Horton Smith Award

Established 1976

The Horton Smith Award is designed to recognize individual golf professionals for their outstanding and continuing contributions to developing and improving education opportunities for the PGA golf professional. The guidelines for this award are: contributions to educational programs and seminars in the Indiana Section, contributions and assistance toward the development of articles which benefit and relate to education, contributions to building the image of both the PGA golf Professional and the Association.

2011 Winner

Chad Cockerham - Otter Creek Golf Course

Indiana PGA Members and Apprentices and the Board of Directors have benefitted from Chad Cockerham’s service in the area of Education for the past three years. He has worked to secure key note speakers for Section business meetings and participated as a panelist during break-out sessions at those same gatherings. Cockerham has worked to assure that education programs are relevant to all who attend our meetings and education programs.

He has also served as the Growth of the Game committee chair for the past three years. During that time he has organized 12 Play Golf America Days in Indiana.

In his application form he stated, ”I would like to think the enthusiasm and passion I have for the game of golf and the PGA is felt by other members of the Section. I have tried to give back whenever possible to the game and the organization which has given me so much.”

Past Winners