the Heritage Classic Foundation in 2011. Through his position as Chairman of the Palmetto State Committee of the HCF, he has been committed to garnering support for the RBC Heritage Presented by Boeing.
Todd White - Roebuck, SC
White’s playing career began at Furman University where he was four-time All-Southern Conference selection and team MVP from 1986-1990. During his time at Furman, he had four career collegiate victories and was named a NCAA Division I All-American in 1989. In 2003, White was inducted into the Furman Athletics Hall of Fame. A year after his induction in the Furman Athletics Hall of Fame, he was named the South Carolina Golf Association and Carolinas Golf Association Player of the Year. He went on to be named SCGA Player of the Year from 2010-2013 and again in 2016. White’s hard work and passion for the game was rewarded in 2013 when he was selected for the USA Walker Cup Team. The 10-player USA team came out on top in a 17-to-9-point victory to claim the 44th Walker Cup. White has competed in 35 USGA championships, including nine US Amateurs, nine US Mid-Amateurs, six US State Team Championships, two US Senior Opens and the 1995 US Open. He has also competed in all seven US Amateur Four-Ball Championships, claiming the Inaugural title in 2015 with his partner and 2013 USA Walker Cup teammate, Nathan Smith of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. White has multiple other notable titles to his name such as the 1990 Northeast Amateur Champion, 1990 SCGA Amateur Champion, 2004 SCGA Mid-Amateur Champion, 2010 Palmetto Amateur Champion, 2015 Azalea Amateur Invitational Champion and four-time CGA South Carolina Match Play Champion.
Sherri Turner - Phoenix, AZ
Turner earned the 1974 and 1975 title of Carolinas Junior Girls Champion as well as the South Carolina Highschool Champion. She then enrolled at Furman University and instantly became an NCAA National Champion in 1976 playing alongside teammates Beth Daniel and Betsy King. Turner won three tournaments during her collegiate career, was selected as a 1979 All American and joined the Furman Athletic Hall of Fame in 1989. Turner LPGA Tour Card in 1983 for the ’84 season. She won the 1988 Women’s PGA Championship and then again the following week where she shot a career best round of 63. Turner was named the 1988 LPGA Player of the Year and finished tops on the money list. In total, Turner had three LPGA Tour victories and 68 top-10 finishes, seven holes-in-one and earned nearly $3 million during her 23-year professional career. Following her LPGA career, Turner won three Legends Tour events, served on the LPGA Executive Committee from 1997-’99, was on the Board of Directors for the Legends Tour and selected as a member of the Tour’s Hall of Fame in 2018.
2022
Gary Schaal - Murrells Inlet, SC
Schaal earned a playing spot on the Ohio Wesleyan collegiate team from 1960-’63 and held the captain title in ’62 and ’63, the year he earned all-conference honors. After valiantly serving his country as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force, Schaal began his professional golf career in 1973 in the Myrtle Beach area. Since the beginning of Schaal’s golf career, he has remained committed to growing and sustaining the game at the local and national level. He was elected a member of the Carolinas Section of the PGA of America in 1976 and served as a board member from 1980 until 1989, holding the offices of Secretary, Treasurer and President from 1983-’85. Schaal was elected to the PGA of America Board of Directors in 1987 and became the 28th President of the PGA of America in 1993-’94. Gary Schaal has grown and developed the game of golf throughout the Carolinas and across the United States. Schaal’s induction into the SC Golf Hall of Fame makes him a member of six Halls of Fame.
2019
Mike Lawrence - Anderson, SC
1970 SC Junior PGA Champion; Member of the Clemson University Golf team; All ACC 1978; 1984, 1987, 1988 winner of the South Carolina Open; 1988 & 2004 South Chapter Champion; 2007, 2010, 2011 Western NC Open Champion; 2009 Yeamans Hall Senior Open; Two time Champion of the CPGA Pro-Pro; Three Time Champion of SCPGA Pro-Pro; Thirty Four year member of the PGA of America; Long time golf instructor
Kevin King - Hilton Head, SC
Member of the University of North Carolina Golf Team; All ACC 1978 & 79; 1988 & 98 SCGA Mid-Amateur Champion; 1989 SCGA Amateur Champion; 1989 SC Amateur POY; Nine time Hilton Head Amateur Champion; Seven time USGA Mid-Am & US Am contestant; 2018 SCGA Senior Amateur Champion
2018
Kelly Tilghman - Windermere, FL
Member of the Duke University Golf team; Won the 1990 Lady Paladin Invitational; Played Professionally from 1992-96 in Europe, Australia and Asia; Member of the Golf Channel's Original Broadcast Team; PGA Tour's first Female Lead Golf Announcer; Involved with the First Tee of the Carolinas and the Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies.
Charles Warren - Greenville, SC
1990 State High School Champion; 1995 Carolinas Amateur Champion; 1997 SC Amateur Champion; 1997 NCAA Champion; 1998 NCAA Runner Up; 1997 & 98 ACC Individual Champion; Three Time Collegiate All American ; Three Time Winner on the Nationwide Tour; Eight Year Member of the PGA Tour; Board Member of The First Tee Upstate.
2017
Dillard Pruitt - Greenville
1979 Carolinas Junior Amateur Champion; 1982 SCGA Amateur Champion; 1983 & 2002 Sunnehanna Champion; 1991 PGA Tour Chattanooga Classic Champion; 2003 Canadian Amateur Champion; 2003 CGA Match Play Champion; PGA Tour Rules official starting in 1998
2016
Bob Boyd - Mt. Olive, NC
Eight time Carolinas PGA Player of the Year; Inducted in the Carolinas PGA Hall of Fame in 2007; Four time Carolinas PGA Section Champion; Four time Carolinas Open Champion; Five time South Carolina Open Champion; PGA National Club Professional Champion; Played in 10 PGA Championships, 5 US Open Championships, 3 British Senior Open Championships, and 2 Senior PGA Championships; Carolinas PGA Professional of the Year Award was named in his honor in 2008.
Steve Liebler - Irmo
All American at the University of South Carolina; Spent four seasons on the PGA Tour; Has played in every USGA individual Championship; Semifinalist at the 2005 USGA Mid-Amatuer and the 2015 USGA Senior Amateur; Coached his alma mater of South Carolina to six NCAA Tournament appearances in 10 seasons; Won the Eastern Amateur 30 years apart
2015
Charlie Rymer - Orlando
1983, 1984 & 1985 SCGA Junior Champion; 1985 US Junior Amateur Champion; 1985 Carolinas Player of the Year; 5 time Collegiate Tournament Winner at Georgia Tech; All America honors at Georgia Tech; PGA Tour 1995-97; Television personality for many networks including the Golf Channel; Long time promoter of Junior Golf
2014
Bill Smunk - Kingstree
1984 SCGA Amateur Champion; 1989 & 1995 SCGA Mid-Amateur Champion; 2007 SCGA Mixed Team Champion; 2009 SCGA Senior Amateur Champion; 2009 SCGA Partners Champion; 2009 & '12 SCGA Lathrop Cup Champion; 1994 Carolinas Four Ball Champion; 2007 & 2011 Carolinas Senior Four Ball Champion; 1983 US Amateur participant; 2008 US Sr Amateur participant; multiple local and club titles
2013
Karen Ferree - Hilton Head
1967 Carolinas Junior Champion; 2003 Carolinas Senior Champion; 2002 & 2003 Carolinas Women's Four Ball Champion; 1997 & 2002 WSCGA Stroke Play Champion; 1995, 2001, & 2008 WSCGA Match Play Champion; 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, & 2011 WSCGA Senior Champion; 2004 & 2005 Ione D. Jones/Doherty Senior Amateur Champion; 2001, 2002, & 2003 Carolinas Senior Player of the Year; Competed in the US Women's Amateur, US Women's Open, US Women's Mid-Amateur, US Women's Senior Amateur, & US Women's State Team Matches.
George Cobb - Greenville
1934-1935 University of Georgia Golf Team; Designed over 200 Golf Courses; Designed the Par 3 Course at Augusta National Golf Club; American Society of Golf Course Architects; American Society for Landscape Architects; Served 25 years as a design consultant for Augusta National Golf Club
2012
Bert Atkinson - Charleston
1991, 95 & 98 SCGA Player of the Year; 1991 & 95 SCGA Amateur Champion; 1994, 95 & 96 CGA South Carolina Match Play Champion; 1994, 95 & 96 Carolinas Four Ball Champion; 1997 SCGA Mid Amateur Champion; 2008 & 09 US Senior Open participant; 1991 US Mid Amateur Runner Up; 1997 & 98 Rice Planters Champion; Seven time City of Charleston Champion
2011
Lea Anne Brown - Charleston
1991, 2003 & 05 South Carolina Stroke Play Champion; 1991, 92 & 94 South Carolina Match Play Champion; 13 time Charleston City Amateur; 2004, 05 & 06 Mixed Team Champion; 2009 South Carolina Four Ball Champion; 2010 South Carolina Senior Amateur Champion; Qualified and Played in 2005 & 06 US Mid-Amateur; Represented SC in USGA Team Matches 1995, 97, 2005 & 2007; 2005 Riccoboni Trophy winner
2010
Bobby Foster - Columbia
1963, 65 & 67 Columbia City Champion, 1967 SCGA Amateur Runner Up, Heap Professional of WildeWood and Spring Valley Country Clubs, Golf Coach at the University of South Carolina, Assistant & Associate Director of Athletics for USC, founded the Fairway Outreach program in 1987, has been the Director of the Columbia City Tournament since 1986.
2009
Larry Penley - Central
1987 & 88 SCGA Amateur Champion, 1986 & 89 SCGA Amateur Runner Up, 1990 SCGA Mid Amateur Champion, 1992 CGA Mid Amateur Champion, 1994 CGA Four Ball Champion, Coach of the 2003 NCAA National Champions Clemson Tigers, 7 NCAA Regional Championships, 8 ACC Championships, 58 NCAA Regular Season Tournament victories, 2003 Dave Williams & Golf Week National Coach of the Year, 7 time ACC Coach of the Year, 2004 College Golf Hall of Fame inductee.
2008
Jim Ferree - Hilton Head
1953 Southeastern Conference Champion; '54 NCAA Long Drive Champion; '58 Vancouver Centennial Champion; '61 Jamaica Open Champion; '62 Panama Open Champion; '63 Maraciabo Venezuela Open Champion; '66 Carolina's PGA Champion; '68 Georgia PGA Champion; '91 Bell Atlantic Calssic Champion; 23 Super Senior PGA wins; Carolina's PGA Hall of Fame; '79 PGA Cup Team; '93 Ben Hogan Award; Carolinas Golf Writers Hall of Fame; University of NC Hall of Fame; Southern Conference 75th Anniversary Team
2007
Jay Haas - Greenville
1974 and 1975 NCAA Individual Champion; 1975 Walker Cup Team member; Nine time winner on the PGA Tour; Ryder Cup Team participant in 83, '95, '04; President's Cup Team participant in '94, '03. Ten time winner on the PGA's Champions Tour including the 2006 Senior PGA Championship. Rookie of the Year in 2005 and Player of the Year in 2006 collecting the Jack Nicklaus Trophy, Arnold Palmer Award and Charles Schwab Cup; 2004 Payne Stewart Award; USGA's 2006 Bob Jones Award for Distinguished Sportsmanship; Sponsor of the Jay Haas Award for Outstanding Male Junior Golfer in SC.
2006
Vicki Hillen - Murrells Inlet
93, 95, 96, 98 & 99 WSCGA Stroke Play Champion; 96, 99 & 01 WSCGA Match Play Champion; 01 & 02 SCGA/WSCGA Mixed Team Champion; 02 & 03 WSCGA Team Champion, Served on the board of both the WSCGA and Women's Carolinas Golf Association.
Mike Holland - Columbia
75 & 76 Carolinas Four Ball Champion; 76 SCGA Amateur Champion; 78 NCAA All American; Four Time winner on the Space Coast Mini Tour; 1981 PGA World Team Champion; US Open appearances in 83 & 84; Order of the Palmetto in 1982; Key to the City (Columbia) in 1983 for work for missing children;
2005
Terry Florence - Mt. Pleasant
1976 & 78 SC Open Champion, Four time SC PGA Champion, 1980 & 1984 United States PGA Cup Team Member, Seven time participant in Major Championships (4 PGA, 1 Senior Open, 2 Senior PGA), Four Time PGA Resort Merchandiser of the Year, 1992 Carolinas PGA Golf Professional of the Year.
2004
Heyward Sullivan - Greenville
1967 SCGA Amateur Champion, 6 Greenville CC Championships, 1993 & 95 Azalea Sr. Champion, 1996 US Sr. Runner up, 1998 4th place in British Sr. Open, CGA President 1998-1999
2003
David DuPre - Blythewood
Great Amateur career including: 4 SCGA Amateur Championships, SC Intercollegiate Champion, Member of SCGA Board
2002
Kathy Baker-Guadagnino - Lake Wylie
LPGA Tour 1983-1999, Low Amateur in US Women's Open, US Women's Open Champion, Curtis Cup & World Cup team member in 1982
2001
Billy Womack - Florence
Four-time SCGA Amateur Champion, Great junior and high school record including runner-up USGA Junior
2000
Kathy Hite James - Florence
13 Junior Championships in Carolinas, WSCGA Champion four times, Played LPGA Tour 14 years, SC Athletic Hall of Fame
1999
Frank Ford, III - Charleston
Great Amateur career, Six time Azalea Winner, Many CGA & SCGA titles, CGA Board member since 1984, CGA President 1994 - 1995
1998
Jackie Seawell - Aiken
Long time golf professional with extensive work with juniors, Playing career titles include SC Intercollegiate
1997
Happ Lathrop - Hampton
1968 SCGA Amateur Champion, SC Intercollegiate, SCGA Executive Director since 1976
1996
Allen Powers - Orangeburg
Great Amateur playing career including ,CGA Championship, SC Intercollegiate, & Four CGA Four Ball Championships, Served on both the CGA and SCGA Boards, SCGA President 1993-1994
1995
Beth Daniel - Charleston
Winner of Thirty-two LPGA tournaments, 1979 LPGA Rookie of the Year, LPGA Champion 1990, LPGA Player of the Year 1980,1990,& 1994, Two time Curtis Cup team member
1994
Joe Simons - Simons
Long time SCGA Board member with good playing career, Served as SCGA President 1985 -1986
1993
Gordon Baker - Florence
Great junior career including 1958 USGA Jr. Championship, 1958 SC Golfer of the Year, Served on SCGA Board and was President in 1988-1989
1992
Charlie Prentice - Columbia
Golf professional of Columbia CC for Thirty-three years, Played in five US Opens, SCPGA Chapter Champion, 1979 CPGA Professional of the Year
1991
Patsy Johnson - Spartanburg
Two-time WSCGA Champion, WCGA Champion, WSGA Girls Junior Committee many years
Joe Davis - Spartanburg
Thirty years as Head Professional at Country Club of Spartanburg, Fifty-Four year member of PGA, Past president of CPGA, 1963 CPGA Professional of the Year.
1990
Vic Lipscomb - Union
Great SC professional playing career, Winner of three SC Opens, 1986 CPGA Professional Golfer of the Year
1989
Charles Dudley - Greenville
Great Amateur playing career, North-South Champion 1947, 1948 SC Amateur, Won some club events for 8 decades going back to the 1920's
1988
Jack Lewis - Florence
Great Amatuer and Professional playing careers, First SC Walker Cup team member, Member of SC Athletic Hall of Fame, Wake Forest Hall of Fame
1987
Happ Lathrop - Hampton
1968 SCGA Amateur Champion, SC Intercollegiate, SCGA Executive Director since 1976
P.J. Boatwright - Spartanburg
1951 SCGA Amatuer Champion, 1951 CGA Champion, Extensive work with USGA including many years as Executive Director
1986
Norman Flynn - Lexington
Golf Professional with outstanding record, Winner SC Open, Winner Carolinas Open, Past President of the SCPGA chapter, Winner SC Open,1980 CPGA Professional of the Year
Dick Horne - Mt. Pleasant
Extensive international amateur playing career, Winner SC Open, CGA Match Play titles 1995 - 1996 SCGA President
Georgia Hart - Columbia
Author, Golf official and player, First President of SC Sr. Women's GA, Installed handicap system in WSCGA
1985
Cam Henderson - Walterboro
1959 SCGA President, Outstanding Amateur playing, career including 1958 SCGA Amateur
Walton Boatwright Horton - Beaufort
Outstanding player and winner of many women's events, Past President of WSCGA, Past President of WCGA
Jimmy D'Angelo - Myrtle Beach
Long time Myrtle Beach Professional and promoter of golf in the Grand Strand, "Mr. Golf" on the Grand Strand, in the Carolinas PGA Hall of Fame
1984
Kat Salley - Columbia
Past Columbia City Women's Champion, Past President of WSCGA, Women's SC Sr. GA, and Women's CGA, installed USGA Slope handicapping in SC
Orville White - Aiken
Played PGA tour from 1932-1957, notched 2 victories on the PGA Tour, won the 1945 PGA Section Championship, won 1953, 54 and 55 SC Opens. Played in 2 Masters and 2 US Opens, Head Professional & co-owner of Midland Valley CC 1960-1981
Harold Hall - Columbia
Good Amateur playing career including 1938, 1939, and 1946 SCGA Championships, Many Columbia City titles
1983
Bobby Knowles - Aiken
Extensive international amateur playing career, Various State Championships, SCGA Sr. Championship, Walker Cup team, 29 years as Masters Committeeman
Jim McNair - Aiken
Great Amateur and Professional playing career, 1958 PGA Pro of the Year, Long time owner of Highland Park CC
Betsy Rawls - Spartanburg
Winner of 53 professional golf tournaments, LPGA Hall of Fame 1960, Winner of Four US Women's Open Championships
1982
Jack Jordan - Charlotte, NC
Good amateur player, 1979 SCGA President, Long time SCGA Board member
Eddie Riccoboni - Sumter
Golf Architect, Promoted and advanced the PGA in South Carolina
1981
Annette Roddy - Sumter
Co-founder of SC Women's Golf Association, President WCGA, Two-time winner of the SC Women's Amateur, First course rating Chairman
Jim Huffman - Columbia
1970 SCGA President, Long time SCGA Board Member and Official
Mike Serino - Ft. Jackson
Long-time golf professional at Fort Jackson, Great instructor and promoter of golf, Helped introduce WSCGA statewide
1980
Kathryn Hemphill - Columbia
One of the most outstanding women golfers to come from SC, Won Texas Open, Former member of Curtis Cup Team
Dawson Addis - Columbia
1975 President of SCGA, Long time SCGA official and Jr. Golf Supporter
Melvin Hemphill - Columbia
Golf professional with SC Open Championship, Long time head Professional and instructor at Forest Lake Club
1979
Mitt Jeffords - Orangeburg
Long time promoter of golf, with focus on Jr. players, 1939 SCGA President
Carolyn Cudone - Myrtle Beach
Five-Time USGA Women's Sr. Champion, Multi-winner of WCGA & WSCGA titles, Captain & member of USGA Curtis Cup Team on several occasions
Henry Picard - Charleston
Great Professional career including Masters & PGA Championships, Club professional at CC of Charleston
1978
Jane Covington - Orangeburg
Co-founder and first President of WSCGA, Five-time winner of WSCGA, Five-time winner of WCGA, Six-time winner of WSCGA Seniors
Grant Bennett - Columbia
Long time golf professional and instructor, Carolina PGA Hall of Fame, SC Athletic Hall of Fame, Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame
Dillard Traynham - Greenville
Great SC Amateur player, 1959-65 SCGA Amateur Champion, 1958 SCGA President
Randy Glover - Florence
Eight-time SC Open Champion, Played PGA Tour, Winner of the The Azalea Open, Extensive career as club professional in SC
Charles Rountree, Jr. - Lexington
Served two different terms SCGA President, "Father of Junior Golf" in SC, Served 36 years as SCGA Board Member
1977
Robert Causey - Hampton
SCGA Executive Secretary 1959 - 80, SCGA Senior Amateur Champion
Ben Davies - Barnwell
Great SCGA supporter and Board member, Developed and edited first SC Golfer newspaper in 1963
Frank C. Ford, Sr. - Charleston
7-time SCGA Amateur Champion, Extensive playing career, The "Wizard of Wapoo"
Tatum Gressette - Columbia
Long time SCGA supporter, Former President of SCGA, Founder & Past President of SC Golf Hall of Fame
George T. Trescott - Charleston
Original member of SCGA Board, 1929-1951 SCGA Secretary,Club Team Championship in his honor
